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. The chapters were collected into 50 tankōbon volumes. Kodansha also published the first three volumes in a two-volume bilingual edition, with English translations by Stuart Varnam Atkin and Yōko Toyozaki. [1] [2] [3]
On 14 February 2017, Kodansha Comics began publishing a digital edition of the series in English, [4] with the last volume released on 3 June 2025. [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. [9]
The chapters in the series are called "verses".
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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1 | 13 May 2008 [10] | 978-4-06-319239-1 | 14 February 2017 [11] | 978-1-68-233567-3 | |
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2 | 12 September 2008 [12] | 978-4-06-319245-2 | 16 May 2017 [13] | 978-1-68-233672-4 | |
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3 | 12 December 2008 [14] | 978-4-06-319252-0 | 13 June 2017 [15] | 978-1-68-233702-8 | |
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4 | 13 March 2009 [16] | 978-4-06-319259-9 | 22 August 2017 [17] | 978-1-68-233799-8 | |
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5 | 12 June 2009 [18] | 978-4-06-319266-7 | 10 October 2017 [19] | 978-1-68-233939-8 | |
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6 | 11 September 2009 [20] | 978-4-06-319271-1 | 14 November 2017 [21] | 978-1-68-233960-2 | |
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7 | 11 December 2009 [22] | 978-4-06-319276-6 | 12 December 2017 [23] | 978-1-68-233996-1 | |
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8 | 12 March 2010 [24] | 978-4-06-319282-7 | 16 January 2018 [25] | 978-1-64-212072-1 | |
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9 | 11 June 2010 [26] | 978-4-06-319287-2 | 20 February 2018 [27] | 978-1-64-212127-8 | |
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10 | 13 September 2010 [28] | 978-4-06-319294-0 | 3 April 2018 [29] | 978-1-64-212182-7 | |
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11 | 13 December 2010 [30] | 978-4-06-380301-3 | 15 May 2018 [31] | 978-1-64-212230-5 | |
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12 | 11 March 2011 [32] | 978-4-06-380309-9 | 6 November 2018 [33] | 978-1-64-212559-7 | |
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13 | 13 June 2011 [34] | 978-4-06-380320-4 | 18 December 2018 [35] | 978-1-64-212600-6 | |
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14 | 13 September 2011 [36] | 978-4-06-380324-2 | 1 January 2019 [37] | 978-1-68-233567-3 | |
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15 | 13 December 2011 [38] | 978-4-06-380331-0 | 5 March 2019 [39] | 978-1-64-212699-0 | |
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16 | 13 March 2012 [40] | 978-4-06-380339-6 | 2 April 2019 [41] | 978-1-64-212820-8 | |
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17 | 13 June 2012 [42] | 978-4-06-380349-5 | 4 June 2019 [43] | 978-1-64-212881-9 | |
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18 | 13 September 2012 [44] | 978-4-06-380359-4 | 7 January 2020 [45] | 978-1-64-659198-5 | |
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19 | 13 December 2012 [46] | 978-4-06-380369-3 | 7 April 2020 [47] | 978-1-64-659283-8 | |
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20 | 13 March 2013 [48] | 978-4-06-380379-2 | 2 June 2020 [49] | 978-1-64-659381-1 | |
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21 | 13 June 2013 [50] | 978-4-06-380389-1 | 4 August 2020 [51] | 978-1-64-659618-8 | |
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22 | 13 September 2013 [52] [53] | 978-4-06-380397-6 (RE) 978-4-06-358459-2 (LE) | 6 October 2020 [54] | 978-1-64-659744-4 | |
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23 | 13 December 2013 [55] | 978-4-06-380410-2 | 1 December 2020 [56] | 978-1-64-659852-6 | |
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24 | 11 April 2014 [57] | 978-4-06-380422-5 | 2 February 2021 [58] | 978-1-64-659943-1 | |
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25 | 11 July 2014 [59] | 978-4-06-380433-1 | 6 April 2021 [60] | 978-1-63-699036-1 | |
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26 | 10 October 2014 [61] | 978-4-06-380442-3 | 1 June 2021 [62] | 978-1-63-699138-2 | |
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27 | 13 April 2015 [63] | 978-4-06-380465-2 | 3 August 2021 [64] | 978-1-63-699284-6 | |
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28 | 12 August 2015 [65] | 978-4-06-380474-4 | 5 October 2021 [66] | 978-1-63-699396-6 | |
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29 | 13 October 2015 [67] | 978-4-06-380484-3 | 7 December 2021 [68] | 978-1-63-699505-2 | |
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30 | 13 January 2016 [69] | 978-4-06-380491-1 | 1 February 2022 [70] | 978-1-63-699544-1 | |
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31 | 11 March 2016 [71] | 978-4-06-380498-0 | 5 April 2022 [72] | 978-1-68-491113-4 | |
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32 | 13 July 2016 [73] | 978-4-06-394513-3 | 7 June 2022 [74] | 978-1-68-491202-5 | |
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33 | 13 October 2016 [75] | 978-4-06-394522-5 | 2 August 2022 [76] | 978-1-68-491376-3 | |
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34 | 13 March 2017 [77] | 978-4-06-394535-5 | 4 October 2022 [78] | 978-1-68-491467-8 | |
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35 | 10 August 2017 [79] | 978-4-06-394550-8 | 6 December 2022 [80] | 978-1-68-491574-3 | |
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36 | 13 November 2017 [81] [82] | 978-4-06-510484-2 (RE) 978-4-06-510715-7 (SE) | 7 February 2023 [83] | 978-1-68-491686-3 | |
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37 | 13 February 2018 [84] | 978-4-06-511004-1 | 4 April 2023 [85] | 978-1-68-491878-2 | |
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38 | 11 May 2018 [86] | 978-4-06-511697-5 | 6 June 2023 [87] | 978-1-68-491959-8 | |
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39 | 9 August 2018 [88] [89] | 978-4-06-512495-6 (RE) 978-4-06-512666-0 (SE) | 1 August 2023 [90] | 979-8-88-933087-5 | |
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40 | 13 November 2018 [91] [92] | 978-4-06-513925-7 (RE) 978-4-06-514136-6 (SE) | 3 October 2023 [93] | 979-8-88-933175-9 | |
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41 | 13 March 2019 [94] | 978-4-06-515049-8 | 5 December 2023 [95] | 979-8-88-933282-4 | |
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42 | 12 July 2019 [96] | 978-4-06-516668-0 | 6 February 2024 [97] | 979-8-88-933367-8 | |
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43 | 13 December 2019 [98] [99] | 978-4-06-518035-8 (RE) 978-4-06-517933-8 (SE) | 2 April 2024 [100] | 979-8-88-933429-3 | |
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44 | 13 May 2020 [101] | 978-4-06-519522-2 | 4 June 2024 [102] | 979-8-88-933560-3 | |
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45 | 13 October 2020 [103] | 978-4-06-521140-3 | 6 August 2024 [104] | 979-8-88-933688-4 | |
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46 | 12 March 2021 [105] [106] | 978-4-06-522560-8 (RE) 978-4-06-522851-7 (LE) | 1 October 2024 [107] | 979-8-89-478097-9 | |
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47 | 12 August 2021 [108] | 978-4-06-524543-9 | 3 December 2024 [109] | 979-8-89-478298-0 | |
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48 | 10 February 2022 [110] | 978-4-06-526797-4 | 4 February 2025 [111] | 979-8-89-478362-8 | |
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49 | 13 July 2022 [112] | 978-4-06-528488-9 | 1 April 2025 [113] | 979-8-89-478482-3 | |
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50 | 13 December 2022 [114] [115] | 978-4-06-530206-4 (RE) 978-4-06-530738-0 (SE) | 3 June 2025 [116] | 979-8-89-478483-0 | |
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1 | 13 February 2018 [117] | 978-4-06-511024-9 | |
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2 | 9 August 2018 [118] | 978-4-06-511024-9 | |
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3 | 13 November 2018 [119] | 978-4-06-514041-3 | |
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No. | Release date | ISBN | |
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1 | 12 April 2024 [120] | 978-4-06-535322-6 | |
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2 | 12 August 2024 [121] | 978-4-06-536624-0 | |
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3 | 13 December 2024 [122] | 978-4-06-537806-9 | |
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4 | 13 June 2025 [123] | 978-4-06-539784-8 | |
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