Characters

Akimoto is a background figure from Fruits Basket who once ran with The Ladies, the violent all-girl crew that Arisa Uotani joined in middle school. Gentler than the rest of the pack, she quietly steered Arisa toward a better life and…

Akira Sohma once led the Sohma family and fathered Akito with his wife Ren. Gentle but weighed down by loneliness and failing health, he raised his daughter on the belief that she was a chosen child destined to be loved, a well-meaning lie…

Akito Sohma is the head of the Sohma clan and the central antagonist of Fruits Basket, the human vessel of the Zodiac's God. Raised as a boy by a jealous mother and told by her father that she was destined for endless love, she grows into…

Amane is a warm-hearted first-year at Kaibara Municipal High in Fruits Basket Another, sharing class 1-A with Sawa Mitoma. Long troubled by how withdrawn Sawa seemed, she reaches out with no agenda and becomes, alongside Mito, one of the…

Arisa's Father is the unnamed dad of Arisa Uotani in Fruits Basket. Abandoned by his wife and left to raise their daughter alone, he sank into drink and neglect during Arisa's childhood, only to turn his own life around once she did the…

Arisa Uotani is one of Tohru Honda's fiercely devoted best friends, a reformed street tough who once ran with the all-girl gang The Ladies. Kyoko Honda pulled her out of that world, and Arisa now plays the blunt, big-hearted protector,…

The unnamed mother of Ayame and Yuki Sohma is a cold, status-hungry woman who treated her sons as means to an end. She handed the frail Yuki over to Akito for the comfort it bought her and scorned the free-spirited Ayame, deepening the…

Ayame Sohma is the Snake of the Zodiac and Yuki's flamboyant older brother, ten years his senior. Loud, theatrical, and endlessly self-assured, he runs a costume boutique and spends much of the story chasing the closeness with Yuki that he…

The first Cat of the Chinese Zodiac is the deceased spirit tied to the origin of the Sohma curse. Once a stray drawn to the Zodiac's God, he chose to accept life's endings over the endless existence he was offered, and his final wish…

Chiaki Hasada is a level-headed high schooler in Fruits Basket Another who serves as secretary of the student council under Hajime Sohma. Dependable and rarely idle, he keeps the council running while quietly looking after its more…

Chie is a background student at Kaibara Municipal High School in Fruits Basket and one of the many girls enrolled in the Prince Yuki Fan Club, the devoted following built around Yuki Sohma. The series offers only fleeting glimpses of her.

Chizuru Sohma is a sharp-tongued middle schooler in Fruits Basket Another, the younger child of Mine and Ayame Sohma. For all his rough language he carries a surprising level head, and he insists he is the plain, normal one in a famously…

The God of the Chinese Zodiac is the solitary figure at the root of the Sohma family curse in Fruits Basket. Aching for company, this gentle being befriended thirteen animals and bound them all in an eternal promise, never foreseeing the…

Hajime Sohma is a lead character of Fruits Basket Another, the eldest son of Tohru Honda and Kyo Sohma. A blunt but deeply caring third-year student, he heads the Kaibara High student council and moves into his family's old home to…

Hatori Sohma is the Sohma family's personal physician and the Dragon of the zodiac in Fruits Basket, though his curse turns him into a small seahorse rather than a dragon. Reserved and weighed down by the memories he has erased for the…

Hatsuharu Sohma, known to nearly everyone as Haru, is the Ox of the zodiac in Fruits Basket and a first-year at Kaibara High. Calm and gentle by default, he flips into a violent, foul-mouthed 'Black Haru' when pushed, a split that echoes…

Hibika Sohma is a minor figure in Fruits Basket Another, the elder daughter of Ayame Sohma and Mine Kuramae and the big sister of Chizuru. Free-spirited and fashion-minded like her parents, she chases her own ambitions while her brother…

Hinata Sohma is the younger sister of Hiro Sohma and daughter of Satsuki, born near the end of the original Fruits Basket. She returns in Fruits Basket Another as a warm, energetic adult who looks after the family's younger children, if…

Hiroshi and Yusuke are two easygoing classmates of Kyo Sohma at Kaibara High in Fruits Basket. Cheerful and quick to tease, the pair befriend Kyo despite his temper and stick with him from his first days at the school through his romance…

Hiro Sohma is the Sheep of the zodiac and the youngest of the cursed Sohmas in Fruits Basket. Sharp-tongued and prone to biting sarcasm, he hides deep insecurity, above all his devotion to Kisa and his wish to grow strong enough to protect…

Isuzu's Father is the estranged parent of Isuzu Sohma in Fruits Basket. Once the picture of a doting father, he was in truth only performing the role, and his hidden resentment gave way to years of abuse that left his daughter deeply…

Isuzu's Mother is the estranged parent of Isuzu Sohma in Fruits Basket. She played the part of a warm, doting mother, but the affection was a mask over years of buried resentment that erupted into rage and abuse, wounding her daughter for…

Isuzu Sohma, called Rin, is the Horse of the zodiac in Fruits Basket, a proud and fiercely independent young woman hardened by an abusive childhood. Determined to break the curse and free the boy she loves, Hatsuharu, she pushes everyone…

The unnamed mother of Kagura Sohma is a composed woman who takes her daughter's curse and volatile temper entirely in stride. She stands out as one of the rare Sohma parents who fully accepts a cursed child without resentment.

Kagura Sohma carries the spirit of the Boar and pours it into a fierce, near-obsessive devotion to Kyo. Sweet one moment and violently forceful the next, she clings to a childhood marriage promise while hiding a deeper sadness beneath the…

Kakeru Manabe serves as vice president of Yuki's student council, a loud and restless prankster who insists the group is really a super-sentai 'School Defense Force.' Machi's older half-brother and Yuki's eventual best friend, he hides…

Kana Sohma is an outside member of the Sohma family and once Hatori's beloved, among the earliest outsiders to learn of the Zodiac curse. Their romance ended in tragedy when Akito's cruelty crushed her, forcing Hatori to wipe away her…

Katsuya Honda was Kyoko's husband and Tohru's father, a perceptive young man who died of pneumonia at twenty-eight when his daughter was only three. He stands among the leads of Fruits Basket -prelude-, remembered for the gentle manner of…

Kazuma's grandfather held the Cat of the Zodiac before Kyo, a gentle and forgiving man condemned to the Cat's Room and shunned by the Sohma family. His lonely life and his wife's confession of pity shaped Kazuma's choice to raise Kyo as…

Kazuma Sohma is the adoptive father of Kyo and a karate master who runs a dojo beside the Sohma main house. Wise and self-sacrificing, he took the rejected young Cat as his own son and defies even Akito to secure the boy a happier life.

Kimi Toudou is a Kaibara High second-year and one of Yuki's student council secretaries, sharing the post with Naohito Sakuragi. Vain, flirtatious, and popular with the boys, she delights in provoking the Prince Yuki Fan Club while staying…

Kinu Sohma is a recurring figure in Fruits Basket Another, the only child of Mayuko Shiraki and Hatori Sohma. A laid-back college student, she shares Shigure's old house with her younger relatives Hajime and Mutsuki.

Kisa's Mother is the unnamed, overprotective parent of Kisa Sohma. Pushed to her limit by her daughter's silence and bullying, she is steadied by Tohru's words and rediscovers her gentle, watchful love. She ranks among the few Sohma…

Kisa Sohma is the Tiger of the Zodiac, a shy middle-schooler who fell silent after classmates bullied her over the golden hair and eyes born of her curse. Tohru's kindness draws her back out, and she comes to adore Tohru like an older…

Komaki Nakao is Kakeru Manabe's girlfriend since middle school, a warm, meat-loving girl who attends a different high school. Tragedy binds her to Tohru, since her father and Tohru's mother died in the same crash. In Fruits Basket Another…

Kunimitsu Tomoda keeps the Sohma dojo running as the right hand to Kazuma Sohma. A former pupil turned aide, he carries fond, faintly embarrassing memories of Kyo's childhood and tends to lighten the mood whenever he appears.

Kureno Sohma is among the eldest of the cursed family and once carried the spirit of the Rooster. His bond broke years before the story begins, yet he stays chained to Akito by choice, hiding his freedom to keep her from being alone.

Kyoko Honda, the late mother of Tohru and wife of Katsuya, once ruled a biker gang as 'The Red Butterfly' before love turned her life around. Seen only in memory, her wisdom continues to shape Tohru long after her death.

Kyoko Honda's estranged father is a cold businessman who split people into those worth keeping and those who are not, filing his own daughter under the latter. He disowned her rather than see her tarnish the family's image.

Kyoko Honda's estranged mother cared chiefly about her husband and the family's reputation. Milder than her spouse but no warmer, she stood back while their daughter was neglected and eventually disowned.

The estranged birth father of Kyo Sohma is a hardened, resentful man who cast his son aside and never stopped seeing him as a monster to be locked away. His bitterness traces back to the fall in status the Cat brought upon their household.

Kyo Sohma's late mother was a devoted, protective parent who loved her son despite her fear of the Cat's true form. Ground down by her husband's abuse and the strain of shielding him, she took her own life while he was still a child.

Kyo Sohma carries the spirit of the Cat, the animal shut out of the zodiac, which marks him as an outcast destined for confinement. Hot-tempered and haunted by guilt, he grows and heals through his love for Tohru Honda.

Machi Kuragi is the quiet student council treasurer and Kakeru's half-sister, whose childhood demand for perfection left her hollowed out and hostile to anything too tidy. Yuki's patient attention draws her out of her shell.

Machi's Mother is the cold, demanding parent who forced her daughter into an inheritance contest and required nothing short of perfection. Once she bore a son, she discarded Machi entirely, even branding her a would-be killer.

Mai Gotou is a minor figure from the 2001 anime who ranks second within the Prince Yuki Fan Club, addressed by the other girls simply as 'Number 2.' Her small role centers entirely on her devotion to Yuki Sohma.

Mai Iwata is a minor student who belongs to the Prince Yuki Fan Club. She appears from the earliest chapters of the manga and the first episode of the 2019 anime, and is noted for resembling Mio Yamagishi.

Makoto Takei presides over the student council at Kaibara Municipal High School before Yuki Sohma takes the role, and his open infatuation with Yuki colors nearly everything he does. Years later, Fruits Basket Another finds him teaching at…

Mayuko Shiraki, known to nearly everyone as Mayu, teaches homeroom to Tohru Honda and her classmates at Kaibara Municipal High School. Sharp-tongued yet deeply fond of her students, she carries a long-hidden love for Hatori Sohma that she…

The mother of Mayuko Shiraki runs the family shop, Shiraki Books, alongside her husband, with Mayu pitching in when needed. Warm but relentlessly eager to see her daughter married, she frets that Mayu will end up alone once she and her…