S1E1
Now the Flower Blooms
Chihayafuru
calendar_todayOct 5, 2011
schedule23 min
Sixth grade was when Ayase Chihaya met Wataya Arata, the transfer student from Fukui. The shy and quiet Arata was hiding a surprising talent. He knew how to play the competitive karuta version of Ogura's Hundred Poets. Chihaya is stunned by the intensity Arata displays when playing karuta.
broadcast_on_home Networks
Nippon TV
star Guest Stars
Houko Kuwashima
Mari Wataya (voice)
Ayahi Takagaki
Taichi Mashima as an Elementary School Boy (voice)
Yuka Terasaki
Arata Wataya as an Elementary School Boy (voice)
Toshiko Fujita
Taeko Miyauchi (voice)
Aya Endo
Chitose Ayase (voice)
Mariko Munakata
Homeroom Teacher (voice)
Miho Hino
Michiru Horikawa (voice)
Yuka Nishigaki
Elementary School Boy (voice)
Kiyono Yasuno
Elementary School Girl (voice)
Chika Anzai
Elementary School Girl (voice)
Yuka Akanami
Elementary School Girl (voice)
Tsubasa Sakurai
Male Student (voice)