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Kureno Sohma is one of the supporting of the Fruits Basket series and cursed by the spirit of the rooster/bird/sparrow of the zodiac. He appears only in the manga and 2019 anime.
He is voiced by Yūichirō Umehara & Mayu Minami as a child in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Ian Sinclair and Ryan Reynolds as a child in the English version of the anime, both of whom have also voiced Mitsuhide Lowen in Snow White with the Red Hair.
Appearance[]
He has auburn hair and reddish-brown eyes.
When his curse activates before it's broken, Kureno transforms into a sparrow.
Personality[]
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, and Saki Hanajima and Akito Sohma both compare his selflessness to Tohru's. He is a quiet, obedient man.
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.
In an author's note, Takaya described him as possibly the most lonely of those affected by the curse, because of his isolation.
Biography[]
In his mid-teens, about ten years before the series begins, Kureno's curse was somehow broken, but because of Akito's distress he promised never to leave. 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. 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.
As a result, Kureno is so sheltered he is 26 when he first visits a convenience store, where he meets Arisa. Despite their mutual attraction, he stays away from her because, he claims to Tohru, of his promise to Akito. When Akito locks Rin Sohma away for trying to steal her father's box, it is Kureno who frees her.
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. When Kureno is released from the hospital, he moves out of the Sohma compound with Arisa's help, and in the final chapter, Arisa is preparing to move in with him.
He never blames Akito for his injury and still feels a responsibility to care for her. He says the best thing he can do for her is to erase his existence. Hence his moving out of the Sohma home.
Trivia[]
- He is the first of the cursed Sohmas to have his curse broken.
- Like Isuzu Sohma, he never make appear in 2001 Anime of Fruits Basket but he appeared in the anime as the finch constantly in Akito's company.
- Takaya derived his name from the third month of the traditional Japanese calendar, kurenoharu or "late spring"; 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.
- His Japanese Voice Actor, Yūichirō Umehara, who also voiced Seiya Ryuuguuin in Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered But Overly Cautious, Goblin Slayer in Goblin Slayer, Goro in Darling in the FranXX, Siegfried Kircheis in Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Mitsuhide Lowen in Snow White with the Red Hair, Luke in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, Eugene Sevenstark in Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS and Zoltan Akkanen in Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative.
- His English Voice Actor, Ian Sinclair, who also voiced Brook in One Piece, Mezo Shoji in My Hero Academia, Yu Kanda in D.Gray Man, South Italy in Hetalia, Ginei Morioka in Rosario + Vampire, Daikoku in Noragami, Baldroy in Black Butler series, Otohiko in Kamisama Kiss series, Akane☆Hoshi in Soul Eater NOT!, Kazuichi Banjou in Tokyo Ghoul series, Juzo Sakakura in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School series, Lawless in Servamp, Whis in Dragon Ball Super, Lawless in Servamp, Mitsuhide Lowen in Snow White with the Red Hair, Berkut in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia, Bora and Kawazu in Fairy Tail, Toshizo Hijikata in Drifters, Shalba Beelzebub in High School DXD, God of Death in Assassination Classroom, Ranch Hand in Nomad of Nowhere, Yomotsu Hirasaka in Future Diary, Tsukasa Shishio in Dr. Stone, Magma Swing in Black Clover, Dandy in Space Dandy, Tatsumi in Shiki and Dallas Genoard in Baccano!.
- His English Child Voice Actress, Ryan Reynolds, who also voiced Reiko Yanagi in My Hero Academia, Zorome in DARLING in the FRANXX.
External Links[]
- Kureno Sohma on the Fruits Basket Wiki
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