Name: Souma Kyo
Age: 16-17
Zodiac: Capricorn
Height: 171.3cm / 5'7"
Weight: 56kg / 123.5lbs
Blood Type: A
Seiyuu: Seki Tomokazu

Souma Kyo can be described as being a temperamental and strong-headed individual. He's the type of person who easily takes offence to just about anything and is often loud-mouthed, rude and acts before thinking. However, his personality seems to calm down considerably when he isn't around his cousin, Souma Yuki. Despite his quick to anger personality and tendency to pick fights, Kyo actually has a softer side to him that he doesn't enjoy sharing with the public. A side that enjoys company and feels guilt when the wrong person gets in the way of his insults.

Shortly after showing up, Kyo becomes a member of Souma Shigure's house. Life certainly takes a turn as the rest of the members of the household must deal with Kyo's temper. Yuki certainly doesn't enjoy Kyo living under the same roof as himself, but it seems that Shigure and Honda Tohru don't mind at all. In fact, Tohru wants to become Kyo's friend, especially after she found out that he is possessed by the spirit of the cat in the legend of the Chinese Zodiac... an animal that Tohru has aspired to become out of sympathy.

Kyo attends the same school as Tohru and Yuki and is in their class. Unlike his original home (before moving in with Shigure), Kyo is extremely popular. Perhaps because of his relation to Yuki, or perhaps because of his fiery temper and bright orange hair, both girls and boys alike seem to be attracted to him. He often finds himself in the center of attention wether he likes it or not. His newfound classmates also come up with a plethora of names for Kyo as well... all of which he dislikes.

While Kyo isn't the main source of comic relief in the series, his personality is full of quirks which makes him an amusing character to watch. He often over-reacts to comments made by Shigure, Uotani and other various characters in the series with humorous results. One thing that stands out about him in particular is his dislike for leek. He hates it so much that he goes as far as wearing a gas mask when forced to cook leek soup for an ill Tohru. Rather than being peculiar, his hatred for leek and white miso is amusing and gives everyone a good laugh (with the exception of Yuki who forced him to eat it anyhow).

As previously mentioned, Kyo dislikes all of the names given to him throughout the series. Yuki refers to him as Baka Neko (stupid cat), his classmates refer to him as Orange Atama (orange head) and Nekozuki (cat lover) and Souma Ayame and Shigure often refer to him as Kyonkichi or Kyon-Kyon, much to Kyo's aggravation.

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