26 of the Most Iconic Vampire Girls from Anime

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Anime expert Megan Blue discusses the most well-known female vampires in anime

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1 Shinobu Oshino / Kiss-Shot (Bakemonogatari)

2 Yue (Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest)

3 Krul Tepes (Seraph of the End)

4 Arcueid Brunestud (Tsukihime)

5 Shalltear Bloodfallen (Overlord)

6 Seras Victoria (Hellsing)

7 Karin Maaka (Karin: Chibi Vampire)

8 Saya Otonashi (Blood+)

9 Mireille Manson (Trinity Blood)

10 Moka Akashiya (Rosario + Vampire)

11 Mina Tepes (Dance in the Vampire Bund)

12 Jeanne (The Case Study of Vanitas)

13 Hikari Takanashi (Interviews With Monster Girls)

14 Sophie Twilight (Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood)

15 Nazuna Nanakusa (Call of the Night)

16 Carmilla (Castlevania)

17 Terakomari Gandesblood (The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess)

18 Redcurrent (The Ancient Magus’ Bride)

19 Megumi Shimizu (Shiki)

20 Dominique de Sade (The Case Study of Vanitas)

21 Yuki Cross (Vampire Knight)

22 Youko Shiragami (My Vampire Secret)

23 Seraphim (Is This a Zombie?)

24 Otogiri (Servamp)

25 Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell (Negima! Master Negi Magi / UQ Holder!)

26 Ru Rurushi (Farming Life in Another World)

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Co-authored by Megan Blue and Amy Bobinger, BA

Last Updated: September 2, 2026 Fact Checked

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Are you looking for a girl who could kick your butt, drink your blood, and still out-dress anyone from this century? Well, you’re in luck. We’ve partnered with an anime expert to help us round up the most iconic vampire ladies across all of anime—from sweet, pure-hearted vampires like Arcueid Brunestud to the deliciously evil, like Meireille Manson, and everything in between. Let’s check it out!

Who are the most iconic vampire girls in anime?

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Anime expert Megan Blue says popular vampire girls in anime include Seras Victoria (Hellsing), Seraphim (Is This a Zombie?), Shalltear Bloodfallen (Overlord), Eva McDowell (Negima!), and Shinobu Oshino (Bakemonogatari). Other well-known characters include Yue (Arifureta) and Arcueid Brunestud (Tsukihime).

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Shinobu Oshino / Kiss-Shot (Bakemonogatari)

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   Blue says Shinobu Oshino is an extremely popular female vampire character. She began life as a human princess named Laura, but she had a curse that caused anyone near her to kill themselves. She was turned into a powerful vampire named Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade (Kiss-Shot for short), but after losing her powers, she goes by Shinobu and uses the form of an 8-year-old girl.

   • Original air date: 2009
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll, Prime Video

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   Megan Blue is an anime expert based in Kingston, OH. She has 25+ years of experience watching anime and nearly 10 years creating content. Megan is known as The Fangirl (@TheFangirlWatches) online.
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Yue (Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest)

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   Yue is one of the most popular female vampires in all of anime. She was formerly the vampire queen known as Aletia Galdea Vesperitio Avatari. But after she was rescued by Hajime Nagumi, she took the name Yue. Yue quickly falls in love with Hajime, joining him on his quest to conquer the labyrinth and return home.

   • Original air date: 2019
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll, Hulu, Disney+

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Krul Tepes (Seraph of the End)

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   Krul Tepes is the powerful pink-haired vampire queen in Seraph of the End. She’s smart, strategic, and hates humans (despite having been one herself, once). She’s a strong ruler, but fair, and she does have a heart—she develops a soft spot for an orphan named Mikaela after turning him into a vampire.

   • Original air date: 2015
   • Where to watch: Not currently available on streaming
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Arcueid Brunestud (Tsukihime)

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   Arcueid Brunestud is the Moon Princess of the True Ancestors, a family of elemental vampires who help keep the other vampires in check. She’s incredibly powerful—but also surprisingly sweet, innocent, and down-to-earth. Vampire waifu mode? Unlocked.

   • Original air date: 2003
   • Where to watch: Not currently available on streaming

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Shalltear Bloodfallen (Overlord)

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   According to Blue, Shalltear Bloodfallen is another well-known vampire girl. Shalltear (also known as the Bloody Valkyrie) is a Level 100 NPC in Overlord. She’s sadistic and cruel, and is considered one of the strongest Floor Guardians, overseeing Floors 1–3 of Nazarick. In her human-like form, she’s petite and delicate—but in her True Vampire form, she’s terrifyingly monstrous, with claws, a circular mouth ringed with teeth, and a long tongue. (We’re still here for it.)

   • Original air date: 2015
   • Where to watch: Netflix, Crunchyroll
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Seras Victoria (Hellsing)

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   According to Blue, the Hellsing franchise is incredibly popular, and the vampire protagonist Seras Victoria is a fan-favorite. As a human, Seras Victoria was a police officer, but after she suffered a gunshot wound, she was turned into a vampire by Alucard to save her life. She’s tough and loyal to her boss, Hellsing, and throughout the series, she fights to remain as human as possible, often refusing to drink blood.

   • Original air date: 2003
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll

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Karin Maaka (Karin: Chibi Vampire)

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   If you’re looking for an adorable vampire girl, look no further than Karin Maaka. This purple-haired cutie is a unique take on a vampire. Instead of drinking blood, she has to give her blood to her victims. And her storyline is a lot more lighthearted than a usual vampire tale. In fact, we named it as one of our favorite vampire romance anime series!

   • Original air date: 2005
   • Where to watch: Not currently available on streaming
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Saya Otonashi (Blood+)

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   Saya Otonashi is a vampire queen who has forgotten her past, so when the series starts, she’s attending high school like a regular teen. When she regains her memories, she sets out to track down and kill her twin sister, Diva, who leads a group of murderous bat-like vampires called Chiropterans.

   • Original air date: 2006
   • Where to watch: Not currently available on streaming

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Mireille Manson (Trinity Blood)

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   When we first meet Mireille Manson, she’s posing as the nun Sister Louise at St. Rachel Monastery. But we quickly discover that she’s actually a beautiful vampire and a member of the terrorist group Fleurs du Mal. She’s the type of character who makes being bad seem so good.

   • Original air date: 2006
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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Moka Akashiya (Rosario + Vampire)

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   Moka Akashiya is the pink-haired protagonist of Rosario + Vampire. She wears a rosary to keep her vampire powers under control—and as long as she has it on, she’s your average sweet, shy teenager. But once she takes it off, she’s a silver-haired fighter extraordinaire!

   • Original air date: 2008
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll

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Mina Tepes (Dance in the Vampire Bund)

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   Mina Tepes is a vampire queen from Dance in the Vampire Bund. She lives in a vampire-only society, but she goes public with the fact that vampires are real. Mina sets out to unify humans and vampires, although humans are understandably skeptical of the plan.

   • Original air date: 2010
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
   • Fun fact: Although Mina shares a surname with Krul Tepes from Seraph of the End, the characters aren’t related in-universe. Their surnames refer to Vlad Tepes (or Vlad the Impaler), who inspired the Dracula stories. BUT, in a striking coincidence, the same Japanese and English voice actors were used for both characters!
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Jeanne (The Case Study of Vanitas)

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   Jeanne (also known as the Hellfire Witch) spent years as a bourreau, or an enslaved vampire who was made to kill other vampires in the war against humans. She killed over 1,000 vampires and was then placed in a coma for over 100 years. Now, she’s the sweet, loyal bodyguard of Luca Oriflamme.

   • Original air date: 2021
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll

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Hikari Takanashi (Interviews With Monster Girls)

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   Hikari is a teenage vampire living in a world where humans and monster-human hybrids co-exist. She’s a cheerful, laid-back student, and she drinks from bags of blood rather than hunting for victims. Hikari is one of our favorite characters from Interviews With Monster Girls (which, in turn, is one of our favorite monster girl anime series).

   • Original air date: 2017
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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Sophie Twilight (Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood)

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   Blue says Sophie, the series protagonist and self-proclaimed anime fangirl, is another well-known vampire character. Sophie Twilight is a 350-year-old vampire, but you wouldn’t know it to meet her. She only drinks refrigerated blood, and she lives quietly in a large house just outside of town. One day, she meets a young girl named Akari Amano, and the two become friends after Akari moves in with Sophie.

   • Original air date: 2018
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll

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Nazuna Nanakusa (Call of the Night)

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   Nazuna Nanakusa is the only vampire who’s known to have been born that way—she wasn’t turned into one. She’s free-spirited and youthful, often wandering the streets at night. One night, she meets an insomniac boy named Kou, who agrees to let her drink his blood in exchange for eventually turning him into a vampire.

   • Original air date: 2022
   • Where to watch: Hulu, Disney+
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Carmilla (Castlevania)

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   Carmilla is the tall, cool, and beautiful villain of Netflix’s Castlevania adaptation. She’s ruthless and regal, self-assured and bloodthirsty. If you’re looking for a bad boss vampire lady who’s powerful enough to take on Dracula himself, Carmilla is absolutely the mother of them all.

   • Original air date: 2017
   • Where to watch: Netflix

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Terakomari Gandesblood (The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess)

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   Terakomari (“Komari”) Gandesblood is one of the princesses of the Gandesblood royal family. She’s sweet and endearingly clumsy, and she spends much of her life as a recluse until she’s tasked with commanding a unit in the Imperial Army. Because Komari generally refuses to drink blood, she’s relatively weak and small, and she can’t use magic. But if she does consume some, she’s immensely powerful.

   • Original air date: 2023
   • Where to watch: Roku
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Redcurrent (The Ancient Magus’ Bride)

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   Redcurrant is a scantily-clad, red-eyed vampire-fae hybrid called a Leánnan sídhe. She feeds on people’s life forces through their blood, and she can also give her blood to humans, granting them creative talent. She’s dangerous by nature, but she’s also sweet, curious, and loyal. Love that for her!

   • Original air date: 2017
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll

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Megumi Shimizu (Shiki)

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   When we first meet Megumi Shimizu, she’s a 15-year-old small-town girl who dreams of life in a big city (and okay, maybe she also stalks her crush a little on the side). After she’s turned into a vampire, she becomes a viciously bloodthirsty villain, hunting and killing the people in town. Her big, empty eyes and bouncy pink ponytails make her one of the cutest (no wait—scariest) vampires on this list.

   • Original air date: 2010
   • Where to watch: Not currently available on streaming
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Dominique de Sade (The Case Study of Vanitas)

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   Dominique de Sade (or Domi) is another character from The Case Study of Vanitas. She’s an aristocratic vampire from the House de Sade, and she’s the childhood friend and loyal protector of the protagonist Noe. She’s a fun, androgynous character who’s an absolute blast to watch!

   • Original air date: 2021
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll

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Yuki Cross (Vampire Knight)

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   At first glance, Yuki Cross is just your average teenage girl—sweet, cheerful, and a little clumsy. But, she’s actually lost her memory, and she’s secretly a Pureblood Vampire who’s engaged to a powerful vampire named Kaname Kuran. As she learns more about herself, she develops close relationships with Kaname and a recently-turned vampire named Zero.

   • Original air date: 2008
   • Where to watch: Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Crunchyroll
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Youko Shiragami (My Vampire Secret)

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   Youko is a sweet green-haired vampire who just wants to live as a normal kid. She goes to a regular school for humans, where she must constantly hide the fact that she’s secretly a vampire (which gets even harder when she develops a crush on a fellow student).

   • Original air date: 2025
   • Where to watch: iQIYI, Roku, Plex

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Seraphim (Is This a Zombie?)

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   Blue says Seraphim is another fan-favorite vampire girl. Seraphim (Sera for short) is a vampire ninja who can manifest bat wings. She set out to work as a servant of the necromancer Eucliwood Hellscythe (“Eu”). But because a zombie named Ayumu has already filled the position, Sera must work as Ayumu’s servant instead. Sera is arrogant and rude, especially towards Ayumu, but we think there’s a good heart under that tough exterior.

   • Original air date: 2011
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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Otogiri (Servamp)

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   Otogiri is a lilac-haired vampire with the unique ability to control people using puppet strings that come out of her fingers. She comes across as cool and aloof, but she’s very loyal to her leader, the villain Tsubaki, the Servamp of Melancholy. We think we can save her.

   • Original air date: 2016
   • Where to watch: Crunchyroll

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Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell (Negima! Master Negi Magi / UQ Holder!)

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   Blue says Evangeline A.K. McDowell (or Eva) is a very popular vampire girl. She may look like a sweet 10-year-old girl, but she’s actually been a vampire for hundreds of years. She was forced to hide for much of her early vampire life, since her youthful appearance made her immortality more obvious, and at some point, she was cursed to live at Mahora Academy until she was eventually freed. She also learned to use magic to disguise her age.

   • Original air date: 2005
   • Where to watch: Hulu, HIDIVE
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Ru Rurushi (Farming Life in Another World)

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   Ru Rurushi is a sweet vampire who meets and marries Hiraku, a human who chose to live as a farmer after he was granted the chance to live any life he wanted after dying an unfair death in Japan. Can we have a Ru in the afterlife, too?

   • Original air date: 2023
   • Where to watch: Hulu

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