Fruits Basket Filler List

A relentlessly kind, hardworking orphan who ends up living with the Soma family after her tent turns out to be pitched on their land. Her selfless empathy slowly draws out the pain each cursed Soma has buried for years.

Cursed with the form of the Cat — excluded from the zodiac and treated as an outcast even among the cursed Somas. His volatile temper hides deep insecurity about a tragedy from Tohru's own past that he's connected to.

The Rat of the zodiac, admired at school as the 'Prince' but privately isolated and touch-starved from a controlling upbringing. His friendship with Tohru becomes central to his slow recovery.

The Dog of the zodiac, an eccentric novelist who houses Tohru, Kyo, and Yuki. His playful, teasing exterior conceals a calculating awareness of the family's politics that only becomes clear much later.