__Height:__ 167cm 

A determined schoolgirl who "possesses a remarkable hearing ability". She believes that by persevering in karuta, she will meet Arata again, and begins a karuta club at her high school with Mashima. While she is beautiful, she is considered too weird; her classmates refer to her as a "waste of a beauty". She has been described as a "tomboy trapped in a supermodel's body".

Chihaya Ayase is a girl who has spent most of her life simply supporting her sister in her model career. That changes when she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, a talented karuta player who recognizes Chihaya's potential to become a great player herself. As Chihaya takes on a new dream of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends, Taichi Mashima and Arata Wataya, as they grow up. Now in high school, Chihaya still continues to play karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again. 
 
(Source: Chihayafuru Wikia)

__Height:__ 167 cm

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A Japanese voice actress. Her debut role was Yoshino Takatsuki in Hourou Musuko. She likes to draw, and she became addicted to karuta while dubbing Chihayafuru.

__Non-Anime Roles:__ ~!
Aika Tenkūbashi in "Ore ga Ojō-sama Gakkō ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Rachirareta Ken" (dramaCD)
Andromeda in "Starly Girls -Episode Starsia-" (VG)
Ayaka Kagari in "Lord of Vermilion IV" (VG)
Ayame Itō in "Corpse Party 2 ~ DEAD PATIENT" (dramaCD)
Baizhi in "Wuthering Waves" (VG) (Japanase)
Beruno Souda in "Racing Musume" (VG)
Carmen Sandiego in "Carmen Sandiego" (cartoon)
Clarke Griffin (voiceover for Eliza Taylor) in "The 100" (Live-action TV)
Contender in Girls' Frontline (Mobile Videogame)
Diana Celestine May in "Implosion: Never Lose Hope" (VG)
Eri Kumagai in "Music Girls (Ongaku Shōjo) projects" (songCD and dramaCD)
Hannah (voiceover for Odeya Rush) in "Goosebumps" (live-action movie)
Isabella in "Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet ONLINE FLEET" (VG)
Jessica in "Granblue Fantasy" (VG)
Kana in "Tales of Link" (Mobile VG)
Kujou Sara in "Genshin Impact" (VG)
Lili in "Street Fighter X Tekken" (VG)
Linde in "Fire Emblem Heroes" (VG)
Linde in "Genei Ibunroku ♯FE" (VG)
Little Alice in "Wonderland Wars" (VG)
Lyfe in "Snowbreak: Containment Zone" (VG)
Mai Sakurajima in "Seishun Buta Yarō Series" (Niconico Drama)
Meria Shiranami in "Maid ga Oshieru Maou-gaku!" (Drama CD)
Nagisa in "Monster Hunter Mezeporuta Kaitakuki" (VG)
Princess Stella in "Grand Sphere" (VG) (Japanese)
Shiranui Nanami in "NORN9 Act Tune" (otome VG)
Shiranui Nanami in "NORN9 Last Era" (otome VG)
Shiranui Nanami in "NORN9 Var Commons" (otome VG)
Shiranui Nanami in "NORN9" (otome VG)
Sofia Tenma in "Racing Musume" (VG)
Sonia Blanche in "BLADE ARCUS from Shining EX" (VG)
Sonia Blanche in "Shining Resonance" (VG)
Surge in "E.X. Troopers" (VG)
Tiki is My Wife P in "Genei Ibunroku ♯FE" (VG)
Tsukuyomi in "UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late" (VG)
Urara Taguchi in "Girl Friends" (drama CD)
Wilbell Vollerslied in "Atelier Ayesha ~Tasogare no Daichi no Renkinjutsushi~" (VG)
Wilbell Vollerslied in "Atelier Escha & Logy ~Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsuhi" (VG)
Wilbell Vollerslied in "Atelier Shallie ~Tasogare no Umi no Renkinjutsuhi" (VG)
Kasane Randall in "SCARLET NEXUS" (VG)
Reina in "Tekken 8" (VG)!~

Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game.
 
Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways!
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)
 
Notes: 
- It won the 2nd Manga Taisho Award and the 35th annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo. 
- It was nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2016.

They may have just won their most coveted karuta tournament, but members of the Mizusawa karuta team still have a long way to go. Each member chases their dreams, and with a win under their collective belt, those dreams are closer in reach than ever. Chihaya Ayase is determined to challenge Wakamiya Shinobu and win the title of Queen, and Taichi Mashima is ready to take on Arata Wataya now that he’s made it into the most elite of karuta players — but an unexpected revelation will deal these karuta players a hand none of them saw coming. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Now in their second year of high school, Chihaya and her friends share all the fun and worries that come with welcoming underclassmen to the team as they face tough rival schools. The passion of the Mizusawa Karuta Club burns hotter than ever, but with the same refreshing, youthful mood carrying over from the first season. 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

Original episode bundled with the 22nd manga volume.

Chiyuki talks about the style of a famous person and famous anime characters. Kim Jae-Joong a member of the Korean pop group JYJ is featured in the first episode. His solo song "Ray of Light" was used as the ending theme of anime "Smile Down the Runway". 
 
Videos were posted on <a href="https://twitter.com/runway_anime" target="_blank">Runway de Waratte</a>'s official twitter.

The manga adapts Yui Tokiumi's spinoff novel series for Yuki Suetsugu's Chihayafuru manga. 
 
The novels feature a series of stories detailing various characters' lives in middle school. (The original manga begins when they are in elementary school and skips to high school.) 
 
(Source: Anime News Network & Be-Love issue 21)

Ayase Chihaya is a cheerful tomboy without any ambitious aspirations in life. At school one day, she meets a boy named Wataya Arata who is an outcast at school. Feeling pity despite peer pressure, Chihaya befriends Arata as he reveals to her his aptitude in karuta which institutes Chihaya's dream to become a karuta queen.