Jose is a field agent and guard within the mafia syndicate that helps Mello kidnap Sayu Yagami and extort a Death Note from the Japanese Task Force in 2009. Once the SPK compiles a list of the syndicate’s 108 members, Jose is identified along with the rest of the gang and dies when Kira executes the entire group at once.
A large, muscular man of Western descent with a rugged, prominent jawline, short dark hair, and a full, well-groomed beard and mustache. Usually seen in the dark, practical jackets and trousers typical of a mafia enforcer guarding a hideout.
Jose is part of the mafia team that helps Mello kidnap Sayu Yagami, then stands guard at the syndicate’s hideout once the Death Note trade goes through, alongside the notebook and the Shinigami Sidoh. Near identifies him as one of the 108 members tied to the kidnapping using FBI records and surveillance data. On November 10, 2009, at exactly 11:59 PM, Light writes the names of the entire identified syndicate in the Death Note; Jose dies of a heart attack along with nearly all of his associates.
Minor: Ch. 60–71 (primarily as a background enforcer during the hideout scenes).
Mello
The boss whose orders he followed during the notebook recovery mission.
Dwight Gordon
The syndicate’s original leader, before Mello’s rise to power.
Jack Neylon (Kal Snyder)
Fellow gang member and the notebook’s official owner, while Jose served as part of the security detail.
Sidoh
The Shinigami Jose was forced to interact with while the syndicate held the notebook.
- Mainly present to establish the scale of criminal resources Mello had gathered to challenge Light and Near.
- His death lands exactly one minute before midnight, matching Kira’s systematic timing for the syndicate purge.
🇺🇸 English Voice Actors
Dobson, Michael
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