Death Note is an anime about a high school student named Light Yagami who finds a Death Note, a book owned by gods of death (Shikigami), that if a person's name is written in it, they will die. Using it, Light plans to kill all criminals, create a new perfect world, and rule it as God, while detectives such as L try to find and stop him.
- Kurou Otoharada – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Takuo Shibuimaru – Hit by a truck when Light wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Lind L. Tailor – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Kiichiro Osoreda – Hit by a car, as written by Light in the Death Note.
- Raye Penber – Died of a heart attack when Light either wrote his name in the Death Note or got him to write his name on a page of the Death Note along with the other eleven agents.
- Naomi Misora – Hanged herself, as written by Light in the Death Note.
- Ukita – Died of a heart attack when Misa wrote his name in her Death Note.
- Gelus – Destroyed when he used the Death Note to kill Misa’s would-be killer, thus saving her when it was her time to die, which Shinigami are forbidden to do. (Shown in flashback)
- Arayoshi Hatori – Killed offscreen when Higuchi wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Ginzo Kaneboshi – Died of a heart attack when Rem wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Yukito Shiraba – Crashed his motorcycle into the back of a truck, as written by Higuchi in the Death Note.
- Kyosuke Higuchi – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote his name on a piece of the Death Note.
- Watari – Died of a heart attack when Rem wrote his name in the Death Note.
- L – Died of a heart attack when Rem wrote his name in the Death Note. (Note: His real name is never revealed)
- Rem – Destroyed when she wrote L’s name in the Death Note to protect Misa.
- Wedy – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote her name in the Death Note.
- Aiber – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Takeshi Ooi – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Masahiko Kida – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Eichi Takahashi – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Shingo Mido – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Reiji Namikawa – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Suguru Shimura – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Director Takimura – Hung himself with his tie, as written by Light in the Death Note.
- Miller – Died of a heart attack when Y462 wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Y462 – Blown up inside his helicopter by Jack Neylon.
- Director Mason – Died of a heart attack when Jack Neylon wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Agent Gardner – Died of a heart attack when Jack Neylon wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Rod Ross – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Jack Neylon – Died of a heart attack when Light wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Jose – Shot by a cop.
- Soichiro Yagami – Shot in the back by Jose with a machine gun, mortally wounding him.
- Demegawa – Died of a heart attack when Mikami wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Matt – Shot by cops.
- Mello – Died of a heart attack when Takada wrote his name on a page of the Death Note.
- Kiyomi Takada – Burned to death by setting fire to everything around her, as written by Light in a piece of the Death Note. (Note: Mikami also wrote this in the Death Note, but it’s implied Light was the first to write it)
- Teru Mikami – Stabbed himself with a ballpoint pen.
- Light Yagami – Died of a heart attack when Ryuk wrote his name in his Death Note.
- Misa Amane – Presumably jumped off a building after Light’s death.
The following neither go to heaven nor hell on death due to using the Death Note:
- Kyosuke Higuchi
- Y462
- Jack Neylon
- Teru Mikami
- Light Yagami
- Misa Amane