Many of the characters in Fruits Basket are trained in martial arts. Some of them have had to undergo extreme physical training to help perfect their martial arts skills. Other characters have dealt with incredibly difficult circumstances and have become emotionally strong.
Many of the characters have shown incredible strength when dealing with the difficult situations they find themselves in. Some characters have proven themselves to be stronger than others, but each character has some measure of great strength.
10 Hatori Was Forced To Erase His Fiancée's Memories Of Him
Hatori Sohma was quiet and reserved. He worked as the Sohma family doctor and was also a member of the zodiac. His parents weren't very loving. His mother died when he was a child, and his father died when he was in high school.
Hatori's life was quite loveless until he met Kana. When he approached Akito about marrying Kana, Akito attacked him. Kana blamed herself for Hatori's injuries, and Hatori was forced to break up with Kana and erase her memories. It took him a lot of strength to make Kana forget him.
9 Kisa Stopped Speaking Because She was Bullied
Kisa Sohma was born as the tiger in the zodiac. She was one of the younger members of the zodiac. After Akito discovered her relationship with Hiro, Akito attacked the young girl. As a result, Hiro began ignoring her.
Kisa had been tortured by her classmates due to her strange hair and eye color. The constant torture from her classmates made her incredibly sad. Anytime she tried to speak, they would begin to mock her. As a result, she stopped speaking but was able to overcome these obstacles thanks to Tohru's influence.
8 Kazuma Raised The Family Outcast
Kazuma Sohma was the adopted father of Kyo. His grandfather had been the zodiac's cat before Kyo. As a child, Kazuma had treated his grandfather poorly. As he grew up, he would come to regret his earlier treatment of his father.
His martial arts training allowed him to become an expert in the family. He has gone on to teach many of the younger generations. When Kazuma decided to adopt Kyo, he got a lot of trouble from the family. A lot of people tried to persuade him to give Kyo up, but he refused to abandon the boy.
7 Kagura's Strength Comes From Her Status As The Boar
Kagura Sohma was born with the curse of the boar. She grew up in a happy family, having parents who greatly loved her. Her status as the boar granted her a lot of physical strength.
Her emotions seem to help power her bursts of strength, but as the boar, she also experiences moments of extreme stubbornness. Her stubbornness combined with her strength helped her overpower Kyo a number of times.
6 Hana Had Been Brutally Bullied By Former Classmates
Saki Hanajima was better known by her nickname, Hana. She has an affinity for wearing black and was born with the power to influence electronic waves. Her power got her labeled as a witch and people treated her as an outcast.
By the time Hana met Arisa and Tohru, she had endured a lot. Her former classmates had brutally bullied and attacked her, but she had grown used to being alone. She had to become tough to endure the torment she had suffered in the past.
5 Momiji Was Completely Rejected By His Mother
Momiji Sohma was born as the rabbit in the zodiac. His cheery demeanor contrasts somewhat with his dark past. As a child, his mother completely rejected him and had her memories altered in order to forget him.
Momiji had to grow up on the outside looking in. He never got to form a relationship with his mother and had to watch his sister grow up from afar. He had to survive being abandoned by his family.
4 Tohru Suffered A Lot After The Loss Of Her Mother
Tohru has had to show a lot of strength in her young life. As a high schooler, she has already lost both of her parents, and at the start of the series, she was living in a tent.
Tohru greatly suffered after the loss of her mother. She was taken in by her paternal grandfather, but most of her paternal family treated her badly because of her mother's criminal past. Luckily, she's surrounded herself with a lot of wonderful friends.
3 Hatsuharu Gains Strength From His Black Personality
Hatsuharu Sohma is also known as Haru. He is the ox in the zodiac. He's usually incredibly calm, but has a darker side to his personality. From a young age, Haru was teased for being stupid by the older members of the Sohma family.
Their teasing is usually thought to be the reason Haru developed his black personality, to begin with. When he goes black, Haru shows incredible displays of strength. He has trained in martial arts from a young age and his status as the ox also seems to grant him greater strength.
2 Kyo Has Dedicated A Lot Of Time To Training In Martial Arts
Kyo Sohma was born with the curse of the cat. As the cat, he was treated terribly by the rest of his family. His greatest dream is to be accepted by his family as a full member of the zodiac. Akito has promised to let him join the zodiac if he manages to defeat Yuki and Akito is constantly challenging Yuki in various competitions but never manages to win.
Despite his immense martial arts training, he has never won. His history with his parents has made him emotionally strong. When he witnessed the death of Tohru's mother, he ended up blaming himself. Him overcoming the pain of his past shows his great internal strength.
1 Yuki Has A Natural Affinity For Fighting
Yuki Sohma was born the rat. He experienced poor health as a child that still occasionally affects him as an adult. To gain power, his parents gave him to Akito. He was treated poorly while living with the family head, but ended up reaching great emotional strength.
He trained in martial arts and has a natural affinity for fighting and has never been shown to lose a fight. Kyo once stated that he's even stronger when he's half-awake.