Kyou Souma

Kyou Souma, also known as Kyonkyon, Kyonkichi, Kyokyo and Lucky Kyou, is one of the main characters from the Fruits Basket series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kyou is a stubborn, hot-headed boy. He is easily provoked and angered in any situation. As with most of the Sohma clan, Kyou is cursed with becoming an animal of the Zodiac when hugged by someone of the opposite gender. His Zodiac animal is the cat which, in legend, was barred from becoming one of the official twelve animals because of the rat's trickery. Kyou hates the current rat of the family, Yuki, as a result. The two constantly fight and Kyou loses every time.
Ever since he met Honda Tooru, who admires the cat of Zodiac legend, he has expressed a soft side of himself. Kyou was always separated from the Sohma clan, including his parents, which is likely the cause of his short-fused temperament and stubbornness. He constantly trains in martial arts so that he might one day defeat his rival, Yuki. His martial arts master is one of the people he respects the most.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Fruits Basket
* Fruits Basket 1st Season
* Fruits Basket 2nd Season
* Fruits Basket: Prelude
* Fruits Basket: The Final Season
=== Manga ===
* Fruits Basket
== Trivia ==
* According to the Fruits Basket Character Book:
** Kyo and Yuki are the only cursed Sohmas whose names aren't part of the poetic names for the months of the year.
*** Instead, the kanji used for Kyo's name means "to squeeze/wedge in between," representing his wish to find a place inside the Zodiac circle.
** Kyo looks the best in V-neck shirts.
** He likes rough clothes that are easy to move around in and don't need looking after.
** He absolutely hates clothes that are tight around the neck.
** He never wears any accessories except for his beads, which he only wears because he is required to.
** He dislikes wearing things that feel oppressive; he even hates wearing socks or shoes.
** He really liked the pants he was wearing when he first appeared, but since they are all torn up now, he can't wear them anymore.
** Kyo is not very picky about food, but he absolutely hates leeks, green onions, and miso. He hates the smell of leeks and the taste of onions, and while he can tolerate miso soup, he can't stand miso dengaku.
** Because Kazuma is so appallingly bad at cooking, Kyo became good at it to survive. He also has a knack for forming onigiri.
* According to Natsuki Takaya's Twitter:
** Kyo dislikes Chinese Chive.
** Had Kazuma not picked Kyo up on that day when other Sohmas were berating Kazuma for taking in the Cat, Kyo's life would already "have met a bad end before he even met Tohru". That is why Kazuma is a destined person for Kyo.
** Kyo is naturally good at cooking.
** Within the Fruits Basket timeline Kyo stills calls Kazuma "Shishou" (Master), but a while after the main series' event, Kyo has begun calling Kazuma "father".
*** Takaya also says that Kyo calling Kazuma "father" for the first time would make Kazuma say "What an honor...", and "fall over at a 90 degree angle. Backwards."
** In Chapter 62 (Season 2, Episode 9 in the anime), there was a scene showing Kyo recalling his various memories of Tohru. According to Takaya, it just goes to show that all along he has been unconsciously thinking "I love her", each time he looked at her.
** Kyo's alcohol tolerance is pretty weak.
** Takaya says that Kagura and Kyo aren’t given many chances to communicate within the Fruits Basket manga, but the two of them convey a very particular feeling within the story that is limited to the two of them alone.
** Even after the curse broke, Kyo still feels a bit down on rainy days, and thus seeks comfort in Tohru via hugs.
** The things Kyo says to Tohru in front of her parents’ grave on chapter 134 are essentially a marriage proposal. It’s already stated before on the official fanbook ‘Banquet’.
* Kyo is actually quite air-headed. When he was complaining about having to transfer to the same school as Yuki at the beginning of the series, and Yuki told him he could have just failed his tests on purpose, Kyo was left dumbfounded.
* Because he was isolated when he was young, he is very ignorant about the world. He had never heard about Jason (which he stills get teased about by his children's friends), and didn't know what DVDs were.
* In the anime, Kyo is occasionally seen with a fang sticking out from his mouth (a popular trope in anime for "tsundere" characters). Additionally, cat ears sometimes sprout out from his hair.
* Kyo develops a habit of lightly tapping Tohru's head with his fist, showing that he cares about her in his own way.
* The only known characters that know about his true form are his mother, Kagura, Akito, Shigure, Kazuma, Tohru, and Yuki.
* In the official character popularity polls held by Hana to Yume magazine in Japan, Kyo won the 1st place by a landslide three times in a row.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kyo Sohma at Fruits Basket Wiki
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