Death Note is a popular Japanese anime, and there are voice actors for the anime available in many different languages, including English, Japanese, Korean, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Hungarian, and many more.
We have compiled a complete roster of the voice actors who appear in Death Note.
List of Death Note Anime Series Characters Real Cast
The Death Note manga has become incredibly popular in Japan. Tsugumi Ohba penned the book, and Takeshi Obata provided the illustrations. Death Note is centred on a young man named Light Yagami. In it, he finds a notebook with the ominous title “Death Note.” Ryuk, the Shinigami, is the rightful owner of the note.
Users of this deathnote can eliminate anyone whose name appears on one of the pages. The plot of the show centres on Light’s attempts to utilise the Death Note to eliminate whomever he deems to be criminals and immorals.
The world he envisions is one devoid of crime. He plans to kill under the guise of “Kira.” The Japanese police will send out a special unit headed by detective L to attempt and apprehend Kira.
English Cast
| Voice Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Brad Swaile | Light Yagami |
| Alessandro Juliani | L |
| Brian Drummond | Ryuk |
| French Tickner | Watari |
| John Murphy | Kanzo Mogi |
| Shannon Chan-Kent | Misa Amane |
| Trevor Devall | Shuichi Aizawa |
| Vincent Tong | Touta Matsuda |
| Andrew Kavadas | Kyosuke Higuchi |
| Brian Dobson | Hideki Ide, Rod Ross |
| Brian Drummond | Suguru Shimura |
| Cathy Weseluck | Near |
| Chris Britton | Soichiro Yagami |
| Colleen Wheeler | Rem |
| David Hurwitz | Mello |
| David Orth | Aiber, Eiichi Takahashi |
| Drew Nelson | Matt |
| Heather Doerkson | Kiyomi Takada |
| Howard Siegel | Koreyoshi Kitamura |
| Jeremy From | Hirokazu Ukita |
| John Novak | Steve Mason |
| Kelly Metzger | Sayu Yagami |
| Kirby Morrow | Teru Mikami |
| Kristie Marsden | Sayu Yagami |
| Lisa Ann Beley | Hal Lidner |
| Martin Sims | Masahiko Kida |
| Michael Adamthwaite | Anthony Rester, Raye Penber |
| Michael Dobson | Armonia Justin (ep28), Gelus (ep12), David Hoope (ep27) |
| Michael Kopsa | Takeshi Ooi |
| Ron Halder | Roger Ruvie |
| Saffron Henderson | Sachiko Yagami |
| Sam Vincent | Sidoh, Stephen Gevanni |
| Simon Hayama | Arayoshi Hatori |
| Tabitha St. Germain | Naomi Misora |
| Ted Cole | Kal Snydar/Jack Neylon (ep29), Reiji Namikawa |
| Trevor Devall | Shingo Mido |
| Venus Terzo | Wedy |
| Ward Perry | Hitoshi Demegawa |
Alessandro Juliani (Voice Actor Played L Lawliet / Ryuzaki)
Alessandro “AJ” Juliani is a voice actor and comedian who was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his role as Lt. Felix Gaeta on the sci-fi television series Battlestar Galactica. AJ is a jack-of-all-trades actor who has done sound design for a number of theatre performances, including “The Miracle Worker.”
- Born: 6th July 1975 (47 Years Old)
- Nationality: Canadian
- Spouse: Meg Roe
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Death Note, Zoids Fuzors, Oban Star-Racers
Brian Drummond (Voice Actor Played Ryuk Shinigami)
Canadian voice actor Brian Drummond. With his voice actress wife, Laura Drummond, he was a former member of the board of directors at New Westminster’s Urban Academy. In Vancouver, he usually plays the bad guy.
His family includes Laura, three children named Aidan, Brynna, and Ashlyn, and himself.
- Born: 10th August 1969 (53 Years Old)
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Dragon Quest, Pac-World, Death Note
Brad Swaile (Voice Actor Played Light Yagami)
Brad Swaile is a Canadian voice actor who was born on December 26, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Light Yagami in “Death Note,” Rock in “The Black Lagoon,” and Nightcrawler in “X-Men: Evolution” are just a few of his more prominent performances. He gave life to characters like Mousse in Ranma 1/2 and Teen Gohan in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z in the ’90s.
- Born: 26th December 1976
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Gintama, World Trigger, Death Note, Beyblade
Shannon Chan-Kent (Voice Actor Played Misa Amane)
Canadian voice and stage actress Shannon Chan-Kent. She voiced Pinkie Pie in the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic series, Silver Spoon and Smolder in the English adaptation of Death Note, the Biskit twins and Youngmee Song on Littlest Pet Shop, and Misa Amane in the Japanese version of the series.
In the English dub of “Death Note,” Chan-Kent provided the voice of Misa Amane (2006-2007). Model-turned-Shinigami Misa was shown to have suffered severe trauma as a child (death spirit). Misa could tell a person’s true name and age just by looking at their face, but doing so would shorten her own life.
As she harboured unrequited feelings for the supernatural serial killer Kira/Light Yagami and agreed with his vigilantism, she exploited her talent to provide him with information. Kira didn’t see her as a romantic interest but rather as a resource.
- Born: 23rd September 1988 (34 Years Old)
- Nationality: Canadian
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Robot Atom, Death note, Jewelpet, Kidou Senshi Gundam
Japanese Cast
| Voice Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Mamoru Miyano | Light Yagami |
| Kappei Yamaguchi | L |
| Aya Hirano | Misa Amane |
| Shidou Nakamura | Ryuk |
| Kimiko Saitou | Rem |
| Noriko Hidaka | Near |
| Nozomu Sasaki | Mello |
| Naoya Uchida | Soichiro Yagami |
| Keiji Fujiwara | Shuichi Aizawa |
| Ryo Naitou | Touta Matsuda |
| Kazuya Nakai | Kanzo Mogi |
| Hidenobu Kiuchi | Hirokazu Ukita |
Yamaguchi Kappei (Voice Actor Played L Lawliet / Ryuzaki)
Kappei Yamaguchi (real name Mitsuo Yamaguchi) works for Gok and 21st Century Fox as an actor, voice actor, singer, and rakugoka.
He’s the man behind the microphone for Detective Conan’s Shinichi Kudo and Kaito Kid, as well as One Piece’s Usopp. He is a husband and father of two kids: Ryunosuke and Akane. Both Ryunosuke and Akane have multiple talents; the former is a rakugoka while the latter is a voice actor.
- Born: 23rd May 1965 (57 Years Old)
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Death Note, Detective Conan, Kaito Kid
Nakamura Shidō II / Mikihiro Ogawa (Voice Actor Played Ryuk Shinigami)
An accomplished kabuki and cinema actor, Mikihiro Ogawa is better known by his stage name, Nakamura Shid II.
Nakamura Shid I’s son had his acting debut when he was just eight years old. Nakamura was born in Tokyo. He took the name Shidō the next year, following his father’s retirement.
- Born: 14th September 1972 (50 Years Old)
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Death Note, Hunter X Hunter, One Piece
Mamoru Miyano (Voice Actor Played Light Yagami)
Japanese voice actor Mamoru Miyano is well known for his portrayal of Light Yagami/Kira, as well as his roles as Rintaro Okabe and Osamu Dazai.
Famed for his work in Steins;Gate, Durarara!!, Death Note, Soul Eater, Wolf’s Rain, Ouran High School Host Club, and Ajin: Demi-Human, among others.
- Born: 9th June 1983 (39 Years Old)
- Other Voice Acting: Overlord, Full Metal Alchemist, Death Note
Aya Hirano (Voice Actor Played Misa Amane)
Singer and actress Aya Hirano is from Japan. She started out as a child model and commercial actor before landing her first voice acting job in the anime series Angel Tales.
- Born: 8th October 1987
- Other Voice Acting: Akiba Meido Sensou, Dragon Ball, Detective Conan, Fairy Tail, Death Note
French Cast
Guillaume Lebon (Voice Actor Played L Lawliet / Ryuzaki)
French actor Guillaume Lebon focuses on voice-over work. He has provided the French dubbing for Paul Walker, David Thewlis, Peter Sarsgaard, Eric Close, Eric McCormack, and David Spade.
Among his many animated roles are L from Death Note, Tramp from the third dub of Lady and the Tramp, Wayne from the Hotel Transylvania flicks, and Rémy the rat from Ratatouille.
He has become well-known for his work as a French voice actor for such stars as Paul Walker, Peter Sarsgaard, and Sam Rockwell.
Emmanuel Karsen (Voice Actor Played Ryuk Shinigami)
When Emmanuel Karsen entered the world on March 23, 1963, he was given the name Emmanuel. He has acted in films such as Napoléon (2002), Vinland Saga (2019), and Highlander (1992). Having been born on March 23, 1963. As of March 23, 1963.
- Born: 12th March 1963 (59 Years Old)
- Other Anime Acting: Vinland Saga, Mutafukaz, Log Horizon, One Piece, Death Note
Alexis Tomassian (Voice Actor Played Light Yagami)
Alexis Tomassian, a French dubbing actor born on July 13, 1979, is most known for portraying characters including Philip J. Fry, Matt Ishida, and Zuko.
- Born: 13th July 1979 (43 Years Old)
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Chainsaw Man, Bubble, Death note
Charlyne Pestel (Voice Actor Played Misa Amane)
French actress Charlyne Pestel is most recognised for her role as Riju’s voice actor.
Charline Pestel’s credits include 2017’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, 2017’s Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, and 2016’s Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (2012).
- Born: 30th June 1977
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Summers Wars, High Score Girl, Death note, Komi San Wa
Germany Cast
Julien Haggége (Voice Actor Played L Lawliet / Ryuzaki)
German actor and voice actor Julien Haggége has contributed to the German dub of the animated series Sonic Underground. In addition, he voices Robin from Teen Titans and Aster Phoenix from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX in German.
Since he was a young boy, Haggège has been dubbing episodes of various TV shows. On the MTV show Beavis and Butthead, he voiced the character of Mike Judge, better known by his nickname. In 1992, he appeared in several episodes of Gute Zeiten, Schlecht Zeiten, and in 1993, he had a brief appearance in the ZDF sitcom Our Teacher Doctor Specht as a donut. In iCarly, he voiced older brother Spencer Shay, and in Gilmore Girls, he portrayed Luke’s nephew Jess Mariano. He also provides the show’s Dean Winchester’s voice in Supernatural.
- Born: 1st March 1976 (46 Years Old)
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Sonic Underground, Death Note, Teen Titans
Bernd Kuschmann (Voice Actor Played Ryuk Shinigami)
Bernd Kuschmann is a German actor, voice actor and radio play reader. He was born in Hamburg in 1941.
During his career, he was part of the ensembles at the Bochum Theater, the Cologne City Theater, and the Düsseldorf Theater. From 1983 to 2006, he was a permanent member of the Wuppertal Theater ensemble. Here, as a character actor, he played the main character in Nathan the Wise or in Faust I and II.
- Born: 1941
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Hero Academia, Death Note, Space Dandy, Sekai Seifuku
Kim Hasper (Voice Actor Played Light Yagami)
German actor, voice actor, dubbing screenplay writer, and voice director Oliver-Kim Hasper (born August 5, 1975 in Berlin) provided the voice of a character in the German dub of Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
The films “Kick-Ass,” “The Hangover,” “Scary Movie,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “Ultimate Spider-Man,” “Phineas and Ferb,” “Veronica Mars,” “30 Rock,” and “Iron Man” all include him as their dubbing script writer or voice director.
- Born: 5th August 1975
- Other Anime Voice Acting: One Punch Man, Death Note, Code Geass, Digimon Adventure
Magdalena Turba (Voice Actor Played Misa Amane)
German voice actress, radio drama reader, and dubbing director Magdalena Turba. She is well known for her work as a voice actress, in which she has portrayed a wide range of famous people like Amanda Seyfried, Ashley Olsen, Brenda Song, and Emily VanCamp.
She also provides the vocals for the German opening theme of Teenage Robot on Nickelodeon. To name a few of her acting credits, she has appeared in Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (2011), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017), and Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (2017). (2011).
- Born: 1983 (40 Years Old)
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Blame!, Dragon Age, Death note, Negima
Italian Cast
Stefano Crescentini (Voice Actor Played L Lawliet / Ryuzaki)
On July 10, 1974, in Rome, Lazio, Italy, where his family still resides, the world welcomed Stefano Crescentini into the world.
His film credits include Final Destination (2000), The Last Fashion Show, and more (2011). Son of Italian voice actor Domenico Crescentini. In fact, it was his father who introduced him to dubbing in his early years.
- Born: 10th July 1974
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Spriggan, Fairy Tail, Soul Eater, Death Note
Alessandro Rossi (Voice Actor Played Ryuk Shinigami)
Ruggero Italian actor, voice actor, dialogue writer, and dubbing director Alessandro Rossi does it all. The likes of Liam Neeson and Arnold Schwarzenegger have hired him as their official voice actor.
- Born: 12th October 1955 (67 Years Old)
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Code Geass, Death Note, Innocence, Final Fantasy, Metropolis
Flavio Aquilone (Voice Actor Played Light Yagami)
Italian voice actor Flavio Aquilone was born on February 21, 1990. Aquilone’s first voice acting role was when he was just four years old. His mother, Novella Marcucci, is a dubbing director.
As of the present day, he is working full-time and is known as the Italian voice of Zac Efron and Tom Felton. Aquilone has also done voice work for a long list of other famous actors, such as Rami Malek, Liam Hemsworth, Anton Yelchin, Devon Bostick, Dane DeHaan, and Daryl Sabara.
- Born: 21st February 1990
- Other Voice Acting: Beastars, One Punch Man, Death Note
Germana Savo (Voice Actor Played Misa Amane)
Italian voice actress Germana Savo is well-known for her portrayal of Misa Amane in the English version of Death Note, among other roles in anime and manga.
Hungarian Cast
Otto Viczian (Voice Actor Played L Lawliet / Ryuzaki)
Otto Viczian is an Hungarian Voice actor born on 5th June 1974. Some of his famous works in dubbing include Full metal Alchemist, Death Note, Bleach and many more.
- Born: 5th June 1974 (48 Years Old)
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Death Note, Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist
Gábor Sótonyi (Voice Actor Played Ryuk Shinigami)
Actor Gábor Sótonyi lends his voice to the Hungarian version.
He is a Hungarian native who has lent his voice to several more well-known franchises, including Pokemon, Bleach, Naruto, Death Note, and many more.
Krisztián Kolovratnik (Voice Actor Played Light Yagami)
Krisztián Kolovratnik is a Hungarian actor and voice actor who was born in Budapest on May 15th, 1977. Márta Kozák, his mother, is an opera singer.
He attended the University of Theater and Film Arts in Budapest from 1995 until 2000 after he graduated from Erzsébet Szilágyi High School.
- Born: 15th May 1977
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Bleach, Death note
Csuha Borbala (Voice Actor Played Misa Amane)
Hungarian voice actor Csuha Borbala (or Csuha Bori) was born on December 26, 1986 in Budapest. She has provided her voice for the Hungarian versions of Thomas & Friends and Shopkins.
Since she was five years old, she’s been dubbing. Her actor dad Lajos Csuha and singer mom Ildikó Sz. Nagy raised her there.
- Born: 26th December 1986 (36 Years Old)
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Full Metal Alchemist, Death note, Bleach, Ged Senki
Portuguese Cast
Sérgio Cantú (Voice Actor Played L Lawliet / Ryuzaki)
Sérgio Cant is a Brazilian voice actor, director of dubbing, translator, and adapter.
Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sérgio Cant Mannarino has been working as a voice actor since May 14, 1981. At the tender age of twelve, he began his acting career in “Forever Young,” providing the voice of Elijah Wood. His mother, Mariângela Cant, is also an actress.
- Born: 14th May 1981 (41 Years Old)
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Chainsaw Man, Bubble, Back Arrow, Death Note
JORGE VASCONCELLOS (Voice Actor Played Ryuk Shinigami)
A talented actor, dubbing artist, and dubbing director, Jorge José Vasconcellos Paulo was born in Rio de Janeiro on February 21, 1957. His career began in the 1980s, and he became famous in 1996 for providing the voice of Bum Defora in the animated series A Vaca e o Frango and Eu Sou o Máximo.
In 2013, he was a member of the miniseries Amores Roubados. Prior to that, he had roles as police officer in the Rede Globo series O Dentista Mascarado and the serial opera O Rebu.
- Born: 21st February 1957 (65 Years Old)
- Other Anime Voice Acting: One Piece, Kengan Ashura, Death Note
Jose Leonardo (Voice Actor Played Light Yagami)
Born in Brazil on December 28th, 1977, José Leonardo is a popular voice actor renowned for his roles as Robby Sinclar in the Dinosaurs, Buster Bunny in Tiny Toon Adventures, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Tobias Wilson in The Amazing World of Gumball.
Portuguese voice actor Jose Leonardo plays Light Yagami/Kira.
- Born: 28th December 1977
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Orient, 86, Death Note
Ana Lúcia Menezes (Voice Actor Played Misa Amane)
She was a Brazilian voice actress and voice director by the name of Ana Lcia Alves de Menezes, or Ana Lcia Granjeiro.
She voiced a number of popular characters in dubbed media, including Sam Puckett in iCarly, Suzy Sheep in Peppa Pig, Laura in the Mexican drama Carrusel, Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, and Maite Perroni in a number of shows.
- Born: 6th February 1975
- Died: 20th April 2021
- Other Anime Voice Casting: 7 Seeds, Pokemon, Black Clover, Beyblade, Death Note
Korean Cast
Um Sang-hyun (Voice Actor Played L Lawliet / Ryuzaki)
Um Sang-hyun is a South Korean voice actor who began his career in 1998 when he joined the voice acting division of the Educational Broadcasting System.
Before he became a voice actor, he worked in theatres. In The Last Empress, a South Korean musical from 1997, he played a Japanese assassin and a royal servant. In the same year, he also worked as an assistant director for the South Korean musicals Gaeddong and Moskito.
Um has been a busy freelancer for more than a decade, but she is still one of the most important voice actors for EBS. He is best known for voicing Calcifer in the Korean dub of the Studio Ghibli animation Howl’s Moving Castle, L Lawliet in the Korean dub of the Japanese television animation series Death Note, Po in the Korean dub of the DreamWorks Animation film series Kung Fu Panda, and, more recently, Poli on a South Korean animated children’s television series called Robocar Poli.
- Born: 29th December 1971
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Howls Moving Castle, Death Note, Kung Fu Panda
Jong Gu Lee (Voice Actor Played Ryuk Shinigami)
South Korean voice actor Jeong-gu Lee born on May 20, 1952 goes by the name Jeong-gu Lee.
Since 1977, he has been a part of the Korea Broadcasting Voice Acting Division. Dubbing roles include Homer Simpson, the Ninth Doctor, Captain Planet, Christopher Reeve’s Superman, Michael Keaton’s Batman, and Master Chief in the Halo series.
He also routinely works with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and Sylvester Stallone.
- Born: 23rd February 1950 (72 Years Old)
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Toaru Majutsu, Fairy Tail, Darker Than Black, Death Note
Kim Youngsun (Voice Actor Played Light Yagami)
South Korean voice actor Kim Youngsun has worked for the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation since 1996. He has been chosen as Elijah Wood’s official Korean dub-over voice actor. He has a wife named Bak So-ra, who is also a voice actress.
He voiced Shiro in “Fate/Stay Night,” Sasuke Uchiha in “Naruto,” Light Yagami in “Death Note,” and a host of other characters. The video game characters Calintz from “Magna Carta” and 707 from “Mystic Messenger” both had their voices provided by him.
- Born: 17th December 1969
- Other Anime Voice Acting: Tamako Market, Mayo Chiki, Death Note, Naruto
Kim Seo-yeong (Voice Actor Played Misa Amane)
South Korean voice actress Kim Seo-yeong got her start in the industry in 1999 as an in-house voice artist for Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. In 2002, her voice acting abilities brought her recognition in South Korea’s film and television industry.
Multiple major roles in popular animation and film have been dubbed by her. In excess of 10,000 of Kim’s ads have been shown over the years.
- Born: 19th January 1977
- Other Anime Voice Casting: Shingeki No Kyojin, Tamako Market, Death note
