Chihayafuru
Chihayafuru

Chihayafuru

Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again.

(Source: Crunchyroll)

Rankings

  • #261 highest rated all time

  • #462 most popular all time

  • #11 highest rated of 2011

  • #13 most popular of 2011

  • #4 highest rated of FALL 2011

  • #6 most popular of FALL 2011

Data

  • Format

    TV

  • Episodes

    25

  • Episode Duration

    22 minutes

  • Status

    FINISHED

  • Start Date

    Sat Nov 05 2011

  • End Date

    Sat Apr 28 2012

  • Season

    FALL 2011

  • Average Score

    80%

  • Mean Score

    81%

  • Popularity

    113733

  • Favourites

    3279

  • Studios

    MADHOUSE

  • Producers

    VAP

    Nippon Television Network

  • Source

    MANGA

  • Genres

    Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Sports

  • Romaji

    Chihayafuru

  • English

    Chihayafuru

  • Native

    ちはやふる

  • Synonyms

    Chihayafull

Tags

  • Karuta

    98%

  • Female Protagonist

    86%

  • School Club

    80%

  • Josei

    76%

  • Coming of Age

    75%

  • Love Triangle

    71%

  • School

    68%

  • Heterosexual

    62%

  • Ensemble Cast

    60%

  • Primarily Teen Cast

    60%

  • Unrequited Love

    60%

  • Athletics

    53%

  • Tomboy

    40%

  • Bullying

    40%

  • CGI

    40%

  • Slapstick

    40%

External & Streaming links

Relations

  • Chihayafuru 2

    SEQUEL

    Chihayafuru 2

    TV · FINISHED

  • Chihayafuru: Chuugakusei-hen

    SIDESTORY

    Chihayafuru: Chuugakusei-hen

    MANGA · FINISHED

  • Chihayafuru

    SOURCE

    Chihayafuru

    MANGA · FINISHED

  • Chiyuki no Fashion Check

    CHARACTER

    Chiyuki no Fashion Check

    ONA · FINISHED

Characters

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Staff

1 / 348
  • Yuki Suetsugu

    Yuki Suetsugu

    Original Creator

  • Yuuki Kinoshita

    Yuuki Kinoshita

    Key Animation (ep 13)

  • Yoshiaki Kawajiri

    Yoshiaki Kawajiri

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

  • Morio Asaka

    Morio Asaka

    Episode Director (OP, eps 1, 25)

  • Morio Asaka

    Morio Asaka

    Storyboard (OP, eps 1, 3, 25)

  • Morio Asaka

    Morio Asaka

    Director

  • Manabu Tamura

    Manabu Tamura

    Producer

  • Chiaki Kon

    Chiaki Kon

    Storyboard (ep 23)

  • Setsuko Shibuichi

    Setsuko Shibuichi

    2nd Key Animation (ep 17)

  • Yukari Kobayashi

    Yukari Kobayashi

    Key Animation (eps 7, 17, 23)

Status Distribution

  • CURRENT

    5436 Users

  • PLANNING

    52029 Users

  • COMPLETED

    47578 Users

  • DROPPED

    3565 Users

  • PAUSED

    5125 Users

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