Chihayafuru is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu.
The series has been serialized in Kodansha's Be Love magazine from 28 December 2007 to 1 August 2022.
It is about a school girl, Chihaya Ayase, who is inspired by a new classmate to take up Hyakunin Isshu karuta competitively.
Kodansha also published the first three volumes in a two-volume bilingual edition, with English translations by Stuart Varnam Atkin and Yōko Toyozaki.
[5] The manga is licensed in French by Pika Édition,[6] in Korean by Haksan Culture Company,[7] in traditional Chinese by Tong Li Publishing,[8] and in Thai by Bongkoch Publishing.