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Chihayafuru 2 (TV)

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Alternative title:
Chihayafuru Season 2
ちはやふる2 (Japanese)
Genres: romance
Themes: sports
Plot Summary: After an exciting year for the Mizusawa High School karuta club, a new semester begins as two new the group. More ionate than ever for the old card game, Chihaya sets ambitious goals for herself and for her friends. They compete in two extremely arduous high school championships.
Ratings: 793 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 107 votes (sub:97, dub:4, raw:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 244 votes (sub:223, dub:11, ?:1, others:9
7 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 212 votes (sub:197, dub:6, raw:1, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 149 votes (sub:145, dub:3, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 38 votes (sub:37, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 24 votes (sub:24)
 Not really good: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1174 s, rank: #1045 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.083 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.4627, rank: #514 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 8.043 (Very good), rank: #514 (of 10154) (seen all: 8.05 / seen some: 8.28 / won't finish: 3.19)
Bayesian estimate: 8.034 (Very good), rank: #359 (of 7635)
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage: 2013-01-11 to 2013-06-28
Opening Theme:
"STAR" by 99RadioService
Ending Theme:
"Akanezora" by Asami Seto
Official website:
Press Release:
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Chihayafuru - Season 2 Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2018-03-20 (from $23.24)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Chihayafuru - Season 2 Complete Collection [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2018-03-20 (from $59.92)
DVD (Region 1)
    Chihayafuru - Season 2 (DVD) 2018-03-20 (from $20.38)
DVD (Region 4)
    Chihayafuru - Season 1 & 2 Collection (Sub.DVD) 2016-10-25
    Chihayafuru 2 - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2014-11-19

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Morio Asaka
Series Composition:
Yūko Kakihara
Script:
Akemi Moriyama (5 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 19, 22
)

Ayako Katō (7 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 12, 17, 20, 24
)

Sumino Kawashima (5 episodes
eps 5, 13, 18, 21, 25
)

Yūko Kakihara (eps 1, 3, 7, 9)
Storyboard:
Jun Shishido (5 episodes
eps 4, 9, 15, 21, 24
)

Yoshiaki Kawajiri (8 episodes
eps 2, 8, 10-12, 14, 17, 22
)

Yoshiharu Ashino (eps 5, 19)
Episode Director:
Eiichi Kuboyama (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)

Yūsuke Onoda (ep 19)
Unit Director: Morio Asaka (OP, ED)
Original creator: Yuki Suetsugu
Character Design: Kunihiko Hamada
Art Director: Tomoyuki Shimizu
Art:
Hideaki Kita (6 episodes
eps 5, 9, 13, 18, 21-22
)

Yuki Kasahara (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 15, 20
)

Chief Animation Director: Kunihiko Hamada (eps 1-15, 17-25)
Animation Director:
Ayako Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)

Sachiko Muroyama (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)

Taiki Imamura (4 episodes
eps 7, 16, 20, 25
)

Takashi Nagayoshi (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)

Yoshiko Takemoto (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)

Yusuke Kamata (ep 2)
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Kenji Fujita
Executive producer: Seiji Okuda
Producer:
Yuka Ooshima

2nd Key Animation:
Yuri Kajiwara (ep 11)
3D CG: Ryoichi Ishigami (OP)
Accessory Setting:
Kōji Ōdate
Animation producer: Takuya Tsunoki
Art Setting: Shinji Sugiyama
Assistant Animation Director:
Yukari Takeuchi (eps 3, 9)
Assistant Chief Animation Director:
Kōji Ōdate (10 episodes
eps 2, 13-15, 18-19, 21-24
)

Taiki Imamura (ep 21)
Assistant Key Animation Director:
Yūichirō Yano (ep 6)
Background Art:
Hitoshi Nagasaki (Studio Wyeth; 4 episodes
eps 7, 20, 24-25
)

Tomoyuki Shimizu (OP)
Chief Animation Producer: Satoki Toyoda
Color Coordination:
Yūko Satō (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)

Color design:
Satoshi Hashimoto
Creative Producer: Masao Maruyama
Digital Art: Ryoichi Ishigami
Editing: Kashiko Kimura
Editing Assistant: Mariko Tsukatsune
Finish Animation: Mayu Yoshida (Studio Elle; ep 16)
Finish Check:
Satoshi Tsuchiya (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)

Yūko Satō (eps 2, 14, 21)
In-Between Check:
Akane Ōguchi (OP, ED; 10 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16-17, 20, 23, 25
)

Asuka Kurokawa (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)

Chie Yamazaki (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)

Yukari Saka (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)

Key Animation:
Asami Shimizu (4 episodes
eps 10, 17, 23, 25
)

Asuka Kurokawa (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)

Chiho Fujiwara (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)

Chūji Nakajima (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)

Emi Sakamoto (6 episodes
eps 4, 10, 13, 20, 23, 25
)

Fumio Fukushima (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)

Hiroki Saitō (Studio Wanpack; 5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 15, 18, 22
)

Junko Matsushita (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)

Kanako Baba (Studio Wanpack; 4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)

Keiko Imasato (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 17, 23
)

Mariko Iwazaki (4 episodes
eps 17, 20, 23, 25
)

Masahiko Sasaki (5 episodes
eps 10, 13, 17, 20, 23
)

Michio Satō (4 episodes
eps 10, 13, 17, 23
)

Sachiko Muroyama (Studio Wanpack; 5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 22, 24
)

Sayaka Kawai (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 13, 25
)

Taiki Imamura (3 episodes
eps 16 all new parts, 20, 25
)

Tomoki Kōda (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)

Tomoko Kusuki (Studio Wanpack; 4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)

Tomoko Satō (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)

Yoshihiro Maeda (OP; 8 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 13, 17, 20, 23, 25
)

Yoshiko Takemoto (Studio Wanpack; 6 episodes
eps 5, 11, 15, 18, 22, 24
)

Young-Rae Cho (Kyung Kang ANIA; 6 episodes
eps 2, 7, 10, 20, 23, 25
)

Yumiko Kinoshita (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)

Yūsa Masuda (ep 14)
Music Production: Shinya Yamada
Orchestra Conductor: Kōsuke Yamashita
Photography: Kenji Fujita (ED)
Photography Production: Daisuke Nakayama
Planning:
Suzuko Fujimoto
Production Advancement:
Kōji Yonetsuka (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)

Misaki Kobayashi (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)

Yūhei Sekigami (eps 2, 8, 21)
Production Desk: Takuya Ogawa
Recording: Fujio Yamada (Tricycle Studio)
Recording Assistant:
Tatsuya Satou (Tricycle Studio)
Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama (Sound Box)
Sound Production: Tomomi Yano (Techno Sound)
Sound Production Desk: Tomoko Nakajima
Special Effects:
Chiyoko Okabe (eps 1-13, 15-25)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Yutaka Shinya (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Yutaka Shinya (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Osamu Takeuchi (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Asami Seto (ED)
Asami Seto as Chihaya Ayase

Ai Kayano as Kanade Ōe
Mamoru Miyano as Taichi Mashima
Megumi Han as Sumire Hanano
Mihoko Nakamichi as Shinobu Wakamiya
Miyu Irino as Akihiro Tsukuba
Tōru Nara as Yūsei Nishida
Tsubasa Yonaga as Tsutomu Komano
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Arata Wataya

Akane Fujita as
Female student (ep 1)
Napa Payakaroon (ep 08)
Aya Endō as Chitose Ayase
Aya Hisakawa as Rieko Ōe
Ayahi Takagaki as Rion Yamashiro
Chika Anzai as
Female student (ep 1)
Fujisaki High School Karuta Club Member (ep 19)
Fuyumasa Tsukuba (eps 3-4, 6-7)
Gallery (ep 21)
Hayashida (ep 23)
Natsuki Tanimura (5 episodes
eps 8, 12-14, 18
)

Player (eps 10, 20)
Satoko (ep 22)
Shiori Miyazaki (ep 2)
Yukawa High School Girl (ep 11)
Yuuko Natsuwaki (ep 9)
Chika Fujitō as Audience (ep 12)
Daichi Endō as
Daijirō Ise (eps 18, 22)
Tokiji Fukasaku (eps 1, 3, 7)
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Futoshi Mochida
Hiroki Maeda as Tournament Staff (eps 4, 8)
Hiroki Tōchi as Hisashi Suō (ep 18)
Houko Kuwashima as Mari Wataya (eps 4, 21, 25)
Jin Horikawa as Akira Wataya (eps 4, 21, 25)
Junko Kitanishi as Keiko Yūbe
Kaede Hanada as Female student (ep 1)
Kazuhiro Fusegawa as Gallery (ep 21)
Kazuya Nakai as Hiro Kinashi/Retro-kun
Keiko Serino as Kyōko Yamashiro (Karuta Reader; eps 15, 17-19)
Kenji Hamada as Kenji Ayase (ep 7)
Kenji Takahashi as
Announcer (ep 7)
Hiroshi Tsuboguchi
Kensuke Satō as
Manabu Nakayama (ep 10)
Matt Rowan (ep 08)
Mr. Kitano (ep 21)
Mr. Noguchi (ep 18)
Yutaka Kibayashi (eps 12-14)
Kenta Ōkuma as Haruto Tashiro (ep 11)
Kinryū Arimoto as Hajime Wataya
Kiyono Yasuno as
Emi Mayama (ep 9)
Hinako Mano (eps 1-2)
Kiyotaka Furushima as
Director (ep 8)
Tsukusu Hayashi (eps 12-14)
Kōsuke Takaguchi as Daigorō Minami (eps 12-14)
Mai Tōdō as Suzuka Sasa (ep 4)
Marika Minase as
Female student (eps 1-2)
Fujisaki High School Karuta Club Member (ep 19)
Kokoro Nanase (5 episodes
eps 8, 12-14, 20
)

Mei Toda (ep 4)
Yuri Nawano (ep 3)
Masahiko Tanaka as Yoshiaki Mashita (eps 20, 22-24)
Masayuki Katō as
Koki Shiroyama (eps 5-6)
Park Kyung-Seo (ep 08)
Masayuki Shōji as Shouji Kawauchi
Megumi Hayashibara as Midori Sakurazawa
Megumi Satō as
Female student (ep 1)
Natsufusa Tsukuba (eps 3-4, 6-7)
Meiko Kawasaki as Toyo Honma (ep 9)
Miho Hino as Yukari Nishida
Mitsuki Saiga as Makoto Yamai
Mitsuru Ogata as Mr. Yoshioka (eps 3, 10)
Miyoko Shōji as Kyōko Yamashiro (eps 17-18)
Nanami Yoshino as
Ayaka Sakura (ep 3)
Female student (eps 1-2)
Naoko Sugiura as
Doctor (ep 20)
Female student (ep 1)
Haruomi Tsukuba (eps 3-4, 6-7)
Rachel Port (ep 08)
Natsuki Aikawa as Gallery (ep 21)
Nobuyuki Kobushi as Tournament Staff (ep 21)
Ryōta Ōsaka as
Masaki Ōno (eps 9, 14)
Tashiro (eps 4, 6)
Sachi Matsumoto as Megumu Ousaka
Satsuki Yukino as Chieko Ayase
Shigeyuki Susaki as
Gallery (ep 21)
Mitsuki Ichimura (6 episodes
eps 15, 17-20, 23
)

Player (ep 10)
Shinichirō Miki as Anthony Sorb (ep 08)
Shoko Tsuda as Fumiko Suzuki (ep 9)
Susumu Chiba as
Kanata Suzuki (eps 15, 17-19)
Manata Suzuki (eps 15, 17-19)
Taisuke Yamamoto as Takatoshi Mori (ep 4)
Takako Honda as Nayuta Amakasu
Takanori Hoshino as Tomonori Oikawa (eps 10, 15)
Takashi Oohara as Akito Sudō
Takuya Satō as Takashi Nagura (ep 3)
Tomoko Kobashi as Shiranami Karuta Society Member (ep 4)
Toshiko Fujita as Taeko Miyauchi
Tsuguo Mogami as Katsuto Masuoka
Uki Satake as Female Student (ep 12)
Unshō Ishizuka as Dr. Harada
Yoko Nishino as
Ayane Ōoka (ep 11)
Emi Suda (ep 3)
Female student (ep 1)
Nene Hayasaka (5 episodes
eps 8, 12-14, 20
)
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Sasagu Mori (eps 12-13)
Yu Shimamura as Reiko Mashima (ep 5)
Yūichi Karasuma as
Audience (ep 17)
Eita Takei (ep 4)
Makoto Koda (ep 3)
Tennis Club Captain (ep 1)
Yasuhisa Kameda (eps 5-6, 11)
Yūji Ueda as
Matoba-sensei (ep 7)
Shinichi Murao
Yuka Terasaki as Arata Wataya (young; eps 9, 24)
Yūki Ono as Ryōga Emuro
Yuu Hayashi as Seigo Kinoshita (ep 9)
Yūya Murakami as
Mr. Kuriyama
Takuma (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 11-12, 15
)

Tournament Staff (ep 8)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Ace Company (4 episodes
eps 2, 11, 21, 24
)

DR Movie (4 episodes
eps 10, 13, 23, 25
)

Jumondo (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 18, 20, 24
)

Nakamura Production (11 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 8-9, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23
)

Studio Liberty (5 episodes
eps 2, 8-9, 11, 15
)

Studio Mark (4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 15, 18
)

TAP (7 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 13-14, 21-22
)

YABES (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)

ZEXCS (ep 25)
Animation Director: Anihouse Sun (eps 2, 8, 21)
Animation Production: Madhouse
Key Animation:
Studio Create (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 18, 24
)

Studio Wanpack (5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 14, 18, 24
)

White Line (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)

YABES (eps 9, 15)
Photography: MADBOX (OP)
Production:
VAP
Production Cooperation:
APPP (4 episodes
eps 5, 11, 18, 24
)

GONZO (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 21
)

Magic Bus (4 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 22
)

union CHO (eps 12, 19)
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Shannon Reed
Translation: Katrina Leonoudakis
ADR Script: Joel McCray
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Producer: John Ledford

Audio Engineer:
Ricardo Contreras
Booklet Editing: Jose DeArmas (Limited Edition)
Booklet Layout: Sarah Cain (Limited Edition)
Booklet Translation: Katrina Leonoudakis (Limited Edition)
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray
Menu Design: Sarah Cain
Packaging Design: Sarah Cain
Poem Translation: Altan Couvert
Production:
Son Phan Le
Production Assistant:
Paul Mericle
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production manager: Son Phan Le
Spotting: George Manley
Subtitling: Jordan Hemann
Supervising Translator: Javier Lopez
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Luci Christian as Chihaya Ayase

Adam Gibbs as Taichi Mashima
Blake Shepard as Arata Wataya
Bryson Baugus as Tsutomu Komano
Gareth West as Akihiro Tsukuba
Greg Ayres as Yuusei Nishida
Juliet Simmons as Kanade Oe
Kira Vincent-Davis as Shinobu Wakamiya
Maggie Flecknoe as Sumire Hanano

Adam Noble as Shinichi Murao
Alexandra Bedford as Hayashida (eps 22-23)
Allison Sumrall as
Megumu Ousaka
Reiko Mashima (ep 5)
Andrew Love as
Eita Takei (ep 4)
Matt Rowan (ep 8)
Nio (ep 10)
Anthony Hunter as Kanata Suzuki (eps 15, 17-19)
Benjamin McLaughlin as
Hiroshi Tsuboguchi
Mr. Matoba (ep 7)
Proctor (ep 16)
Brittney Karbowski as
Nayuta Amakasu
Nene Hayasaka (5 episodes
eps 8, 12-14, 20
)
Carli Mosier as Chitose Ayase
Carolyn Medrano as
Hinako Mano (eps 1-2)
Inoue (ep 7)
Kokoro Nanase (5 episodes
eps 8, 12-14, 20
)

Satoko (eps 18, 21-22)
Chelsea McCurdy as
Suzuka Sasa (ep 4)
Taichi Mashima (young; eps 9, 19)
Clint Bickham as
Makoto Yamai
Napa Payakaroon (ep 8)
Tashiro (eps 4, 6)
Crystal Ruiz as Kitashima (ep 7)
David Matranga as
Hisashi Suo (ep 18)
Proctor (eps 22-23)
David Wald as
Kenji Ayase (ep 7)
Proctor (4 episodes
eps 11, 16, 20, 25
)

Tomonori Oikawa (eps 10, 15)
Greg Ayres as Yukari Nishida
Greg Cote as
Manabu Nakayama (ep 10)
Proctor (ep 21)
Houston Hayes as Ryoga Emuro
Jack Ivy as Daijiro Ise (eps 18, 22)
James Belcher as Dr. Harada
Javier Lopez as O. Igarashi
Jay Hickman as
Akira Wataya (eps 4, 21, 25)
Daigoro Minami (eps 12-14)
Motoki (eps 8-9)
Jennifer Challenger as
Ayane Ooka (ep 11)
Proctor (ep 9)
Joe Daniels as
Manata Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 15, 17-19, 21
)

Proctor (ep 22)
Joel McCray as
Koki Shiroyama (eps 5-6)
Masaki Ono (eps 9, 14)
Mori (eps 12-13)
John Swasey as Katsuto Masuoka
Juliet Simmons as Bodhisattva (ep 10)
Kaoru Bertrand as Reader (eps 15-20)
Katelyn Barr as
Fuyumasa Tsukuba (eps 3-4, 6-7)
Mari Wataya (eps 4, 21, 25)
Proctor (ep 9)
Rion Yamashiro
Kory Getman as Mitsuki Ichimura (6 episodes
eps 15, 17-20, 23
)
Kregg Dailey as Anthony Sorb (eps 8, 21)
Kyle Jones as
Hiro Kinashi/Retro
Mr. Yoshioka (eps 3, 10)
Shouji Kawauchi (eps 9, 14)
Tokiji Fukasaku (eps 1, 3, 7)
Mike Yager as Akito Sudo
Natalie Jones as
Natsuki Tanimura (5 episodes
eps 8, 12-14, 18
)

Proctor (7 episodes
eps 9-10, 12-14, 16, 20
)
Natalie Rial as Keiko Yube
Ned Gayle as
Toyota (ep 10)
Tsukusu Hayashi (eps 12-14)
Yamazaki (ep 7)
Yasuhisa Kameda (eps 5-6, 11)
Rachel Landon as Chieko Ayase
Ricardo Contreras as
Haruto Tashiro (ep 11)
Machimura (ep 22)
Proctor (ep 25)
Scott Gibbs as
Park Kyung-Seo (ep 8)
Takuma (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 11-12, 15
)
Shannon Emerick as Arata Wataya (Young; eps 9, 19, 24)
Shannon Reed as
Kawabe (ep 11)
Proctor (eps 20, 22)
Sasaki (ep 10)
Tajiri (ep 14)
Yutaka Kibayashi (eps 12-14)
Shelley Calene-Black as Kyoko Yamashiro (eps 15-20)
Son Phan Le as Sanada (ep 11)
Stephanie Wittels as
Mei Toda (ep 4)
Midori Sakurazawa
Rachel Port (ep 8)
Steve Fenley as
Mr. Kitano (ep 21)
Yoshiaki Mashita (eps 20, 22-24)
Tiffany Terrell as Rieko Oe
Ty Mahany as
Mr. Kuriyama
Mr. Noguchi (eps 14, 18)
Vicki Barosh as Taeko Miyauchi

English companies
Broadcaster: TV Japan (subtitled)
Distributor: Siren Visual (Australia and New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Sentai Studios
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil and Portugal)
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Brazil and Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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