Chihayafuru

Name: Chihayafuru
Genre: Animation, Drama
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Asami Seto, Mamoru Miyano, Yoshimasa Hosoya

2011

★★★★☆ 7.6/10

📺 3 Seasons

🎬 74 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 JA

⏱️ 23 min/episode

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Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again.

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Seasons

Season 1

2011 • 25 Episodes

Sixth grade was when Ayase Chihaya met Wataya Arata, the transfer student from Fukui. The shy and quiet Arata was hiding a surprising talent. He knew how to play the competitive karuta version of Ogura's Hundred Poets. Chihaya is stunned by the intensity Arata displays when playing karuta.

Season 2

2013 • 25 Episodes

A new school year has started and the Karuta club must get new members or face penalties. Discussing the goals of the club, Chihaya discovers the team is not as unified as she thought.

Season 3

2019 • 24 Episodes

Mizusawa High School's karuta club claimed victory in the team competition for the first time at the Nationals in July. However, before they could even take time to relax, Chihaya and Taichi agreed to take part in the Fujisaki High School karuta club's training camp. Awaiting them was Coach Sakurazawa's brutal training regime of stretching, jogging, and playing seven matches each day!