Chihayafuru: Part I (2016)
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.
Director: Norihiro Koizumi
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Suzu Hirose as Chihaya Ayase |
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Shuhei Nomura as Taichi Mashima |
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Mackenyu as Arata Wataya |
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Mone Kamishiraishi as Kanade Ooe |
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Yuma Yamoto as Yusei Nishida |
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Yuki Morinaga as Tsutomu Komano |
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Hiroya Shimizu as Akihito Sudo |
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Ryotaro Sakaguchi as Hiro Kinashi |
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Mayu Matsuoka as Shinobu Wakamiya |
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Miyuki Matsuda as Taeko Miyauchi |
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Jun Kunimura as Hideo Harada |
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Kokoro Kuge as Chihaya (child) |
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Eru Yamada as Taichi (child) |
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Amon Kabe as Arata (child) |
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Kentaro Tamura as |
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Riku Hagiwara as |
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Masane Tsukayama as |
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Kaisei Kamimura as |
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Mariko Kobayashi as |
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Yuri Tsunematsu as Saki's friend |
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Suzuki Takayuki as Karuta Player |
| Sound | Yuka Kashino | Theme Song Performance |
| Directing | Norihiro Koizumi | Director |
| Writing | Norihiro Koizumi | Writer |
| Writing | Yuki Suetsugu | Comic Book |
| Camera | Hiro'o Yanagida | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Dustin Riduan Shah | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Hiroyuki Ishizaka | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Masaru Yokoyama | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Naoaki Kitajima | Producer |
| Production | Takaaki Kabuto | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Masaru Ohgawara | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Masaru Ohgawara | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Masaru Ohgawara | Sound Designer |
| Production | Yuji Saito | Line Producer |
| Visual Effects | Tomofumi Akahane | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Nagayuki Komatsuzaki | Sound Recordist |
