Chihayafuru

Chihaya Ayase is a girl who has spent most of her life simply supporting her sister in her model career. That changes when she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, a talented karuta player who recognizes Chihaya's potential to become a great player herself. As Chihaya takes on a new dream of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends, Taichi Mashima and Arata Wataya, as they grow up. Now in high school, Chihaya still continues to play karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again.

(Source: Chihayafuru Wikia)

Genres:

Drama Romance Slice of Life Sports

Popularity: 113406

Avarage Score: 8

Characters

Chihaya Ayase

MAIN

Arata Wataya

SUPPORTING

Taichi Mashima

MAIN

Kanade Ooe

SUPPORTING

Yuusei Nishida

SUPPORTING

Tsutomu Komano

SUPPORTING

Hiro Kinashi

SUPPORTING

Hideo Harada

SUPPORTING

Chitose Ayase

SUPPORTING

Yuu Ashino

SUPPORTING

Mari Wataya

SUPPORTING

Akira Wataya

SUPPORTING

Hajime Wataya

SUPPORTING

Michiru Horikawa

SUPPORTING

Chieko Ayase

SUPPORTING

Yasuda

SUPPORTING

Taeko Miyauchi

SUPPORTING

Reiko Mashima

SUPPORTING

Shinobu Wakamiya

SUPPORTING

Akito Sudou

SUPPORTING

Ririka Tachikawa

SUPPORTING

Hisashi Suou

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Sakura Kanai

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Futoshi Mochida

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Akio Kitano

SUPPORTING

Staffs

Yuki Suetsugu

Original Creator

Yuuki Kinoshita

Key Animation (ep 13)

Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Storyboard (ED, eps 8, 9, 12, 14, 17, 24)

Morio Asaka

Episode Director (OP, eps 1, 25)

Morio Asaka

Storyboard (OP, eps 1, 3, 25)

Morio Asaka

Director

Manabu Tamura

Producer

Chiaki Kon

Storyboard (ep 23)

Setsuko Shibuichi

2nd Key Animation (ep 17)

Yukari Kobayashi

Key Animation (eps 7, 17, 23)

Toshio Nakatani

Producer

John Ledford

Executive Producer (English)

John Ledford

Producer (English)

Asami Komatsu

Key Animation (eps 13, 14)

Mitsuru Ooshima

Planning

Masao Maruyama

Creative Producer

Teruhiko Yamazaki

Key Animation (ep 15)

Chiyoko Sakamoto

Key Animation (ep 7)

Kenichi Umemoto

Key Animation (eps 11, 20)

Tomokazu Tokoro

Episode Director (ep 4)

Tomokazu Tokoro

Key Animation (ep 4)

Tomoyuki Shimizu

Art Director

Tomoyuki Shimizu

Background Art (OP, ED, eps 1, 16, 20, 22, 24, 25)

Naoya Takayama

Series Composition

Naoya Takayama

Script (eps 16, 24, 25)