Drama: Death Note Romaji: Desu Noto Japanese: デスノート Director: Writer: Tsugumi Ohba (manga), Takeshi Obata (manga) Network: NTV Episodes: Release Date: July 5, 2015 -- Runtime: Sundays Language: Japanese Country: Japan **Synopsis** Light Yagami (Masataka Kubota) is an ordinary university student. One day, he receives a death note which changes his life. The death note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius. He becomes murderer Kira and punishes criminals. L (Kento Yamazaki) is a well known private detective. L appears in front of Light Yagami. L defines Kira as evil and decides to catch Kira. Then N (Mio Yuki), who has a beautiful appearance but dangerous existence, appears. **Notes** Based on the best-selling supernatural action mystery manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata (published from December, 2003 to May, 2006 in Weekly Shonen Jump). **Related Titles:** Death Note (2006) Death Note: The Last Name (2006) L: Change the World (2008) Death Note (NTV / 2015) **Cast** Masataka Kubota as Light Yagami Kento Yamazaki as L Mio Yuki as N Yutaka Matsushige as Soichiro Yagami Hinako Sano as Misa Amane Reiko Fujiwara as Sayu Yamazaki Megumi Seki as Akiko Himura Goki Maeda as Tota Matsuda Tomohisa Yuge as Shuuichi Aizawa Shugo Oshinari as Teru Mikami Kazuaki Hankai as Watari Jiro Sato as Kanzo Mogi