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)

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Studios

• MADHOUSE
• VAP
• Nippon Television Network

Staff

• Masafumi Mima — Sound Director
• Tomoyuki Shimizu — Art Director
• Tomohiko Itou — Storyboard (ep 4)
• Yukiko Akiyama — Key Animation (OP, ep 6)
• Aki Tsunaki — Animation Director (ep 23)
• Morio Asaka — Director
• Hiroki Harada — 2nd Key Animation (ep 8)
• Tomoko Fukunaga — Key Animation (eps 11, 20)
• Naoyuki Itou — Episode Director (eps 5, 10, 19), Storyboard (eps 3, 5, 10, 18, 19)
• Kousuke Yamashita — Music
• Miyako Yatsu — Key Animation (OP, ep 10)
• Kunihiko Hamada — Animation Director (OP, ED, ep 1), Character Design, Chief Animation Director (eps 2-25)
• Yuuta Yamazaki — Key Animation (eps 5, 10, 19, 25)
• Atsuko Ishizuka — Episode Director (ep 20), Storyboard (eps 2, 16)
• Kotono Watanabe — Assistant Director (ep 17), Episode Director (eps 3, 11, 16), Storyboard (ep 21)
• Naoya Takayama — Series Composition