Nanjin Kyoko is one of the names Teru Mikami writes into what he believes is the real Death Note during the SPK’s final push against Kira in early 2010. Because SPK agent Stephen Gevanni had already swapped the real notebook for a forged copy, her scheduled execution simply doesn’t happen — making her one of the pieces of evidence Near uses to prove Mikami is Kira’s proxy.
On January 26, 2010, under heavy SPK surveillance, Mikami visits his safe deposit box to write Kiyomi Takada’s name in the real notebook — and, to maintain the illusion of Kira’s usual daily executions, fills a second notebook with a long list of other names, Kyoko’s among them. She’s scheduled to die of a heart attack on January 27 at 2:37 AM, but because Gevanni had already replaced that notebook with a perfect duplicate, nothing happens. Near later uses her name, and the rest of the list, to determine that Mikami was mechanically filling exactly one page per day with pre-selected names.
Mentioned only: Ch. 104, 108.
Teru Mikami
Her intended executioner, who selected her as a target under his own rigid sense of “justice.”
Near
The detective whose tactical foresight indirectly saved her life by neutralizing the notebook meant to kill her.
- Her name is a phonetic pun — “Nanjin” can read as “what person?” and “Kyoko” as “today,” roughly “today’s person” — marking her as a filler name on Mikami’s list.
- Part of a sequence of names Mikami wrote in Japanese alphabetical (gojuon) order, in the “N” section.
🇯🇵 Japanese Voice Actors
Kondou, Kanako
🇯🇵 Japanese
🇺🇸 English Voice Actors
Devine, Alexa
🇺🇸 English