This is Halloween

Nate River (ネイト・リバー, Neito Ribā), better known as Near (ニア, Nia), was one of L's two successors, raised in Watari's orphanage for gifted children (Wammy's House)
. Near was 155 cm tall (5' 0"), weighed 88 pounds (39.2 kg), and his blood type was B. Near was the more level-headed, calmly assessing the situation, while the other, Mello, was more emotional and quick to act. Much like L, Near showed various unusual mannerisms during his day to day life. He is usually seen hunched over rather than sitting, and he also constantly plays with various toys, which he uses in his theories. He shows a great respect for L, basing much of how he solves crime on L's methods, even to the point where he only takes cases that he has a personal interest in rather than trying to pursue justice. While L uses the Cloister Black font text "L," Near in fact uses the Old English MT font text "N," to represent himself. He is voiced by Noriko Hidaka in the Japanese anime and Cathy Weseluck in the English dub.


PROFILE

Debut	Manga: Chapter 59 Anime: Episode 26
Birthday	August 24, 1991 (1994 in the anime)
Deathdate	N/A
Also known as	Near N (The Third) L
Sign	Virgo
Age	13 pre-timeskip, 17-18 post-timeskip, (21 in post-series one-shot)
Status at debut	Resident at Wammy's Orphanage
Relations	Mello (adversary later accomplice)
Seiyū	Noriko Hidaka
Voice actor	Cathy Weseluck
Knowledge	9/10
Conceptualization Power	10/10
Will to act	6/10
Motivation	10/10
Social Skills	1/10