
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.
On 14 February 2017, Kodansha Comics began publishing a digital edition of the series in English, with the last volume released on 3 June 2025. The manga is licensed in French by Pika Édition, in Korean by Haksan Culture Company, in traditional Chinese by Tong Li Publishing, and in Thai by Bongkoch Publishing.
The chapters in the series are called "verses".
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| 1 | 13 May 2008 | 978-4-06-319239-1 | 14 February 2017 | 978-1-68-233567-3 | |
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| 2 | 12 September 2008 | 978-4-06-319245-2 | 16 May 2017 | 978-1-68-233672-4 | |
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| 3 | 12 December 2008 | 978-4-06-319252-0 | 13 June 2017 | 978-1-68-233702-8 | |
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| 4 | 13 March 2009 | 978-4-06-319259-9 | 22 August 2017 | 978-1-68-233799-8 | |
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| 5 | 12 June 2009 | 978-4-06-319266-7 | 10 October 2017 | 978-1-68-233939-8 | |
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| 6 | 11 September 2009 | 978-4-06-319271-1 | 14 November 2017 | 978-1-68-233960-2 | |
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| 7 | 11 December 2009 | 978-4-06-319276-6 | 12 December 2017 | 978-1-68-233996-1 | |
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| 8 | 12 March 2010 | 978-4-06-319282-7 | 16 January 2018 | 978-1-64-212072-1 | |
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| 9 | 11 June 2010 | 978-4-06-319287-2 | 20 February 2018 | 978-1-64-212127-8 | |
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| 10 | 13 September 2010 | 978-4-06-319294-0 | 3 April 2018 | 978-1-64-212182-7 | |
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| 11 | 13 December 2010 | 978-4-06-380301-3 | 15 May 2018 | 978-1-64-212230-5 | |
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| 12 | 11 March 2011 | 978-4-06-380309-9 | 6 November 2018 | 978-1-64-212559-7 | |
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| 13 | 13 June 2011 | 978-4-06-380320-4 | 18 December 2018 | 978-1-64-212600-6 | |
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| 14 | 13 September 2011 | 978-4-06-380324-2 | 1 January 2019 | 978-1-68-233567-3 | |
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| 15 | 13 December 2011 | 978-4-06-380331-0 | 5 March 2019 | 978-1-64-212699-0 | |
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| 16 | 13 March 2012 | 978-4-06-380339-6 | 2 April 2019 | 978-1-64-212820-8 | |
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| 17 | 13 June 2012 | 978-4-06-380349-5 | 4 June 2019 | 978-1-64-212881-9 | |
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| 18 | 13 September 2012 | 978-4-06-380359-4 | 7 January 2020 | 978-1-64-659198-5 | |
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| 19 | 13 December 2012 | 978-4-06-380369-3 | 7 April 2020 | 978-1-64-659283-8 | |
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| 20 | 13 March 2013 | 978-4-06-380379-2 | 2 June 2020 | 978-1-64-659381-1 | |
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| 21 | 13 June 2013 | 978-4-06-380389-1 | 4 August 2020 | 978-1-64-659618-8 | |
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| 22 | 13 September 2013 | 978-4-06-380397-6 (RE) 978-4-06-358459-2 (LE) | 6 October 2020 | 978-1-64-659744-4 | |
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| 23 | 13 December 2013 | 978-4-06-380410-2 | 1 December 2020 | 978-1-64-659852-6 | |
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| 24 | 11 April 2014 | 978-4-06-380422-5 | 2 February 2021 | 978-1-64-659943-1 | |
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| 25 | 11 July 2014 | 978-4-06-380433-1 | 6 April 2021 | 978-1-63-699036-1 | |
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| 26 | 10 October 2014 | 978-4-06-380442-3 | 1 June 2021 | 978-1-63-699138-2 | |
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| 27 | 13 April 2015 | 978-4-06-380465-2 | 3 August 2021 | 978-1-63-699284-6 | |
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| 28 | 12 August 2015 | 978-4-06-380474-4 | 5 October 2021 | 978-1-63-699396-6 | |
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| 29 | 13 October 2015 | 978-4-06-380484-3 | 7 December 2021 | 978-1-63-699505-2 | |
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| 30 | 13 January 2016 | 978-4-06-380491-1 | 1 February 2022 | 978-1-63-699544-1 | |
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| 31 | 11 March 2016 | 978-4-06-380498-0 | 5 April 2022 | 978-1-68-491113-4 | |
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| 32 | 13 July 2016 | 978-4-06-394513-3 | 7 June 2022 | 978-1-68-491202-5 | |
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| 33 | 13 October 2016 | 978-4-06-394522-5 | 2 August 2022 | 978-1-68-491376-3 | |
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| 34 | 13 March 2017 | 978-4-06-394535-5 | 4 October 2022 | 978-1-68-491467-8 | |
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| 35 | 10 August 2017 | 978-4-06-394550-8 | 6 December 2022 | 978-1-68-491574-3 | |
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| 36 | 13 November 2017 | 978-4-06-510484-2 (RE) 978-4-06-510715-7 (SE) | 7 February 2023 | 978-1-68-491686-3 | |
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| 37 | 13 February 2018 | 978-4-06-511004-1 | 4 April 2023 | 978-1-68-491878-2 | |
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| 38 | 11 May 2018 | 978-4-06-511697-5 | 6 June 2023 | 978-1-68-491959-8 | |
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| 39 | 9 August 2018 | 978-4-06-512495-6 (RE) 978-4-06-512666-0 (SE) | 1 August 2023 | 979-8-88-933087-5 | |
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| 40 | 13 November 2018 | 978-4-06-513925-7 (RE) 978-4-06-514136-6 (SE) | 3 October 2023 | 979-8-88-933175-9 | |
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| 41 | 13 March 2019 | 978-4-06-515049-8 | 5 December 2023 | 979-8-88-933282-4 | |
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| 42 | 12 July 2019 | 978-4-06-516668-0 | 6 February 2024 | 979-8-88-933367-8 | |
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| 43 | 13 December 2019 | 978-4-06-518035-8 (RE) 978-4-06-517933-8 (SE) | 2 April 2024 | 979-8-88-933429-3 | |
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| 44 | 13 May 2020 | 978-4-06-519522-2 | 4 June 2024 | 979-8-88-933560-3 | |
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| 45 | 13 October 2020 | 978-4-06-521140-3 | 6 August 2024 | 979-8-88-933688-4 | |
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| 46 | 12 March 2021 | 978-4-06-522560-8 (RE) 978-4-06-522851-7 (LE) | 1 October 2024 | 979-8-89-478097-9 | |
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| 47 | 12 August 2021 | 978-4-06-524543-9 | 3 December 2024 | 979-8-89-478298-0 | |
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| 48 | 10 February 2022 | 978-4-06-526797-4 | 4 February 2025 | 979-8-89-478362-8 | |
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| 49 | 13 July 2022 | 978-4-06-528488-9 | 1 April 2025 | 979-8-89-478482-3 | |
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| 50 | 13 December 2022 | 978-4-06-530206-4 (RE) 978-4-06-530738-0 (SE) | 3 June 2025 | 979-8-89-478483-0 | |
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| 1 | 13 February 2018 | 978-4-06-511024-9 | |
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| 2 | 9 August 2018 | 978-4-06-511024-9 | |
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| 3 | 13 November 2018 | 978-4-06-514041-3 | |
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| 1 | 12 April 2024 | 978-4-06-535322-6 | |
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| 2 | 12 August 2024 | 978-4-06-536624-0 | |
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| 3 | 13 December 2024 | 978-4-06-537806-9 | |
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| 4 | 13 June 2025 | 978-4-06-539784-8 | |
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| 5 | 13 November 2025 | 978-4-06-541487-3 | |
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| 6 | 13 April 2026 | 978-4-06-543230-3 | |
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| 7 | 11 September 2026 | 978-4-06-544890-8 | |
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