Kaname expresses occasional jealousy towards Zero Kiryu because of Yuki's connection to him, and is not afraid to show this to Yuki. Yuki herself feels confused about how Kaname lovingly cares for her. This disposition bothers the Night Class vampires, who initially do not understand his favoritism towards her. However, he becomes a completely different person with Yuki to her, Kaname is very gentle and warm. Kaname is generally a calm, elegant, stoic and authoritative individual. Even Zero thinks that he's pretty attractive, but Matsuri Hino doesn't reveal it in the books, though she talks about it in one of her articles. Almost all the girls in the Day Class (including a few Night Class vampires) find him attractive. Kaname wears the standard Night Class uniform a white blazer, black shirt, red tie, white pants, and black shoes. As Head of the Kuran Family, he also dresses formally most of the time. Kaname is one of the tallest vampires in the Night Class, and has a lean build. His face expressions are usually calm and tranquil, though with Yuki, he is usually seen with a small smile. He has brown hair that is grown up to his collar with his bangs falling into his face. In the AWA fics, Kaname is a student at the AWA Academy and is yet to make an appearance. He dies wishing for Yuuki and Zero to be happy together. 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. However, as the Parent Metal that makes Anti-Vampire weapons has cooled and died, he resolves to, and late does, cast his own heart into the furnace and becomes the Parent Metal in order to atone for his sins and protect humans from vampires. 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 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. Kaname later reveals that he is actually 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. As the second arc goes by, despite living together like a married couple, Yuuki and Kaname's relationship takes 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. 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. Two mysteries that surround Kaname are the death of his parents and his connection towards Yuuki's memories.
While formal and polite, Kaname can also be enigmatic and distant. He rescued Yuuki ten years ago from a vampire attack. Kaname is the president of the Night Class, a pureblood vampire, and the object of Yuuki's affections. Kaname Kuran is one of the main characters from Vampire Knight anime and manga.