Kira worshipers

The term Kira worshipers describes the devout followers who treat Kira and his cause with religious reverence. The label takes hold mainly after the time skip, as Kira's standing rises and society grows more willing to accept his presence. From scattered admirers the movement hardens into an organized cult, gathering by night to make offerings to the figure they hail as their god.

Devotion to Kira spreads as the public increasingly embraces his judgment, and the worshipers come to play a visible part in his cause. Two of the most prominent, Teru Mikami and Kiyomi Takada, rise from admirers to active accomplices who serve him directly. A year after Near defeats Light Yagami and Ryuk ends his life, a group of the faithful gathers at night on a cliff for a candlelit rite, a female follower setting her flame at the edge and proclaiming Kira their savior. The vigils continue into later years as the cult prays for his resurrection, slow even to notice when a copycat killer briefly stirs hope of his return.

The cult's best-known figures are Teru Mikami and Kiyomi Takada, both of whom move beyond worship to become accomplices of Kira, alongside an unnamed female follower who leads the cliffside ceremony. The group's fate in later years stays vague, though Minoru Tanaka notes that by 2017 many people still regard Kira as a god despite official histories condemning him. Beyond the manga, the worshipers surface as audience members and supporters in the anime, and a comparable candlelit cult appears in the 2017 Netflix film.