Shinigami (Death Note)

Shinigami are a extradimensional beings that feature in Death Note.

History

Shinigami (Japanese: 死神, Shinigami, lit. "god(s) of death" or "death god(s)") were a race of supernatural beings that were typically invisible to the human world and were each keepers of a Death Note.

Overview

One aspect of their nature was their eyes that had the unique ability to see the names and lifespans of human beings by observing them. This was a valuable means of assisting them in their function if writing the names of a person in a Death Note. When accompanying a human, they were able to give these Shinigami Eyes (死神の目, shinigami no me) to their charge allowing them to be given this ability. However, this came at a cost of halving the lifespan of the person as the price for the eyes.

Leadership of the Shinigami was held by the King of Death who was the highest ranked member of their kind and controlled the distribution of the Death Notes.

Each of their kind were in possession of their own Death Note.

They were native to their own world that was a desolate land known as the Shinigami Realm.

Members

• Shinigami King :
• Armonia Justin Beyondormason :
• Ryuk : a male Shinigami who went into the human world and whose Death Note was taken by Light Yagami whereupon he accompanied as well as assisted in his schemes as Kira to become the god of the world.
• Gelus :
• Sidoh :
• Rem :
• Midora :
• Calikarcha :
• Nu :

Notes

• Shinigami was created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata where they featured in the setting of Death Note.
• They were based and adapted from the Shinigami of Japanese myth.

Appearances

• Death Note:

External Link

• Death Note Wiki Entry

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