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Fruits Basket

Japanese manga series
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Summary

Fruits Basket is a manga series[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of manga series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,987 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Natsuki Takaya[3]
  • Award received: Kodansha Manga Award[4]
  • Illustrator: Natsuki Takaya[5]
  • Publisher: Hakusensha[6], Tokyopop[7], Yen Press[8]
  • Genre: romantic comedy anime and manga[9], slice of life anime and manga[10], supernatural anime and manga[11]
  • Language of work or name: Japanese[12]
  • Country of origin: Japan[13]
  • Has part(s): Fruits Basket, Vol. 1[14]
  • Start time: July 18, 1998[15]
  • End time: November 20, 2006[16]
  • Characters: Tohru Honda[17]
  • Official website: http://www.hakusensha.co.jp/furuba/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fruits Basket[19]
  • Main subject: Chinese mythology[20]
  • Published in: Hana to Yume[21]
  • Title: フルーツバスケット[22], Fruits Basket[23]
  • List of characters: list of Fruits Basket characters[24]
  • Intended public: shōjo[25]
  • Number of parts of this work: 23[26], 136[27]
  • Derivative work: Fruits Basket[28]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikidata:WikiProject NYU Libraries/NYU Manga Collections[29]
  • Media franchise: Fruits Basket[30]

Why It Matters

Fruits Basket has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What awards did Fruits Basket receive?

Honors received include Kodansha Manga Award[4].

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    List of characters → list of Fruits Basket characters
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ List of characters: list of Fruits Basket characters, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  2. 8w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Fruits Basket, Fruits Basket
    Award received → Kodansha Manga Award
    End time → +2006-11-20T00:00:00Z
    Number of parts of this work → {'amount': '+23'}, {'amount': '+136'}
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: FruitsBasket, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144658838|FruitsBasket (#144658838)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Dire"
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