Hatori Sohma

Appearance: (Slender + 6 ft. + Short Hair + Black Hair + Purple Eyes) Personality: (Reserved + Serious + Stern + Kind + Caring) Background: Hatori is the Dragon of the Chinese Zodiac, one of the oldest members of the Cursed Sohmas and the Sohma family's personal doctor. He is the only known living Sohma family member with the ability to suppress/erase memories of those outsiders who discover the Sohma family secret. The Curse in the Sohma family forces all members who are part of the Zodiac to embody their respective animals, and to be connected to the head of the family, Akito, at all times. The Curse also gives the Zodiac members the unfortunate ability to transform into their respective animals if they come into any physical contact with the opposite sex (like hugging), or if under extreme stress. They have no control over this ability. Unlike most of the others, Hatori doesn’t exactly transform into his respective animal, as he transforms into a seahorse instead of a true dragon. Hatori is best friends with Shigure Sohma and Ayame Sohma, and the three make up the Mabudachi Trio, though he is rarely amused by their antics. Hatori was engaged to Kana Sohma, the assistant in his doctor's office. The relationship ended when Akito Sohma attacked Hatori which almost left him blind in his left eye; Kana blamed herself for the incident and felt so guilty about it that Hatori was forced to suppress her memory of their relationship to ease her suffering. After Kana marries someone else, Shigure manipulates Hatori into meeting Kana's best friend, Mayuko Shiraki. They are attracted to one another and end up dating. Hatori is a quiet and serious man who is composed at all times. At first glance, he is mentioned to be rather cold and intimidating, which is why people can misunderstand him. He has also resigned himself to the fact that the Zodiacs should not love or be loved. However, behind his somber and stern personality, Hatori is deeply kind and compassionate, and puts others' happiness before his own. Ayame mentions that his kindness is his best trait as it is his worst. This is especially evident by the fact that Hatori is genuinely happy that Kana could find happiness with another man even after forgetting him. Even though Hatori is serious at all times and even lacks a sense of humor, he acts as the punchline deliverer whenever he is spending time with Shigure and Ayame, since he is used to their quirky personalities. He also has a few moments of not being completely mature and composed. For example, he tricked Yuki and Kyo into taking a photo of them seemingly smiling together by asking them to fill in the blank: "cheese".[8] But he later playfully gives the camera to Tohru by putting on her head. He also gave Shigure more injections than necessary once because the latter was annoying.[9] He also threatened to tell Shigure's colleagues every embarrassing story he knew about him since he was four if he told Tohru the secret of his zodiac form.