Ryuk

Shinigami in Death Note
Person shinigami Q2328583
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Ryuk

Summary

Ryuk is a Shinigami[1]. He worked as a murderer[2]. He draws 511 Wikipedia views per month (shinigami category, ranking #1 of 1).[3]

Key Facts

  • Ryuk worked as a murderer[2].
  • Ryuk is the creator of Tsugumi Ohba[4].
  • Ryuk is the creator of Takeshi Obata[5].
  • Ryuk is recorded as male[6].
  • Ryuk's instance of is recorded as Shinigami[7].
  • Ryuk's instance of is recorded as supernatural being in a work of fiction[8].
  • Ryuk's instance of is recorded as manga character[9].
  • Ryuk's instance of is recorded as anime character[10].
  • Ryuk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dgqymg[11].
  • Ryuk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bg7154[12].
  • Ryuk's voice actor is recorded as Nakamura Shidō II[13].
  • Ryuk's voice actor is recorded as Brian Drummond[14].
  • Ryuk's present in work is recorded as Death Note[15].
  • Ryuk's present in work is recorded as Jump Force[16].
  • Ryuk's hashtag is recorded as ryuk[17].
  • Ryuk's connects with is recorded as Light Yagami[18].
  • Ryuk's connects with is recorded as Rem[19].
  • Ryuk's MyAnimeList character ID is recorded as 75[20].
  • Ryuk's Behind The Voice Actors character ID is recorded as Death-Note/Ryuk[21].
  • Ryuk's AniDB character ID is recorded as 413[22].
  • Ryuk's AnimeClick character ID is recorded as 5655[23].
  • Ryuk's CharacTour character ID is recorded as Ryuk.Death-Note[24].
  • Ryuk's Goodreads character ID is recorded as 40247[25].
  • Ryuk's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as リューク[26].
  • Ryuk's Anime Characters Database character ID is recorded as 12877[27].

Body

Career and Affiliations

Ryuk worked as a murderer[2].

Works and Contributions

Created works include Tsugumi Ohba[4], a comics writer[28], b. 1950[29], of Japan[30] and Takeshi Obata[5], a mangaka[31], b. 1969[32], of Japan[33].

Why It Matters

Ryuk draws 511 Wikipedia views per month (shinigami category, ranking #1 of 1).[3] He has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

FAQs

What did Ryuk do for work?

Ryuk worked as murderer[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Infrastruktur · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender male
    Image of cosplay Cosplay of Ryuk from Death Note at IgroMir 2018 009.jpg
    Instance of
    Creator Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13632]]: Cosplay of Ryuk from Death Note at IgroMir 2018 009.jpg"
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