Akito Sohma

Akito Sohma is a former antagonist in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket. She is the love interest of Shigure Sohma. She is the head of Sohma family and cursed by the God of the zodiac.

She is voiced by Maaya Sakamoto in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Colleen Clinkenbeard in the English version of the anime.

Appearance
She has short black hair due to her mother's command on bringing her up as a male. She shares the same eyes and hair color as her mother. To cover up her female body figure, Akito usually dresses in many layers or male clothing or oversized male clothing. In the Sohma House, she usually wears robes meant for men. By the end of the series, she grows her hair to shoulder-length and starts to wear female clothes. According to Shigure, if Akito had been brought up as a female, she would have been a spitting image of Ren.

Personality
She rarely shows any sympathy and is extremely misogynistic, showing little to no trust or respect for other women. This is evident through her behaviour towards Kana, Tohru, Rin, and her mother, Ren. Akito is actually extremely insecure. Ren's biting words and treatment towards her really had a strong impact on her mind when she was a child, and it can be seen that even as an adult, Akito is still intimidated by her words.

She grew loathsome around Tohru Honda until near the end of the manga. However, Akito is actually extremely insecure, mostly because she's afraid that everyone around her will leave her.

Akito is depicted as short-tempered and abusive, and has physically and emotionally scarred many Sohma, including Hatori, Rin, Hiro, Kisa, Yuki, and Kyo.

History
In Chapter 124, after talk with Momiji Sohma, she went to see Tohru in hospital room to accept her friendship.

In Chapter 126, she have something to talk with Kyo's father that Kyo is free and Cat's Room will be destroyed.

After the curse is broken, Akito begins dressing as and living as a woman.

Years later after married to Shigure, her mother attempted to kill her son Shiki by stabbing him with a knife. Akito protected her son and took the blow in his stead.

Trivia

 * Akito's age is not given, but she is a few years younger than Ritsu and is said to be at least twenty by Shigure.
 * Her English Voice Actress, Colleen Clinkenbeard is best known for voicing as Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist series, Yuuko Ichihara from xxxHolic & Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece, Momo Yaoyorozu from My Hero Academia, Jinn from RWBY, Moka Akashiya from Rosario+ Vampire, Chisa Yukizome from Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy, Matsu from Sekirei, Nice Holystone from Baccano!, Marie Mjolnir from Soul Eater, Hana from Wolf Children, Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail, Kirika Tachibana from Kaze no Stigma, Miranda Lotto from D.Gray-man, Rin Asogi from RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne and Margery Daw from Shakugan no Shana.
 * Her Child Voice Actress, Trina Nishimura is best known for voicing as Lan Fan from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Sherry Blendy from Fairy Tail, Mikasa Ackerman from Attack on Titan and Meiling Li from Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card.