Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Animation · Action & adventure
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TV series / 2011
Chihayafuru
Episode directors
Hideki HosokawaKotono WatanabeKazuo NogamiToru Takahashi
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Akiko NakanoKunio KatsukiEiichi KuboyamaMasaki MatsumuraTomoya KitagawaChie YamashiroJun ShishidoNaoyuki ItoMorio AsakaToshikatsu TokoroYoshitaka MakinoKim Sang-yeopNobuaki NakanishiKim Min-sunChikayo NakamuraTomoaki OhtaHitomi EzoeTomomi MuraokaTakuma SuzukiTakeyuki SadoharaTomokazu TokoroPark Jae-ikKim Seung-deokMasahiro TakadaTatsuma MinamikawaYukihiko AsakiMitsuhiro YonedamigmiFumio MaezonoFumihiro YoshimuraAtsuko IshizukaMichiru ItabisashiYuuta TakamuraYusuke OnodaMasaharu Tomoda
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.
The story
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
Asami SetoChihaya Ayase (voice)
Mamoru MiyanoTaichi Mashima (voice)
Ai KayanoKanade Oe (voice) · Female Shiranami Karuta Society Member (voice)
Toru NaraYusei 'Porky' Nishida (voice)
Tsubasa YonagaTsutomu 'Desktomu' Komano (voice)
Yoshimasa HosoyaSasagu Mori (voice) · Arata Wataya / Sasagu Mori (voice) · Arata Wataya (voice)
Megumi HanElementary School Girl (voice) · Female Shiranami Karuta Society Member (voice) · Sumire Hanano (voice)
Chika AnzaiYuko Natsuwaki (voice) · Student (voice) · Yucawa High Girl (voice) · Female Nagumo Karuta Society Member (voice) · Hayashida (voice) · Tournament Staff (voice) · Taichi's Girlfrie
Yuya MurakamiMale Student (voice) · Isami Kuriyama (voice) · Doctor (voice) · Takuma (voice) · Spectator (voice) · Tournament Staff (voice) · Yamakawa (voice) · Male Competitor (voice) · Studen
Kensuke SatoStudent (voice) · Third Round Opponent (voice) · Keiichi Takemura (voice) · Noguchi-sensei (voice) · Male Competitor (voice) · Yutaka Kibayashi (voice) · Head Teacher (voice) · Mat
Miyu IrinoAkihiro Tsukuba (voice)
Takashi OoharaAkihito Sudo (voice)
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Mihoko NakamichiShinobu Wakamiya (voice)
Toshiko FujitaTaeko Miyauchi (voice)
Yuji UedaMatoba-sensei (voice) · Shinichi Murao (voice)
Kazuya NakaiHiro Kinashi (voice)
Ayahi TakagakiRion Yamashiro (voice) · Taichi Mashima as an Elementary School Boy (voice)
Megumi HayashibaraMidori Sakurazawa (voice)
Kenji TakahashiHiroshi Tsuboguchi (voice) · Announcer (voice) · Tournament Staff (voice)
Unsho IshizukaHideo Harada (voice)
Shuji InabaReader (voice) · Portable Media Player Reader (voice) · First Round Reader (voice) · CD Reader (voice)
Yoko NishinoTomihara West High Karuta Club Member (voice) · Emi Suda (voice) · Female Competitor (voice) · Female Student (voice) · Nene Hayasaka (voice) · Student (voice) · Female Nagumo Karu
Wakana MinamiYoung Woman (voice) · Female Student (voice) · Cram School Girl (voice) · Female Competitor (voice) · Female Fujisaki High School Student (voice) · Aki Inokuma (voice) · Female Shi
Kenta MiyakeHideo Harada (voice)
Yuka TerasakiArata Wataya as an Elementary School Boy (voice)
Miho HinoYukari Nishida (voice) · Mother (voice) · Michiru Horikawa (voice)
Hiroki TouchiHisashi Suo (voice)
Mitsuki SaigaMakoto Yamai (voice)
Daichi EndoDaijiro Ise (voice) · Tokiji Fukasaku (voice)
Aya HisakawaRieko Oe (voice)
Daisuke SakaguchiFutoshi Mochida (voice)
Takako HondaNayuta Amakasu (voice)
Aya EndoChitose Ayase (voice)
Masahiko TanakaYoshiaki Mashita (voice)
Motoki SakumaSchool Principal (voice) · Administration Staff (voice) · Referee (voice) · Yasuhisa Kameda (voice) · Spectator (voice) · Yoshihiko Hyuga (voice)
Satsuki YukinoChieko Ayase (voice)
Naoko SugiuraHaruomi Tsukuba (voice) · Female Student (voice) · Rachel Port (voice) · Doctor (voice) · Female Competitor (voice)
Marika MinaseFujisaki High School Karuta Club Member (voice) · Satoko Kitaoka (voice) / Yuri Nawano (voice) (uncredited) · Kokoro Nanase (voice) · Female Student (voice) · Spectator (voice) · M
Maaya SakamotoHaruka Inokuma (voice)
Yoshino OotoriTaeko Miyauchi (voice) · Elementary School Reader (voice)
Kinryu ArimotoHajime Wataya (voice)
Keiko SerinoReader for Kyoko Yamashiro (voice) · Reader (voice)
Kiyono YasunoEmi Mayama (voice) · Hinako Mano (voice) · Kyudo Club Member (voice) · Rika Mashima (voice) · Female Student (voice) · Elementary School Girl (voice)
Junko KitanishiKeiko Yuube (voice)
Yu ShimamuraUniversity of Tokyo Student (voice) · Reiko Mashima (voice)
Mao WatanabeReader (voice)
Tsuguo MogamiKatsuto Masuoka (voice)
Ryota IwasakiWestern Japan Qualifiers' Tournament Staff (voice) · Spectator (voice) · Kanno-sensei (voice) · Tournament Staff (voice) · Referee (voice) · Administration Staff (voice) · Male Com
Noriaki KanzeMale Club Member (voice) · Tournament Staff (voice) · KU Karuta Club Member (voice) · Student (voice) · Taichi Shinkai (voice) · Male Student (voice) · Hiro Matsubayashi (voice) ·
Houko KuwashimaElementary School Boy (voice) · Mari Wataya (voice)
Sachi MatsumotoMegumu Osaka (voice)
Kei SugiyamaReader (voice)
Yuki OnoRyoga Emuro (voice)
Jun MiyamotoMale Nagumo Karuta Society Member (voice) · Referee (voice) · Satoshi Inokuma (voice)
Masayuki ShojiShoji Kawauchi (voice) · Male Student (voice)
Megumi SatouFemale Student (voice) · Natsufusa Tsukuba (voice)
Shigeyuki SusakiSpectator (voice) · Competitor (voice) · Mitsuki Ichimura (voice)
Takuya SatoMale Student (voice) · Tennis Club Member (voice) · Tournament Staff (voice) · Takashi Nagura (voice)
Naomi ShindoShiho Wakamiya (voice)
Yuichi KarasumaTennis Club President (voice) · Eita Takei (voice) · Spectator (voice) · Makoto Oda (voice) · Yasuhisa Kameda (voice)
Masaya FukunishiShusaku Koishikawa (voice) · Student (voice) · Spectator (voice) · Male Competitor (voice) · Tournament Staff (voice)
Mariko NagaiFemale Fujisaki High School Karuta Club Member (voice) · Student (voice) · University of Tokyo Student (voice) · Spectator (voice) · Young Woman (voice) · Cram School Girl (voice)
Jin HorikawaAkira Wataya (voice)
Mitsuru OgataHirokazu Yoshioka (voice)
Yuhko KaidaYumi Yamamoto (voice)
Masayuki KatouKoki Shiroyama (voice) · Park Kyung-Seo (voice)
Miyoko ShojiKyoko Yamashiro (voice)
Keiko KimotoMidori Makino (voice) · Reader (voice) · University of Tokyo Student (voice) · Female Club Member (voice)
Kei KawamuraFemale Tournament Staff (voice) · Mayuko Gotokuji (voice) · Spectator (voice) · Woman (voice)
Masaaki IharaScorekeeper (voice) · Spectator (voice) · Suihoku Karuta Society Member (voice)
Heihachiro YoshiiReader (voice)
Tomoko GomiReader (voice) · Second Round Reader (voice)
Risa HayamizuHideo's Wife (voice) · Shinobu's Grandmother (voice)
Kiyotaka FurushimaTsukusu Hayashi (voice) · Director (voice)
Kenta OhkumaHaruto Tashiro (voice) · Motoi Wataya (voice) · Spectator (voice) · Committee Member (voice)
Saki EndoWoman (voice) · Suihoku Karuta Society Member (voice) · Female Tournament Staff (voice) · Spectator (voice)
Chiyuki MiuraSpectator (voice) · Cram School Girl (voice) · Young Woman (voice) · Female Fujisaki High School Student (voice)
Yuuka HiroseMother in the Train (voice) · Sano (voice) · Kyudo Club President (voice) · Female Assistant (voice)
Kosuke TakaguchiTournament Staff (voice) · Daigoro Minami (voice)
Umi NanatsunoAyaka Sakura (voice) · Female Student (voice)
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