Chihayafuru: Full Circle This Time (Season 1, Episode 9)
TV Episode | Drama

Chihayafuru: Full Circle

This Time (Season 1, Episode 9)

TV Episode | Drama

After losing in the Tokyo preliminaries, the Umezono Karuta Club battles through the consolation rounds to reach the final qualifier, where they face Mizusawa and other top schools for the last spot at the national tournament.

Director

Naoya Fujita

Writers

Norihiro Koizumi (teleplay) | Shihô Kosaka (teleplay) | Yuki Suetsugu (manga)

Producers

Kôichi Hirata (producer) | Naoaki Kitajima (producer) | Kaoru Nakamura (producer) | Mayuko Sakakibara (producer) | Kyôhei Sudachi (producer)

Composer

Masaru Yokoyama

Cinematographer

Masaya Suzuki

Editor

Chihiro Aiba

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 3, 2025

Release date

Sep 3, 2025 (Japan)

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