The Vampire Knight manga series and its anime adaptation features a cast of characters created by Matsuri Hino. The series takes place at the Cross Academy, where the daughter of the headmaster, Yuki Cross, faces many different types of challenges: from a love triangle between a vampire student named Kaname Kuran and her childhood adoptive brother who later becomes her close friend, named Zero Kiryu; to many threats on her life and the lives of the people she is trying to protect.