| “ | Hatori, by tomorrow, you will die. | „ |
| ~ Higuchi when Hatori wanted to leave the Yotsuba group. |
Kyosuke Higuchi is a major antagonist of the manga/anime Death Note, being the main antagonist of the Yotsuba Arc. He's a member of the Yotsuba Group, a group of eight high-ranking and powerful executives and members of the Yotsuba Corporation.
He received the Death Note from Rem, and turns into the Third Kira, using it to kill members of competing companies to the Yotsuba Group in order to advance the company and gain more wealth as a result.
He was voiced by Issei Futamata in Japanese and Andrew Kavadas in English.
Appearance
Kyosuke Higuchi has slick but spiky brown hair and brown eyes and has an odd and insidious look on his face much of the time he's on screen. He's usually seen wearing a black suit with a dark white/light grey shirt underneath with a white tie. In Death Note: Kira Game, his appearance remains the same, but his hair is black instead.
Biography
Kyosuke Higuchi is the Head of Technology in Yotsuba Corporation and one of its eight high-ranking executive. He is chosen by Rem who gives him a Death Note, Light Yagami wanting a particularly selfish individual to possess it, thus becoming the third Kira. Per Light's plan, Rem informs Kyosuke that in exchange for using the Death Note as he see fit, Kyosuke must first kill criminals with it; not caring if the severity of the crimes, Kyosuke fulfills his end of the bargain by writing whatever names are available at the time.
Since then, Kyosuke meets every weeks with the rest of Yoshiba Group to choose a person to eliminate to augment their profits. The other members immediately understand one of them is Kira, but ignore is identity. Kyosuke subtlety tries to explain the limits of the Death Note, since some of their victims didn't die as they of accidents; due to not being where the deaths were asked to happen.
In one of these meetings, they are interrupted by Matsuda, who was searching for information. Matsuda manages to convinces them he is just Misa Amane's agent and wants a partnership with them. He even invites them at a party. There, L and the Task Force faked his death, preventing him from getting killed by Kyosuke. Later, Arayoshi Hatori, one of the groups' members, start wanting to leave, thinking they are compromised. He is then killed by Kyosuke, using the Death Note.
They are contacted by the second best detective in the world, Coil, who offers his silence for a bribe and services in order to find L; secretly being L's conman ally Aiber, using one of L's aliases. After getting no results in the case for some time, Kyosuke agrees to his group's plan of waiting monthly intervals to kill their targets; following the intel from "Coil" that L is becoming suspicious of Yotsuba being so prosperous when all the other companies are losing employees. Unaware this was part of the Task Force's plan to buy time to figure out who has the Death Note.
Rem then reveals Kyosuke's identity to Misa Amane. Misa seduces him then reveals to him she is the second Kira, and tricks him into confessing he is the third Kira, unaware of being recorded.
Meanwhile, L set up a plan to take down Kyosuke, with the help of some members of the group, who betrays him in exchange of immunity. They reveal to Kyosuke Matsuda is alive and going to reveal is identity to Sakura TV. Desperate, Kyosuke run to Sakura TV, accepting Shinigami Eyes from Rem and killing a cop, but is finally arrested by cops wearing blacks helmets led by Aisawa.
He attempts suicide but is prevented by Watari who disarmed in using a rifle from an helicopter. He reveals then the existence of Death Notes. Light manages to touch the Death Note, retrieving his memories, and discreetly uses a Death Note scrap hidden in his watch to kill Higuchi by giving him a heart attack.
Despite his death, Higuchi's arrest is what provided Near with information on the mechanics on the Death Note four years later and SPK agent Halle Lidner was motivated to catch Kira due to a desire to avenge a friend killed by Higuchi. Her information was what lead to Mello's kidnapping of Kiyomi Takada which ultimately lead to Kira's defeat.
Personality
Kyosuke Higuchi is a morbid and disgusting individual. His only concern is that of his company and seeks to advance it throughout the business world by any means necessary. Because of his greedy nature, he's the perfect one to possess the Death Note while Light Yagami is imprisoned and has his memories erased as a means of eliminating L. Higuchi acts sophisticated and frequently insults others, however, underneath he is dimwitted and unable to use people well which is why he was demoted in the past and sought the Death Note as a means to further his status as well as why he sought outside help to decide who to kill. As he uses the Death Note, he becomes determined to eliminate the competition and when Matsuda begins to threaten that, he breaks down and turns to desperate measures to ensure that he's killed, even making the Shinigami Eye Deal with Rem.
Known Victims
Execution
- 12 Criminals - Names written in the Death Note by Higuchi, pictures shown on tv. The pictures are arranges in two rows with six on each.
- 116 Other Criminals - Names written in the Death Note by Higuchi, shown in the Death Note. Higuchi makes two vertical rows of names on each page on 32 lines, minus the twelve he had just written.
- 128 More Criminals - Names written in the Death Note by Higuchi, shown in the Death Note. It's unknown how he wrote this many names so quickly, but they'll be counted anyways.
- Total - 256
Ally
- 13 Businessmen - Names written in the Death Note by Higuchi, mentioned.
- Total - 13
Matsuda
- Arayoshi Hatori – Killed offscreen when Higuchi wrote his name in the Death Note.
- Total - 1
Performance
- 8 Criminals - Names written in the Death Note by Higuchi, pictures shown on TV.
- 56 Other Criminals - Names written in the Death Note by Higuchi, shown in the Death Note. This time, it's four rows on a single page.
- Total - 64
Frenzy
- Ito Shiroba – Crashed his motorcycle into the back of a truck, as written by Higuchi in the Death Note.
- Total - 1
Total Kills
- 335 People
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Trivia
- Higuchi's writing style in the Death Note is making two vertical rows of names on each 32 lined page, making 4 rows, totaling in 64 names every page.
External Link
- Kyosuke Higuchi on the Death Note Wiki
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