Vampire Knight: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Yuki's earliest memory is of a stormy night in winter, where she was attacked by a vampire... And then rescued by another. Now 10 years later, Yuki Cross, the adopted daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy, Kaien Cross, has grown up and become a guardian of the vampire race, protecting her childhood crush, Kaname, from discovery as he leads a group of vampires at the elite boarding school. But also at her side is Zero Kiryu, a childhood friend whose hatred for the creatures that destroyed everything he held dear leaves him determined never to trust them. This coexisting arrangement seems all well and good, but have the vampires truly renounced their murderous ways, or is there a darker truth behind their actions? Because in this world of secrets, nothing is as it seems. And the price of misplaced trust may even be worse than death.

Series details

• Title: Vampire Knight
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime, Fantasy, Horror
• Premiere date: 2008-04-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-12-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 5646
• IMDb ID: tt1209393
• TVDB ID: 81816

Cast and credited roles

• Yui Horie — Yūki Cross
• Mamoru Miyano — Zero Kiryū
• Daisuke Kishio — Kaname Kuran
• Mamoru Miyano — Ichiru Kiryu
• Hozumi Gôda — Kaien Cross
• Mai Nakahara — Maria Kurenai
• Hiroki Yasumoto — Tooga Yagari
• Jun Fukuyama — Hanabusa Aidou
• Keiko Sonoda — Shizuka Hio
• Souichirou Hoshi — Senri Shiki
• Junko Minagawa — Luca Sōen
• Junichi Suwabe — Akatsuki Kain

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-04-08; final listed air date 2008-07-01; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2008-10-07; final listed air date 2008-12-30; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Vampire Knight on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.