Chihayafuru (2011)

Animation · Comedy · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 8.1 (1,945 votes)
Episode average: 8.8 ↑ +0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): Crunchyroll
Language: JA
Type: TV series

Rising trajectory: each season at least as good as the last. Rising Shows ranks whole shows by the shape of their rating trend rather than one average score, which is how you find a show that got better rather than a show that started well. See every Rising show in the explorer →

Browse all Rising shows in the explorer → Open in Rising Shows app → View on IMDb

Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

8.38 avg 25 episodes 7.7 → 8.6 23 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Saku ya kono hana	7.7	116
2	Karakurenai ni	8.2	109
3	Fureru shirayuki	8.6	110
4	Shizukokoro naku hana no chiru ramu	8.1	91
5	Yowa no tsuki kana	8.6	99
6	Kyô kokonoe ni nioi nuru kana	8.0	91
7	Hito koso mie ne aki wa ki ni keri	7.9	87
8	Taete hisashiku nari nure do	7.9	84
9	Shinobure do	8.3	88
10	Yuku mo kaeru mo wakarete wa	8.4	83
11	Amatsukaze	9.0	94
12	Murasakino yuki shimeno yuki	8.6	83
13	Kimi ga tame	8.3	83
14	Hana yori hoka ni shiru hito mo nashi	9.0	87
15	Tsuranukitome nu tama zo chiri keru	8.8	84
16	Ogura yama	7.0	60
17	Michi koso nakere	8.1	77
18	Hana zo mukashi no ka ni nioi keru	8.2	77
19	Nagarae ba	9.0	81
20	Kumoi ni magô oki tsu shiranami	8.7	80
21	Waga koromode ni yuki wa furi tsutsu	8.4	76
22	Utsuri ni keri na itadura ni	8.5	75
23	Shiroki o mire ba yo zo fuke ni keru	8.8	80
24	Onoe no sakura saki ni keri	8.8	79
25	Moreizuru tsuki no kage no sayakesa	8.6	82

Season 2 (2013)

8.82 avg 26 episodes 8.2 → 8.1 23 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hana no iro wa	8.2	84
2	Koisuchô	8.0	69
3	Tsukubane no	8.7	70
4	Hito ni wa tsugeyo ama no tsuribune	9.1	75
5	Nao amari aru mukashi nari keri	8.9	72
6	Tatsuta no kawa no nishiki nari keri	9.4	81
7	Shiru mo shiranu mo Ôsaka no seki	8.8	68
8	Mikasa no yama ni ide shi tsuki kamo	8.7	66
9	Wata no hara	8.4	67
10	Murasame no	9.0	68
11	Sa shi mo shiraji na moyuru omoi o	8.8	65
12	Misogizo natsu no shiru shinarikeru	8.9	68
13	Yume no kayohiza hitome yokuramu	9.2	72
14	Mono yaomofuto hito no tofumade	9.3	78
15	Tago no ura ni	8.8	68
16	Miyu kimatanamu	7.1	50
17	Fukukara ni	9.2	74
18	Wasureji no	9.1	77
19	Yuku e moshiranu kohi no michi kana	9.4	93
20	Aki no ta no	8.2	66
21	Nakoso nagarete naho kikoerkere	9.2	74
22	Meguri ahite	9.2	72
23	Sono e no sakura sakinikeri	9.3	80
24	Kakutoda ni	9.4	77
25	Fuji no takane ni yuki wa furi tsutsu	9.0	74
26	Waga Miyo ni Furu Nagame Shima ni	8.1	23

Season 3 (2019)

9.07 avg 24 episodes 8.9 → 9.0 23 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	May it be that I find	8.9	68
2	Asaborake ariake no tsuki to	9.0	57
3	Yoshino no sato ni	9.1	60
4	Takasago no	9.0	61
5	Ama no kaguyama	9.3	74
6	Nishiki narikeri	9.4	74
7	Arashi fuku	8.9	61
8	Kore ya kono	8.8	57
9	Kudakete mono o omou koro kana	8.9	56
10	Sanekazura	9.1	57
11	Kiri tachinoboru aki no yugure	9.0	55
12	Hana sasou arashi no niwa no yuki narade	9.2	61
13	Furi yuku mono wa wagami nari keri	9.3	66
14	Aimite no	9.3	75
15	Nagare mo aenu momiji narikeri	9.1	58
16	Nusa motori aezu tamuke yama	8.8	59
17	Waga koro mo de wa tsuyu ni nuretsutsu	8.9	59
18	Arazaramu	9.2	66
19	Mi wo tsukushite ya	9.3	74
20	May the scarlet kadsuras	9.3	66
21	To restore my faith	8.8	59
22	Just as my beauty has faded	8.6	59
23	Like a boatsman adrift	9.5	108
24	When winds send waves crashing	9.0	64

Chihayafuru (2011)

Cast

Seasons

Shows like this