Chihayafuru: Part I

When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game karuta. Four years later, Chihaya is a high school student. Chihaya learns that Arata, who went back to Fukui Prefecture, doesn't play karuta anymore. Believing they will meet Arata again, Chihaya and Taichi starts a karuta club at their high school.

• Norihiro KoizumiDirector
• Norihiro KoizumiWriter
• Masaru YokoyamaOriginal Music Composer

• Suzu HiroseChihaya Ayase
• Shuhei NomuraTaichi Mashima
• MackenyuArata Wataya
• Mone KamishiraishiKanade Ooe
• Yuma YamotoYusei Nishida
• Yuki MorinagaTsutomu Komano
• Hiroya ShimizuAkihito Sudo
• Ryotaro SakaguchiHiro Kinashi
• Mayu MatsuokaShinobu Wakamiya
• Miyuki MatsudaTaeko Miyauchi
• Jun KunimuraHideo Harada
• Kokoro KugeChihaya (child)