Following Masataka Kubota as Light Yagami, Kento Yamazaki as L, and Mio Yuuki as Near, more cast for the upcoming live-action TV drama adaptation of the Death Note manga series created by Tsugumi Ohba (story) and Takeshi Obata (art) have been revealed to Japanese media. 20-year-old fashion model/gravure idol Hinako Sano is set to play popular idol character Misa Amane.

The TV drama adaptation will feature the protagonist Light Yagami as an ordinary university student, instead of the genius high school student as he was illustrated in the beginning of the manga story. It is set to begin on Nihon TV and its affiliates at every Sunday night from this July. 

Hinako Sano

Her first photo book "Hinako" published in October 2014

Photos from her 2015 calender

Announced main cast:

Light Yagami: Masataka Kubota

L: Kento Yamazaki

Near: Mio Yuuki

Misa Amane: Hinako Sano

Sayu Yagami: Reiko Fujiwara

Soichiro Yagami: Yutaka Matsusige

Akiko Himura: Megumi Seki

Touta Matsuda: Gouki Maeda

Shuichi Aizawa: Tomohisa Yuge

Kanzo Mogi: Jiro Sato

Watari: Kazuaki Hankai

(from left) Kento Yamazaki as L, Masataka Kubota as Light Yagami, Mio Yuuki as Near

via: Comic Natalie