Shigure Sohma

Shigure Sohma is one of the main characters of the manga/anime series Fruits Basket. He is a member of the Sohma Clan, cursed by the spirit of the dog of the zodiac, as well as the owner of the house that occupies Tohru Honda, Kyo Sohma, and Yuki Sohma.
In the Japanese version, he was voiced by Ryōtarō Okiayu from original Fruits Basket and currently Yuichi Nakamura & Mari Hino (child) from new Fruits Basket.
In the English version, he is voiced by John Burgmeier (adult) and returned to reprise his role and Apphia Yu (child from second anime) in remake/reboot of Fruits Basket.
==Appearance==
Shigure habitually wears a kimono unless he has to leave home for business, which according to Takaya is his way of getting into "the spirit of things" as a writer.
When his curse activates, Shigure transforms into a black dog.
==Personality==
In the 2001 anime, Shigure is depicted as lazy and dirty-minded, seeming to take nothing seriously and with a fondness for teasing people—especially his editor Mitsuru, but also Kyo, Yuki, Tohru, and Ritsu. In the manga and 2019 anime, he behaves the same but is also shown to be manipulative: he admits early on to Hatori that he is using Tohru as "a pawn" for some deeper purpose and calls himself "filthiest of all" for being willing to sacrifice anyone to get what he wants.
Shigure has always loved Akito, but not because of the Sohma Curse that binds the Zodiacs to God; he has always loved her as a regular woman. Its for this reason he can be so cheeky and defiant; she is his closest bond by choice, so he is no bound as tightly by the curse. Everything he's done is to break the curse and free Akito from the darkness of it.
==Biography==
He is the owner of the house where he, Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo live.
He is a writer who publishes literary novels under his own name and trashy romances under pen names. His most successful pen name is Noa Kiritani, which he used for his erotic novel series, Summer-Colored Sigh. He is best friends with his cousins Hatori and Ayame, and he and Ayame like to pretend they are lovers. More than once, he provokes Akito with apparently undiplomatic responses that create other confrontations, such as Akito's visit to the summer beach house in volumes 10-11.
Shigure eventually admits to Kureno he hopes the disruption Tohru has caused will further weaken the weakening zodiac curse, and gives Tohru hints to figure out how to break it herself.
Shigure's deepest feelings are for Akito, and he once had sex with Akito's mother, Ren, because he was upset that, although Akito secretly felt the same of Shigure, she was sleeping with Kureno.
In the end, it is implied Shigure's machinations have been aimed at freeing Akito from the curse and the need to live as a man, so he can have her to himself. He gives Akito the woman's kimono worn when she announces she will live as a woman, and in the last chapter, he moves in with Akito in the main Sohma house.
==Trivia==
*He is the twelfth of the cursed Sohmas to have his curse broken.
*His English Voice Actor, John Burgmeier, also voiced Tenshinhan in Dragon Ball series, Kurama in Yu Yu Hakusho, and Lucky Roo in One Piece.
*His First Japanese Voice Actor, Ryōtarō Okiayu, also voiced Scar in 2003 Version of Fullmetal Alchemist, Abel in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Zero in Mega Man X, Toriko in Toriko, Ebisu in Noragami, Grademon in Digimon Xros Wars, King Gaius in Tales of Xillia.
*His Second Japanese Voice Actor, Yuichi Nakamura, also voiced Ikuto Tsukiyomi in Shugo Chara! series, Gray Fullbuster in Fairy Tail and Sōshi Miketsukami in Inu × Boku SS.
*He is 26–28 years old.
*In an author's note, Natsuki Takaya described Shigure as a "problem child."
*Takaya derived his name from the tenth month, shigurezuki or "autumn showers month," which is the month of the Dog, of the traditional Japanese calendar.
*His Child Voice Actress, Apphia Yu, also voiced Spinel Sun (false form) from Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card.
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