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] 42 volumes have been released as of February 2024.[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]