List of ''Chihayafuru'' characters

Below is the list of characters in Chihayafuru, a manga series, set in the world of competitive karuta, by Yuki Suetsugu whose story has been adapted into novels, animated series and live action films.

Main characters

Chihaya Ayase (綾瀬 千早, Ayase Chihaya)

Voiced by: Asami Seto (Japanese); Luci Christian (English)^[1][2]

Portrayed by: Suzu Hirose, Kokoro Kuge (ja:久家心, Kuge Kokoro) (young)

A determined high school girl who was inspired by Arata in elementary school to play karuta and to dream of becoming the "Queen" of karuta. She begins a karuta club at her high school with Taichi.^[3] She is first introduced to competitive karuta by her childhood friend, Arata. Karuta has remained as Chihaya's passion despite being separated from Arata. She has an exceptional hearing ability that gives her an advantage in playing karuta. While she is beautiful, she is considered too weird, her classmates referring to her as a "beauty in vain". She is crazy about karuta (her friends calls her "karuta baka"), to the point that she can be oblivious to other people's feelings. Chihaya is the captain of Mizusawa Karuta Club. She works very hard at improving her karuta skills, and reaches Class A near the beginning of the series. She is a strong, passionate person who loves karuta and is dedicated to her teammates and friends. Chihaya shares a strong bond of trust and friendship with Taichi and appreciates his skill in leading the club, though oblivious towards his feelings for her. Chihaya cares deeply for Arata, despite their long-distance relationship. While on the telephone with Arata, she realizes that she will always love him and karuta.

Taichi Mashima (真島 太一, Mashima Taichi)

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano,^[1] Ayahi Takagaki (young)^[4] (Japanese); Adam Gibbs, Chelsea McCurdy (English)^[2]

Portrayed by: Shuhei Nomura, Eru Yamada (ja:山田瑛瑠, Yamada Eru) (young)

A good-looking, all-rounded sportsman^[5] and Chihaya's childhood best friend.^[3] His mother is very strict with him, telling him that he should stick to activities he can win at.^[5][6] He seems to have feelings for Chihaya although he had a girlfriend at the beginning, and is jealous of her feelings for Arata. Taichi is the president of Mizusawa Karuta Club. He is a talented student and an athlete, at the beginning of the series he claims to have outgrown 'karuta', but then, after watching Chihaya excelling and obviously having fun, he decides to help her form a karuta club. He has good analytical skills and a good memory when playing karuta, but he has very bad luck. Due to this, he ends up staying in Class B longer than supposed to. He has been in love with Chihaya ever since childhood (and eventually realizes his feelings) but never confessed her. When Sumire tried to confess to Taichi, he tells her that he would rather have a relationship with the girl he loves than with a girl who loves him, indirectly indicating Chihaya. He cares for her very deeply, being there for her every time Chihaya gets upset or sad. He has serious character to make up for Chihaya's comical character. As a child, Taichi was a spoiled rich, child and disliked Arata, making fun of him for being poor, but as soon he, Chihaya, and Arata started to play Karuta together, they became friends. In love, Taichi still views Arata as his enemy.

Arata Wataya (綿谷 新, Wataya Arata)

Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya,^[1] Yuka Terasaki (young)^[4] (Japanese); Blake Shepard, Shannon Emerick (Young) (English)^[2]

Portrayed by: Mackenyu , Amon Kabe (ja:加部亜門, Kabe Amon) (young)

Arata Wataya was a transfer student to Chihaya's elementary school, grandchild of an eternal master karuta player, Arata inspires Chihaya to take up karuta.^[5] He has difficulty fitting in at Chihaya's elementary school because of his Fukui dialect and passion for karuta, but Chihaya befriends him.^[7] His dream is to become a karuta Meijin. After graduating elementary school, he returns to Fukui to care for his grandfather.^[5] After returning to Fukui, he quits karuta^[3] because his grandfather died while Arata was competing in a karuta tournament to rise to A-rank. However, after Chihaya and Taichi visit him in Fukui, he regains his resolve to play competitive karuta again. He has beaten "The Queen" Shinobu Wakamiya and is aiming to beat "Master" Hishashi Suo to claim the position of "Master". Arata cherishes his friendship with both Chihaya and Taichi, albeit romantically to Chihaya. Later in the manga, Arata confesses his love to Chihaya, also informing her of his move back to Tokyo. Arata then excuses himself, leaving Chihaya flustered and speechless.

Mizusawa High School Karuta Club

Kanade Ōe (大江 奏, Ōe Kanade)

Voiced by: Ai Kayano (Japanese); Juliet Simmons (English)^[1][2]

Portrayed by: Mone Kamishiraishi

A girl with a taste for the classics,^[5] Kanade is a quiet girl who works in a kimono store and loves all kinds of traditional clothing. She is quite knowledgeable about the true meanings behind the One Hundred Poems and joins the karuta club on the condition that they start wearing hakama.^[8] Her dream is to become an official reader and be able to read for Chihaya's Queen match. She knows that Taichi has feelings for Chihaya and tells him to do his best.

Yūsei Nishida (西田 優征, Nishida Yūsei)

Voiced by: Tōru Nara (Japanese); Greg Ayres (English)^[1][2]

Portrayed by: Yuma Yamoto

A rather tubby boy who is reluctantly often called 'Porky' (肉まんくん, Nikuman-kun, lit. Steamed meat bun) by Chihaya. Once a top karuta player who had previously played against Chihaya, Arata and Taichi in an elementary school tournament, Yūsei quit karuta after suffering a defeat against Arata and took up tennis as a refuge. However, Chihaya manages to remind him how he used to play for fun and he ends up joining the karuta club. While he is talented in karuta, focusing on a defensive style, he gets shaken up really easily.

Tsutomu Komano (Desktomu) (駒野 勉, Komano Tsutomu)

Voiced by: Tsubasa Yonaga (Japanese); Bryson Baugus (English)^[1][2]

Portrayed by: Yuki Morinaga

An intelligent boy in Chihaya's class who is second only to Taichi in test scores. Often tied to his desk and anti-social, he feels that nothing is worth doing unless it makes you smarter. However, Chihaya and Taichi help to convince him that karuta involves a lot of strategy and he joins the club. As the progress within the series, Tsutomu has improved social skill to his teammates, especially Kanade. He is now the karuta strategist of the team, taking down notes in every game.

Sumire Hanano (花野 菫, Hanano Sumire)

Voiced by: Megumi Han (Japanese); Maggie Flecknoe (English)^[9][10]

A girl who joins the Karuta Club at the start of Chihaya's second year. Having been dumped by her boyfriend on the first day of school, she becomes desperate to find a new boyfriend and immediately develops a crush on Taichi, which he does not return. Sumire initially joins the club in order to get close to Taichi, but after she inadvertently told that to the club members, she was convinced by Kanade to stay and devote herself to karuta. Her feelings for Taichi become genuine as she spends more time around him. She even stands up to Taichi's mother, who wanted to stop him from competing in a karuta tournament. Although she is new to the game, she tends to show strong emotions when reading poems.

Akihiro Tsukuba (筑波 秋博, Tsukuba Akihiro)

Voiced by: Miyu Irino (Japanese); Gareth West (English)^[9][10]

A boy who joins the Karuta Club at the start of Chihaya's second year. He is originally from Hokkaido and is a master at playing second verse karuta using two hands. He joins the club to learn how to play first verse karuta. He comes from a family who is attracted to pretty people, and has three younger brothers who admire him. At the beginning, he would sometimes do sneaky acts (such as changing the order of his teammates before games) so that he could show off his skills in front of his brothers. He and his brothers admire Chihaya for both her playing skills and beauty, and several instances show that he has a small crush on Chihaya.

Taeko Miyauchi (宮内 妙子, Miyauchi Taeko)

Voiced by: Toshiko Fujita (Japanese); Vicki Barosh (English)^[1][2]

Portrayed by: Miyuki Matsuda

Nicknamed "Empress", she is the advisor of the Karuta Club and also the homeroom teacher of Ayase and Tsutomu. Although initially unreceptive to Karuta, she gradually warms up when she witness how serious the club members are playing Karuta.

Meijin and Queen

Shinobu Wakamiya (若宮 詩暢, Wakamiya Shinobu)

Voiced by: Mihoko Nakamichi (Japanese); Kira Vincent-Davis (English)^[1][2]

Portrayed by: Mayu Matsuoka

The primary antagonist of the Chihayafuru series.

The current Queen of Karuta, the national champion of the women's division, she is also the youngest Queen in history.^[5] When she was younger there was this girl that was a close Karuta friend, but because Shinobu was very skilled in Karuta she wasn't allowed to play Karuta with kids her age. She was always isolated from others.

Hisashi Suō (周防 久志, Suō Hisashi)

Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi (Japanese); David Matranga (English)^[1][10]

The current Meijin of Karuta, the national champion of the men's division. He began karuta in college, and took three years to take the title of Meijin. He has since defended the title 5 times. His favourite food is sweets.^[5]

Shiranami Karuta Society

Hideo Harada (原田 秀雄, Harada Hideo)^[11]

Voiced by: Unshō Ishizuka (Japanese); James Belcher (English)^[1][2]

Portrayed by: Jun Kunimura

Chairman of the Shiranami Karuta Society. Harada provides karuta instruction in Fuchū, Tokyo. In elementary school Chihaya, Taichi and Arata develop their karuta skills and form their first team under Harada's supervision. Throughout the series he is a karuta mentor as well as a confidant who teaches his pupils life lessons. An accomplished karuta competitor Harada participates at the highest levels in karuta tournaments. In the manga and the anime he is a medical doctor who runs the Harada Clinic of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics. In the Live Action Trilogy Harada's profession is Kannushi, or Shinto priest who operates a Shinto shrine.

Hiroshi Tsuboguchi (坪口 広史, Tsuboguchi Hiroshi)

Voiced by: Kenji Takahashi (Japanese); Benjamin McLaughlin (English)^[2]

Ace of the Shiranami Karuta Society. Made it to the Meijin Challenger Finals as the Eastern Representative but lost to his opponent. Currently the advisor for Homei High School Karuta Team.

Fuyumasa Tsukuba (筑波 冬政, Tsukuba Fuyumasa), Haruomi Tsukuba (筑波 春臣, Tsukuba Haruomi) and Natsufusa Tsukuba (筑波 夏総, Tsukuba Natsufusa)

Voiced by: Chika Anzai, Naoko Sugiura and Megumi Satou (Japanese); Katelyn Barr, Carli Mosier, and Carolyn Medrano (English)^[10]

Tsukuba Akihiro's younger brothers.

Suihoku Karuta Society

Akio Kitano (北野昌夫, Kitano Akio)

Voiced by: Kensuke Satou (Japanese); Steve Fenley (English)^[1][10]

Chairman of Suihoku Karuta Society. He has a deep-seated rivalry with Hidehiro Harada.

Yumi Yamamoto (山本 由美, Yamamoto Yumi)

Voiced by: Yuko Kaida (Japanese); Courtney Lomelo (English)^[1][2]

A, one time, Queen of Karuta, who lost the title to Shinobu Wakamiya. After her defeat, Yamamoto continues her participation in competitive karuta as the strongest representative of Suihoku. At twenty-four years of age she works as a bank teller. Prior to attaining the national women's title, Yamamoto's karuta gamesmanship involved contesting decisions with opponents. As former Queen she resumes her card challenging arguments during a heated match against Chihaya, whom she defeats to progress to the next round of the Eastern Japan qualifiers. That year Yamamoto is ultimately defeated, as the national challenger, by reigning champion Shinobu Wakamiya. At Shuihoku Karuta Society, Yamamoto provides advice and guidance to up-and-coming members, such as Tomihara West High School student Setsuna Hayami.^[5]

Nagumo Karuta Society

Isami Kuriyama (栗山 勇, Kuriyama Isami)

Voiced by: Yuya Murakami (Japanese); Ty Mahany (English)^[1][10]

Chairman of Fukui Nagumo Karuta Society.

Murao Shinichi (村尾 慎一, Shinichi Murao)

Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (Japanese); Adam Noble (English)^[1][2]

A-Class member of Fukui Nagumo Karuta Society. Always practices with Arata.

Daisuke (大輔, Daisuke)

Voiced by: Chika Anzai (Japanese); Rachel Landon (English)^[2]

Member of Fukui Nagumo Karuta Society who is still in elementary school.

Myoujou Karuta Society

Ise Daijiro (伊勢 大二郎, Daijiro Ise)

Voiced by: Daichi Endo (Japanese); Jack Ivy (English)^[2]

Chairman of Kyoto Myojo Karuta Society, where Wakamiya Shinobu used to play at.

Yuikawa (結川, Yuikawa)

Satoko (さとこ, Satoko)

Voiced by: Chika Anzai (Japanese); Carolyn Medrano (English)^[10]

Shinobu's Childhood friend

Ryusei (りゅうせい, Ryusei)

Hokuo High School

Akito Sudo (須藤 暁人, Sudo Akito)

Voiced by: Takashi Ohara (Japanese); Mike Yager (English)^[1][2]

Portrayed by: Hiroya Shimizu

Nayuta Amakasu (甘糟 那由太, Amakasu Nayuta)

Voiced by: Takako Honda (Japanese); Britney Karbowski (English)^[1][2]

Hiro Kinashi (木梨 浩, Kinashi Hiro)

Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai (Japanese); Kyle Jones (English)^[1][2]

Portrayed by: Ryotaro Sakaguchi

Takuma (宅間, Takuma)

Voiced by: Yuya Murakami (Japanese); Scott Gibbs (English)^[1][2]

Ryugasaki (竜ヶ崎, Ryugasaki)

Voiced by: Tōru Higuchichi (Japanese); Johnny De La Cerda (English)^[1]

Koki Shiroyama (城山 浩希, Shiroyama Koki)

Voiced by: Masayuki Katō (Japanese); Joel McCray (English)^[1][10]

Seihisa Kameda (亀田 精久, Kameda Seihisa)

Voiced by: Yūichi Karasuma (Japanese); Ned Gayle (English)^[1][10]

Futoshi Mochida (持田 太, Mochida Futoshi)

Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi (Japanese); Jack Ivy (English)^[1][2]

Advisor of Hokuo High School Karuta Club.

Fujisaki High School

Ryoga Emuro (江室 凌雅, Emuro Ryoga)

Voiced by: Yūki Ono (Japanese); Houston Hayes (English)^[1][10]

Yoshihiko Hiyuuga (日向 良彦, Hiyuuga Yoshihiko)

Voiced by: -^[1]

Makoto Yamai (山井 真琴, Yamai Makoto)

Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga (Japanese); Clint Bickham (English)^[1][10]

Mitsuki Ichimura (市村 充輝, Ichimura Mitsuki)

Voiced by: Shigeyuki Suzaki (Japanese); Kory Getman (English)^[1][10]

Rion Yamashiro (山城 理音, Yamashiro Rion)

Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki (Japanese); Katelyn Barr (English)^[1][10]

Kanata Suzuki (鈴木 奏太, Suzuki Kanata) and Manata Suzuki (鈴木 真太, Suzuki Manata)

Voiced by: Susumu Chiba (Japanese); Anthony Hunter (Kanata), Joe Daniels (Manata) (English)^[1][10]

Toda (戸田, Toda)

Voiced by: Ryōta Asari (Japanese); Stephanie Wittels (English)^[1][10]

Hayashida (林田, Hayashida)

Voiced by: Chika Anzai (Japanese); Alexandra Bedford (English)^[1][10]

Midori Sakurazawa (桜沢 翠, Sakurazawa Midori)

Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese); Stephanie Wittels (English)^[1][10]

Advisor of the Fujisaki High School Karuta Club.

Akashi First Girls' School

Megumu Ousaka (逢坂 恵夢, Ousaka Megumu)

Voiced by: Sachi Matsumoto (Japanese); Allison Sumrall (English)^[1][10]

Keiko Yuube (夕部 慶子, Yuube Keiko)

Voiced by: Junko Kitanishi (Japanese); Natalie Rial (English)^[1][10]

Nene Hayasaka (早坂 寧々, Hayasaka Nene)

Voiced by: Yoko Nishino (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English)^[1][10]

Natsuki Tanimura (谷村 夏樹, Tanimura Natsuki)

Voiced by: Chika Anzai (Japanese); Natalie Jones (English)^[1][10]

Daigorou Minami (南 大吾郎, Minami Daigorou)

Voiced by: Kosuke Takaguchi (Japanese); Jay Hickman (English)^[1][10]

Advisor of the Karuta Club.

Shoyo High School

Zui Kawabe (川辺 穂, Kawabe Zui)

Haruto Tashiro (田代 晴人, Tashiro Haruto)

Voiced by: Kenta Okuma (Japanese); Ricardo Contreras (English)^[1][10]

Ayane Ooka (大岡 綾音, Ooka Ayane)

Voiced by: Marika Minase (Japanese); Jennifer Challenger (English)^[1][10]

Reo Sano (佐野 礼央, Sano Reo)

Haruki Sanada (真田 春樹, Sanada Haruki)

Yamaguchi Miyoka High School

Manabu Nakayama (中山 学, Nakayama Manabu)

Voiced by: Kensuke Sato (Japanese); Greg Cote (English)^[1][10]

Sosuke Hayashi (林 宗佑, Hayashi Sosuke)

Taichi Toyota (豊田 泰壱, Toyota Taichi)

Makoto Sasaki (佐々木 真, Sasaki Makoto)

Daisuke Tokoro (所 大輔, Tokoro Daisuke)

Tomonori Oikawa (及川 知成, Oikawa Tomonori)

Voiced by: Takanori Hoshino (Japanese); David Wald (English)^[1][10]

Advisor of the Karuta Club.

Chiba International School of Information Sciences

Anthony Sorb (アンソニー・ソーブ, Anthony Sorb)

Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (Japanese); Kregg Dailey (English)^[1][10]

Napa Payakuarun (ナパー・パヤクアルン, Napa Payakuarun)

Voiced by: Akane Fujita (Japanese); Clint Bickham (English)^[1][10]

Rachel Port (レイチェル・ポート, Rachel Port)

Voiced by: Naoko Sugiura (Japanese); Stephanie Wittels (English)^[1][10]

Park Kyoson (パク・キョソン, Park Kyoson)

Voiced by: Masayuki Katō (Japanese); Scott Gibbs (English)^[1][10]

Matt Rowan (マット・ローワン, Matt Rowan)

Voiced by: Kensuke Sato (Japanese); Andrew Love (English)^[1][10]

Takechi High School

Ryuhei Inoue (井上 龍平, Inoue Ryuhei)

Ayako Tanaka (田中 彩子, Tanaka Ayako)

Miyuki Satokura (郷倉 美幸, Satokura Miyuki)

Katsue Yamashiro (山城 加都恵, Yamashiro Katsue)

Homei High School

Suzuka Sasa (佐々 鈴香, Sasa Suzuka)

Voiced by: Mai Todo (Japanese); Chelsea McCurdy (English)^[1][10]

Mei Toda (戸田 メイ, Toda Mei)

Voiced by: Marika Minase (Japanese); Stephanie Wittels (English)^[1][10]

Eita Takei (武井 永太, Takei Eita)

Voiced by: Yuichi Karasuma (Japanese); Andrew Love (English)^[1][10]

Takatoshi Mori (森 孝利, Mori Takatoshi)

Voiced by: Taisuke Yamamoto (Japanese); Joel McCray (English)^[1][10]

Komazawa (駒沢, Komazawa)

Tomihara West High School

Setsuna Hayami (速水節奈, Hayami Setsuna)

Karuta club member and Japanese calligraphy student, admirer of Ogata Kōrin.

Member of Suihoku Karuta Society, who also participates in individual karuta tournaments outside the high school setting.

Takashi Nagura (名倉 孝, Nagura Takashi)

Voiced by: Takuya Satō^[1]

Yuri Nawano (縄野 友里, Nawano Yuri)

Voiced by: Marika Minase^[1]

Ayaka Sakura (佐倉 彩夏, Sakura Ayaka)

Voiced by: Nanami Yoshino^[1]

Sano (佐野, Sano)

Voiced by: Yuka Hirose^[1]

Emi Suda (須田 恵美, Suda Emi)

Voiced by: Yoko Nishino^[1]

Shuryukan High School

Makoto Oda (小田 誠, Oda Makoto)

Voiced by: Yuichi Karasuma^[1]

Keisuke Ariyoshi (有吉 圭介, Ariyoshi Keisuke)

Nao Mastsumoto (松本 直, Mastsumoto Nao)

Fukui West High School

Shoji Kawauchi (河内 翔二, Kawauchi Shoji)

Voiced by: Masayuki Shoji (Japanese); Kyle Colby Jones (English)^[1][10]

Masaki Ono (大野 柾, Ono Masaki)

Voiced by: Ryota Ohsaka (Japanese); Joel McCray (English)^[1][10]

Tajiri (田尻, Tajiri)

Jinnan Academy

Shogo Kinoshita (木下 誠吾, Kinoshita Shogo)

Voiced by: Hayashi Yuu^[1]

Toyo Honma (本間 豊, Honma Toyo)

Voiced by: Meiko Kawasaki^[1]

Emi Mayama (真山 恵美, Mayama Emi)

Voiced by: Kiyono Yasuno^[1]

Yuuko Natsuwaki (夏脇 由有子, Natsuwaki Yuuko)

Voiced by: Chika Anzai^[1]

Fumiko Suzuki (鈴木 富美子, Suzuki Fumiko)

Voiced by: Shoko Tsuda^[1]

Advisor of Karuta Club.

Other competitors

Hajime Wataya (綿谷 始, Wataya Hajime)

Voiced by: Kinryu Arimoto (Japanese); Jay Hickman (English)^[1][10]

Played by: Masane Tsukayama

Arata's grandfather, who died before the beginning of the series. He was an excellent karuta player in the past, who gave Arata life lessons whenever he is at a disadvantage.

Keiichi Takemura (武村 敬一, Takemura Keiichi)

1st year Meijin Challenger.

Yasuda (安田, Yasuda)

Voiced by: Tokuyoshi Kawashima (Japanese); Andrew Love (English)^[2]

Chihaya's opponent during the match that earned Chihaya her promotion to class A.

Sakura Kanai (金井 桜, Kanai Sakura)

Voiced by: Mika Kanai (Japanese); Hilary Haag (English)^[1][2]

Ririka Tachikawa (立川 梨理華, Tachikawa Ririka)

Voiced by: Ikue Otani (Japanese); Emily Neves (English)^[1][2]

Haruka Inokuma (猪熊 遥, Inokuma Haruka)

née Chihara. Former Queen.

Ruri Hanamoto (花本 瑠璃, Hanamoto Ruri)

Voiced by: Noriko Obata^[1]

Natsumi Akita (金子 夏美, Akita Natsumi)

Shusaku Koishikawa (小石川 秀作, Koishikawa Shusaku)

Readers

Kyoko Yamashiro (山城 今日子, Yamashiro Kyoko)

Voiced by: Keiko Serino (Reader), Miyoko Shoji (Japanese); Kaoru Bertrand (English)^[1][2]

1 out of 7 Certified Readers. 7 Dan.

Osamu Igarashi (五十嵐 修, Igarashi Osamu)

Voiced by: - (Japanese); Javier Lopez (English)^[1][2]

Reader of the CD used for Practice. 7 Dan.

Tashiro (田代, Tashiro)

Voiced by: Ryota Ohsaka (Japanese); Clint Bickham (English)^[1][10]

Karuta Society Committee Members

Yoshioka (吉岡, Yoshioka)

Voiced by: Mitsuru Ogata (Japanese); Kyle Colby Jones (English)^[1][10]

Yoshiaki Mashita (間下 義明, Mashita Yoshiaki)

Voiced by: Masahiko Tanaka (Japanese); Steve Fenley (English)^[1][10]

National Society Chairman. 10 Dan.

Katsuhito Masuoka (増岡 勝人, Masuoka Katsuhito)

Voiced by: Tsuguo Magami (Japanese); John Swasey (English)^[1][10]

High School Competitor Disciplinary Committee Chair. 6 Dan.

Family members

Chitose Ayase (綾瀬 千歳, Ayase Chitose)

Voiced by: Aya Endō (Japanese); Carli Mosier (English)^[2]

Portrayed by: Alice Hirose

Chihaya's big sister, who works as a model. She has doubts about her modeling career; but she gets determined again after watching her sister focus on Karuta all the time.

Chieko Ayase (綾瀬 千恵子, Ayase Chieko)

Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese); Rachel Landon (English)^[2]

Chitose and Chihaya's mother.

Kenji Ayase (綾瀬 健二, Ayase Kenji)

Voiced by: Kenji Hamada (Japanese); Chris Gibson (English)^[2]

Chitose and Chihaya's dad.

Reiko Mashima (真島 麗子, Mashima Reiko)

Voiced by: Yuu Shimamura (Japanese); Allison Sumrall (English)^[2]

Taichi's mother.

Rika Mashima (真島 梨香, Mashima Rika)

Voiced by: Kiyono Yasuno (Japanese); Tiffany Terrell (English)^[2]

Taichi's sister.

Rieko Oe (大江 利恵子, Oe Rieko)

Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa (Japanese); Tiffany Terrell (English)^[10]

Kanade's mother.

Mari Wataya (綿谷 麻里, Wataya Mari)

Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (Japanese); Katelyn Barr (English)^[2]

Arata's mother.

Akira Wataya (綿谷 彰, Wataya Akira)

Voiced by: Hitoshi Horikawa (Japanese); Jay Hickman (English)^[2]

Arata's dad.

Shiho Wakamiya (若宮 詩穂, Wakamiya Shiho)

Voiced by: Naomi Shindo

Shinobu's mother.

Shinobu's Grandmother (詩暢の祖母, Shinobu's Grandmother)

Voiced by: Lisa Hayamizu

Kyoto Diet representative.

Yukari Nishida (西田 優華璃, Nishida Yukari)

Voiced by: Miho Hino (Japanese); Greg Ayres (English)^[10]

Yusei's elder sister.

Other characters from Misuzawa High School

Michiru Horikawa (堀川 みちる, Horikawa Michiru)

Voiced by: Miho Hino^[1]

Yamakawa (山川, Yamakawa)

Voiced by: Yuya Murakami^[1]

Matsuda (松田, Matsuda)

Hinako Mano (真野 陽菜子, Mano Hinako)

Voiced by: Kiyono Yasuno^[1]

Shori Miyazaki (宮崎 詩織, Miyazaki Shori)

Voiced by: Chika Anzai^[1]

Tokiji Fukasaku (深作 時次, Fukasaku Tokiji)

Voiced by: Daichi Endo^[1]

Shibata (柴田, Shibata)

Voiced by: Takuya Sato^[1]

Matoba (的場, Matoba)

Voiced by: Yuuji Ueda (Japanese); Benjamin McLaughlin (English)^[1][10]

Other characters

Yuu (由宇, Yuu)

Voiced by: Chika Anzai (Japanese); Natalie Rial (English)^[1][2]

Arata's neighbour in Fukui.

Katsugi Bookstore Manager (勝義書店店長, Katsugi Bookstore Manager)

Voiced by: Kensuke Sato^[1]

Manager of the bookstore where Arata work part-time.

Taichi's Girlfriend (太一の彼女, Taichi's Girlfriend)

Voiced by: Chika Anzai (Japanese); Shanae'a Moore (English)^[1][2]

Sasagu Mori (森 捧, Mori Sasagu)

Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya^[1]

Tsukusu Hayashi (林 尽, Hayashi Tsukusu)

Voiced by: Kiyotaka Furushima^[1]

Yutaka Kibayashi (木林 豊, Kibayashi Yutaka)

Voiced by: Kensuke Sato^[1]

Boys who are fans of Ousaka Megumu.

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