Light Nostrade

Light Nostrade (ライト＝ノストラード, Raito Nosutorādo) is the head of the Nostrade Mafia Family and Kurapika's current employer.

Appearance
He is a middle aged man with his hair combed back and has a thick mustache. He usually wears a suit.

Personality
Light usually has a calm personality but gets put on edge when the safety of his daughter Neon is jeopardized. He is very indulging of his daughter's whims. While it's unclear how much of his affection for her is sincere, a large part of his behavior is due to the value he places on her fortune-telling Nen ability. It has been revealed that exploiting this ability was how he got ahead in the Mafia, as well as how he maintains his position.

Yorknew City arc
The Nostrade Family is a recently prolific Mafia family in the series, subordinate to the Ritz Family. The Nostrade Family was originally a minor provincial Mafia family of little importance, but by shrewdly using the fortune telling ability of his daughter Neon, Light managed to greatly increase his position in the Mafia Community to the point where even the Ten Dons seek his daughter's advice. Kurapika joins in order to find information concerning his people's stolen Scarlet Eyes.

Greed Island arc
He undergoes a breakdown after Neon's ability to predict the future was stolen by Chrollo Lucilfer. The breakdown is also caused by the fact the Kurapika bid 3 billion Jenny on the Kurta eyes on his behalf and cannot pay it off.