50 Fun Facts About Vampire Knight

In Vampire Knight, which Pureblood murdered Zero Kiryu's family and bit him, turning him into a vampire?

Shizuka Hio struck in revenge: the Kiryu family, a line of hunters, had killed the former human she had taken as her lover.

What is the name of the anti-vampire gun that Zero Kiryu carries as a school guardian in Vampire Knight?

Bloody Rose harms only vampires, like every hunter weapon, and late in the anime it transforms into a far more powerful form in Zero's hands.

In Vampire Knight, what is the name of the anti-vampire rod Yuki Cross wields to protect Day Class students?

Artemis turns on its owner late in the anime: once Yuki awakens as a Pureblood, the weapon rejects her touch.

Where on his body does Vampire Knight's Zero Kiryu bear the tattoo that lets a charm immobilise him?

His neck carries the mark, which is more than a restraint: it also lets him enter the headquarters of the Hunters' Association.

The Day Class of Vampire Knight's Cross Academy wears black uniforms, so what colour does the Night Class wear?

White is worn by the school's vampires, who sleep through the day and take their lessons after dark.

What one-word subtitle did the Vampire Knight anime take for its second season, which completed the TV adaptation?

Guilty began just three months after the first season finished, so the whole anime aired within a single year.

Which manga artist created Vampire Knight, her best-known series, after earlier romances such as MeruPuri?

Matsuri Hino made her professional debut in 1995 with a one-shot story, nearly a decade before her vampire school saga began.

In Vampire Knight, what is the name of Zero Kiryu's sickly twin brother, who was long believed dead?

Ichiru had in fact left with the Pureblood who attacked the family, serving her after her blood cured his chronic ill health.

In Vampire Knight, what do Night Class students take to quench their thirst without biting anyone?

Blood tablets work for most of the Night Class, but Zero is one of the few vampires whose body rejects them, leaving him constantly thirsty.

Kaname is raised as Yuki's elder brother in Vampire Knight, but what is he revealed to be within the Kuran family?

Its founding ancestor is the truth: one of the original vampires, he was reawakened from a long slumber and raised in place of the couple's lost first son.

Which hunter, the man who trained Zero Kiryu, arrives in Vampire Knight posing as a new ethics teacher?

Toga Yagari really came to check whether his old pupil had fallen to bloodlust, having once sacrificed one of his own eyes to save the boy.

Which Day Class student is Yuki's dorm-mate and best friend in Vampire Knight, staying loyal after learning her secret?

Sayori Wakaba, known as Yori, later refuses to let the hunters erase her memory and goes on to marry Hanabusa Aido.

In Vampire Knight, what are the living quarters of Cross Academy's Night Class vampires called?

Moon Dormitory houses the vampires, while the humans of the Day Class live in the matching Sun Dormitory.

In Vampire Knight's vampire hierarchy, which rank is given to former humans who descend into mindless bloodlust?

Level E vampires are hunted from both sides: noble students of the Night Class are sent out to put them down as one of their duties.

In Vampire Knight, Hanabusa Aido is a noble vampire with the power to conjure and control what?

Ice is his element, and he later uses it to preserve the body of Kaname, the leader he reveres.

What nickname have the Day Class girls of Vampire Knight given to the cheerful Night Class student Hanabusa Aido?

Idol suits his crowd-pleasing manner, while the same fans call his mellower cousin Wild.

Which snack do Vampire Knight's Night Class students Rima Toya and Senri Shiki share a fondness for?

Pocky is one of several things the pair have in common: both are among the youngest in the Night Class, and both work as models.

In Vampire Knight, which relative died sealing away Yuki's vampire nature so she could grow up human?

Her mother gave her life on the night the family was attacked, wishing for the girl to live happily like any normal child.

Which animation company, also behind the first Fruits Basket anime, produced the Vampire Knight TV series?

Studio Deen was founded in 1975 by former Sunrise staff, and it turned the manga's first two story arcs into two seasons in a single year.

Which Japanese voice actor, also known as Light Yagami in Death Note, voices Zero Kiryu in the Vampire Knight anime?

Mamoru Miyano pulled double duty on the series, also voicing the character's identical twin.

In Vampire Knight, the Pureblood who bit Zero infiltrates Cross Academy inside the body of which transfer student?

Maria Kurenai, a frail distant relative, agreed to lend her body in exchange for Pureblood blood that would strengthen her.

In the Vampire Knight anime's second season, which uncle of Kaname takes over the body of Senri Shiki?

Rido is the host's own father, a Pureblood whose body had been reduced to pieces a decade earlier, leaving his soul to borrow other people's.

Which Vampire Knight noble, a cousin of Hanabusa Aido, has quietly loved Ruka Souen since childhood?

Akatsuki Kain hides his feelings because she loves Kaname, and he tidies his shared room so often that his lazy cousin thinks it cleans itself.

Which cheerful Vampire Knight noble serves as vice-president of the Night Class under Kaname Kuran?

Takuma Ichijo is sent to the school by his grandfather to spy on his friend, an order he refuses out of loyalty.

Which emotionless Night Class student acts as Kaname Kuran's unofficial bodyguard and informant in Vampire Knight?

Seiren is usually first to step in when anyone threatens him, and she is the one who brings word that his uncle has risen.

On which Vampire Knight holiday do Day Class girls give chocolates to the Night Class students they adore?

St. Xocolatl's Day ends with Kaname accepting Yuki's gift, delivered by Zero, after discarding every other present he received.

Yuki and Zero, the guardians of Vampire Knight's Cross Academy, are officially members of which student body?

The Disciplinary Committee gives the pair chores such as inspecting dorm rooms for banned items, on top of guarding the school's secret.

Which Vampire Knight character spared Kaien Cross's life on condition that he found a school for humans and vampires?

Juri Kuran was pregnant when the hunter came to kill her, and the debt he owed her shaped his dream of peaceful coexistence.

In Vampire Knight, how does Zero Kiryu break his Pureblood master's spoken command to restrain Yuki?

He shoots his own leg, and the pain frees him to wound the Pureblood who had been using her voice to control him.

In Vampire Knight, what happens to the page recording Yuki's past when she finds it at the Hunters' Association?

It bursts into flames before she can read it, and the same trip reveals that her adoptive father was once a hunter himself.

Which monthly Japanese manga magazine for girls serialised Vampire Knight for more than eight years?

LaLa was also the home of Ouran High School Host Club and Natsume's Book of Friends, both of which overlapped with the vampire saga's run.

Which American publisher released every volume of the Vampire Knight manga in English and also licensed the anime?

Viz Media went beyond the main story, also translating the official fanbook and a 94-page art book of the creator's colour illustrations.

Which English-language manga magazine ran Vampire Knight right up to the magazine's own final issue?

Shojo Beat closed with its July 2009 issue, three years after the series joined it, so readers had to follow the rest in collected volumes.

Vampire Knight's sequel manga, which follows the cast after the original's ending, carries which one-word subtitle?

Memories grew out of four special chapters released after the finale, and it went on to run for nine years of its own.

Which screenwriter, later known for Anohana and Maquia, handled series composition on the Vampire Knight anime?

Mari Okada wrote the adaptation three years before Anohana helped make her one of anime's best-known writers.

Which duo of twin brothers performed the opening themes for both seasons of the Vampire Knight anime?

On/Off were Naoya and Kazuya Sakamoto, who had debuted only a year before the first opening and later titled their albums Legend of Twins.

Which singer and cellist made her debut with Still Doll, the first ending theme of the Vampire Knight anime?

Kanon Wakeshima, first produced by musician and fashion designer Mana, also sang the second season's ending and voiced a maid in one episode.

Which voice actress, famous as Naru Narusegawa in Love Hina, plays Yuki Cross in the Japanese cast of Vampire Knight?

Yui Horie shares the role with Mela Lee, who voices the heroine in the English dub.

Which English voice of Eren Yeager in Attack on Titan plays Hanabusa Aido in the Vampire Knight dub?

Bryce Papenbrook took the part in 2010, a few years before he also became the English voice of Kirito in Sword Art Online.

A Japan-only dating simulator based on Vampire Knight was released by D3 Publisher for which handheld console?

Nintendo DS owners in Japan got the game in January 2009, the month after the anime's second season finished airing.

How does Kaname Kuran usually punish Hanabusa Aido for overstepping his bounds in Vampire Knight?

Kaname often slaps him when he is caught meddling, yet the noble's fierce admiration for his leader never wavers.

The given name of Vampire Knight heroine Yuki is written with characters meaning a kind or tender what?

Princess turns out to be apt: the headmaster's adopted daughter is really the hidden heir of a Pureblood family.

Which Pureblood schemes to overthrow Kaname and become queen as the villain of the Vampire Knight manga's second arc?

Sara Shirabuki murders her own fiancé and gathers a following of schoolgirls she has turned in her bid for the throne.

In Vampire Knight lore, what did the Hooded Woman cast into a furnace to forge weapons that can kill Purebloods?

Her own heart went into the molten metal, an act that slowly killed her as her body cracked and shattered like glass.

In Vampire Knight lore, how did the first vampire hunters gain their powers ten thousand years ago?

Drinking a progenitor's blood poisoned those who tried it, and the survivors passed faster healing and a sense for vampires to their children.

In Vampire Knight lore, why are twins such as the Kiryu brothers so rare in hunter families?

One usually devours the other in the womb, a trace of the vampire instincts that hunters carry, and the story later echoes it between the brothers.

In Vampire Knight, what obsession drives the president of the Hunters' Association to bargain for Pureblood blood?

Eternal beauty costs him everything: the blood he bargains for overtakes his body and he ends up a degenerate vampire himself.

The surname Kuran, shared by Kaname and Yuki in Vampire Knight, is written to mean nine of which flower?

Orchids give the family its name, read as Nine Orchids, while the given name Kaname is glossed as a hinge or door.

In the Vampire Knight manga, what is the vampire ruling council that Kaname Kuran destroys known as?

The Senate had imprisoned his uncle years earlier, then quietly helped that same uncle scheme from the shadows for a decade.

Which Japanese network first broadcast both seasons of the Vampire Knight anime in a late-night slot?

TV Tokyo scheduled it so late that its listings read Monday at 25:00, meaning one o'clock on Tuesday morning.