<Tr> <Th> Aliases </Th> <Td> Lind L. Tailor Hideki Ryuga (流 河 旱 樹, Ryūga Hideki) Ryuzaki (竜崎, Ryūzaki) Eraldo Coil Deneuve L - Prime (in L: Change the World) Yoshio Anderson (in the TV drama) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Quillish Wammy (handler) </Td> </Tr> <P> L Lawliet (Japanese: エル ・ ロー ライト, Hepburn: Eru Rōraito) is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata . An enigmatic individual with a past shrouded in mystery, he is an eccentric genius and international private investigator, reputed to be the world's best and brightest, who takes on cases that have stymied national governments and Interpol, and communicates with the world only through his equally inexplicable handler / assistant, Watari . He takes up the task of hunting down the mysterious serial - killer / vigilante "Kira ." While being assisted by the Japanese police agency's anti-Kira task - force, L deduces that the series' main character, Light Yagami is Kira, who also happens to be the son of the head of the "Kira" investigation: Soichiro Yagami . Much of the series focuses on L observing Light's activities and his attempts to unveil Light's true identity as "Kira", resulting in a psychological mind - game of cat and mouse between the two individuals . </P> <P> In the anime adaptation, he is voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi in Japanese, and by Alessandro Juliani in English . He is portrayed by Kenichi Matsuyama in the live - action film series, and by Kento Yamazaki in the TV drama . His counterpart in the American film is portrayed by Lakeith Stanfield . </P>

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