Chihayafuru
2011 · TV Series · TV-14 · 23 min
★ 7.2(67)unSUB Rating
A high school student throws herself into competitive karuta after discovering a passion for the game and the friendships it sparked. As she forms a club and trains for tournaments, she chases a dream of becoming the best while hoping the game will reunite her with people she once played beside.
Also known as Chihayafuru 3 · Chihayafuru 2
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28 hours to watch · 74 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- ちはやふる
- Years
- 2011–2020
- Release date
- 2011-10-05
- Network
- Nippon TV
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 23 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.6/10 (67 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a feel-good school series where a niche hobby becomes intensely exciting, mixing friendship, rivalry, and gentle romance; Not for you if you dislike slow build-ups or repeated tournament arcs like in Welcome to the Ballroom.
Pros: heartfelt friendships; addictive competitions; warm, uplifting tone | Cons: slow early stretch; occasional filler episodes; romance can frustrate
Themes
- competition
- card game
- strong woman
- training
- high school
- growing up
- romance
- slice of life
- unrequited love
- coming of age
- female protagonist
- based on manga
- +12 more
Cast & crew
Asami Seto
as Chihaya Ayase (voice)
Mamoru Miyano
as Taichi Mashima (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya
as Arata Wataya (voice)
Kenta Miyake
as Hideo Harada (voice)
Hiroki Touchi
as Hisashi Suo (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
as Midori Sakurazawa (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
as Chieko Ayase (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
as Rieko Oe (voice)
Takashi Oohara
as Akihito Sudo (voice)
Mihoko Nakamichi
as Shinobu Wakamiya (voice)
Directed by Tomomi Muraoka, Park Jae-ik, Tomoya Kitagawa +30 more
Episodes3 seasons · 74 episodes
Season 125 episodes
- S1E1Now the Flower Blooms23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E2The Red That Is23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3From the Crystal White Snow23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4A Whirlwind of Flower Petals Descends23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5The Sight of a Midnight Moon23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6Now Bloom Inside the Nine-fold Palace23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E7But for Autumn's Coming23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E8The Sounds of the Waterfall23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E9But I Cannot Hide23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E10Exchange Hellos And Goodbyes23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E11The Sky is the Road Home23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E12Sets These Forbidden Fields Aglow23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E13For You, I Head Out23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E14For There Is No One Else Out Here23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E15As Though Pearls Have Been Strung Across the Autumn Plain23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E16The Autumn Leaves of Mount Ogura23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E17World Offers No Escape23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E18The Plum Blossoms Still Smell the Same23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E19As the Years Pass23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E20The Cresting Waves Almost Look Like Clouds in the Skies23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E21As My Sleeves Are Wet with Dew23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E22Just as My Beauty Has Faded23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E23The Night is Nearly Past23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E24Nobody Wishes to See the Beautiful Cherry Blossoms23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E25Moonlight, Clear and Bright23mCrunchyroll
Season 225 episodes
- S2E1So The Flower Has Wilted23mCrunchyroll
- S2E2As My First Love Came23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E3Feel Love Deepen23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E4To tell the people in the capital that I make for the islands23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E5Be as dear now, those were the good old days23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E6To set the Tatsuta River ablaze23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E7They all exchange hellos and goodbyes at the famous gates of Afusaka23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E8Which shines over Mount Mikasa23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E9My Only Thought23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E10Rain takes longer to dry23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E11I feel as though my body is on fire with Ibuki mugwort23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E12The only sign of summer23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E13In my dreams, I creep closer to you23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E14People would always ask if I was pining for someone23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E15No matter where I stand23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E16Wait for the Emperor's Return23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E17Gust of wind23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E18My fear is that you will forget23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E19I do not know where this love will take me23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E20The fall paddy shacks23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E21But its legacy continues to spread23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E22Long Last We Meet23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E23To see the beautiful cherry blossoms23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E24When I must hide...23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S2E25I can look up and see the snowy cap of Mt. Fuji23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
Season 324 episodes
- S3E1May it be that I find24mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E2The hazed early dawn light comes not from the moon23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E3But from the crystal white snow of Yoshino23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E4Nobody wishes to see23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E5Mount Amanokagu23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E6Tatsuta River Ablaze23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E7The storm blasts23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E8As friends and strangers23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E9I recall how my own efforts were in vain23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E10Scarlet kadsuras23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E11Leaving a hovering mist above the trees and grass23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E12So the flower petals are scattered like the snow by the passing storm23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E13Yet it is I who withers and wilts23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E14The emotions experienced23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E15As helpless autumn leaves are caught against the flow23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E16Takes me away in haste23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E17As my sleeves are wet with dew23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E18The storm will soon carry me23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E19Bring a life of everlasting love23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E20May the scarlet kadsuras23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E21To restore my faith23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E22Just as my beauty has faded23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E23Like a boatsman adrift23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S3E24When winds send waves crashing23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video