TV series

Chihayafuru

Original title: ちはやふる

2011 · Ended

Overview

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.

Cast

178

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Asami SetoChihaya Ayase (voice)

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Mamoru MiyanoTaichi Mashima (voice)

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Ai KayanoFemale Shiranami Karuta Society Member (voice), Kanade Oe (voice)

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Toru NaraYusei 'Porky' Nishida (voice)

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Tsubasa YonagaTsutomu 'Desktomu' Komano (voice)

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Yoshimasa HosoyaSasagu Mori (voice), Arata Wataya (voice), Arata Wataya / Sasagu Mori (voice)

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Megumi HanElementary School Girl (voice), Female Shiranami Karuta Society Member (voice), Sumire Hanano (voice)

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Chika AnzaiElementary School Girl (voice), Satoko (voice), Competitor (voice), Student (voice), Fuyumasa Tsukuba (voice), Yuko Natsuwaki (voice), Tournament Staff (voice), Kyudo Club Member (voice), Yucawa High Girl (voice), Fujisaki High School Karuta Club Member (voice), Yu Ashino (voice), Female Nagumo Karuta Society Member (voice), Shiori Miyazaki (voice), Female Student (voice), Natsuki Tanimura (voice), Daisuke (voice), Hideo Harada's Opponent (voice), Spectator (voice), Taichi's Girlfriend (voice), Kenta Murao / Yuta Murao (voice), Hayashida (voice)

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Yuya MurakamiSpectator (voice), Student (voice), Takuma (voice), Isami Kuriyama (voice), Tournament Staff (voice), Male Competitor (voice), Yamakawa (voice), Male Student (voice), Doctor (voice)

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Kensuke SatoMatt Rowan (voice), Male Competitor (voice), Japanese History Teacher (voice), Man (voice), Yutaka Kibayashi (voice), Store Manager (voice), Third Round Opponent (voice), Manabu Nakayama (voice), Noguchi-sensei (voice), Shibata-sensei (voice), Keiichi Takemura (voice), Akio Kitano (voice), Newspaper Distribution Manager (voice), Head Teacher (voice), Student (voice)

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Miyu IrinoAkihiro Tsukuba (voice)

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Takashi OoharaAkihito Sudo (voice)

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Mihoko NakamichiShinobu Wakamiya (voice)

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Toshiko FujitaTaeko Miyauchi (voice)

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Yuji UedaMatoba-sensei (voice), Shinichi Murao (voice)

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Kazuya NakaiHiro Kinashi (voice)

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Ayahi TakagakiRion Yamashiro (voice), Taichi Mashima as an Elementary School Boy (voice)

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Megumi HayashibaraMidori Sakurazawa (voice)

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Kenji TakahashiTournament Staff (voice), Hiroshi Tsuboguchi (voice), Announcer (voice)

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Unsho IshizukaHideo Harada (voice)

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Shuji InabaFirst Round Reader (voice), Reader (voice), CD Reader (voice), Portable Media Player Reader (voice)

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Yoko NishinoFemale Student (voice), Tomihara West High Karuta Club Member (voice), Female Competitor (voice), Ballet Teacher (voice), Tsubaki Kanai (voice), Ayane Oka (voice), Kyudo Club Member (voice), Emi Suda (voice), Female Nagumo Karuta Society Member (voice), Nene Hayasaka (voice), Tournament Staff (voice), Student (voice)

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Wakana MinamiYoung Woman (voice), Female Fujisaki High School Student (voice), Female Student (voice), Female Competitor (voice), Female Shiranami Karuta Society Member (voice), Cram School Girl (voice), Aki Inokuma (voice)

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Kenta MiyakeHideo Harada (voice)

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Yuka TerasakiArata Wataya as an Elementary School Boy (voice)

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Miho HinoYukari Nishida (voice), Michiru Horikawa (voice), Mother (voice)

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Hiroki TouchiHisashi Suo (voice)

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Mitsuki SaigaMakoto Yamai (voice)

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Daichi EndoTokiji Fukasaku (voice), Daijiro Ise (voice)

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Aya HisakawaRieko Oe (voice)

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Daisuke SakaguchiFutoshi Mochida (voice)

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Takako HondaNayuta Amakasu (voice)

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Aya EndoChitose Ayase (voice)

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Masahiko TanakaYoshiaki Mashita (voice)

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Motoki SakumaYoshihiko Hyuga (voice), Referee (voice), Yasuhisa Kameda (voice), School Principal (voice), Administration Staff (voice), Spectator (voice)

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Satsuki YukinoChieko Ayase (voice)

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Naoko SugiuraRachel Port (voice), Doctor (voice), Haruomi Tsukuba (voice), Female Competitor (voice), Female Student (voice)

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Marika MinaseKokoro Nanase (voice), Female Student (voice), Fujisaki High School Karuta Club Member (voice), Mei Toda (voice), Satoko Kitaoka (voice) / Yuri Nawano (voice) (uncredited), Spectator (voice)

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Maaya SakamotoHaruka Inokuma (voice)

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Yoshino OotoriElementary School Reader (voice), Taeko Miyauchi (voice)

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Kinryu ArimotoHajime Wataya (voice)

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Keiko SerinoReader (voice), Reader for Kyoko Yamashiro (voice)

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Kiyono YasunoEmi Mayama (voice), Hinako Mano (voice), Rika Mashima (voice), Kyudo Club Member (voice), Female Student (voice), Elementary School Girl (voice)

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Junko KitanishiKeiko Yuube (voice)

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Yu ShimamuraUniversity of Tokyo Student (voice), Reiko Mashima (voice)

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Mao WatanabeReader (voice)

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Tsuguo MogamiKatsuto Masuoka (voice)

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Ryota IwasakiAdministration Staff (voice), Male Competitor (voice), Western Japan Qualifiers' Tournament Staff (voice), Referee (voice), Tournament Staff (voice), Spectator (voice), Kanno-sensei (voice)

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Noriaki KanzeKU Karuta Club Member (voice), Tournament Staff (voice), Eita Takei (voice), Student (voice), Taichi Shinkai (voice), Hiro Matsubayashi (voice), Male Club Member (voice), Male Student (voice)

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Houko KuwashimaElementary School Boy (voice), Mari Wataya (voice)

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Sachi MatsumotoMegumu Osaka (voice)

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Kei SugiyamaReader (voice)

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Yuki OnoRyoga Emuro (voice)

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Jun MiyamotoMale Nagumo Karuta Society Member (voice), Referee (voice), Satoshi Inokuma (voice)

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Masayuki ShojiMale Student (voice), Shoji Kawauchi (voice)

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Megumi SatouFemale Student (voice), Natsufusa Tsukuba (voice)

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Shigeyuki SusakiSpectator (voice), Competitor (voice), Mitsuki Ichimura (voice)

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Takuya SatoTournament Staff (voice), Male Student (voice), Tennis Club Member (voice), Takashi Nagura (voice)

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Naomi ShindoShiho Wakamiya (voice)

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Yuichi KarasumaSpectator (voice), Eita Takei (voice), Tennis Club President (voice), Makoto Oda (voice), Yasuhisa Kameda (voice)

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Masaya FukunishiMale Competitor (voice), Spectator (voice), Shusaku Koishikawa (voice), Tournament Staff (voice), Student (voice)

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Mariko NagaiYoung Woman (voice), KU Karuta Club Member (voice), University of Tokyo Student (voice), Female Fujisaki High School Karuta Club Member (voice), Student (voice), Spectator (voice), Cram School Girl (voice)

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Jin HorikawaAkira Wataya (voice)

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Mitsuru OgataHirokazu Yoshioka (voice)

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Yuhko KaidaYumi Yamamoto (voice)

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Masayuki KatouPark Kyung-Seo (voice), Koki Shiroyama (voice)

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Miyoko ShojiKyoko Yamashiro (voice)

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Keiko KimotoUniversity of Tokyo Student (voice), Female Club Member (voice), Reader (voice), Midori Makino (voice)

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Kei KawamuraFemale Tournament Staff (voice), Mayuko Gotokuji (voice), Spectator (voice), Woman (voice)

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Masaaki IharaScorekeeper (voice), Spectator (voice), Suihoku Karuta Society Member (voice)

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Heihachiro YoshiiReader (voice)

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Tomoko GomiSecond Round Reader (voice), Reader (voice)

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Risa HayamizuShinobu's Grandmother (voice), Hideo's Wife (voice)

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Kiyotaka FurushimaTsukusu Hayashi (voice), Director (voice)

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Kenta OhkumaHaruto Tashiro (voice), Committee Member (voice), Motoi Wataya (voice), Spectator (voice)

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Saki EndoSuihoku Karuta Society Member (voice), Female Tournament Staff (voice), Woman (voice), Spectator (voice)

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Chiyuki MiuraYoung Woman (voice), Spectator (voice), Cram School Girl (voice), Female Fujisaki High School Student (voice)

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Yuuka HiroseMother in the Train (voice), Sano (voice), Female Assistant (voice), Kyudo Club President (voice)

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Kousuke TakaguchiDaigoro Minami (voice), Tournament Staff (voice)

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Umi NanatsunoFemale Student (voice), Ayaka Sakura (voice)

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Ryota OsakaMasaki Ono (voice), Tashiro (voice)

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Hirakazu ShibayamaMale Announcer (voice), Announcer (voice), Reader (voice)

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Susumu ChibaManata Suzuki / Kanata Suzuki (voice)

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Showko TsudaFumiko Suzuki (voice), Yukiko Suo (voice)

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Misuzu TogashiAnnouncer Uozumi (voice)

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Mitsukazu YoshikawaReader for Kazumitsu Komine (voice)

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Kei MurakamiMale Student (voice), Elementary School Boy (voice), Male Shiranami Karuta Society Member (voice)

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Noriko UedaElementary School Girl (voice), Female Student (voice), Female Tournament Receptionist (voice)

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Kenji HamadaKenji Ayase (voice)

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Taishi MurataStudent (voice), Male Competitor (voice), Man (voice)

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Ryota AsariCommittee Member (voice), Toda (voice), Male Competitor (voice)

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Yuuki SanpeiSpectator (voice), Male Student (voice)

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Misaki IkedaMomo Yuikawa (voice), Student (voice)

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Chisa SuganumaFemale Competitor (voice), Young Woman (voice), Student (voice)

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Takahiro SumiTournament Staff (voice)

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Yuko NatsuyoshiYoung Woman (voice), Female Fujisaki High School Student (voice), Scorekeeper (voice)

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Yoshiyuki NishidaReader (voice)

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Mariko MunakataHomeroom Teacher (voice)

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Yuka NishigakiElementary School Boy (voice)

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Yuka AkanamiElementary School Girl (voice)

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Tsubasa SakuraiMale Student (voice), Father (voice)

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Yoshimasa KawataMale Student (voice), Tennis Club Member (voice)

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Takahiro MiyakeMan (voice), Male Competitor (voice)

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Mika KanaiSakura Kanai (voice)

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Tetsuo SakaguchiReader (voice)

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Akane FujitaFemale Student (voice), Napa Payakaroon (voice)

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Hiroki MaedaTournament Staff (voice)

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Shin-ichiro MikiAnthony Sorb (voice)

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Takanori HoshinoTomonori Oikawa (voice)

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Kazuhiro FusegawaSpectator (voice)

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Fumiko TakekumaWoman (voice), Female Fujisaki High School Karuta Club Member (voice)

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Serika HiromatsuSpectator (voice), Track and Field Club Member (voice)

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Kengo TsujiiSaneatsu Gotokuji (voice)

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Miho YoshidaHousekeeper (voice)

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Tomohiro OhmachiUniversity of Tokyo Student (voice), Spectator (voice)

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Shiori SakuraiFemale Club Member (voice), Student (voice)

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Takahiro YoshinoKU Karuta Club Member (voice), Male Competitor (voice)

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Tsubasa OnoueTadashi Suo (voice)

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Neki MatsuzawaInterviewer (voice)

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Inori MinaseMidori Tamaru (voice)

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Takao MizunoShun Matsubayashi (voice)

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Kenji YamauchiHidaka (voice), Kazumitsu Komine (voice)

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Ai SatouReader (voice)

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Akiko KawaseMother (voice)

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Tokuyoshi KawashimaYasuda (voice)

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Hirohiko KakegawaReader (voice)

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Noriko ShitayaIn Train Salesperson (voice)

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Akane KubotaFemale Student (voice)

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Chisa HoriiFemale Student (voice)

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Kenichiro SumiMale Student (voice)

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Hiroko IgarashiTomihara West High Karuta Club Member (voice)

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Tomoyuki HiguchiRyugasaki (voice)

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Noriko ObataRuri Hanamoto (voice)

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Yu MizushimaRelay Commentator (voice)

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Rei ShimodaTournament Staff (voice)

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Reina OzakiLibrarian (voice)

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Vanilla YamazakiReader (voice)

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Ikue OtaniRirika Tachikawa (voice)

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Kiyohito YoshikaiCompetitor (voice)

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Aki NakajimaCompetitor (voice)

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Masumi KageyamaShiho Wakamiya's Friend (voice)

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Mai ToudohSuzuka Sasa (voice)

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Tomoko KobashiFemale Shiranami Karuta Society Member (voice)

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Taisuke YamamotoTakatoshi Mori (voice)

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Yuu HayashiSeigo Kinoshita (voice)

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Meiko KawasakiToyo Honma (voice)

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Uki SatakeFemale Student (voice)

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Chika FujitouSpectator (voice)

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Nobuyuki KobushiTournament Staff (voice)

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Natsuki AikawaSpectator (voice)

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Toru SakuraiCommittee Member (voice)

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Saiko MoriyaSpectator (voice)

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Masaki SakaideMale Student (voice)

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Toshiki NishimuraMale Student (voice)

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Masaki NakanishiMale Student (voice)

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Shuichiro UmedaTournament Staff (voice)

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Toshiyuki HaraSpectator (voice)

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Kohei HoriuchiTroupe (voice)

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Ami NanaseHisashi Suo as a Child (voice)

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Koichi KamikiTadashi Suo as a Child (voice)

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Haruka TanegawaKaruta Club Senior (voice)

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Tomoyuki ShimuraLive TV Director (voice)

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Yuuki ShinTakeshi Tamaru (voice)

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Ayaka ShimizuFemale Competitor (voice)

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Arisa KoriFemale Competitor (voice)

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Hiroya EgashiraCommittee Member (voice)

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Yuki OomoriFemale Fujisaki High School Student (voice)

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Serina MachiyamaIzakaya Waiter (voice)

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Hiroaki OkudaTeacher (voice)

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Yuna OgataYoung Woman (voice)

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Kenji SugimuraYoshio Koda (voice)

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Akiko KimuraRisa Yamamoto (voice)

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Mizuki NakamuraKenichi Tsuchiya (voice)

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Takako TanakaChieko Mochizuki (voice)

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Haruka ShamotoCram School Girl (voice)

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Hikaru TanakaStudent (voice)

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Haruto KurokiStudent (voice)

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Kaede HanadaFemale Student (voice)

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TMDB ID: 45247 ↗
First aired: 2011-10-05
Last aired: 2020-03-24
Status: Ended
Episode runtime: 23 min
Genres: Animation, Drama
Creators: Unknown
Countries: JP
Languages: Japanese

Ratings

TMDB audience7.6/1069 votes

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Age ratings

16Switzerland (CH)

ab 16 Jahren

—Not rated in Spain (ES)

—Not rated in France (FR)

TV-14United States of America (US)

This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.

—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)

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All regional certifications (19)

16Switzerland (CH)

ab 16 Jahren

TV-14United States of America (US)

This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.

MAustralia (AU)

Recommended for mature audiences; M-rated content may only be broadcast between 8:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. on any day, and additionally between 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on schooldays.

14Austria (AT)

Freigegeben ab 14 Jahren

14Belgium (BE)

(cat. 5)

14+Canada (CA)

Programming intended for viewers ages 14 and older. May contain strong violence and strong profanity, and depictions of sexual activity as long as they are within the context of a story.

15+Czech Republic (CZ)

Suitable for persons aged 15 years and over.

15Denmark (DK)

For ages 15 and up.

16Hungary (HU)

Programs not recommended for teens and children below the age of 16, may contain more intensive violence and sexual content. A yellow circle with the number 16 written inside is used for this rating.

15Ireland (IE)

15A - No-one younger than 15.

16Luxembourg (LU)

(cat.4) - Déconseillé aux moins de 16 ans

B-15Mexico (MX)

Designed for ages 15 and up (allowed only between 19:00 and 05:59).

16Netherlands (NL)

Take care with children under 16.

15Norway (NO)

Only allowed during the period 21.00 – 05.30.

16Poland (PL)

Deviant social behaviour, world filled with violence and sexuality, simplified picture of adulthood, display of physical force, especially in controversial social context (against or by parents, teachers, etc.), immoral behaviour without ethic dilemma, putting the blame on the victim, excessive concentration on material possessions.

16Portugal (PT)

Not suitable for children under 16, access to these programs is locked by a personal password.

15Romania (RO)

Programmes not recommended for teens and children below the age of 15, may contain more intensive violence and sexual content.

15South Korea (KR)

This rating is for programs that contain material that may be inappropriate for children under 15, and that parental discretion should be used. Examples include most dramas, and talk shows on OTA (over-the-air) TV (KBS, MBC, SBS), and many American TV shows/dramas on Cable TV channels like OCN and OnStyle. The programs that have this rating may include moderate or strong adult themes, language, sexual inference, and violence. As with the TV-MA rating in North America, this rating is commonly applied to live events where the occurrence of inappropriate dialogue is unpredictable. Since 2007, this rating is the most used rating for TV.

Från 15 årSweden (SE)

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