Hatsuharu Sohma

Hatsuharu Sohma is one of the supporting of the Fruits Basket series and and cursed by the spirit of the ox/cow of the zodiac.

He was voiced by Akio Suyama from original Fruits Basket, later will be voiced by Makoto Furukawa from new Fruits Basket in the Japanese Version and Justin Cook in English Version.

Appearance
He has white with black roots for hair. He is usually shown wearing various jewelry and leather accessories, which, according to an author's note, he makes himself.

As zodiac form, he is a black-and-white spotted Ox.

Personality
Hatsuharu is depicted as having a Yin and Yang personality, which mirrors the Ox's traditional personality characteristics in the zodiac. The Sohmas call these two sides of his personality his "white" and "black" sides.

He is an older-brother figure to the younger zodiac members, and is usually calm and placid, but, if provoked, can become enraged.

History
He has a reputation in the family for being somewhat stupid, and when he was a child he blamed Yuki Sohma, the current Rat, for it because of the story of how the Rat tricked the Ox to become first in the zodiac. After Yuki asked Hatsuharu whether he believes he is stupid, he realized the mental trap and has since loved Yuki. 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, Kisa and Hiro, and once confronts and almost punches Akito for confining Rin, and looked for Kisa when she ran away from home. Hiro admires Hatsuharu as a brother figure, even calling him Haru-nii ("big brother Haru"), but also believes that Haru is too nice to everybody for his own good.

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. He likes to tease Kyo in a deadpan way; Kyo in turn calls him "downright lewd" for saying Momiji should keep wearing the girls' uniform until he gets bigger.

Trivia

 * He is around 15-17 years old.
 * His First Japanese Voice Actor, Akio Suyama is best known for voicing as Hige from Wolf's Rain.
 * His Second Japanese Voice Actor, Makoto Furukawa is best known for voicing as Yūjin Ōzora from Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters.
 * His English Voice Actor, Justin Cook is best known for voicing as Baldorias S. Fanghini from Black Cat, Leon Kuwata from Danganronpa: The Animation, Raditz from Dragon Ball series and Yusuke Urameshi from YuYu Hakusho.
 * 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, though his name is written with different kanji than the month.