Chihayafuru: Part I

Norihiro Koizumi
2016-03-19

Getting stronger, devoting my entire youth
7.1
111 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Suzu Hirose Chihaya Ayase Unowned
Shuhei Nomura Taichi Mashima Unowned
Mackenyu Arata Wataya Unowned
Mone Kamishiraishi Kanade Ooe Unowned
Yuma Yamoto Yusei Nishida Unowned
Yuki Morinaga Tsutomu Komano Unowned
Hiroya Shimizu Akihito Sudo Unowned
Ryotaro Sakaguchi Hiro Kinashi Unowned
Mayu Matsuoka Shinobu Wakamiya Unowned
Miyuki Matsuda Taeko Miyauchi Unowned
Jun Kunimura Hideo Harada Unowned
Kokoro Kuge Chihaya (child) Unowned
Eru Yamada Taichi (child) Unowned
Amon Kabe Arata (child) Unowned
Kentaro Tamura Unowned
Riku Hagiwara Unowned
Masane Tsukayama Unowned
Kaisei Kamimura Unowned
Mariko Kobayashi Unowned
Yuri Tsunematsu Saki's friend Unowned