Juri Kuran

Juri Kuran (玖蘭 樹里), Yuki Cross's mother and a pureblood vampire who resembles an older version of Yuki. Juri was the wife and sister of Haruka Kuran.

Appearances
Juri Kuran had the typical ethereal beauty of a pureblood vampire. She had a very strong resemblance to her daughter, Yuki Kuran. She was like Yuki, had the same eyes and long dark brown hair typical of a Kuran. But her hair was curlier than her daughter's. She was also seen being more soft-spoken and gentle than Yuki, who was more like her father in that way, thus having more soft-looking face, contrasting to Yuki's adorable yet comedic face.

Background
Ten years ago when her eldest brother, Rido Kuran, appeared, she sacrificed her life to suppress Yuki's vampire side and erased her memories. She had wanted Yuki to be able to live happily like a normal human girl. Headmaster Kaien Cross stated that he is in debt to her. When she was pregnant and he had attempted to kill her as a vampire hunter, she had spared his life. Her last wish was for Kaname to look after Yuki.

Haruka Kuran
Juri did not like Haruka at first and was irritated by his first attempts at courtship. He eventually won her over and they had been a happy couple for several thousand years, but only recently decided to have children. Despite their amical relationship, Juri chose to sneak out of her husbands protection in order to pursue her goals.

Rido Kuran
Though Rido was in love with Juri and even drank her blood, its unknown what sort of relationship they had at that time. After he stole her first child, Kaname, away, she harboured a great deal of anger towards him. Rido continued to desire Juri even after her death and sought Yuki as a replacement for her. His attachment to Juri bordered more on obsession than on love.

Kaname Kuran

Kaname is the son of Juri and Haruka. Before Juri dies she tells Kaname to protect Yuki, which Kaname does.

But, later in the manga he is revealed to be someone different and far older than he truly is thought to be. He was asleep for a very long time- not sure how long- and was awakened by Rido who had stolen away the real Kaname and gave it to him along with his own blood to awake him from his slumber. Rido thought he could control Kaname and use his power to ruin his sister and brother Juri and Hakura. But, Kaname was too strong and almost killed Rido even though he had to revert back to being an infant after being awakened because of being asleep for so long and having his bloodlust consume him. He was then taken care of by Juri and Hakura who took him in as a son and he plans on marrying Yuki after she is awakened if she complies.

Yuki Cross/Kuran

Yuki is the daughter of Juri and Haruka and the little sister of Kaname. Juri tells Kaname to protect Yuki and Juri also closes off Yuki's vampire senses. Then dies when trying to help Haruka fight off Rido.

Yuki is awakened later in the Anime, but then the anime stopped at the ending episode which was Kaname and Yuki plus other night class members leaving the Academy and taking home in the Kuran's old mansion.

It all continues in the Manga which can be found at: www.ourmanga.com.

Trivia

 * The kanji of her surname is a combination of the old fashioned way of writing ku, meaning "nine," and ran, meaning "orchid": "nine orchids". In her first name, ju means "tree" and a ri is traditional Japanese unit of measure for distance, one ri is about 2.44 miles. The kanji of ri is the same as in Shiki Senri's name. The name Juri can also have double meaning, as Juri is the Japanese pronounciation of the name Julie which means "soft haired" or "youthful", which may refer to her apperance as an young woman.
 * The Vampire Knight fanbook specifically mentions that of all things purebloods can do, Juri specialized in spells. This futher shown as she was the one to seal away Yuki's vampire side and turn into a human.