Senri Shiki

Senri Shiki (支葵千里, Shiki Senri) is one of the youngest Night Class members. He works as a model alongside Rima Touya. When the Night Class is given orders to hunt down a level E vampire, Shiki is usually the one we see out hunting them. He has a whip-like weapon which develops from his blood. Later it is revealed that Senri is in fact the son of Rido Kuran, Kaname and Yuki's uncle.

Personality
Shiki possesses a personality similar to Rima's, he is impassive, and often detached to the rest of the vampires except for Rima and Ichijo, though he rarely expresses emotion at all, even with Rima around. He appears to be lazy and indolent, and may seem like he doesn't care about anything at all because of his reserved nature, he keeps to himself. However, he will stand by his friends' side when there's danger.

Appearance
His height is 178 cm and has a pale complexion like other vampires. He has short, thick, wavy, messy, dark reddish hair, almost maroon-colored which he received from his mother, and he has a touch of Rido Kuran's features in the face. His eyes are light blue in color. Asato Ichijo said " he was a bit on the skinny side".

Background
Shiki's father is Rido Kuran, thus making Shiki, Kaname Kuran and Yuki Cross cousins, and his mother's uncle is part of the council. Shiki's mother was also a former actress, making the Shiki family well known. Not much is told about Shiki's past except that his father Rido 'died' 10 years ago. Senri seems to have inherited his father's ability use blood whip although Rido can use it to greater degree. He and Rima share a love for pocky. Like the Ichijo family, the Shiki family is pro-council because his mother's uncle is a member of the Vampire Council. Even though most of his family are purebloods, Shiki himself is not considered a Pureblood because his mother is an Aristocrat (Level B).

Plot Summary
Shiki's body was possessed by his father's soul, who is supposed to be dead. Though possessed by Rido Kuran, Rido claims that having Shiki regain conscious is easier than he had let on. During his fight with Rima, who tries to convince Shiki to fight against Rido and to "Stop being an idiot", and to "love himself more", Shiki is seen trying to regain control, while Rido is telling him otherwise. Then, he became unconsciousness after being controlled by Rido for quite a long time.

In Chapter 41, he regained consciousness and after recalling the events that had taken place, apologizes to an unconscious Rima for letting Rido use his body and embraces her. He then protects Rima from a vampire, of whom is a servant of Rido. Shiki declares he is no longer a puppet that can be controlled by his father. Afterwards, Rima asks him for blood, and he agrees. In chapter 43, he carried Rima who is now conscious away from the building before it collapsed. During this, he suddenly confronted Rido who is fighting and glared at him before leaving.

He and Rima went searching for Ichijo who didn't come back until Kaname had told them to stop, Rima was upset with Kaname, but Shiki asked her to support his family. As they were discussing this, they ran into Ichijo.

Later, Shiki along with Rima, goes to visit Yuki and to pass along a message to Kaname, they get annoyed with Aido who contemplates not letting them in. They do not stay long as both feel uncomfortable at the Kuran mansion.

Anime differences
In episode 9, it seems he wrote a note for rima and he doesnt seem to want to give it to her,but she sees the note in his pocket and she asks "what's this."and reads it out loud and the note reads: "please invite me as your dance partner," and he says I dont need it so you can have it Rima.

Trivia

 * Shiki last name is combination of shi meaning to support and ki meaning mallow. The ri in Senri means distance
 * "Shiki" means four seasons in Japanese.
 * Shiki is roommates with Takuma Ichijo
 * Although Kaname and Shiki are cousins, they barely seen interacting with each other and didn't mention their relationship until 53rd Night: "Accidental Encounters" when Shiki called Kaname and Yuuki his cousins.
 * In Vampire Knight Guilty, when the Night Class students pictures are shown, Shiki is shown last, upside down with one eye covered. This shows how Shiki's body is taken over by Rido, and one of his eyes is covered to cover the red eye that he has after being taken over. Afterward, a bat with one red eye and one blue eye flies out of the page.