Chihayafuru

The official website for Chihayafuru -Meguri-, a new original live-action drama sequel to Yuki Suetsugu's karuta-themed manga Chihayafuru, announced today that actor Ami Touma is cast as the new protagonist, Meguru Aizawa. She previously voiced the protagonist Kokoro Anzai in the 2022 anime feature film Lonely Castle in the Mirror.The character Meguru Aizawa is a second-year student at Umezono High School and a ghost member of the competitive karuta club, which has few members and is in danger of being discontinued. "I will play Meguru Aizawa in 'Chihayafuru -Meguri-' as my first lead role in a serial drama," Touma wrote on her official X (formerly Twitter).

The official website for Japanese TV station Nippon TV announced today that Chihayafuru - Meguri -, a new original live-action drama inspired by Yuki Suetsugu's karuta-themed manga Chihayafuru, will begin airing in July 2025.The manga's original series, Chihayafuru, ran in Kodansha's monthly manga magazine BE LOVE from December 2007 to August 2022, printing over 29 million copies with a total of 50 tankobon volumes. The upcoming drama tells a sequel story to the three-part live-action film series in 2016-2018 starring Suzu Hirose as the protagonist Chihaya Ayase, not based on the ongoing manga sequel, Chihahafuru plus Kimigatame.The story of the drama is set ten years after the film series. Suetsugu, the original manga author, also participated from the stage of constructing the plot of the script.