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Live-Action Chihayafuru Sequel Series Reveals Theme Song by Perfume
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The official X/Twitter for performed the theme song for the 2016 two-part Chihayafuru live-action films.
思わず口ずさんでしまうメロディに放送が待ち遠しくなること間違いなしです✨
— ちはやふるーめぐりー【ドラマ公式】日テレ系2025年7月９日スタート🌸🍁🌙 (@chihaya_koshiki) June 2, 2025
主題歌もドラマもお楽しみにー！@perfumeofficial
📺 #ちはやふる －めぐり－
2025年7月9日（水）よる10時スタート！#prfm pic.twitter.com/Br7b0qBxFd
The series will premiere on July 9 at 10:00 p.m. JST (9:00 a.m. EDT) on NTV and d channels.
Mone Kamishiraishi returns to her role as Kanade Ōe, now a part-time teacher who serves as the adviser of the karuta club.
Manga creator Suetsugu is involved with the new show, which is set a decade after the live-action films. The original films' director Masaru Yokoyama is composing the music.
The first live-action film, Hulu Japan in February 2018.
Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game.Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways!
The manga's launched in Be Love in December 2023.
The manga has inspired three television anime seasons. seasons with Japanese subtitles and an English dub.
Sources: Chihayafuru -Meguri- live-action series' X/Twitter , Music Natalie
