Ritsu Sohma

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Full Name	Ritsu Sohma
Alias(es)	Ri-chan Ri-chan-san
Origin	Fruits Basket
Occupation	Member of the Sohma family Monkey of the Zodiac (formerly) Student
Powers / Skills	Ability to transform into a monkey (formerly) Summoning monkeys (formerly) Monkey communication (formerly)
Hobby	Frantically apologizing to everyone for everything. Spending time with Mitsuru.
Goals	Become more confident in himself (succeeded).
Family	Unnamed father Okami Sohma (mother) Unnamed uncle (2001 anime only)
Friends / Allies	Tohru Honda Shigure Sohma Hatori Sohma Kyo Sohma Yuki Sohma Ayame Sohma (idol) Kisa Sohma Hiro Sohma Hatsuharu Sohma Momiji Sohma Kagura Sohma Isuzu Sohma Kureno Sohma Mitsuru (girlfriend)
Enemies	None
Type of Hero	Unstable Crossdresser

Ritsu Sohma is one of the supporting of the Fruits Basket series and cursed by the spirit of the monkey of the zodiac.

In the 2001 anime series, he is voiced by Miina Tominaga in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Mike McFarland & Sarah Hussey as a child in the English version of the anime.

In the 2019 anime series, he is voiced by Kengo Kawanishi in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Mike McFarland & Katelyn Barr as a child in the English version of the anime.

Appearance

He has brown hair that makes him look like a woman.

When he transforms, he becomes monkey.

Personality

He is depicted as a beautiful but unstable young man with very low self-esteem and a tendency to overreact. He apologizes frantically for everything, even things that are not his fault.

Biography

He takes after his mother, the hostess of the Sohma family's onsen, whose position he is in training to take over.

Ritsu dresses in women's clothing because he says he then feels less pressure from society, and is initially mistaken for a woman by Tohru Honda because of his long hair and beauty. Most Sohmas call him "Rit-chan" and, to Shigure's amusement, Tohru calls him "Rit-chan-san" (see Japanese honorifics). Shigure likes to play with Ritsu's insecurities and gullibility, much as he does his editor, Mitsuru; when Ritsu and Mitsuru meet, they realize they have this in common, and in a bonus story in the first fan-book, he and Mitsuru are a couple.

In the final chapter of the manga, Ritsu is giving Kagura one of his women's kimonos, has cut his hair short, and is not dressed like a girl.

Trivia

• He is 21–22 years old.
• He is the sixth of the cursed Sohmas to have his curse broken.
• His First Japanese Voice Actress, Miina Tominaga also voiced Myōjin Yahiko in Rurouni Kenshin.
• His Second Japanese Voice Actor, Kengo Kawanishi, also voiced Tōru Kishiri in Fire Force, Muichiro Tokito in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Mikazuki Augus in Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blood Orphans.
• His English Voice Actor, Mike McFarland, also voiced Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist series, Master Roshi in Dragon Ball series (Funimation), Jean Kirschtein in Attack on Titan.
• His Second Child English Voice Actress, Katelyn Barr, also voiced Chisa Ashiya in The Morose Mononokean, Natsumi in Date A Live, Shoukaku in Azur Lane, Ryukyu in My Hero Academia, Liu Xuelan in Darwin's Game, Jennifer Peach in Kandagawa Jet Girls, Baby 5 in One Piece, Himeno in Chainsaw Man, Anna Yamada in The Dangers in My Heart, and Kou Yamori (young) in Call of the Night.
• Natsuki Takaya derived his name from the eighth month, odakaritsuki or "rice harvest month," which is the month of the Monkey, of the traditional Japanese calendar.
• In an author's note, Takaya said that she regretted how little a role Ritsu played in the main story, appearing a total of five times.