Chihayafuru: Part I

1h 51min

Romance

Comedy

Drama

When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game karuta. Four years later, Chihaya is a high school student. Chihaya learns that Arata, who went back to Fukui Prefecture, doesn't play karuta anymore. Believing they will meet Arata again, Chihaya and Taichi starts a karuta club at their high school.

Production Companies

TOHO

Robot Communications

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Kodansha

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

dentsu

jeki

KDDI

GYAO

Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company

Miyagi Television Broadcasting

Shizuoka Daiichi Television

Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company

Hiroshima Telecasting

Fukuoka Broadcasting System

Fukui Broadcasting

Cast

Suzu Hirose

Suzu Hirose

Chihaya Ayase
Shuhei Nomura

Shuhei Nomura

Taichi Mashima
Mackenyu

Mackenyu

Arata Wataya
Yuma Yamoto

Yuma Yamoto

Yusei Nishida
Yuki Morinaga

Yuki Morinaga

Tsutomu Komano
Hiroya Shimizu

Hiroya Shimizu

Akihito Sudo
Ryotaro Sakaguchi

Ryotaro Sakaguchi

Hiro Kinashi
Mayu Matsuoka

Mayu Matsuoka

Shinobu Wakamiya
Miyuki Matsuda

Miyuki Matsuda

Taeko Miyauchi
Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Hideo Harada
Kokoro Kuge

Kokoro Kuge

Chihaya (child)
Eru Yamada

Eru Yamada

Taichi (child)
Amon Kabe

Amon Kabe

Arata (child)
Yuri Tsunematsu

Yuri Tsunematsu

Saki's friend
Suzuki Takayuki

Suzuki Takayuki

Karuta Player

Release date

19th Mar 2016

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語