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Nicknamed "Idol" by the Day Class girls, Aidou is Kaname's "right-hand man" alongside his cousin Kain. He displays a fun-loving and playful personality around the Day Class girls, and he fiercely idolizes Kaname, despite the punishment he receives in turn. He is jealous of the attention Yuuki recieves receives from Kaname and has a tense relationship with Zero due to his lack of respect for Kaname.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Extremely jealous towards the attention Yuuki recieves from Kaname. [[spoiler:He kind of gets over it when he finds out Yuuki is a pureblood and Kaname's [[NotBloodSiblings "sister."]]]]
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* GreenEyedMonster: Like Aidou, she is jealous of Yuuki because of the attention she recieves from Kaname. When Yuuki is revealed to be a pureblood vampire and Kaname's [[NotBloodSiblings "sister"]], she gradually accepts that her feelings for Kaname are unrequited.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Like Aidou, she is jealous of Yuuki because of the attention she recieves receives from Kaname. When Yuuki is revealed to be a pureblood vampire and Kaname's [[NotBloodSiblings "sister"]], she gradually accepts that her feelings for Kaname are unrequited.
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* WhipItGood: Shiki loves using a whip as his primary weapon and he's damn good at it too. It's strong enough to upturn asphalt.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Does this to Aidou [[RuleOfThree three times]].
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* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: His real identity is [[spoiler:the Ancestor of the Kurans. Years and years ago, he and his original lover, the Hooded Woman, did all they can in helping the populace from rouge vampires and Purebloods. When the woman sacrificed herself and gave her heart to a furnace that can generate weapons for the helpless humans, the ancestor was left the only Pureblood in the fight for protecting humanity. He put himself into a deep slumber - from which he didn't plan to wake from - in order to escape the desolation that his long life had become, only to be brought back life by Rido in an attempt to have a powerful Pureblood slave.]]
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!!Night Class
[[folder: Kaname Kuran / [[spoiler:The Ancestor of the Kurans]]]]
!! Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeKishio (Japanese), EthanMurray (English)
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Kaname is the president of the Night Class, a pureblood vampire, and the object of Yuuki's affections. He rescued Yuuki ten years ago from a vampire attack. While formal and polite, Kaname can also be enigmatic and distant. Two mysteries that surround Kaname are the death of his parents and his connection towards Yuuki's memories. The end of the first arc has Kaname turning Yuuki into a vampire or rather, turning her ''back'' into a vampire since she was always a Pureblood like himself, as well as her brother/future fiance. As the second arc goes by, [[RelationshipUpgrade despite living together like a married couple]], Yuuki and Kaname's relationship takes [[{{Deconstruction}} several blows]] when Kaname's penchant for keeping secrets and habit of always maintaining control wears on Yuuki and slowly but surely strains their relationship.
Kaname later reveals that he is actually [[spoiler:the first ancestor of the Kurans brought back to life by Rido in an attempt to put a leash on the most powerful creature alive. This backfires as - in an attempt to keep himself from attacking everything in sight - Kaname lets his body devolve to that of a newborn's, the ancestor takes on the name and place of the the real son of Haruka and Juuri Kuran, who was sacrificed to awaken him and was, in cruel irony, also named after him - Kaname.]] Eventually getting disheartened by the unchanging vampire society, Kaname deliberately pushes Yuuki and everyone close to him away in order to try and commit genocide on all Purebloods [[spoiler:in accordance to the last wishes of the ancestor who gave her heart to make Anti-Vampire weapons; carrying on the The Hooded Woman's work]]. However, as the [[spoiler: Parent Metal that makes Anti-Vampire weapons]] has cooled and died, he resolves to, and late does, cast [[spoiler: his own heart into the furnace and becomes the Parent Metal]] in order to atone for his sins and protect humans from vampires. He dies wishing for Yuuki and Zero to be happy together. [[spoiler: Yuuki later brings him back to life as a human with no memories and leaves him in the care of her children, finally redeemed and having another chance at life.]]
* AlliterativeName: Kaname is so old that, by the time he met others of his own kind [[spoiler: around ten thousand years before the canon timeline]] he had already forgotten his own name. [[spoiler:The "Hooded Woman", who was one of the first vampires he'd met, gave him the name Kaname, after the village in which she was born.]]
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Kaname has a habit of always being near Yuuki's side whenever things go south for her, and is known to punish and/or kill vampires who harm her in any way.
* AnimalMotifs: Bats.
* AntiHero: Kaname ends up [[spoiler: deliberately]] turning everyone against him in order to fulfill his goal. [[spoiler: Which includes: keeping Yuuki alive, safe and happy; and protecting humanity from vampires.]]
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Does this to Aidou [[RuleOfThree three times]].
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:He and Yuuki have a daughter named Ai together.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Veronica to Zero's Betty.
* BigBad: While he's not evil, his increasingly villainous actions and mindset turn him into the main antagonist of the series, to the point where the series actually ends with him as the FinalBoss. In the end though, [[spoiler: he sacrifices himself to protect all of humanity from the threat of vampires.]]
* {{Bishonen}}: Considered the most handsome of the entire Night Class; even the girls from the Night Class want him.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Yuuki is his sister and the daughter of Haruka and Juuri. In spite of this, they still remain a couple because it is common for purebloods to interbreed [[spoiler: due to the fact that Pure Vampire blood eliminates the possibility of defects]]. Though, it's revealed that [[spoiler:he is really the ancestor of the Kurans.]]
* ByronicHero: Mixed with the AntiHero trope above, Kaname is on his own side and doesn't care what methods are used to accomplish his goals.
* CharacterDevelopment: Kaname starts the series as a distant personage, as the series progresses he is revealed to be a very protective and kindhearted person who actively tries to protect humanity and the vampire race; despite it, he doesn't shy away from using both a manipulative and a heavy-handed approach to reach his goals - and can be quite ruthless. To be fair to him, trying to maintain his "goodness" in a CrapsackWorld of power-hungry vampires and hunters took its toll on him. After acknowledging his mistakes he dies in peace. [[spoiler: his own heart being what protects humanity]], and is revived a changed man. Without the burdens of vampirism and his [[DarkAndTroubledPast memories tying him down]], Kaname is able to relax and be himself around others.
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: With Yuuki (who was born to be his wife).
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: As with all Kurans, brown hair and red eyes. [[spoiler:Since he's the first ancestor of the family, he really started the trend.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Sort of. [[spoiler: His heart becomes the new Parent Metal to make Anti Vampire weapons; also - at the end - Yuuki turns him into a human without his memories.]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Gives his life to become the furnace, yet is resurrected at the end by Yuuki turning him human.]]
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: He has this "problem". He already has Yuuki, Ruka, Sara, and countless screaming Day Class girls who want him. Not to mention all those nobles practically shoving their daughters at him a vampire soiree. But on top of all this, he has a very one-sided bromance with Aidou, and if you look closely there's a ''guy'' in line to give him chocolates in the St. Xocolatl's Day chapter. And then there's Ichijou's loyalty and concern for Kaname brought to new and interesting heights as of the latest chapter if his conversation with Yuuki is anything to go by.
* GeniusBookClub: When Kaname is not brooding in a corner or watching over Yuuki, he's reading classic literature. His room has a personal library.
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards Zero concerning Yuuki.
* HeroAntagonist: Played with during the second half of the story, whenever the plot shifts to his point of view, Kaname slides more and more into an antagonist.
* HiddenDepths: There's a ''lot'' more to Kaname than what's on the surface...
* HumanPopsicle: [[spoiler:He's preserved in an ice coffin by Aidou after giving his heart to the hunter's furnace.]]
* ILetGwenStacyDie: When Yuuki sees into his true past, [[spoiler:the unnamed woman from his past as the Ancestor of the Kurans.]]
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: As with all vampires (and Zero) as soon as Kaname reaches young adulthood, he hasn't aged a day.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Yuuki in the first arc (human and pureblood vampire).
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: After he casts his heart into the furnace]], he tells both Yuuki and Zero to be happy.
* KarmaHoudini: To a degree. Although he admits to have committed many sins [[spoiler:and gives his life at the end to become the hunter's furnace]], he equally confesses to not have any regrets.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Kaname is really passionate when it comes to protecting Yuuki and will go to any lengths to punish the offender. Just ask his fellow pureblood Toma...
* LonelyAtTheTop: As with all Purebloods.
* MeaningfulName: ''Kaname'' means "pivot"/"center." ''Kuran'' means "nine orchids" because ''ku'' means "nine" and ''ran'' means orchids.
** Fun fact: the kanji for ''Kaname'' is very similar to that of "hitsugi" (coffin), and even the mangaka herself mixed up the two in some typos.
* MrFanservice: Next to Zero, he supplies this in spades.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He would really love to do this, but he settles with ''torture'' the hypotenuse.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: He is unable to murder Rido--no matter how much he would want to--because Rido was the one who resurrected Kaname [[spoiler:(as the ancestor of the Kurans)]] from his grave. Not that he wouldn't want to though.
* MysteriousPast: ''Oh yeah''. Part of the main draw of the second arc was learning more about Kaname.
* NotBloodSiblings: With Yuuki as it turns out that he's not her biological brother, but the [[spoiler:Ancestor of the Kurans]], which means he's technically her great, great, great, etc. grandfather. He was still raised as her older brother, though.
* NotSoDifferent: To Rido, pointed out by himself.
* OffScreenTeleportation: Kaname is implied to be very fast but the manner in which he shows up instantly is unnerving.
* ParentalAbandonment: It is claimed that Kaname's parents--Haruka and Juuri Kuran--committed suicide. However, Kaname reveals that they were murdered instead.
* PerpetualFrowner: Shares this with Zero.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Times a dozen, [[spoiler: he is ''well'' over ten thousand years old]].
* RelationshipUpgrade: With Yuuki.
* TheRival: With Zero.
* TheChessmaster: The man loves plotting, as does every Pureblood in the series. It doesn't matter if its for a grand master plan or because he's bored.
* TheOmniscient: Could be form 1 or 2.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Besides reading, he loves playing chess as well, sometimes using it as an analogy to what's taking place right now.
* StalkerWithACrush: Of a sort. Kaname watches over Yuuki during her human years from a distance.
* TheStoic: Always calm no matter what. Always. It takes something really drastic for Kaname to show another emotion.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Typical of a vampire male lead.
* TerribleArtist: Him and Yuuki both.
* TranquilFury: In line with his stoicism, Kaname doesn't blow his top, he just get more vengeful and violent when angry.
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: His real identity is [[spoiler:the Ancestor of the Kurans. Years and years ago, he and his original lover, the Hooded Woman, did all they can in helping the populace from rouge vampires and Purebloods. When the woman sacrificed herself and gave her heart to a furnace that can generate weapons for the helpless humans, the ancestor was left the only Pureblood in the fight for protecting humanity. He put himself into a deep slumber - from which he didn't plan to wake from - in order to escape the desolation that his long life had become, only to be brought back life by Rido in an attempt to have a powerful Pureblood slave.]]
* TroubledButCute: He used to be quite a cute child despite having the mind of an adult.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Then his memories started to return to him.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:In the second arc, he reveals to have been the one to have released Shizuka from her cage in the Vampire Senate, despite knowing that Rido (who was her fiancee) wouldn't let her go easily, and due to it claims responsibility for her attack on the Kiryuu family. He also goes on a genocidal mission with the goal of wiping out all purebloods, ending with him intending to use his own heart as furnace for the vampire hunters' metal.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Being the [[spoiler:ancestor of the Kurans and well over a thousand years old]] qualifies one to be all knowledgeable.
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[[folder: Takuma Ichijou]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/SusumuChiba (Japanese), Creator/SpikeSpencer (English)
[-... Grandfather... Let us put an end to the Ichijou line.-]
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Kaname's best friend and the Night Class's vice president. He is very friendly and outgoing, and can usually be found with a smile on his face. Ichijou's grandfather is a member of the Vampire Council. He is good friends with Shiki and Rima. He later betrays Kaname when he falls for the Pureblood Sara Shirabuki, though it is never revealed if his feelings for her were genuine or he was manipulated into loving her thanks to the Purebloods' power of persuasion. After her death, he's left without a purpose in life.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Easily the friendliest and goofiest of the vampires; he even acts like a human would, thus making it hard to tell the difference with him.
* ConflictingLoyalty: Towards his friendship with Kaname and his duty towards the Vampire Council. Later it's his friendship with ''everyone'' and his feelings towards Sara.
* CoolSword: Thanks to his grandfather, Takuma becomes really skilled with a sword.
* [[FallenPrincess Fallen Prince]]: The cover of Chapter 65 describes Ichijou as "the royal blood who lost his position."
* {{Foil}}: To Kaname.
* GreenEyes: Color pages and the anime shows us this.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kaname and Shiki.
* LastNameBasis: No one really calls Ichijou by his first name.
** Ruka calls him Takuma-sama, though.
* [[LetsGetDangerous Let's Get Dangerous]]: When Ichijou confronts his treacherous grandfather.
* MeaningfulName: ''Takuma'' means "to cultivate" (''taku'') and "hemp" or "flax" (''ma'', a kanji for ''asa''), which is a plant with blue flowers. ''Ichijou'' means a "ray" or "streak."
* MoreThanMindControl: Quite possibly with Sara.
* PerpetualSmiler: Always seen with a smile, though how much of it is real is hard to tell.
* ThreeAmigos: With Shiki and Rima.
* [[UndercoverAsLovers Undercover As]] [[strike:Lovers]] [[UndercoverAsLovers Siblings]]: Following the timeskip, Sara and he claim that they are ''siblings'' while entering a new high school.
* [[YouWatchTooMuchX You Read Too Much X]]: He reads too much manga.
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[[folder: Hanabusa Aidou]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/JunFukuyama (Japanese), Creator/BrycePapenbrook (English)
[-... And my heart decided. I would become someone who could really protect him.-]
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Nicknamed "Idol" by the Day Class girls, Aidou is Kaname's "right-hand man" alongside his cousin Kain. He displays a fun-loving and playful personality around the Day Class girls, and he fiercely idolizes Kaname, despite the punishment he receives in turn. He is jealous of the attention Yuuki recieves from Kaname and has a tense relationship with Zero due to his lack of respect for Kaname.
After Yuuki's reveal as a Pureblood, Aidou becomes more respectful towards her, though still treats her like a klutz at times. His loyalty towards Kaname is finally shattered when his father is murdered by him and he pledges to stop his former friend at all costs. Later Aidou discovers the cure to vampirism based on Kaname's old notes, though his primary motivation in completing the cure was due to a desire to age and die with Yori, who he fell in love with. Tragically he's too late and it is unknown what happens to him afterwards.
* ADayInTheLimelight: In ''[[LightNovels Vampire Knight: Ice Blue no Tsumi]]''.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Initially hated Kaname when they were children, as Kaname was more well-liked because of his pureblood status, but he gradually grows to admire Kaname as time grew on.
* AnIcePerson: His powers include manipulating ice. He can be quite cold at times too.
* BecomingTheMask: He--along with Kain, Ruka, and Ichijou--was purposely supposed to befriend Fuuka [[spoiler:in order to keep an eye on her as she takes the experimental pills to see if it will help her slow down the vampire process of an eventual Level E]], but as time grew on, Aidou began growing emotionally supportive and sympathetic towards Fuuka and genuinely wanted to save her.
* BerserkButton: You do not want to come between him and his Kaname-sama.
* BigEater: Similar to Yuuki, Aidou can really chow down.
* BrutalHonesty: Can be very blunt with his opinions at times.
* ButtMonkey: From time to time, but recently increasing in the current chapters by unfortunately getting captured by Zero and the Hunters Association.
* TheCaretaker: Of Fuuka.
* ChildProdigy[=/=]TeenGenius: Considered to be very smart by his peers. Professors from other universities come to his doorstep to beg him to enroll in their schools.
* [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Boy]]: Anyone who gets close to Kaname earns Aidou's ire.
* ConflictingLoyalty: His admiration towards Kaname versus his duty as a vampire after he witnesses Kaname murdering Shizuka. Also, his growing attachment towards Fuuka versus his duty to have kept her emotionally distant and think her as just an experimental subject. Later his desire to keep Kaname a noble vampire in his heart versus hating the guy when he murders his father.
* CoolTeacher[=/=]HotTeacher: Becomes Yuuki's personal tutor and personal bodyguard following the timeskip.
* CynicismCatalyst[=/=]FailureKnight: Initially, Fuuka--a Day Class student who had [[spoiler:been turned into an ex-human vampire--was just a test subject and experiment to him for the (at the time) experimental pills that could slow the vampire process from a Level E.]] He disliked her because she had a crush on Kaname, but as time grew on, he sympathized with Fuuka and wanted to save her from her eventual fate. After Fuuka took the pills, she was beginning to show signs of recovery, but her body soon developed an immunity against it. Fuuka asks him to kill her so she won't [[spoiler:turn into a Level E vampire, and in spite of his protests, he reluctantly abides and kills Fuuka.]]
* DeclarationOfProtection: A male example with him obviously wanting to protect [[HoYay Kaname]]. Played straight with [[{{Protectorate}} Fuuka]], but [[FailureKnight he wasn't able to save her]].
* TheDulcineaEffect: Arguably towards Fuuka, though subverted as it took him a while to have her presence grow on him.
* {{Fanboy}}: For Kaname.
* GreenEyedMonster: Extremely jealous towards the attention Yuuki recieves from Kaname. [[spoiler:He kind of gets over it when he finds out Yuuki is a pureblood and Kaname's [[NotBloodSiblings "sister."]]]]
* [[HerHeartWillGoOn His Heart Will Go On]]: After Fuuka's death.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kain.
* HiddenDepths: There's more to him than just being a Kaname [[{{Fangirl}} fanboy]].
* HotBlooded: Despite his powers, Aidou has quite the hot temperament.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Poor Fuuka.
* InSeriesNickname: "Idol".
* InterspeciesRomance: Aido (vampire) and Yori (human). He even states that he repeatedly asked her to become a vampire, and when she refused, he worked on Kaname's notes to turn vampires to humans so he could live the rest of his life with her. He fails to find it in time.
* LadyKillerInLove: The extra chapter in the final volume strongly implies that Aidou is in love with Yori. Considering his flirtatious attitude towards girls at the start of the series, Aidou is considered this. Another extra chapter outright confirms his love for Yori.
* LastNameBasis: Usually called by his last name.
* MeaningfulName: ''Hanabusa'' means "petals of a flower" and ''Aidou'' means "indigo temple." The pronunciation of ''Aidou'' is very close to the pronunciation of the English word "Idol" in Japanese, which is where the Day Class girls derived Aidou's nickname from.
* MercyKill: Reluctantly kills Fuuka when she doesn't want to become a Level E.
* NumberTwo: He and his cousin Kain share the role towards Kaname.
* PetTheDog: He gradually grows to sympathize with Yuuki following TheReveal. After the timeskip, he reassures Yuuki he won't tell Kaname that she is writing a letter to someone (presumably Yori), offers blood tablets for her when she had to resort to biting herself to get blood, accompanies her on her mission to confront pureblood vampires, and stands beside her when she decides to reopen the Night Class, in spite of the fact that Kaname murdered his father prior to this.
* ShipTease: With [[BodyguardCrush Yuuki]], [[PairTheSpares Yori]], and [[{{Protectorate}} Fuuka]]. Yori wins in the end, due to Yuuki hooking up with Zero and Fuuka tragically dying before anything could come out of it.
* StakingTheLovedOne: To Fuuka.
* UndyingLoyalty: Towards Kaname.
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[[folder: Akatsuki Kain]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/JunichiSuwabe (Japanese), Creator/TroyBaker (English)
[-... If in the future you end up causing her unhappiness... then I will not forgive you.-]
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Nicknamed "Wild" by the Day Class girls, Kain is Kaname's "right-hand man" alongside his cousin Aidou. He is often laidback and reserved. Kain sympathizes with his childhood friend Ruka, who he has feelings for. Towards the end of the manga, he finally gets with her.
* ButtMonkey: Kain has a fair amount of bad luck and is a "victim of circumstances," often getting lectured for not stopping fights or gets involved into said fights that he didn't necessarily want to get into.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Orange hair and orange eyes.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Despite constantly seeing Ruka pine for Kaname, this hasn't deterred Kain's feelings for her one bit. It pays off in the end when he finally gets her.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Aidou.
* HopelessSuitor: For Ruka. Subverted when he later gets her.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: The above quote.
* InSeriesNickname: "Wild".
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Willing to support Ruka's feelings at the expense of his own.
* KissingCousins: According to the flashback chapter of Kaname and the rest of the Night Class when they were kids, as well as the fanbook, Ruka is cousins with Aidou and him. Fulfills this trope literally when he snatches Ruka away from helping out Ai with her spying on her parents and starts making out with her.
* LastNameBasis: Usually called by his last name.
* MeaningfulName: ''Akatsuki'' translates to "dawn" or "daybreak." ''Kain'' translates to a "base" or "support" (''ka'') and a "building that has high fences around it"--such as a temple or school (''in'').
* NumberTwo: He and his cousin Aidou share the role towards Kaname.
* PlayingWithFire: His main power is to manipulate fire.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Ruka. Later subverted when they hook up in the bonus chapters.
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[[folder: Ruka Souen]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/DorothyEliasFahn (English)
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[-Because I've been a fool who only cares about my own feelings... always... until I was faced with the truth...-]
A beautiful student of the Night Class who has unrequited feelings for Kaname. She later grows out of these feelings after seeing how irrational Kaname can be in achieving his goals and later grows to fall in love with her cousin, Kain.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Gets insanely jealous over anyone, particularly girls, vying for Kaname's attention.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Beige hair and eyes.
* DoggedNiceGirl: Similar to Kain, she's adamant about trying to win Kaname's affections. She fails but gets over it when she hooks up with Kain.
* GreenEyedMonster: Like Aidou, she is jealous of Yuuki because of the attention she recieves from Kaname. When Yuuki is revealed to be a pureblood vampire and Kaname's [[NotBloodSiblings "sister"]], she gradually accepts that her feelings for Kaname are unrequited.
* HeroicSacrifice: Chapter 82 where she protects Zero from Kaname and gets stabbed in the process. Luckily she survives next chapter.
* HopelessSuitor: For Kaname. Later gets over it when she falls for Kain.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Willing to sacrifice her happiness if it means Kaname can be happy.
* LoveMartyr: To Kaname.
* MasterOfIllusion: Ruka's main power is to implant illusions into her victims. Very useful when facing scores of enemies and she has them attack their own allies disguised as enemies. Those who become aware of it are able to eventually break it, as Yuuki did.
* MeaningfulName: ''Ruka'' means "lapis lazuli" (''ru'') and "good-looking" or "beautiful" (''ka''). ''Souen'' means either "early" or "strong fragrance" (''sou'') and "garden" (''en'').
* ReplacementGoldfish: To Kaname for Yuuki. It didn't work.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Kaname.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Damn, those are some short skirts.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Senri Shiki]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/SoichiroHoshi (Japanese), Creator/SteveStaley (English)
[-That's all right, because a puppet, is now able to move by its own conscious.-]
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A young model in the Night Class who is often in the company of Rima. Quiet and introverted, Shiki initially doesn't think too much of himself. Shiki's mother is a former actress who he must take care of because she's fairly helpless on her own. He is good friends with Ichijou.
* AlliterativeName: "S"enri "S"hiki
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Rima.
* BloodyMurder: Shiki can weaponized his blood to attack his enemies. His preferred weapon is the whip.
* CharacterDevelopment: Starts opening up following Rido's attack and the timeskip.
* DisappearedDad: Who turns out to be [[spoiler:Rido.]]
* GrandTheftMe: When possessed by his father, [[spoiler:Rido Kuran.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ichijou.
* LastNameBasis: Usually called by his last name except when he's with family members, such as his mother, his father [[spoiler:Rido]], and his uncle.
* MeaningfulName: ''Senri'' means "1,000 ''ri''." ''Shiki'' means "to support" (''shi'') and "mallow" (''ki''), which is a flowering plant with pink or white blossoms.
* MismatchedEyes: One can tell that there is something off about Shiki when one of his eyes turns red. Turns out he's possessed by his father [[spoiler:Rido]]. This is more obvious in the anime.
* TheQuietOne: To a tee. If one didn't know Shiki that well, you swear he's mute.
* ShipTease: With Rima. By manga's end, it's implied they get together.
* ThreeAmigos: With Ichijou and Rima.
* TookALevelInJerkass: While possessed by his father, Shiki is a lot more colder and crueler to everyone.
* WhipItGood: Shiki loves using a whip as his primary weapon and he's damn good at it too. It's strong enough to upturn asphalt.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Rima Touya]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/CarrieSavage (English)
[-Shiki! You should love yourself more!-]
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A young model in the Night Class who is often in the company of Shiki. If separated from him, Rima is often found worrying about Shiki. She is good friends with Ichijou.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Shiki.
* EmotionlessGirl: Only Skiki can get a rise out of her. Later she starts opening up to more of her Night Class friends.
* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: Rima wears two black pins that hold up her hair in pigtails.
* GirlishPigtails: Thanks to her hairpins.
* [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight "I Know You're In There Somewhere" Fight]]: When she fights Rido, who possessing [[spoiler:Shiki]]'s body.
* MeaningfulName: ''Rima'' means "jasmine" (''ri'') and "enhancement of wearing away"--such as by polishing or souring (''ma''). ''Touya'' means a "far-reaching arrow."
* TheQuietOne: Similar to Shiki,
* ShipTease: Shiki and Rima.
* ShockAndAwe: Rima can wield the power of electricity, as opposed to her other two elemental friends Aidou (Ice) and Kain (Fire).
* ThreeAmigos: With Shiki and Ichijou
* ZettaiRyouiki: Comes with twin-tails.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Seiren May]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/RisaMizuno (Japanese), Colleen O'Shaughnessy (English)
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Kaname's unofficial bodyguard. She only exists to exert her master's will. Later she goes on to serve Yuuki and Toga after Kaname's demise.
Bonus chapters reveal that her true name used to be "Hoshino" and she, along with her younger sister "Yoruno", were once offered to be sacrificed by cruel vampires in an attempt to appease Kaname's bloodlust. Disgusted by their actions, Kaname helps free both sisters but in the attempted escape, Seiren's sister ends up dying, with Seiren on the brink of death herself. Kaname offers her a choice to either die and join her sister or become a vampire like himself. She chooses the latter and in gratitude for the man's kindness, she develops fierce loyalty towards her savior, abandoning her "human" name and taking up her current name.
* BerserkButton: Harm her companions, especially her master Kaname, expect heads to roll. Zero nearly died for his trouble when he pulled a gun on the Pureblood and was only "saved" when Kaname told her to back off. To Zero's credit, he didn't even flinch when her hand is penetrating slightly into his neck.
* BrokenBird: Good god, her backstory is tragic. Losing her younger sister, losing her humanity, losing her innocence; it's enough to break anyone.
* CannotTellALie: Seiren is [[BrutalHonesty very blunt]] with her opinions. Aidou even remarks that she's never been known to lie.
* EmotionlessGirl: The most emotionless character in the entire series and with a cast of characters full of stoics, that's saying something.
* MeaningfulName: ''Seiren'' translates to "star" (''sei'') and "to smelt" or "refine" (''ren''). Also, ''ren'' is of the same kanji as ''rengoku'', which means "purgatory." Bonus chapters reveal that Kaname gave this name to her after she became a vampire; she and her younger sister were ingrained with the idea of "heaven and hell" and dying terrifies them since they do not want to go to hell. By existing as a vampire and prolonging her life, Seiren exists in a "purgatory" of sorts until she proves herself worthy enough to enter heaven later.
* ShipTease: [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/vampireknight/images/c/cc/Yagari_and_Seiren_%2893th_Night%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150709161834 Implied that she hooked up with Toga in the final chapter.]] May be a [[RescueRomance result of saving her from falling rubble]] during Kaname's rampage on the Hunter's Building.
* TheStoic: Almost never shows off any emotion. After seeing her backstory in a bonus chapter, one can hardly blame her.
* UndyingLoyalty: Kaname entrusts her with any task and she will fulfill it to the letter. The final bonus chapter explains ''why'' she's so attached to Kaname. Later she develops this towards Toga.
[[/folder]]
[[foldercontrol]]
!!Night Class
[[folder: Kaname Kuran / [[spoiler:The Ancestor of the Kurans]]]]
!! Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeKishio (Japanese), EthanMurray (English)
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Kaname is the president of the Night Class, a pureblood vampire, and the object of Yuuki's affections. He rescued Yuuki ten years ago from a vampire attack. While formal and polite, Kaname can also be enigmatic and distant. Two mysteries that surround Kaname are the death of his parents and his connection towards Yuuki's memories. The end of the first arc has Kaname turning Yuuki into a vampire or rather, turning her ''back'' into a vampire since she was always a Pureblood like himself, as well as her brother/future fiance. As the second arc goes by, [[RelationshipUpgrade despite living together like a married couple]], Yuuki and Kaname's relationship takes [[{{Deconstruction}} several blows]] when Kaname's penchant for keeping secrets and habit of always maintaining control wears on Yuuki and slowly but surely strains their relationship.
Kaname later reveals that he is actually [[spoiler:the first ancestor of the Kurans brought back to life by Rido in an attempt to put a leash on the most powerful creature alive. This backfires as - in an attempt to keep himself from attacking everything in sight - Kaname lets his body devolve to that of a newborn's, the ancestor takes on the name and place of the the real son of Haruka and Juuri Kuran, who was sacrificed to awaken him and was, in cruel irony, also named after him - Kaname.]] Eventually getting disheartened by the unchanging vampire society, Kaname deliberately pushes Yuuki and everyone close to him away in order to try and commit genocide on all Purebloods [[spoiler:in accordance to the last wishes of the ancestor who gave her heart to make Anti-Vampire weapons; carrying on the The Hooded Woman's work]]. However, as the [[spoiler: Parent Metal that makes Anti-Vampire weapons]] has cooled and died, he resolves to, and late does, cast [[spoiler: his own heart into the furnace and becomes the Parent Metal]] in order to atone for his sins and protect humans from vampires. He dies wishing for Yuuki and Zero to be happy together. [[spoiler: Yuuki later brings him back to life as a human with no memories and leaves him in the care of her children, finally redeemed and having another chance at life.]]
* AlliterativeName: Kaname is so old that, by the time he met others of his own kind [[spoiler: around ten thousand years before the canon timeline]] he had already forgotten his own name. [[spoiler:The "Hooded Woman", who was one of the first vampires he'd met, gave him the name Kaname, after the village in which she was born.]]
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Kaname has a habit of always being near Yuuki's side whenever things go south for her, and is known to punish and/or kill vampires who harm her in any way.
* AnimalMotifs: Bats.
* AntiHero: Kaname ends up [[spoiler: deliberately]] turning everyone against him in order to fulfill his goal. [[spoiler: Which includes: keeping Yuuki alive, safe and happy; and protecting humanity from vampires.]]
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Does this to Aidou [[RuleOfThree three times]].
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:He and Yuuki have a daughter named Ai together.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Veronica to Zero's Betty.
* BigBad: While he's not evil, his increasingly villainous actions and mindset turn him into the main antagonist of the series, to the point where the series actually ends with him as the FinalBoss. In the end though, [[spoiler: he sacrifices himself to protect all of humanity from the threat of vampires.]]
* {{Bishonen}}: Considered the most handsome of the entire Night Class; even the girls from the Night Class want him.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Yuuki is his sister and the daughter of Haruka and Juuri. In spite of this, they still remain a couple because it is common for purebloods to interbreed [[spoiler: due to the fact that Pure Vampire blood eliminates the possibility of defects]]. Though, it's revealed that [[spoiler:he is really the ancestor of the Kurans.]]
* ByronicHero: Mixed with the AntiHero trope above, Kaname is on his own side and doesn't care what methods are used to accomplish his goals.
* CharacterDevelopment: Kaname starts the series as a distant personage, as the series progresses he is revealed to be a very protective and kindhearted person who actively tries to protect humanity and the vampire race; despite it, he doesn't shy away from using both a manipulative and a heavy-handed approach to reach his goals - and can be quite ruthless. To be fair to him, trying to maintain his "goodness" in a CrapsackWorld of power-hungry vampires and hunters took its toll on him. After acknowledging his mistakes he dies in peace. [[spoiler: his own heart being what protects humanity]], and is revived a changed man. Without the burdens of vampirism and his [[DarkAndTroubledPast memories tying him down]], Kaname is able to relax and be himself around others.
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: With Yuuki (who was born to be his wife).
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: As with all Kurans, brown hair and red eyes. [[spoiler:Since he's the first ancestor of the family, he really started the trend.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Sort of. [[spoiler: His heart becomes the new Parent Metal to make Anti Vampire weapons; also - at the end - Yuuki turns him into a human without his memories.]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Gives his life to become the furnace, yet is resurrected at the end by Yuuki turning him human.]]
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: He has this "problem". He already has Yuuki, Ruka, Sara, and countless screaming Day Class girls who want him. Not to mention all those nobles practically shoving their daughters at him a vampire soiree. But on top of all this, he has a very one-sided bromance with Aidou, and if you look closely there's a ''guy'' in line to give him chocolates in the St. Xocolatl's Day chapter. And then there's Ichijou's loyalty and concern for Kaname brought to new and interesting heights as of the latest chapter if his conversation with Yuuki is anything to go by.
* GeniusBookClub: When Kaname is not brooding in a corner or watching over Yuuki, he's reading classic literature. His room has a personal library.
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards Zero concerning Yuuki.
* HeroAntagonist: Played with during the second half of the story, whenever the plot shifts to his point of view, Kaname slides more and more into an antagonist.
* HiddenDepths: There's a ''lot'' more to Kaname than what's on the surface...
* HumanPopsicle: [[spoiler:He's preserved in an ice coffin by Aidou after giving his heart to the hunter's furnace.]]
* ILetGwenStacyDie: When Yuuki sees into his true past, [[spoiler:the unnamed woman from his past as the Ancestor of the Kurans.]]
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: As with all vampires (and Zero) as soon as Kaname reaches young adulthood, he hasn't aged a day.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Yuuki in the first arc (human and pureblood vampire).
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: After he casts his heart into the furnace]], he tells both Yuuki and Zero to be happy.
* KarmaHoudini: To a degree. Although he admits to have committed many sins [[spoiler:and gives his life at the end to become the hunter's furnace]], he equally confesses to not have any regrets.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Kaname is really passionate when it comes to protecting Yuuki and will go to any lengths to punish the offender. Just ask his fellow pureblood Toma...
* LonelyAtTheTop: As with all Purebloods.
* MeaningfulName: ''Kaname'' means "pivot"/"center." ''Kuran'' means "nine orchids" because ''ku'' means "nine" and ''ran'' means orchids.
** Fun fact: the kanji for ''Kaname'' is very similar to that of "hitsugi" (coffin), and even the mangaka herself mixed up the two in some typos.
* MrFanservice: Next to Zero, he supplies this in spades.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He would really love to do this, but he settles with ''torture'' the hypotenuse.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: He is unable to murder Rido--no matter how much he would want to--because Rido was the one who resurrected Kaname [[spoiler:(as the ancestor of the Kurans)]] from his grave. Not that he wouldn't want to though.
* MysteriousPast: ''Oh yeah''. Part of the main draw of the second arc was learning more about Kaname.
* NotBloodSiblings: With Yuuki as it turns out that he's not her biological brother, but the [[spoiler:Ancestor of the Kurans]], which means he's technically her great, great, great, etc. grandfather. He was still raised as her older brother, though.
* NotSoDifferent: To Rido, pointed out by himself.
* OffScreenTeleportation: Kaname is implied to be very fast but the manner in which he shows up instantly is unnerving.
* ParentalAbandonment: It is claimed that Kaname's parents--Haruka and Juuri Kuran--committed suicide. However, Kaname reveals that they were murdered instead.
* PerpetualFrowner: Shares this with Zero.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Times a dozen, [[spoiler: he is ''well'' over ten thousand years old]].
* RelationshipUpgrade: With Yuuki.
* TheRival: With Zero.
* TheChessmaster: The man loves plotting, as does every Pureblood in the series. It doesn't matter if its for a grand master plan or because he's bored.
* TheOmniscient: Could be form 1 or 2.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Besides reading, he loves playing chess as well, sometimes using it as an analogy to what's taking place right now.
* StalkerWithACrush: Of a sort. Kaname watches over Yuuki during her human years from a distance.
* TheStoic: Always calm no matter what. Always. It takes something really drastic for Kaname to show another emotion.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Typical of a vampire male lead.
* TerribleArtist: Him and Yuuki both.
* TranquilFury: In line with his stoicism, Kaname doesn't blow his top, he just get more vengeful and violent when angry.
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: His real identity is [[spoiler:the Ancestor of the Kurans. Years and years ago, he and his original lover, the Hooded Woman, did all they can in helping the populace from rouge vampires and Purebloods. When the woman sacrificed herself and gave her heart to a furnace that can generate weapons for the helpless humans, the ancestor was left the only Pureblood in the fight for protecting humanity. He put himself into a deep slumber - from which he didn't plan to wake from - in order to escape the desolation that his long life had become, only to be brought back life by Rido in an attempt to have a powerful Pureblood slave.]]
* TroubledButCute: He used to be quite a cute child despite having the mind of an adult.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Then his memories started to return to him.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:In the second arc, he reveals to have been the one to have released Shizuka from her cage in the Vampire Senate, despite knowing that Rido (who was her fiancee) wouldn't let her go easily, and due to it claims responsibility for her attack on the Kiryuu family. He also goes on a genocidal mission with the goal of wiping out all purebloods, ending with him intending to use his own heart as furnace for the vampire hunters' metal.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Being the [[spoiler:ancestor of the Kurans and well over a thousand years old]] qualifies one to be all knowledgeable.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Takuma Ichijou]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/SusumuChiba (Japanese), Creator/SpikeSpencer (English)
[-... Grandfather... Let us put an end to the Ichijou line.-]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ichijou_7995.jpg]]
Kaname's best friend and the Night Class's vice president. He is very friendly and outgoing, and can usually be found with a smile on his face. Ichijou's grandfather is a member of the Vampire Council. He is good friends with Shiki and Rima. He later betrays Kaname when he falls for the Pureblood Sara Shirabuki, though it is never revealed if his feelings for her were genuine or he was manipulated into loving her thanks to the Purebloods' power of persuasion. After her death, he's left without a purpose in life.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Easily the friendliest and goofiest of the vampires; he even acts like a human would, thus making it hard to tell the difference with him.
* ConflictingLoyalty: Towards his friendship with Kaname and his duty towards the Vampire Council. Later it's his friendship with ''everyone'' and his feelings towards Sara.
* CoolSword: Thanks to his grandfather, Takuma becomes really skilled with a sword.
* [[FallenPrincess Fallen Prince]]: The cover of Chapter 65 describes Ichijou as "the royal blood who lost his position."
* {{Foil}}: To Kaname.
* GreenEyes: Color pages and the anime shows us this.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kaname and Shiki.
* LastNameBasis: No one really calls Ichijou by his first name.
** Ruka calls him Takuma-sama, though.
* [[LetsGetDangerous Let's Get Dangerous]]: When Ichijou confronts his treacherous grandfather.
* MeaningfulName: ''Takuma'' means "to cultivate" (''taku'') and "hemp" or "flax" (''ma'', a kanji for ''asa''), which is a plant with blue flowers. ''Ichijou'' means a "ray" or "streak."
* MoreThanMindControl: Quite possibly with Sara.
* PerpetualSmiler: Always seen with a smile, though how much of it is real is hard to tell.
* ThreeAmigos: With Shiki and Rima.
* [[UndercoverAsLovers Undercover As]] [[strike:Lovers]] [[UndercoverAsLovers Siblings]]: Following the timeskip, Sara and he claim that they are ''siblings'' while entering a new high school.
* [[YouWatchTooMuchX You Read Too Much X]]: He reads too much manga.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Hanabusa Aidou]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/JunFukuyama (Japanese), Creator/BrycePapenbrook (English)
[-... And my heart decided. I would become someone who could really protect him.-]
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Nicknamed "Idol" by the Day Class girls, Aidou is Kaname's "right-hand man" alongside his cousin Kain. He displays a fun-loving and playful personality around the Day Class girls, and he fiercely idolizes Kaname, despite the punishment he receives in turn. He is jealous of the attention Yuuki recieves from Kaname and has a tense relationship with Zero due to his lack of respect for Kaname.
After Yuuki's reveal as a Pureblood, Aidou becomes more respectful towards her, though still treats her like a klutz at times. His loyalty towards Kaname is finally shattered when his father is murdered by him and he pledges to stop his former friend at all costs. Later Aidou discovers the cure to vampirism based on Kaname's old notes, though his primary motivation in completing the cure was due to a desire to age and die with Yori, who he fell in love with. Tragically he's too late and it is unknown what happens to him afterwards.
* ADayInTheLimelight: In ''[[LightNovels Vampire Knight: Ice Blue no Tsumi]]''.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Initially hated Kaname when they were children, as Kaname was more well-liked because of his pureblood status, but he gradually grows to admire Kaname as time grew on.
* AnIcePerson: His powers include manipulating ice. He can be quite cold at times too.
* BecomingTheMask: He--along with Kain, Ruka, and Ichijou--was purposely supposed to befriend Fuuka [[spoiler:in order to keep an eye on her as she takes the experimental pills to see if it will help her slow down the vampire process of an eventual Level E]], but as time grew on, Aidou began growing emotionally supportive and sympathetic towards Fuuka and genuinely wanted to save her.
* BerserkButton: You do not want to come between him and his Kaname-sama.
* BigEater: Similar to Yuuki, Aidou can really chow down.
* BrutalHonesty: Can be very blunt with his opinions at times.
* ButtMonkey: From time to time, but recently increasing in the current chapters by unfortunately getting captured by Zero and the Hunters Association.
* TheCaretaker: Of Fuuka.
* ChildProdigy[=/=]TeenGenius: Considered to be very smart by his peers. Professors from other universities come to his doorstep to beg him to enroll in their schools.
* [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Boy]]: Anyone who gets close to Kaname earns Aidou's ire.
* ConflictingLoyalty: His admiration towards Kaname versus his duty as a vampire after he witnesses Kaname murdering Shizuka. Also, his growing attachment towards Fuuka versus his duty to have kept her emotionally distant and think her as just an experimental subject. Later his desire to keep Kaname a noble vampire in his heart versus hating the guy when he murders his father.
* CoolTeacher[=/=]HotTeacher: Becomes Yuuki's personal tutor and personal bodyguard following the timeskip.
* CynicismCatalyst[=/=]FailureKnight: Initially, Fuuka--a Day Class student who had [[spoiler:been turned into an ex-human vampire--was just a test subject and experiment to him for the (at the time) experimental pills that could slow the vampire process from a Level E.]] He disliked her because she had a crush on Kaname, but as time grew on, he sympathized with Fuuka and wanted to save her from her eventual fate. After Fuuka took the pills, she was beginning to show signs of recovery, but her body soon developed an immunity against it. Fuuka asks him to kill her so she won't [[spoiler:turn into a Level E vampire, and in spite of his protests, he reluctantly abides and kills Fuuka.]]
* DeclarationOfProtection: A male example with him obviously wanting to protect [[HoYay Kaname]]. Played straight with [[{{Protectorate}} Fuuka]], but [[FailureKnight he wasn't able to save her]].
* TheDulcineaEffect: Arguably towards Fuuka, though subverted as it took him a while to have her presence grow on him.
* {{Fanboy}}: For Kaname.
* GreenEyedMonster: Extremely jealous towards the attention Yuuki recieves from Kaname. [[spoiler:He kind of gets over it when he finds out Yuuki is a pureblood and Kaname's [[NotBloodSiblings "sister."]]]]
* [[HerHeartWillGoOn His Heart Will Go On]]: After Fuuka's death.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kain.
* HiddenDepths: There's more to him than just being a Kaname [[{{Fangirl}} fanboy]].
* HotBlooded: Despite his powers, Aidou has quite the hot temperament.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Poor Fuuka.
* InSeriesNickname: "Idol".
* InterspeciesRomance: Aido (vampire) and Yori (human). He even states that he repeatedly asked her to become a vampire, and when she refused, he worked on Kaname's notes to turn vampires to humans so he could live the rest of his life with her. He fails to find it in time.
* LadyKillerInLove: The extra chapter in the final volume strongly implies that Aidou is in love with Yori. Considering his flirtatious attitude towards girls at the start of the series, Aidou is considered this. Another extra chapter outright confirms his love for Yori.
* LastNameBasis: Usually called by his last name.
* MeaningfulName: ''Hanabusa'' means "petals of a flower" and ''Aidou'' means "indigo temple." The pronunciation of ''Aidou'' is very close to the pronunciation of the English word "Idol" in Japanese, which is where the Day Class girls derived Aidou's nickname from.
* MercyKill: Reluctantly kills Fuuka when she doesn't want to become a Level E.
* NumberTwo: He and his cousin Kain share the role towards Kaname.
* PetTheDog: He gradually grows to sympathize with Yuuki following TheReveal. After the timeskip, he reassures Yuuki he won't tell Kaname that she is writing a letter to someone (presumably Yori), offers blood tablets for her when she had to resort to biting herself to get blood, accompanies her on her mission to confront pureblood vampires, and stands beside her when she decides to reopen the Night Class, in spite of the fact that Kaname murdered his father prior to this.
* ShipTease: With [[BodyguardCrush Yuuki]], [[PairTheSpares Yori]], and [[{{Protectorate}} Fuuka]]. Yori wins in the end, due to Yuuki hooking up with Zero and Fuuka tragically dying before anything could come out of it.
* StakingTheLovedOne: To Fuuka.
* UndyingLoyalty: Towards Kaname.
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[[folder: Akatsuki Kain]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/JunichiSuwabe (Japanese), Creator/TroyBaker (English)
[-... If in the future you end up causing her unhappiness... then I will not forgive you.-]
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Nicknamed "Wild" by the Day Class girls, Kain is Kaname's "right-hand man" alongside his cousin Aidou. He is often laidback and reserved. Kain sympathizes with his childhood friend Ruka, who he has feelings for. Towards the end of the manga, he finally gets with her.
* ButtMonkey: Kain has a fair amount of bad luck and is a "victim of circumstances," often getting lectured for not stopping fights or gets involved into said fights that he didn't necessarily want to get into.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Orange hair and orange eyes.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Despite constantly seeing Ruka pine for Kaname, this hasn't deterred Kain's feelings for her one bit. It pays off in the end when he finally gets her.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Aidou.
* HopelessSuitor: For Ruka. Subverted when he later gets her.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: The above quote.
* InSeriesNickname: "Wild".
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Willing to support Ruka's feelings at the expense of his own.
* KissingCousins: According to the flashback chapter of Kaname and the rest of the Night Class when they were kids, as well as the fanbook, Ruka is cousins with Aidou and him. Fulfills this trope literally when he snatches Ruka away from helping out Ai with her spying on her parents and starts making out with her.
* LastNameBasis: Usually called by his last name.
* MeaningfulName: ''Akatsuki'' translates to "dawn" or "daybreak." ''Kain'' translates to a "base" or "support" (''ka'') and a "building that has high fences around it"--such as a temple or school (''in'').
* NumberTwo: He and his cousin Aidou share the role towards Kaname.
* PlayingWithFire: His main power is to manipulate fire.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Ruka. Later subverted when they hook up in the bonus chapters.
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[[folder: Ruka Souen]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/DorothyEliasFahn (English)
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[-Because I've been a fool who only cares about my own feelings... always... until I was faced with the truth...-]
A beautiful student of the Night Class who has unrequited feelings for Kaname. She later grows out of these feelings after seeing how irrational Kaname can be in achieving his goals and later grows to fall in love with her cousin, Kain.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Gets insanely jealous over anyone, particularly girls, vying for Kaname's attention.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Beige hair and eyes.
* DoggedNiceGirl: Similar to Kain, she's adamant about trying to win Kaname's affections. She fails but gets over it when she hooks up with Kain.
* GreenEyedMonster: Like Aidou, she is jealous of Yuuki because of the attention she recieves from Kaname. When Yuuki is revealed to be a pureblood vampire and Kaname's [[NotBloodSiblings "sister"]], she gradually accepts that her feelings for Kaname are unrequited.
* HeroicSacrifice: Chapter 82 where she protects Zero from Kaname and gets stabbed in the process. Luckily she survives next chapter.
* HopelessSuitor: For Kaname. Later gets over it when she falls for Kain.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Willing to sacrifice her happiness if it means Kaname can be happy.
* LoveMartyr: To Kaname.
* MasterOfIllusion: Ruka's main power is to implant illusions into her victims. Very useful when facing scores of enemies and she has them attack their own allies disguised as enemies. Those who become aware of it are able to eventually break it, as Yuuki did.
* MeaningfulName: ''Ruka'' means "lapis lazuli" (''ru'') and "good-looking" or "beautiful" (''ka''). ''Souen'' means either "early" or "strong fragrance" (''sou'') and "garden" (''en'').
* ReplacementGoldfish: To Kaname for Yuuki. It didn't work.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Kaname.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Damn, those are some short skirts.
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[[folder: Senri Shiki]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/SoichiroHoshi (Japanese), Creator/SteveStaley (English)
[-That's all right, because a puppet, is now able to move by its own conscious.-]
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A young model in the Night Class who is often in the company of Rima. Quiet and introverted, Shiki initially doesn't think too much of himself. Shiki's mother is a former actress who he must take care of because she's fairly helpless on her own. He is good friends with Ichijou.
* AlliterativeName: "S"enri "S"hiki
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Rima.
* BloodyMurder: Shiki can weaponized his blood to attack his enemies. His preferred weapon is the whip.
* CharacterDevelopment: Starts opening up following Rido's attack and the timeskip.
* DisappearedDad: Who turns out to be [[spoiler:Rido.]]
* GrandTheftMe: When possessed by his father, [[spoiler:Rido Kuran.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ichijou.
* LastNameBasis: Usually called by his last name except when he's with family members, such as his mother, his father [[spoiler:Rido]], and his uncle.
* MeaningfulName: ''Senri'' means "1,000 ''ri''." ''Shiki'' means "to support" (''shi'') and "mallow" (''ki''), which is a flowering plant with pink or white blossoms.
* MismatchedEyes: One can tell that there is something off about Shiki when one of his eyes turns red. Turns out he's possessed by his father [[spoiler:Rido]]. This is more obvious in the anime.
* TheQuietOne: To a tee. If one didn't know Shiki that well, you swear he's mute.
* ShipTease: With Rima. By manga's end, it's implied they get together.
* ThreeAmigos: With Ichijou and Rima.
* TookALevelInJerkass: While possessed by his father, Shiki is a lot more colder and crueler to everyone.
* WhipItGood: Shiki loves using a whip as his primary weapon and he's damn good at it too. It's strong enough to upturn asphalt.
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[[folder: Rima Touya]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/CarrieSavage (English)
[-Shiki! You should love yourself more!-]
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A young model in the Night Class who is often in the company of Shiki. If separated from him, Rima is often found worrying about Shiki. She is good friends with Ichijou.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Shiki.
* EmotionlessGirl: Only Skiki can get a rise out of her. Later she starts opening up to more of her Night Class friends.
* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: Rima wears two black pins that hold up her hair in pigtails.
* GirlishPigtails: Thanks to her hairpins.
* [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight "I Know You're In There Somewhere" Fight]]: When she fights Rido, who possessing [[spoiler:Shiki]]'s body.
* MeaningfulName: ''Rima'' means "jasmine" (''ri'') and "enhancement of wearing away"--such as by polishing or souring (''ma''). ''Touya'' means a "far-reaching arrow."
* TheQuietOne: Similar to Shiki,
* ShipTease: Shiki and Rima.
* ShockAndAwe: Rima can wield the power of electricity, as opposed to her other two elemental friends Aidou (Ice) and Kain (Fire).
* ThreeAmigos: With Shiki and Ichijou
* ZettaiRyouiki: Comes with twin-tails.
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[[folder: Seiren May]]
!!Voiced by: Creator/RisaMizuno (Japanese), Colleen O'Shaughnessy (English)
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Kaname's unofficial bodyguard. She only exists to exert her master's will. Later she goes on to serve Yuuki and Toga after Kaname's demise.
Bonus chapters reveal that her true name used to be "Hoshino" and she, along with her younger sister "Yoruno", were once offered to be sacrificed by cruel vampires in an attempt to appease Kaname's bloodlust. Disgusted by their actions, Kaname helps free both sisters but in the attempted escape, Seiren's sister ends up dying, with Seiren on the brink of death herself. Kaname offers her a choice to either die and join her sister or become a vampire like himself. She chooses the latter and in gratitude for the man's kindness, she develops fierce loyalty towards her savior, abandoning her "human" name and taking up her current name.
* BerserkButton: Harm her companions, especially her master Kaname, expect heads to roll. Zero nearly died for his trouble when he pulled a gun on the Pureblood and was only "saved" when Kaname told her to back off. To Zero's credit, he didn't even flinch when her hand is penetrating slightly into his neck.
* BrokenBird: Good god, her backstory is tragic. Losing her younger sister, losing her humanity, losing her innocence; it's enough to break anyone.
* CannotTellALie: Seiren is [[BrutalHonesty very blunt]] with her opinions. Aidou even remarks that she's never been known to lie.
* EmotionlessGirl: The most emotionless character in the entire series and with a cast of characters full of stoics, that's saying something.
* MeaningfulName: ''Seiren'' translates to "star" (''sei'') and "to smelt" or "refine" (''ren''). Also, ''ren'' is of the same kanji as ''rengoku'', which means "purgatory." Bonus chapters reveal that Kaname gave this name to her after she became a vampire; she and her younger sister were ingrained with the idea of "heaven and hell" and dying terrifies them since they do not want to go to hell. By existing as a vampire and prolonging her life, Seiren exists in a "purgatory" of sorts until she proves herself worthy enough to enter heaven later.
* ShipTease: [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/vampireknight/images/c/cc/Yagari_and_Seiren_%2893th_Night%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150709161834 Implied that she hooked up with Toga in the final chapter.]] May be a [[RescueRomance result of saving her from falling rubble]] during Kaname's rampage on the Hunter's Building.
* TheStoic: Almost never shows off any emotion. After seeing her backstory in a bonus chapter, one can hardly blame her.
* UndyingLoyalty: Kaname entrusts her with any task and she will fulfill it to the letter. The final bonus chapter explains ''why'' she's so attached to Kaname. Later she develops this towards Toga.
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