Summary
L, born on October 31, 1979, or 1982 in the anime adaptation, is a Scorpio standing 179 cm tall and weighing 50 kg. Known by aliases such as Hideki Ryuga, Ryuzaki, Eraldo Coil, and Deneuve, he has earned reputations as the second and third best detectives globally under the latter two names. Operating in secrecy, he communicates with the outside world exclusively through his assistant, Watari, and avoids revealing his face, instead identifying himself with a capital L in Cloister Black font. When joining the Kira investigation team, he asked to be called Ryuzaki for discretion, and the team never learned his true identity. His disheveled and languid demeanor belies his exceptional deductive abilities and analytical mindset. He is highly meticulous, often second-guessing information, and exhibits several peculiar habits, including preferring to crouch rather than sit, consuming only sweets and fruits, and handling objects with delicate precision. After residing in England for five years, he became the champion of the England Junior Cup tennis tournament. L attributes his underweight status despite his sweet-heavy diet to the brain’s high caloric consumption, claiming that sitting normally would reduce his reasoning capacity by 40%.
