. "Nate River"@en . "Nate River (Japanese: \u30CD\u30A4\u30C8\u30FB\u30EA\u30D0\u30FC, Hepburn: Neito Rib\u0101), universally referred to by the mononym Near (\u30CB\u30A2, Nia), is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Near is the younger of the two successors of L who was investigating the methods and identity of Kira, the in-universe name given to the mysterious serial killer who murdered criminals by means of the eponymous Death Note."@en . . . .