Kagura Sohma

The Boar of the zodiac, a girlish young woman with great strength who insists she is engaged to Kyo.

Kagura Sohma is the Boar of the Chinese zodiac in Fruits Basket. She is depicted as a girlish young woman with great strength and the impulsive behavior associated with her zodiac year, which often takes the form of berating and beating up Kyo, to whom she insists she is engaged.

Quick Facts

Curse status: Broken
Role: Supporting Character

Lore & Background

When Kagura was seven and Kyo was five, she played with him while he was all alone because of the cat's curse, and one day threatened him into proposing to her. After Rin questions the nature of her love, Kagura admits to Kyo that it was based on pity, and that she clung to him because she has it easy compared to the cat. After Kyo tells her he cannot love her, she says she gives up hope of winning him, but she still cares for him.

Reader's Guide

Kagura attends a local college while living with her parents and with Rin. According to an author's note she is an "older sister type who's always ready to help". She is the only female member of the zodiac who is not shown to have been injured by Akito. When Tohru admits to Rin that she loves Kyo, Kagura impulsively strikes her, saying that the one to tell is Kyo himself.