__Height:__ 158 cm 
__Karuta Society:__ Shiranami Society - No Class
__Favourite Song:__ Poem #9 Colour of the flower Has already faded away, While in idle thoughts My life passes vainly by, As I watch the long rains fall.

A first-year who's just been dumped by her boyfriend. She’s part of the twenty-strong recruiting class of prospective members the Karuta Club manages to attract, but she's not remotely interested in the Hundred Poets. She has a love interest in Taichi Mashima.

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)

__Height:__ 155 cm (5'1")
__Nicknames:__ ハンメグ (Hanmegu), グミたん (Gumi-tan), 潘ちゃん (Han-chan)
__Hobbies:__ Making sweets, Hitokara (solo karaoke)

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Megumi Han is the daughter of voice actress [Keiko Han](https://anilist.co/staff/95760). She debuted as a actress in the 2008 live-action film _Sakura no Sono_ prior to debuting as a seiyuu in the 2011 broadcast of _Hunter x Hunter_. According to Han, _Hunter x Hunter_ was the first manga series she bought in elementary school.

(Source: MyAnimeList)

__Non-anime roles:__~!
• Ai in "All to the Sea" (Movie)
• Alec in "Granblue Fantasy" (VG)
• Asuha Uehara in "Kiwokurosuto" (VG)
• Brian in "Granado Espada" (MMORPG)
• Carrie White (Chloe Moretz) in "Carrie" (live-action movie/2013 remake)
• Cassie Drake in "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End" (VG)
• Cheerilee in "My Little Pony ~Tomodachi wa Mahou~" (Cartoon)
• Cheruka in "The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2" (VG)
• Ellie in "The Last of Us" (VG)
• Gon Freecs in "J-Stars Victory VS" (VG)
• Haruka Wada/Firs in "Sakura no Sono" (2008 movie)
• Iris Amicitia in "Final Fantasy XV" (VG)
• Jeanne in "Shadowverse" (VG)
• Junko in "GeGeGe no Nyōbō" (TV drama)
• Kasumi in "Hyakka Hyakurou Sengoku Nippon-chou" (VG)
• Kokone Kizuki (Athena Cykes) in "Ace Attorney 6" (VG)
• Kokone Kizuki (Athena Cykes) in "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies" (VG)
• Majorita in "Makai Senki Disgaea 5" (VG)
• Kyuemon Shingetsu Kibaoni / Luna Kokonoe in "Shuriken Sentai Ninninger" (tokusatsu series)
• Masaru Daimon in "Zettai Zetsubou Shoujo: Danganronpa AE" (VG)
• Megumi Han in "Otomen" (TV drama)
• Mirumu in "The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2" (VG)
• Nokia Shiromine in "Digimonstory Cybersleuth" (VG)
• Ramlethal Valentine in "Guilty Gears Xrd -REVELATOR-" (VG)
• Shiina Kagari in "STEINS;GATE 0" (Visual novel)
• Takeru Takaishi in "Digimon Adventure" (VG)
• Time Patroller in "Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2" (VG)
• Time Patroller in "Dragon Ball: Xenoverse" (VG)
• Young Flynn Scifo in "Tales of Vesperia Voiced Novel" (Audio Book)
• Youngster in "Pocket Monsters Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Mega Special Animation" (VG trailer)
• Rappa in Honkai Star Rail (VG)!~

(Source: Anime News Network)

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.

Sumire Hanano