Hatori Sohma
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| Hatori Sohma | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Age | 28 |
| Height | 182 cm (5'11") |
| Blood Type | A |
| Sign | Cancer |
| Occupation | Sohma Family Doctor |
| Animal | Dragon |
| Seiyū | Kazuhiko Inoue |
| Voice Actor | Kent Williams |
Hatori Sohma (草摩 はとり Sōma Hatori?) is a fictional character in the manga and anime series entitled Fruits Basket. Hatori's Chinese Zodiac animal is the dragon, but he transforms into a seahorse whenever he is hugged by the opposite gender or his body comes under a great deal of stress, because the seahorse is the creature thought to be a baby dragon. He's actually very self-conscious about this, and even threatened his cousin, Shigure Sohma so he wouldn't tell Tohru Honda what animal he was.
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Hatori is the family doctor of the Sohma clan. He can be rough with his patients, namely Shigure (as a joke after Shigure kept annoying him, Hatori deliberately kept missing the spot in Shigure's arm where a shot was supposed to be administered). While he appears to be a very serious and grim young man, he really has a warm, gentle and caring nature deep down. He is perceptive, but not talkative.
Hatori appears to be the one who understands Shigure's true nature best and is often the one Shigure will semi-openly discuss his machinations. Hatori also likes to read books, usually books of very old genres often found only at the Shiraki family's bookstore and he finds books Shigure wants him to read--namely, the books Shigure has written--are often terrible in taste.
Whenever Akito Sohma decides that someone is to have his memory erased to protect the Sohma secret, Hatori is the one who executes Akito's order. It is unknown how he does such things, but the event usually occurs as he lifts his hand upon the victim's forehead and, with a flash, they collapse and awake without such memories. As of now, he has erased the memories of Yuki Sohma's friends, Momiji Sohma's mother, Akito’s second cousin and Hatori's former lover, Kana.
As of chapter 130, it appears that he was freed from the curse.
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Hatori, contrary to his typically grave manner, once fell in love with someone that didn't know of the Zodiac curse, Kana Sohma. Her buoyancy and kindness attracted him, and even when Kana discovered Hatori's curse and viewed him in his Zodiac form, she simply smiled and expressed how she was willing stay by his side and fully accept him for who he was. Having finally found true happiness, the love-struck Hatori asked for Akito's permission to marry Kana. In response, Akito severely injured Hatori's left eye with a nearby vase, causing him to go half blind in that eye. Furthermore, Akito accused Kana of hurting Hatori, telling her that he wouldn't have been injured if she had never existed. Kana, taking in Akito's spiteful words, was unable to bear the guilt she felt over Hatori's injuries, and descended into madness. Hatori, left with no choice, erased Kana's memory to ease the immense burden of blame with which she could not endure. The last words Kana uttered were that she was sorry she couldn't protect him, for which he felt more guilt, thinking he should have been the one to protect her. Tohru reminds Hatori of Kana, so he feels at ease around her. Like Kana, Tohru panicked trying to figure out whether to put Hatori in fresh water or sea water when he transformed, but didn't find the form comical or disgusting as others seem to. When Hatori asks her what happened to snow after it melted, Tohru replied, "Hmm... well, it turns into Spring, doesn't it?", which is what Kana said when she first came to work with him.
Kana, once able to smile again, later married another person, but Hatori, knowing that her memories were not deeply buried, chose not to attend her wedding for fear that she might remember her past at the sight of Hatori. Kana's best friend from university, Mayuko Shiraki (who is the teacher of Tohru, Kyo, Yuki, Saki, and Arisa) is romantically interested in Hatori, and was interested in him the whole time he was dating Kana. To try and escape this feeling, she began to date Shigure, but dumped him after a month. In book 10, Hatori learns that "Mayu-chan" (Mayuko) had and still has feelings for him and they began to date. The creator of the series, Natsuki Takaya, hints that this relationship is a long-term one.
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| Tohru and Friends |
| Tohru Honda | Kyoko Honda | Arisa Uotani | Saki Hanajima |
| The Sohmas |
| Akito Sohma | Yuki Sohma | Kyo Sohma | Shigure Sohma | Kisa Sohma | Hiro Sohma | Hatori Sohma | Ayame Sohma | Kazuma Sohma | Ritsu Sohma | Isuzu Sohma | Kureno Sohma | Momiji Sohma | Hatsuharu Sohma| Kagura Sohma | Ren Sohma | Akira Sohma | Momo Sohma | Satsuki Sohma |
| Others |
| Mayuko Shiraki | Mine Kuramae | Kakeru Manabe | Machi Kuragi | Kimi Toudou | Naohito Sakuragi | Mitchan |
