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===Momiji Sohma===
===Momiji Sohma===
{{nihongo|Momiji Sohma|草摩 紅葉|Sōma Momiji}}, aged 15–17, is the [[Rabbit (zodiac)|rabbit]] of the Chinese zodiac. His father, one of the richer members of the Sohma family, is Japanese, while his mother is [[Germany|German]] (they speak [[German language|German]] and Japanese in the manga, but only Japanese in the anime).<ref name="ukanime-manga">{{cite web | url=http://www.uk-anime.net/manga.asp?IntID=9 | title=Manga Reviews: Fruits Basket | accessdate=2007-12-12 | author=RPL | work=UK Anime Net | quote= }}</ref> Momiji is depicted as a cute, cheerful boy who hides a sad family life behind his sunny demeanor. In an author's note, Takaya described him as "the most comfortable" of the Sohmas with his spirit possession, and "the most successful of the boys."<ref name="momiji-freetalk">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 15 | publisher=[[Tokyopop]] | location=Los Angeles | language=English | date=[[2006-12-12]] | isbn=978-1-59816-023-9 | chapter= | pages=pages 139 and 169}}</ref> Momiji is an [[androgynous]] boy who is older than he appears, and [[Tohru Honda|Tohru]] is surprised to learn he is only a year younger than her. To Kyo's horror, Momiji wears the girl's version of their high school uniform with shorts instead of a skirt,<ref name="chapter-19">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 4 | publisher=[[Tokyopop]] | location=Los Angeles | language=English | date=[[2004-08-10]] | isbn=978-1-59182-606-4 | chapter=Chapter 19 |pages=}}</ref> until he has a growth spurt at the start of his second year and swiches to the boy's uniform.<ref name="chapter-111">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 19 | publisher=[[Tokyopop]] | location=Los Angeles | language=English | date=[[2008-03-18]] | isbn=978-1-59816-863-1 | chapter=Chapter 111 |pages=}}</ref> He lives alone inside the Sohma family compound, and was raised by servants.<ref name="momiji-freetalk"/> His mother learned about the zodiac curse when she first held him, just after he was born, and was repulsed; she later had [[Hatori Sohma|Hatori]] erase her memory that Momiji is her son.<ref name="chapter-23">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 4 | publisher=[[Tokyopop]] | location=Los Angeles | language=English | date=[[2004-08-10]] | isbn=978-1-59182-606-4 | chapter=Chapter 23 |pages=}}</ref> Because of this, his younger sister, Momo, is unaware he is her older brother,<ref name="chapter-23"/> even though she is interested in him.<ref name="chapter-74">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 13 | publisher=[[Tokyopop]] | location=Los Angeles | language=English | date=[[2006-04-11]] | isbn=978-1-59532-408-5 | chapter=Chapter 74 | pages=}}</ref> Despite his upbringing, Momiji is nsightful about others and emotionally strong. In chapter 115, his curse is broken before the rest of the zodiac,<ref name="chapter-115"/> and he decides to leave [[Akito Sohma|Akito]] depite the latter's pleading.<ref name="chapter-116">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 20 | publisher=[[Chuang Yi]] | location=Singapore | language=English | date=[[2006-10-11]] | isbn=978-981-269-237-5 | chapter=Chapter 116 |pages=}}</ref> Momiji took to Tohru very quickly, even hugging her when they were formally introduced despite his curse. He sometimes helps Tohru at her evening job as an office cleaner in one of his father's buildings, and once substitutes for her when she is sick with a cold.<ref name="chapter-30">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 5 | publisher=[[Tokyopop]] | location=Los Angeles | language=English | date=[[2004-10-12]] | isbn=978-1-59182-607-1 | chapter=Chapter 30 | pages=}}</ref> He is very fond of Tohru, and even defies Akito to protect her.<ref name="chapter-65"/> He later warns Kyo that if he does not act on his feelings for Tohru, someone else, such as himself, might steal her away;<ref name="chapter-111"/> in the final chapter, Momiji tells [[Hatsuharu Sohma|Hatsuharu]] and [[Isuzu Sohma|Rin]] that he hopes to find a girlfriend as wonderful as Tohru.<ref name="chapter-136"/> Takaya derived his name from the ninth month of the traditional Japanese calendar, '''''momiji'''tsuki'' or "autumn leaves month";<ref name="zodiac-naming2"/> he was supposed to have been named after the third month, the month of the rabbit, but according to the author, she mixed up his and [[Kureno Sohma|Kureno]]'s positions in the zodiac.<ref name="kureno-momiji-names"/> {{anime voices|Ayaka Saito|Kimberly Grant}}
{{nihongo|Momiji Sohma|草摩 紅葉|Sōma Momiji}}, aged 15–17, is the [[Rabbit (zodiac)|rabbit]] of the Chinese zodiac. His father, one of the richer members of the Sohma family, is Japanese, while his mother is [[Germany|German]] (they speak [[German language|German]] and Japanese in the manga, but only Japanese in the anime).<ref name="ukanime-manga">{{cite web | url=http://www.uk-anime.net/manga.asp?IntID=9 | title=Manga Reviews: Fruits Basket | accessdate=2007-12-12 | author=RPL | work=UK Anime Net | quote= }}</ref> Momiji is depicted as a cute, cheerful boy who hides a sad family life behind his sunny demeanor. In an author's note, Takaya described him as "the most comfortable" of the Sohmas with his spirit possession, and "the most successful of the boys."<ref name="momiji-freetalk">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 15 | publisher=[[Tokyopop]] | location=Los Angeles | language=English | date=[[2006-12-12]] | isbn=978-1-59816-023-9 | chapter= | pages=pages 139 and 169}}</ref> Momiji is an [[androgynous]] boy who is older than he appears, and [[Tohru Honda|Tohru]] is surprised to learn he is only a year younger than her. To Kyo's horror, Momiji wears the girl's version of their high school uniform with shorts instead of a skirt,<ref name="chapter-19">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 4 | publisher=[[Tokyopop]] | location=Los Angeles | language=English | date=[[2004-08-10]] | isbn=978-1-59182-606-4 | chapter=Chapter 19 |pages=}}</ref> until he has a growth spurt at the start of his second year and swiches to the boy's uniform.<ref name="chapter-111">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 19 | publisher=[[Tokyopop]] | location=Los Angeles | language=English | date=[[2008-03-18]] | isbn=978-1-59816-863-1 | chapter=Chapter 111 |pages=}}</ref> He lives alone inside the Sohma family compound, and was raised by servants.<ref name="momiji-freetalk"/> His mother learned about the zodiac curse when she first held him, just after he was born, and was repulsed; she later had [[Hatori Sohma|Hatori]] erase her memory that Momiji is her son.<ref name="chapter-23">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 4 | publisher=[[Tokyopop]] | location=Los Angeles | language=English | date=[[2004-08-10]] | isbn=978-1-59182-606-4 | chapter=Chapter 23 |pages=}}</ref> Because of this, his younger sister, Momo, is unaware he is her older brother,<ref name="chapter-23"/> even though she is interested in him.<ref name="chapter-74">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 13 | publisher=[[Tokyopop]] | location=Los Angeles | language=English | date=[[2006-04-11]] | isbn=978-1-59532-408-5 | chapter=Chapter 74 | pages=}}</ref> Despite his upbringing, Momiji insightful about others and emotionally strong. In chapter 115, his curse is broken before the rest of the zodiac,<ref name="chapter-115"/> and he decides to leave [[Akito Sohma|Akito]] depite the latter's pleading.<ref name="chapter-116">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 20 | publisher=[[Chuang Yi]] | location=Singapore | language=English | date=[[2006-10-11]] | isbn=978-981-269-237-5 | chapter=Chapter 116 |pages=}}</ref> Momiji took to Tohru very quickly, even hugging her when they were formally introduced despite his curse. He sometimes helps Tohru at her evening job as an office cleaner in one of his father's buildings, and once substitutes for her when she is sick with a cold.<ref name="chapter-30">{{cite book | last=Takaya | first=Natsuki | authorlink=Natsuki Takaya | title=Fruits Basket, Volume 5 | publisher=[[Tokyopop]] | location=Los Angeles | language=English | date=[[2004-10-12]] | isbn=978-1-59182-607-1 | chapter=Chapter 30 | pages=}}</ref> He is very fond of Tohru, and even defies Akito to protect her.<ref name="chapter-65"/> He later warns Kyo that if he does not act on his feelings for Tohru, someone else, such as himself, might steal her away;<ref name="chapter-111"/> in the final chapter, Momiji tells [[Hatsuharu Sohma|Hatsuharu]] and [[Isuzu Sohma|Rin]] that he hopes to find a girlfriend as wonderful as Tohru.<ref name="chapter-136"/> Takaya derived his name from the ninth month of the traditional Japanese calendar, '''''momiji'''tsuki'' or "autumn leaves month";<ref name="zodiac-naming2"/> he was supposed to have been named after the third month, the month of the rabbit, but according to the author, she mixed up his and [[Kureno Sohma|Kureno]]'s positions in the zodiac.<ref name="kureno-momiji-names"/> {{anime voices|Ayaka Saito|Kimberly Grant}}


===Hatori Sohma===
===Hatori Sohma===

Revision as of 03:29, 15 May 2008

This is a list of the major characters from the manga and anime series Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya. The series tells the story of Tohru Honda, an orphan girl who, after meeting Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Sohma, learns that thirteen members of the Sohma family are possessed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac and cursed to turn into their animal forms if they embrace anyone of the opposite sex or their bodies come under a great deal of stress. As the series progresses, Tohru meets the rest of the zodiac and the family's mysterious head, Akito Sohma, and eventually resolves to break the curse that burdens them.

The name spellings used in this article are those given in the official Region 1 DVD and English manga releases. Names are given in Western order, with the family name last. Takaya named most of the Sohmas affected by the curse after the month in the former Japanese lunisolar calendar that corresponds to their zodiac animal.[1] The exceptions are Kureno and Momiji, whose names were swapped by mistake;[2] Kyo, who as the cat is not part of the official zodiac; and Yuki.[3] According to the author, no other names have meanings.[4]

Tohru's family and friends

Tohru Honda

Main article: Tohru Honda

Tohru Honda (本田 透, Honda Tōru), aged 16–18, is an orphaned high school student who, at the start of the story, begins living with Shigure, Yuki, and Kyo Sohma in exchange for housekeeping. She loves to cook, describes herself as an excellent housekeeper, and has an after-school job as a janitor to pay her tuition fees to avoid being a burden on her grandfather.[5] She is depicted as polite, optimistic, extremely kind, and selfless;[6][7] several other characters, including Kyo,[8] Rin,[9] and Hanajima,[10] tell her she needs to look out for her own interests and not shoulder everyone else's burdens. In the original Japanese, Tohru habitually speaks formally (see Honorific speech in Japanese), but not always correctly,[11] a habit she picked up from her father, Katsuya, after he died when she was three, as a way of replacing him in her mother's eyes.[12] Tohru's mother, Kyoko, raised her alone until she died in a car accident shortly after Tohru entered high school, a few months before the start of the story. Tohru repeatedly calls Kyoko the most important person in her life and treasures her photograph;[13] when she falls in love with Kyo she feels guilty of being "unfaithful" to her mother's memory.[14]

In the first half of the series, as Tohru learns about the zodiac curse and its effects on those she loves, she becomes distressed, and when she learns that the dangerous Akito is the "god" of the zodiac, she resolves to break the curse.[15] Only later does she admit that she wants to free Kyo most of all.[16] Despite setbacks, both external and personal,[17] she stubbornly persists in her goal and eventually frees Kyo and her friends.[18] In the last chapter, she begins moving with Kyo to another city so he can continue his martial arts training, and in the final pages they are shown as a loving elderly couple with a granddaughter.[19] Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese); Laura Bailey (voice actress) (English)

Kyoko Honda

Kyoko Honda (本田 今日子, Honda Kyōko) is the late mother of Tohru Honda, appearing only in flashbacks and photographs treasured by Tohru. When she was young, Kyoko was the leader of an all-female bosozoku gang called The Red Butterfly Suicide Squad, the name coming from how motorcycle tail-lights supposedly look like a red butterfly at night.[20] She told Kyo Sohma she was ignored and rejected by her parents, and fell in love with a student teacher named Katsuya Honda who stood up for her when her parents disowned her after a gang fight. Katsuya and Kyoko married after she left middle school and had a daughter, Tohru, and Kyoko learned how to work through difficulties together with Katsuya.[21] She was griefstriken by her husband's death and nearly killed herself before remembering her young daughter needed her.[22] Because of her experiences, Kyoko raised Tohru to believe that everyone needs to feel needed,[22] and helped Arisa Uotani leave her own gang.[23] Tohru calls Kyoko the most important person in her life, and repeats bits of her mother's emotional wisdom throughout the series. Kyoko died a few months before the start of the series when she was stuck by a car. Kyo was present at the accident but couldn't save her without revealing his curse, and heard her last words as "I'll never forgive you."[24] In chapter 135, a flashback of her final moments shows that she was trying to say "I'll never forgive you if you don't keep your promise to protect Tohru."[25] Voiced by: Reiko Yasuhara (Japanese); Julie Mayfield (English)

Katsuya Honda

Katsuya Honda (本田 勝也, Honda Katsuya) is the late father of Tohru Honda and husband of Kyoko Honda. In the series, he appears only in flashbacks. Katsuya habitually spoke formally (see Honorific speech in Japanese) as a way of distancing himself from the world,[22] a habit that, according to his father, Tohru later adopted.[12] He met Kyoko as a student teacher at her middle school and recognized that her rebellious behavior was as much protection as his own polite manners.[26] Despite their eight-year difference in age (he was 21, she was 13), they fell in love; he helped her set aside her gangster lifestyle and they married after she finished middle school. Three years after Tohru was born, Katsuya died of pneumonia while on a business trip.[22]

Arisa Uotani

Arisa Uotani (魚谷 ありさ, Uotani Arisa), aged 16–18, is a former gang member (a "yankee",[27] the Japanese version of the American "thug" image) and one of Tohru's closest friends. Arisa is depicted as tough, brash, and sometimes violent;[28] she wears long skirts, sometimes carries a iron pipe, and often speaks like a man (see Gender differences in spoken Japanese). Arisa is tall for a girl, and once claims she wishes to reach 6 feet tall.[29] She is especially competitive with Kyo and bickers with him frequently. Her childhood was troubled: father is an alcoholic and her mother left him for another man when Arisa was young; Arisa joined an all-girl gang (called "The Ladies") in fifth grade, and idolized Kyoko Honda's reputation from her gang days. When Arisa met Kyoko's daughter Tohru in middle school, and then Kyoko herself, she was shocked by the change from gangleader into doting mother, but became friends after Kyoko helped her escape from her gang.[23] With Saki Hanajima, she swore on Kyoko's grave to look after Tohru, and in her "parental" protection of Tohru with Hana-chan, noted by Kyo and Yuki,[30] she comes off as the brash and direct father-figure.[31] Tohru calls her Uo-chan and her manga symbol is a fish, the meaning of the first kanji (魚) of her family name. Arisa works a couple different part-time jobs during the series; at one of them, in a convenience store, she meets Kureno Sohma and is immediately attracted to him, though she worries about their nine-year age difference.[32] They meet a second time a few days later but after that he refuses to see her again because of his promise to Akito,[33] and she tries to get over him. When Kureno leaves Akito, she helps him move out, telling him that she has been waiting for him all this time,[34] and in the final chapter she is preparing to move in with him.[19] Voiced by: Yuka Imai (Japanese); Parisa Fakhri (English)

Saki Hanajima

Saki Hanajima (花島 咲, Hanajima Saki), aged 16–18, is a psychic girl who has the ability to sense people's "auras" and send out electric "waves" (denpa in Japanese), and one of Tohru's closest friends. She is depicted as very perceptive, polite,[35] with a usually deadpan manner, and is often seen eating when not in class. According to an author's note, in contrast with her Gothic Lolita appearance,[35] she likes shōjo manga and novels and bought a copy of Shigure Sohma's Summer-Colored Sigh.[36] Tohru calls her Hana-chan, and her manga symbol is a small flower, the meaning of the first kanji (花) of her family name. Hanajima had trouble controlling her abilities when she was young, and blamed herself for the near-fatal collapse of a boy who was bullying her.[37] Like Arisa Uotani, Hanajima is extremely protective of Tohru, who was the first person in school who truly accepted her, which acceptance helped her gain control of her powers.[37] She wears black fingernail polish and (when not in her school uniform) black dresses, often with a cloak or veil,[38] habits Hanajima started before she met Tohru as a way of signaling her guilt.[37] With Arisa, she promised on Tohru's mother's grave to look after Tohru and in their near-"parental" protection,[30] she acts as the "motherly" figure.[31] She uses her reputation for sending out "poison waves" to shield Tohru from the malice of Yuki's fan club.[39] She has a close relationship to her family who accept and nurture her gifts, especially her grandmother and her younger brother, Megumi, who has his own special ability to curse people. When Hanajima sees Kazuma Sohma when he comes in for Kyo's parent-teacher conference, she calls him "handsome,"[40] and later at the class performance of Sorta Cinderella, she seeks Kazuma out to talk with him.[41] Kyo is disturbed enough at the idea of Hanajima in a relationship with his foster-father, that she and Uotani tease him with the possibility.[42] However, in the final chapter, Hanajima is working for room and board at an unspecified job at Kazuma's dojo, and it is implied they are in a relationship.[19] Voiced by: Reiko Yasuhara (Japanese); Daphne Gere (English)

The Sohmas

Akito Sohma

Main article: Akito Sohma

Akito Sohma (草摩 慊人, Sōma Akito) is the head of the Sohma family and very frail. He often runs fevers, and Hatori Sohma claims half his doctor's work is tending to Akito, who he says "specializes in getting sick."[43] Akito's age is not given, but he is a little younger than Ritsu and is taken for around twenty by Mitsuru.[33][44] Akito is depicted as short-tempered and abusive, and has physically and emotionally scarred many Sohmas, including Hatori, Rin, Kisa, and Yuki. While he is part of the Sohma family curse, he is not possessed by a spirit of the Chinese zodiac, but rather fulfills the role of the Jade Emperor, a figure from the stories about the origins of the zodiac; he describes himself as the "god" of the zodiac and the "master of their souls."[15] Kazuma Sohma tells Tohru Honda that to the rest of the zodiac, Akito is a figure of awe they cannot resist, with whom they have a "bond of blood."[45] Akito's mother, Ren Sohma, denies that the zodiac bond is real, and Akito is obsessed with proving her wrong.[46] Once the zodiac members are old enough, he desires to have them live within the Sohma compound for the rest of their lives in a never-ending "banquet."[47] Akito initially allows Tohru to live with Shigure because he believes that she will come to reject Yuki and Kyo because of the curse,[48] and when instead they learn that outsiders can accept them and so grow away from him, he comes to hate her most of all.[49] In the anime, Akito and Tohru come to an accommodation centered on his fears of dying young, which is an effect of the curse described only in the anime.[50] In the manga, through Tohru's efforts to break the curse, he comes to realize holding onto the bond has hurt himself as much as the others, and lets the curse go.[18]

In the anime, Akito is male.[50] In the manga, Kureno Sohma reveals to Tohru that Akito was born female, but was brought up as a boy.[33] When Ren learned she had given birth to a girl, one who was the "God" to the Zodiac and began receiving more attention from Akira, Ren threatened to kill the baby if her husband did not agree to raise Akito as a boy.[51] The only other Sohmas who knew about this were the oldest four zodiac members: Kureno, Shigure, Hatori, and Ayame.[33] After the curse is broken, Akito begins dressing as and living as a women,[52] and in the final chapter Shigure moves in with her.[19] Voiced by: Wakaba Murasaki (Japanese); Chad Cline (English)

Yuki Sohma

Main article: Yuki Sohma

Yuki Sohma (草摩 由希, Sōma Yuki), aged 16–18, is the rat of the Chinese zodiac. Yuki is depicted as an attractive, reserved, and accomplished young man with many admirers, but who finds being friendly difficult. When Yuki was young, Akito Sohma kept him isolated and convinced him no one liked him;[53] because of this, Yuki has low self-esteem and feels isolated.[54] He is known as "Prince Yuki" and "Prince Charming" at school, where he has a fan club headed by Motoko Minagawa that tries to "protect" him from other admirers, with the result that Yuki is further isolated,[55] and he is pressured by his popularity to become president of the student council despite his misgivings.[56] Yuki, however, wishes that he could be with people as friends, rather than be admired from afar, and envies both Kyo Sohma's and Kakeru Manabe's easy ways with others.[57][58] He is touched when, faced with the prospect of having her memory of the Sohma family secret erased, Tohru Honda asks that he remain her friend,[59] which no one had asked him before.[60] With Tohru's help Yuki is gradually able to "open the lid" on his feelings, and the summer after she begins living in Shigure's house, Yuki admits to himself that he loves her.[61]

When Yuki was around six or seven years old, he ran away from Akito and was the one who returned Tohru to her mother when she was lost.[62] For that, Yuki has always had fond feelings for Tohru for actually "needing" him.[62] However, he later admits to Manabe that he was looking for a mother-figure and found her in Tohru.[60] As the rat, Yuki despises the current cat, Kyo, despite envying him, and is contemptuous of his attempts to defeat him. Even when he recognizes the true nature of his feelings for Tohru, Yuki is uncomfortable when he recognizes her and Kyo's growing feelings for each other.[63] Yuki becomes attracted to Machi Kuragi, a student council secretary who also had a traumatic childhood,[64] and falls in love with her. When he knows that Kyo will be confessing to Tohru that he loves her, Yuki meets with Machi, and is with her when his curse lifts, whereupon the first thing he does is embrace her.[18] In the last chapter, he gives Machi a key to his new apartment, where he will be living as he attends university.[19] Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa (Japanese); Eric Vale (English)

Kyo Sohma

Main article: Kyo Sohma

Kyo Sohma (草摩 夾, Sōma Kyō), aged 16–18, is cursed by the cat, an animal not in the Chinese zodiac but which legend says would have been if it had not been tricked by the rat into missing the induction feast (see Zodiac origin stories).[5] He is depicted as an orange-haired young man who is short-tempered and charismatic, if initially awkward around people;[65] Arisa Uotani once calls him "anger management boy,"[30] and Yuki Sohma expresses envy of his ability to make friends easily.[57] He is also fiercely competitive, and can be easily manipulated into doing things he does not want to by turning it into a competition—especially against Yuki. As the cat, Kyo hates Yuki, the current rat of the zodiac, whom he sees as never having to work hard at anything,[30] and has dedicated his life to defeating him. Shortly before the series beginning, Kyo made a bet with Akito: if he defeats Yuki before graduating high school, he would officially be accepted as part of the zodiac; however, if he does not, Kyo would be confined inside the Sohma estate for the rest of his life.[66] Despite many months of strict training, however, Kyo never lands a decent blow on Yuki.[67] Their rivalry distresses Tohru, who likes them both, but she comes to worry even more when they do not fight.[68] The two eventually tell each other, during an argument, they envy as well as despise each other and come to a truce for Tohru's sake.[69]

At the start of the story, Kyo moves into Shigure's house with Yuki and Tohru.[5] When Kyo was young, his mother died in an accident rumored to be suicide over her son's curse, and after his father rejected him, Kyo was taken in by Kazuma Sohma. The two love each other as father and son,[70] but Kazuma insists he continue to live with Shigure because he believes Tohru is helping him open up.[71] Aside from his foster father, however, Kyo pushes away the people who want to help him, because he is ashamed of his true form—a grotesque, foul-smelling, larger version of his zodiac animal—which he turns into when his bone juzu bead bracelet is removed.[70] When Tohru sees his true form, however, she is initially repulsed but follows him to beg him stay with her, which strengthens their bond.[70] However, Kyo also blames himself for the death of Tohru's mother, whom he could have saved at the risk of turning into a cat, and he was shaken by Kyoko's last words, "I'll never forgive you..."[24] As the story progresses, Kyo falls in love with Tohru, but he refuses to subject her to the pain he is convinced he will cause, so when she confesses she loves him, he calls her "delusional."[24] Only when Uotani, Hanajima, and Yuki impress upon him how deeply his rejection hurt Tohru does he get up the courage to accept her, and when he does finally confess to her, his curse lifts—along with the rest of the zodiac.[18] In the last chapter, he and Tohru begin moving out of Shigure's house to another city, where he will study at another dojo in preparation for inheriting Kazuma's, and in the final pages they are shown as a loving couple with a granddaughter.[19] Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese); Jerry Jewell (English)

Shigure Sohma

Main article: Shigure Sohma

Shigure Sohma (草摩 紫呉, Sōma Shigure), aged 27–28, is the dog of the Chinese zodiac and the owner of the house where he, Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo live. He is a writer who publishes literary novels under his own name and trashy romances under pen names. His most successful pen name is Noa Kiritani, which he used for his erotic novel, Summer-Colored Sky. He is best friends with his cousins Hatori and Ayame, and he and Ayame like to pretend they are lovers.[72] In the anime, Shigure is depicted as lazy and dirty-minded, seeming to take nothing seriously,[73][74] and with a fondness for teasing people—especially his editor Mitsuru, but also Kyo, Yuki, Tohru, and Ritsu. In the manga, he behaves the same but is also shown to be manipulative:[75] he admits early on to Hatori that he is using Tohru as "a pawn" for some deeper purpose and calls himself "filthiest of all" for being willing to sacrifice anyone to get what he wants.[76] More than once, he provokes Akito Sohma with apparently undiplomatic responses that create other confrontations, such as Akito's visit to the summer beach house in volumes 10 and 11.[77] Shigure eventually admits to Kureno Sohma that he hopes the disruption Tohru has caused will further weaken the weakening zodiac curse, and gives Tohru hints to figure out how to break it herself.[14] Shigure's deepest feelings are for Akito, and he once had sex with Akito's mother, Ren, because he was upset that Akito was sleeping with Kureno.[44][78] In the end, it is implied that Shigure's machinations have all been aimed at freeing Akito from the curse and the need to live as a man, so that he can have her to himself. He gives Akito the woman's kimono worn when she announces that she will live as a woman,[52] and in the last chapter, he moves in with Akito in the main Sohma house.[19] Shigure habitually wears a kimono unless he has to leave the house for business, which according to Natsuki Takaya is his way of getting into "the spirit of things" as a writer.[79] Takaya derived his name from the tenth month, shigurezuki or "autumn showers month," which is the month of the dog, of the traditional Japanese calendar.[80] Voiced by: Ryotaro Okiayu (Japanese); John Burgmeier (English)

Kagura Sohma

Kagura Sohma (草摩 楽羅, Sōma Kagura), aged 18–20, is the boar of the Chinese zodiac. She is depicted as a girlish young woman[81] with great strength, and the impulsive behavior associated with those born in her zodiac year.[82] This last usually takes the form of berating and beating up Kyo, who she inisists is engaged to her. When Kagura was seven and Kyo was five, when he was all alone because he carried the curse of the cat, she played with him,[83] and one day threatened him into proposing to her (using a knife in the manga,[84] a boulder in the anime[85]). After having the nature of her love questioned by Rin Sohma, Kagura eventually admits to Kyo that her love was based on pity,[83] much as Kazuma fears Tohru's is,[86] and that she that she has clung to him because, compared to the cat, she has it easy.[83] After Kyo tells her he cannot love her, she claims to give up hope of winning him,[83] but still loves and cares for him;[87] when Tohru admits to Rin Sohma that she loves Kyo, Kagura impulsively strikes her, saying the one to tell to that is Kyo.[86] According to an author's note, Kagura is an "older sister type who's always ready to help."[87] She attends a local college while living with her parents, who are shown taking her double-edged personality in stride, and Rin. Kagura is the only female member of the zodiac who is not shown to have been injured by Akito. Takaya derived her name from the eleventh month, kagurazuki or "month of Shinto song and dance," which is the month of the boar, of the traditional Japanese calendar.[80] Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese); Meredith McCoy (English)

Momiji Sohma

Momiji Sohma (草摩 紅葉, Sōma Momiji), aged 15–17, is the rabbit of the Chinese zodiac. His father, one of the richer members of the Sohma family, is Japanese, while his mother is German (they speak German and Japanese in the manga, but only Japanese in the anime).[88] Momiji is depicted as a cute, cheerful boy who hides a sad family life behind his sunny demeanor. In an author's note, Takaya described him as "the most comfortable" of the Sohmas with his spirit possession, and "the most successful of the boys."[89] Momiji is an androgynous boy who is older than he appears, and Tohru is surprised to learn he is only a year younger than her. To Kyo's horror, Momiji wears the girl's version of their high school uniform with shorts instead of a skirt,[90] until he has a growth spurt at the start of his second year and swiches to the boy's uniform.[91] He lives alone inside the Sohma family compound, and was raised by servants.[89] His mother learned about the zodiac curse when she first held him, just after he was born, and was repulsed; she later had Hatori erase her memory that Momiji is her son.[92] Because of this, his younger sister, Momo, is unaware he is her older brother,[92] even though she is interested in him.[93] Despite his upbringing, Momiji insightful about others and emotionally strong. In chapter 115, his curse is broken before the rest of the zodiac,[78] and he decides to leave Akito depite the latter's pleading.[94] Momiji took to Tohru very quickly, even hugging her when they were formally introduced despite his curse. He sometimes helps Tohru at her evening job as an office cleaner in one of his father's buildings, and once substitutes for her when she is sick with a cold.[95] He is very fond of Tohru, and even defies Akito to protect her.[15] He later warns Kyo that if he does not act on his feelings for Tohru, someone else, such as himself, might steal her away;[91] in the final chapter, Momiji tells Hatsuharu and Rin that he hopes to find a girlfriend as wonderful as Tohru.[19] Takaya derived his name from the ninth month of the traditional Japanese calendar, momijitsuki or "autumn leaves month";[80] he was supposed to have been named after the third month, the month of the rabbit, but according to the author, she mixed up his and Kureno's positions in the zodiac.[2] Voiced by: Ayaka Saito (Japanese); Kimberly Grant (English)

Hatori Sohma

Hatori Sohma (草摩 はとり, Sōma Hatori), aged 27–28, is the dragon of the Chinese zodiac and, like his father before him,[96] the private doctor to the Sohma family. He is responsible for erasing memories (using a form of hypnosis that is handed down in his line of the family)[96] of those outsiders who discover the Sohma family secret,[43] such as Yuki's childhood playmates.[53] Hatori is depicted as a tall, somber man who is rarely amused by the antics of his best friends, Shigure and Ayame. He is often the only one who can restrain Ayame's worst behavior,[97] and is the only person Shigure trusts enough to talk about his schemes. He takes his duties to the Sohma family and as a doctor seriously, and warns Tohru about the dangers of getting too involved with the family.[43] In an author's note, Natsuki Takaya described him as "the best marriage material of the cast."[96] When his curse activates, Hatori transforms into a 8 cm long seahorse (in Japanese tatsuno-otoshigo, literally "baby dragon") rather than an actual dragon, which he is self-conscious about.[98] According to Shigure, this is a sign the zodiac curse has weakened.[16]

A few years before the series began, he was engaged to Kana Sohma, the assistant in his doctor's office.[43] The relationship ended when Hatori asked Akito for permission to marry Kana and in response, Akito attacked Hatori (in the anime, he threw a vase), leaving him almost blind in his left eye; Kana blamed herself for the incident and felt so guilty about it that Hatori was forced to erase her memory of their relationship to ease her suffering.[98] After Kana marries someone else, Shigure manipulates Hatori into meeting Kana's best friend, Mayuko Shiraki, who secretly had always liked him.[99][100] In the last chapter, Hatori invites Mayuko on a Okinawa vacation.[19] Takaya derived Hatori's name from the fourth month, konohatorizuki or "month of taking leaves [to silkworms]," which is the month of the dragon, of the traditional Japanese calendar.[101] Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue (Japanese); Kent Williams (voice actor) (English)

Hatsuharu Sohma

Hatsuharu Sohma (草摩 溌春, Sōma Hatsuharu), aged 15–17, often called Haru, is the ox of the Chinese zodiac. Hatsuharu is depicted as having something of a Yin and Yang personality related to the ox's traditional personality:[102] He is usually calm, placid, and otherwise an all-around nice guy, but can be goaded into "stampeding," a state in which he is edgy and mean.[103] The Sohmas call these two sides of his personality his "white" and "black" sides; his hair is white with black roots, and his zodiac form is a black-and-white spotted cow.[102] Beause of the story of how the first rat tricked the first ox to become first in the zodiac, when Hatsuharu was a child he blamed Yuki Sohma, the current rat, for his reputation of stupidity, but Yuki helped him realize that Haru was not at fault for the ox's actions. Since then, Haru has claimed that Yuki was his first love. Hatsuharu is in love with Rin Sohma and has an on-again/off-again secret relationship with her. He is protective of those he cares about, especially Rin, Yuki, and Kisa, and once confronts and almost strikes Akito for confining Rin.[104], and looked for the latter when she ran away from home. Hatsuharu has a bad sense of direction, and once becomes lost for three days in another town while looking for Kyo in order to challenge him.[105] He likes to tease Kyo in a dead-pan way. He is usually shown wearing various accessories, which, according to an author's note, he makes himself.[106] Natsuki Takaya derived his name from the first month, hatsuharu meaning "new year" or "early spring," which is the month of the ox, of the traditional Japanese calendar,[101] though his name is written with different kanji than the month. Voiced by: Akio Suyama (Japanese); Justin Cook (English)

Ayame Sohma

Ayame Sohma (草摩 綾女, Sōma Ayame), aged 27–28, is the snake of the Chinese zodiac, and Yuki's older brother. Ayame is depicted as vivacious, flamboyant, self-confident, and self-centered, with a knack for annoying Yuki and Kyo (one of the few things they initially agree upon). In an author's note, Natsuki Takaya described him as a draining person to meet in real life.[107] Despite his age, he refers to himself with the boyish pronoun boku (see Japanese pronouns). He has gorgeous eyes (green in the manga, gold in the anime) and silver hair similar to Yuki's violet eyes and grey hair.[72] He runs a shop, named after himself, that sells custom-made "romantic costumes" with the help of Mine Kuramae, his seamstress and girlfriend. He is best friends with Shigure and Hatori, who are the same age; Ayame and Shigure like to pretend that they are lovers,[72] while Hatori is the only one, according to Shigure and Takaya, who can restrain Ayame's worst behavior.[108][107] As the snake, Ayame is especially susceptable to cold.[72] When Ayame was in high school, he was president of the student council,[108] and is proud that Yuki is following him.[109] Ayame fears the "nothingness" of not being acknowledged.[109] When Ayame was young, he completely ignored Yuki until he realized that when he got older, he would be totally alone without his brother, spurring an obsession of gaining Yuki's love.[109] As the series progresses, Yuki slowly starts to accept Ayame as a brother, and even tries to understand him. When Ayame is freed from the curse, the first thing he does is finally embrace Mine.[18] Takaya derived his name (normally a female name, meaning iris) from the fifth month, ayamezuki or "month of falling irises," which is the month of the snake, of the traditional Japanese calendar.[101] Voiced by: Mitsuru Miyamoto (Japanese); Chris Sabat (English)

Kisa Sohma

Kisa Sohma (草摩 杞紗, Sōma Kisa), aged 12–13, is the tiger of the Chinese zodiac. She is depicted as a cute but very shy and withdrawn girl. In an author's note, Natsuki Takaya described her as "in competition to be the first or second most beautiful character"[110] and also described her as a "girly-girl."[111] When she starts middle school, her classmates harass and ostracize her due to her naturally tawny hair and golden eyes, an effect of her curse. Because she feels ashamed of being bullied, she does not tell her worried mother what is happening and stops speaking; when this distresses her mother even further, she runs away and is found by Hatsuharu.[112] Tohru Honda, who understands Kisa's distress because she was once bullied herself, helps Kisa to come out of her shell, and Kisa becomes very attached to her, calling her "onee-chan" ("big sister").[56] She sometimes gets mad at Hiro because of his treatment of Tohru. Kisa likes Hiro and is hurt when he withdraws from her to protect her from Akito,[56] much like Hatsuharu is hurt by Rin.[113] As the series progresses, Kisa is shown struggling with her shyness, and feels it is a major accomplishment to greet Kyo directly, instead of relying on Hiro to speak for her.[91] Kisa likes omelets and but not dry foods, and is a fan of a fictional anime series Mogeta. She is called Sat-chan, using just the last syllable of her given name, by Shigure. Takaya derived her name from the second month, kisaragi or "changing clothes month," which is the month of the tiger, of the traditional Japanese calendar.[101] Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka (Japanese); Kate Bristol (English)

Hiro Sohma

Hiro Sohma (草摩 燈路, Sōma Hiro), aged 11–12, is the sheep of the Chinese zodiac and the youngest of the cursed Sohmas. He depicted as a very intelligent but verbally aggressive and smart-mouthed sophist who is initially not very likeable.[114] Several characters express intense irritation with him, but he escapes physical punishment by hiding behind being "just a kid."[13] Hiro is in love with Kisa and resents Tohru because she unwittingly monopolizes Kisa's time and admiration. His initial attitude toward Tohru eases through the series, through a combination of grudging admiration for Tohru,[115] and being told to let up by Kisa and Hatsuharu,[116] whom he admires.[113] Hiro is frustrated that he is just a kid and desperately wants to grow up so he can protect Kisa,[115] who was beaten by Akito after Hiro admitted he liked her,[117] and later in the series he is shown struggling to restrain his tongue. He accidentally sees Akito push Rin out a window and knows about Rin's efforts to break the zodiac curse, though she forces him not tell Hatsuharu. Hiro is the only member of the zodiac who is shown having a close, loving relationship with both his parents, especially his mother, Satsuki. In Chapter 118, he is freed from the curse before most of the zodiac, and the first thing he does is hold his infant sister, Hinata, for the first time.[118] Natsuki Takaya derived his name from the seventh month, fumihirogetsuki or "month of publication," which is the month of the sheep, of the traditional Japanese calendar.[80] Voiced by: Yuriko Fuchizaki (Japanese); Aaron Dismuke (English)

Ritsu Sohma

Ritsu Sohma (草摩 利津, Sōma Ritsu), aged 21–22, is the monkey of the Chinese zodiac. He is depicted as a beautiful but unstable young man with very low self-esteem and a tendency to overreact. He apologizes frantically for everything, even things that are not his fault.[119] In this, he takes after his mother,[119] the hostess of the Sohma family's onsen,[120] whose position he is in training to take over.[121] Ritsu dresses in women's clothing because he says he then feels less pressure from society, and is initially mistaken for a woman by Tohru Honda because of his long hair and beauty.[122] Most Sohmas call him "Rit-chan" and, to Shigure's amusement, Tohru calls him "Rit-chan-san" (see Japanese honorifics). Shigure likes to play with Ritsu's insecurities and gullibility, much as he does his editor, Mitsuru;[123] when the two meet, they realize they have this in common.[123] In the final chapter of the manga, Ritsu tells Kagura, while giving her one of his women's kimonos, that he has asked Mitsuru on a date,[19] and in a bonus story in the first fan-book, he and Mitsuru are a couple.[124] Natsuki Takaya derived his name from the eighth month, odakaritsuki or "rice harvest month," which is the month of the monkey, of the traditional Japanese calendar.[80] In an author's note, Takaya said that she regretted how little role Ritsu played in the main story.[121] Voiced by: Miina Tominaga (Japanese); Mike McFarland (English)

Isuzu "Rin" Sohma

Isuzu Sohma (草摩 依鈴, Sōma Isuzu), aged 17–19, is the horse of the Chinese zodiac. She only appears in the manga. She is often called Rin because that is an alternate reading of 鈴, the second kanji of her given name. She is tall, busty, and initially has waist-length dark hair, which is later cut off; in an author's note, Natsuki Takaya described her as "the character in charge of sexiness."[125] She is depicted as stubborn and independent,[126] to the point she cannot stand being dependent on someone else,[9] traits associated with those born in her zodiac year; she is also sharp-tongued but concerned about others.[127] When Rin was young her parents acted affectionate and devoted to her, unlike the parents of many cursed Sohmas, but when she asked if they were happy, the strain of pretending for her benefit shattered the facade, after which they neglected and abused her to the point she was hospitalized. After this her parents kicked her out and Rin moved into Kagura Sohma's home.[128] Rin and Hatsuharu have a sexual relationship that began before the start of the series. When Akito finds out about it, Rin claims full responsibility to protect Hatsuharu, and to punish her Akito pushes Rin out a window; while recouperating in the hospital, Rin breaks up with Hatsuharu to protect him but without explaining why.[129][117] Rin starts searching for a way to break the curse, and asks Kazuma,[45] Shigure,[128] and Ren Sohma[130] for help, though she resists the assistance of Tohru Honda, who she thinks is annoying and too nice to others than is good for herself.[9] To punish Rin's meddling, Akito confines her in the cat's prison;[104] after she is released by Kureno, she reconciles with Hatsuharu,[130] accepting his support. She also accepts Tohru's assistance, because of her kindness,[131] and grows as protective of her as of Hatsuharu, and gets angry when someone upsets or hurts her.[46][86] After the zodiac curse is broken, Rin cannot understand how others can move on as if Akito's abuse never happened,[132] and in the final chapter she says she still gets angry.[19] Takaya derived her name from the sixth month, isuzukuretsuki or "month of the last cool spring days," which is the month of the horse, of the traditional Japanese calendar.[80]

Kureno Sohma

Kureno Sohma (草摩 紅野, Sōma Kureno), aged 26–27, is the former rooster of the Chinese zodiac. He appears only in the manga. According to Natsuki Takaya, while he was still cursed, he did not like others to see his animal form, which was a sparrow instead of a rooster.[133] He is depicted as a polite and selfless young man. Arisa Uotani describes Kureno as "like Tohru" because of his over-the-top politeness and scatterbrained idiosyncrasies,[32] and Saki Hanajima compares his selflessness to Tohru's.[10] Some members of the Sohma family describe Kureno as "broken-in".[citation needed] In his mid-teens, about ten years before the series begins, Kureno's curse was somehow broken, but in Akito's distress he promised never to leave.[33] Kureno and Akito have a sexual relationship, and when Shigure learned about it, some time before the start of the series, in retaliation he slept with Akito's mother, Ren.[134] Akito keeps Kureno away from the rest of the family to hide that he is no longer cursed, and Kureno does most of Akito's work as the head of the family.[135] As a result, Kureno is so sheltered he is 26 when he first visits a convenience store, where he meets Arisa.[32] Despite their mutual attraction, he stays away from her because, he claims to Tohru, of his promise to Akito.[33] However, when Akito locks Rin Sohma away for stealing his father's box, it is Kureno who frees her.[104] As the zodiac curse begins breaking down, Kureno eventually admits he is partially responsible for keeping Akito coddled and fearful by being too obedient, and Akito angrily stabs him in the back.[118] When Kureno is released from the hospital, he moves out of the Sohma compound with Arisa's help,[34] and in the final chapter, Arisa is preparing to move in with him.[19] Takaya derived his name from the third month of the traditional Japanese calendar, kurenoharu or "late spring";[101] he was supposed to have been named after the ninth month, the month of the rooster, but according to the author, she mixed up his and Momiji's positions in the zodiac.[2]

Kazuma Sohma

Kazuma Sohma (草摩 籍真, Sōma Kazuma) is a master of martial arts who runs a dojo near the Sohma family compound, where he teaches several of the younger Sohmas, including Kyo, Kagura, Yuki, and Hatsuharu. He is usually addressed as shishou, meaning "master." In an author's note, Takaya said that although she draws him young, his age is "almost 40."[136] Takaya also claimed he is "clumsy with his hands and has no sense of flavor,"[136] and he is depicted as being so bad at cooking, he does not know how to prepare tea.[45] His daily routine is taken care of by his assistant at the dojo, Kunimitsu Tomoda.[137]

When he was a child, during their only meeting, Kazuma was mean to his grandfather simply because his grandfather was cursed by the cat. To make amends, after Kyo's mother died, he took in and raised Kyo, the current cat, as his foster son, and has come to think of him as his own son.[136] Kazuma thinks well of Tohru and hopes her love for Kyo is sincere, and not based on pity like his grandmother's was towards his grandfather;[86] both to test Tohru's feelings and to show Kyo he can be accepted despite his curse, Kazuma forces Kyo to show Tohru his true form.[70][138] After Rin is hospitalized the second time during the series, he takes her in to recouperate so that she does not have to live inside the family compound, which he has done before.[16] In the final chapter, Saki Hanajima is working at Kazuma's dojo and it is implied they are in a relationship.[19] Voiced by: Norihiro Inoue (Japanese); Dameon Clarke (English)

Ren Sohma

Ren Sohma (草摩 栋, Sōma Ren) is Akito's mother. She appears only in the manga. She is depicted as an elegant but obsessive woman with long black hair similar to Rin Sohma's. Shigure claims that if Akito had been raised as a woman, she would have looked very much like Ren,[51] and Tohru once mistook Ren's voice for Akito's.[93] Ren and Akito are extremely antagonistic towards each other; Shigure notes that she is obsessed with her child and dead husband.[51] Ren was originally a Sohma household maid who won Akira's heart by being the only one to notice his loneliness and treat him with kindness, instead of as just the head of the household.[51] When she conceived and her child received, as the new god of the zodiac, more attention than herself, and then turned out to be female instead of a proper male heir, she was afraid the baby would replace her in Akira's heart and demanded Akito be raised as male.[33][51] Before his death, Akira told Akito, but not Ren, that Akito's place in the curse was proof that his and Ren's relationship was special.[134] To feed Akito's fear of being abandoned, Ren continually claims that Akito's bond with the zodiac is fake, rather than the true love Akito claims; to prove her wrong, Akito tried to mold Yuki into a zodiac animal devoted to him.[134] After Akito began sleeping with Kureno Sohma, some time before the series began, Ren told Shigure to make him jealous and then seduced him to infuriate Akito.[134] When Rin Sohma approaches Ren for information about breaking the curse, Ren lies and promises to tell Rin how if she stole a black box owned by Akito, said to contain Akira's spirit;[130][51] later, prompted by Shigure, Ren threatens Akito with a knife to get the box, only to learn that it is as empty as her obsession.[134]

Others

Mayuko Shiraki

Mayuko Shiraki (白木 繭子, Shiraki Mayuko) is Tohru, Kyo, Yuki, Saki, and Arisa's homeroom teacher; what subject she teaches is never given, though in an author's note, Natsuki Takaya said she thinks Shiraki fits the image of a literature teacher.[139] Shiraki is depicted as generally good-humored but somewhat aggressive—when Kyo attempts to leave class on Valentine's Day, she stops him at the door with a folder in his face and threatens to dye his hair black instead of orange,[140] and once breaks up a fight between Hatsuharu and Kyo by dumping a bucket of water over them;[141] she once demanded as a joke that, after some students familiarly addressed her "Mayu-chan-sensei," that they call her "Great Teacher Mayuko."[97] Her parents, who worry about Shiraki being unmarried, run a bookstore where she sometimes helps out.[100] Takaya said in an author's note that Shiraki is "possibly sad" that she is a woman and "secretly insecure of how tall she is," but since Hatori Sohma is tall too, they "might look pretty good together."[142]

Shiraki is best friends with Kana Sohma, Hatori's former fiancee, and through her met Hatori, Shigure, and Ayame two years before the series begins. While Shiraki was attracted to Hatori, she was glad that Kana and Hatori were happy together, and dated Shigure for a month before breaking up, partly because Shigure was distant and partly because she was only dating him to alleviate her loneliness. She was at a loss when Kana and Hatori broke up, because Hatori had erased Kana's memory of the engagement.[99] Shiraki still has feelings for Hatori, but resents Shigure's continuing interference in her life, even when it brings her closer to Hatori.[100] In the final chapter, Shiraki and Hatori are shown as a couple, with Hatori inviting her on an Okinawa vacation.[19]

Mine Kuramae

Mine Kuramae (倉前 美音, Kuramae Mine) works at Ayame Sohma's clothing store as a designer and seamstress, and lives with him in an apartment above the store.[107] She is passionate, cheerful, and determined to do anything for Ayame; she takes care of details he neglects in his enthusiasm, such as getting permission to visit Yuki's class.[143] According to Natsuki Takaya, "she is an amazing person" for being able to keep up with Ayame.[144] She is depicted as especially enthusiastic about dressing girls up in her outfits, sparkling at the thought of doing so,[143][63] and she herself is always shown wearing a frilly maid's uniform. According to Ayame, Mine is someone he "can confide in."[145] When Ayame is freed from the curse, the first thing he does is embrace her.[18] Voiced by: Miki Takahashi (Japanese); Amber Cotton (English)

Mitsuru

Mitsuru (満), family name unknown, is Shigure Sohma's editor. Shigure playfully calls her Mit-chan. A stressed-out young woman, she is usually shown nagging Shigure to finish manuscripts on time, in response to which Shigure either evades her or falsely claims he is not finished. His tormenting pushes her to threaten suicide more than once, and Natsuki Takaya said in an author's note that Mitsuru thinks Shigure is "evil."[146] During one such episode, she meets Ritsu Sohma,[123] with whom she later develops a romantic relationship.[146][124] Voiced by: Akemi Okamura (Japanese); Cynthia Cranz (English)

Motoko Minagawa

Motoko Minagawa (皆川 素子, Minagawa Motoko), aged 17–18, is the president of Yuki Sohma's fan club and a year ahead of him. As a devoted fan, she is depicted as obsessive and romantic, and serves primarily as comic relief.[citation needed] The fan club bans any member from being alone with their "prince" to keep him "safe" by preventing any one member from "stealing" him; as such, Minagawa hates any girl who gets close to Yuki—in particular, Tohru Honda, Kimi Toudou, and Machi Kuragi. Minagawa and the club vice-president, Minami Kinoshita, instigate multiple plots to undermine Tohru, including visiting Saki Hanajima, who they see as protecting Tohru with her "poison waves," at home to find a weakness,[39] and arranging to have Tohru cast as Cinderella's wicked step-sister to make her behave badly.[147] The few times Minagawa does speak with Yuki, she gets so overwrought that all she can do is talk about banal things, such as what he had for breakfast.[148] At her graduation, she finally confesses to Yuki that she loves him, though she knows she cannot have him, and wishes him happiness in the future.[149] Voiced by: Kaori Shimizu (Japanese); Jamie Marchi (English)

Kakeru Manabe

Kakeru Manabe (真鍋 翔, Manabe Kakeru), aged 16–17, is vice president of the student council during Yuki Sohma's presidency. He appears only in the manga. He is depicted as alternately lazy and charismatically energetic, strongly reminding Yuki of his older brother, Ayame;[150] Yuki also compares Manabe's ability to make friends to Kyo's.[58] Manabe sometimes claims the student council is a super-sentai–style "School Defense Force", and once tries to get the rest of the student council to pick their team colors.[58] He is Machi Kuragi's older half-brother by their mutual father's mistress, and protective of her because she is still affected by their mothers' fight, now ended, to have their own child named heir.[151] He has a girlfriend named Komaki Nakao (whom he calls "Meat☆Angel" because of her love of meat), whose father drove the car that hit and killed Kyoko Honda, also killing himself. Manabe believed that Tohru thought that she was the only one affected by the accident and confronted Tohru on Komaki's behalf, saying that she was annoying. However, Komaki was angry at him because he had disrespected Tohru's feelings. He realized that his feelings and Komaki's were not the same and vowed to understand other people better, and later apologizes to Tohru for his hurtful behavior.[152] Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura (Drama CD)

Machi Kuragi

Machi Kuragi (倉伎 真知, Kuragi Machi), aged 15–16, is treasurer of the student council during Yuki Sohma's presidency. She appears only in the manga. She Kakeru Manabe's younger half-sister by their mutual father's wife.[151] Machi is depicted as a quiet, nearly emotionless young woman with occasional distructive behavior, such as wrecking the student council room. She has difficulty expressing herself, which sometimes results in Manabe making decisions for her. During their childhoods, their mothers competed to have their own child named heir, a struggle that ended when first Manabe withdrew himself from the running, then Machi's mother bore a son. Machi lives apart from her family because her mother believes she resents, and is a danger to, her younger brother for supplanting her, an accusation she did not contest even though it is wrong.[153]

Unlike most girls at school, she does not see Yuki as a prince, but as just another boy.[41] Her different attitude and troubled behavior catches Yuki's eye, and he makes multiple attempts at befriending her. When Yuki and Manabe visit Machi's apartment, Yuki learns that because of the pressure to be perfect when her mother was competing with Manabe's, Machi finds perfection so disturbing she has a compulsion to mar anything too orderly, such as trashing neat rooms, walking through new-fallen snow, and breaking pieces of a new box of chalk.[153] Machi develops feelings for Yuki, and when he is lonely and needs to reach out to someone while Tohru Honda is in the hospital, Machi was able to confess to Yuki.[154] Like the youngest Sohmas, Machi likes the fictional anime Mogeta, and treasures two character figurines that Yuki gives her. Voiced by: Yuki Kaida (Drama CD)

Kimi Toudou

Kimi Toudou (藤堂 君, Tōdō Kimi), aged 16–17, is one of the two student council secretaries during Yuki Sohma's presidency. She appears only in the manga. Kimi is depicted as an outgoing and fun-loving young woman.[155] She is also manipulative and a mischief-maker: when Yuki first meets her, she manipulates him into sharing chocolates his fan club had just given to him.[29] She often gives things naughty interpretations, and uses sex appeal to get her way—for example, she flirts with a teacher to get him give the student council a new whiteboard.[58] According to Kakeru Manabe, Kimi likes to seduce boys who already have girlfriends.[156] According to an author's note, Kimi believes all men love her, and as long as they like her she can go out with as many people as she wants.[157] Kimi sometimes speaks in third person, as in "Kimi wants this," which is a childish way of speaking in Japanese, and calls Yuki by the cutesy nickname Yun-Yun. She is good friends with Manabe and disliked by most of the girls in the school, especially Yuki's fan club. Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (Drama CD)

Naohito Sakuragi

Naohito Sakuragi (桜木 直人, Sakuragi Naohito), aged 15–16, is the second of the two student council secretaries during Yuki Sohma's presidency. He appears only in the manga. When he meets Yuki, he claims he is Yuki's "rival"[29] because he has a secret crush on Motoko Minagawa, president of the Yuki's fan club.[149] Naohito is depicted as a no-nonsense and short-tempered young man who is frequently angered by Kakeru Manabe and Kimi Toudou's antics. In an author's note, Natsuki Takaya noted that she never drew him smiling.[158] He works hard at his student council duties and absolutely refuses to call the council the "School Defense Force," as Manabe wants. Manabe and Kimi sometimes call him Chibi-suke (chibi meaning small, and -suke being a common masculine name-ending),[29] which irritates him because he is sensitive about his short stature.[149] Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Drama CD)

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  90. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2004-08-10). "Chapter 19". Fruits Basket, Volume 4. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59182-606-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  91. ^ a b c Takaya, Natsuki (2008-03-18). "Chapter 111". Fruits Basket, Volume 19. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59816-863-1. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  92. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2004-08-10). "Chapter 23". Fruits Basket, Volume 4. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59182-606-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  93. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2006-04-11). "Chapter 74". Fruits Basket, Volume 13. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-408-5. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  94. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2006-10-11). "Chapter 116". Fruits Basket, Volume 20. Singapore: Chuang Yi. ISBN 978-981-269-237-5. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  95. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2004-10-12). "Chapter 30". Fruits Basket, Volume 5. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59182-607-1. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  96. ^ a b c Takaya, Natsuki (2006-12-12). Fruits Basket, Volume 15. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. pages 81 and 109. ISBN 978-1-59816-023-9. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  97. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2004-10-12). "Chapter 26". Fruits Basket, Volume 5. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59182-607-1. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  98. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2004-04-14). "Chapter 12". Fruits Basket, Volume 2. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59182-604-0. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  99. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2005-07-12). "Chapter 56". Fruits Basket, Volume 10. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-405-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  100. ^ a b c Takaya, Natsuki (2005-07-12). "Chapter 57". Fruits Basket, Volume 10. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-405-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  101. ^ a b c d e Takaya, Natsuki (2008-08-08). Fruits Basket, Volume 14. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 111. ISBN 978-1-59532-409-2. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  102. ^ a b In an interview, the author indicated the visual pun is deliberate. Takaya, Natsuki (2007-09-11). "Natsuki Takaya Written Interview". Fruits Basket Fan Book - Cat. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 38. ISBN 978-14-2780-293-4. Cattle are black and white, so there's White Haru and Black Haru {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  103. ^ Chavez, Eduardo M. (2004-06-19). "Fruits Basket Vol. #03". Anime on DVD. Retrieved 2008-04-18. "White Haru" might be sweet, sensitive and a little curious; "Black Haru" is violent, loud and an instigator for trouble.
  104. ^ a b c Takaya, Natsuki (2007-11-23). "Chapter 105". Fruits Basket, Volume 18. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59816-862-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  105. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2004-06-08). "Chapter 13". Fruits Basket, Volume 3. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59182-605-7. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  106. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2007-11-23). Fruits Basket, Volume 18. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 177. ISBN 978-1-59816-862-4. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  107. ^ a b c Takaya, Natsuki (2008-03-18). Fruits Basket, Volume 19. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. pages 77, 111, and 141. ISBN 978-1-59816-863-1. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  108. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2004-08-10). "Chapter 22". Fruits Basket, Volume 4. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59182-606-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  109. ^ a b c Takaya, Natsuki (2004-12-14). "Chapter 36". Fruits Basket, Volume 6. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59182-608-8. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  110. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2007-11-23). Fruits Basket, Volume 18. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 141. ISBN 978-1-59816-862-4. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  111. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2004-12-14). Fruits Basket, Volume 6. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 39. ISBN 978-1-59182-608-8. Like Momiji, I put a lot of my own preferences into Kisa. It's really fun to draw her. I'm a real girl-girl at heart, so I would have liked to try wearing flowy dresses or maid outfits at least once. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  112. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2004-10-12). "Chapter 27". Fruits Basket, Volume 5. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59182-607-1. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  113. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2007-11-23). Fruits Basket, Volume 18. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. pages 79 and 115. ISBN 978-1-59816-862-4. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  114. ^ Eries, Sakura (2006-04-06). "Fruits Basket Vol. #07". Anime on DVD. Retrieved 2008-04-18. Of all the Juunishi introductions so far, Hiro's is the hardest to swallow. He's not a likeable character—I personally think he's a brat.
  115. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2005-02-08). "Chapter 38". Fruits Basket, Volume 7. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-402-3. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  116. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2005-07-12). "Chapter 55". Fruits Basket, Volume 10. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-405-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  117. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2007-11-23). "Chapter 104". Fruits Basket, Volume 18. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59816-862-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  118. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2006-10-11). "Chapter 118". Fruits Basket, Volume 20. Singapore: Chuang Yi. ISBN 978-981-269-237-5. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  119. ^ a b Eries, Sakura (2006-05-03). "Fruits Basket Vol. #08". Retrieved 2008-04-17. Ritsu is definitely his mother's child, having panic attacks at every little perceived transgression.
  120. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2004-06-08). "Chapter 18". Fruits Basket, Volume 3. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59182-605-7. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  121. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2007-11-23). Fruits Basket, Volume 18. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. pages 49 and 79. ISBN 978-1-59816-862-4. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  122. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2005-04-12). "Chapter 44". Fruits Basket, Volume 8. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-403-0. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  123. ^ a b c Takaya, Natsuki (2005-04-12). "Chapter 45". Fruits Basket, Volume 8. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-403-0. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  124. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2007-09-11). "All You Need Is Love". Fruits Basket Fan Book - Cat. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 186. ISBN 978-14-2780-293-4. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  125. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2005-12-13). Fruits Basket, Volume 12. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 168. ISBN 978-1-59532-407-8. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  126. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2005-12-13). "Chapter 69". Fruits Basket, Volume 12. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-407-8. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  127. ^ Eries, Sakura (2007-11-29). "Fruits Basket Vol. #14". Anime on DVD. Retrieved 2008-04-20. Rin's got a sharp tongue, but despite her tough-as-nails exterior, she isn't nearly as strong or harsh as she makes herself out to be... However, the suffering Rin has endured has not hardened her; although she has no hopes for herself, she actually cares a great deal about the people around her. Her unfriendly behavior actually stems from love for Hatsuharu and an unwillingness to burden Tohru.
  128. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2008-08-08). "Chapter 78". Fruits Basket, Volume 14. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-409-2. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  129. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2008-08-08). "Chapter 79". Fruits Basket, Volume 14. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-409-2. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  130. ^ a b c Takaya, Natsuki (2007-11-23). "Chapter 106". Fruits Basket, Volume 18. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59816-862-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  131. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2008-08-08). "Chapter 82". Fruits Basket, Volume 14. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-409-2. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  132. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2008-02-01). "Chapter 133". Fruits Basket, Volume 23. Singapore: Chuang Yi. ISBN 978-981-269-900-8. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  133. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2007-09-11). Fruits Basket Fan Book - Cat. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 175. ISBN 978-14-2780-293-4. I initially thought he'd be a rooster, but then that didn't see to fit his character, so I changed my mind. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)Kureno's animal form is also depicted on the back cover of volume 14.
  134. ^ a b c d e Takaya, Natsuki (2006-10-11). "Chapter 117". Fruits Basket, Volume 20. Singapore: Chuang Yi. ISBN 978-981-269-237-5. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  135. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2007-09-11). Fruits Basket Fan Book - Cat. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-14-2780-293-4. It'd be stretching it to say Akki does any work (laugh). She leaves it all up to other people, like Kureno. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  136. ^ a b c Takaya, Natsuki (2005-08-09). Fruits Basket, Volume 11. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 143. ISBN 978-1-59532-406-1. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  137. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2006-04-11). Fruits Basket, Volume 13. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 139. ISBN 978-1-59532-408-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  138. ^ "True Form". Fruits Basket. Episode 25. 2001-12-20. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  139. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2005-07-19). Fruits Basket, Volume 10. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 74. ISBN 978-1-59532-405-4. I don't think I ever figured out what it is that she teaches. I think she kind of fits the image of a classic lit teacher. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  140. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2004-06-08). "Chapter 15". Fruits Basket, Volume 3. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59182-605-7. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  141. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2005-04-12). "Chapter 43". Fruits Basket, Volume 8. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-403-0. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  142. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2005-08-09). Fruits Basket, Volume 11. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 111. ISBN 978-1-59532-406-1. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  143. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2006-12-12). "Chapter 87". Fruits Basket, Volume 15. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59816-023-9. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  144. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2006-04-11). Fruits Basket, Volume 13. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 45. ISBN 978-1-59532-408-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  145. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2005-04-12). "Chapter 47". Fruits Basket, Volume 7. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-403-0. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  146. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2005-12-13). Fruits Basket, Volume 12. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 59. ISBN 978-1-59532-407-8. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  147. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2008-08-08). "Chapter 83". Fruits Basket, Volume 14. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-409-2. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  148. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2005-02-08). "Chapter 42". Fruits Basket, Volume 7. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-402-3. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  149. ^ a b c Takaya, Natsuki (2007-11-23). "Chapter 103". Fruits Basket, Volume 18. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59816-862-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  150. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2005-06-07). "Chapter 49". Fruits Basket, Volume 9. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-404-7. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  151. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2008-08-08). "Chapter 81". Fruits Basket, Volume 14. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-409-2. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  152. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2008-03-18). "Chapters 112-113". Fruits Basket, Volume 19. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59816-863-1. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  153. ^ a b Takaya, Natsuki (2007-11-23). "Chapter 102". Fruits Basket, Volume 18. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59816-862-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  154. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2007-05-02). "Chapter 125". Fruits Basket, Volume 21. Singapore: Chuang Yi. ISBN 978-981-269-538-3. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  155. ^ In an author's note, Takaya describes her as "uselessly lively." Takaya, Natsuki (2007-08-07). Fruits Basket, Volume 17. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 109. ISBN 978-1-59816-799-3. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  156. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2006-04-11). "Chapter 77". Fruits Basket, Volume 13. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 978-1-59532-408-5. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  157. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2007-08-07). Fruits Basket, Volume 17. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. pages 109 and 143. ISBN 978-1-59816-799-3. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  158. ^ Takaya, Natsuki (2007-08-07). Fruits Basket, Volume 17. Los Angeles: Tokyopop. pp. page 143. ISBN 978-1-59816-799-3. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
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