Chihayafuru

Chihayafuru
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Chihaya Ayase
ちはやふる
Genre	Romance[1] Slice of life[1] Sports (karuta)[1][2]
Manga
Written by	Yuki Suetsugu
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA (digital)
Imprint	Kodansha Comics Be Love
Magazine	Be Love
Demographic	Josei
Original run	28 December 2007 – 1 August 2022
Volumes	50 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Morio Asaka
Produced by	Toshio Nakatani Manabu Tamura (S1) Naoki Iwasa (S1) Atsushi Kirimoto (S2) Yuka Ōyama (S2) Hiroyuki Inage (S3) Natsuko Tatsuzawa (S3) Hidetada Soga (S3) Kazushige Sengoku (S3) Ayuri Taguchi (S3) Takuya Shiroshita (S3)
Written by	Naoya Takayama (S1) Yūko Kakihara (S2–3) Ayako Katō (S2)
Music by	Kousuke Yamashita
Studio	Madhouse
Licensed by	AUS: Siren Visual NA: Sentai Filmworks
Original network	Nippon TV
English network	SEA: Animax Asia[3]
Original run	4 October 2011 – 24 March 2020
Episodes	74 + OVA (List of episodes)
Further information Novel series Chihayafuru: Chūgakusei-hen Written by Yui Tokiumi Illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu Published by Kodansha Imprint KC Deluxe Original run 9 September 2012 – 13 December 2013 Volumes 4 Novel series Eiga Chihayafuru Written by Yui Tokumi Norihiro Koizumi Published by Kodansha Imprint KC Deluxe Original run 11 March 2016 – 13 February 2018 Volumes 3 Manga Chihayafuru: Chuugakusei-hen Written by Yui Tokiumi Illustrated by Oto Tooda Published by Kodansha Magazine Be Love Demographic Josei Original run 13 October 2017 – 1 November 2018 Volumes 3 Novel series Shōsetsu Chihayafuru Written by Yūki Arisawa Published by Kodansha Imprint Kodansha Bunko Original run 16 January 2018 – 15 February 2018 Volumes 3 Manga Chihayafuru plus Kimi ga Tame Written by Yuki Suetsugu Published by Kodansha Magazine Be Love Demographic Josei Original run 1 December 2023 – present Volumes 1
Live-action films
Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku (2016) Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku (2016) Chihayafuru: Musubi (2018)
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Chihayafuru (ちはやふる) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Be Love from December 2007 to August 2022, with its chapters collected in 50 tankōbon volumes. It is about a school girl, Chihaya Ayase, who is inspired by a new classmate to take up Hyakunin Isshu karuta competitively.

An anime television series adaptation aired from October 2011 to March 2012. The second season aired from January to June 2013 and the third from October 2019 to March 2020. Three live-action film adaptations were released from 2016 to 2018.

By December 2022, Chihayafuru had over 28 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. The manga has won the second Manga Taishō and the 35th Kodansha Manga Award. Its popularity has boosted the profile of competitive karuta in Japan.