In the summer of her second year of high school, Chihaya and her friends, along with her younger club members in the Serizawa High School Karuta Club, went to Nationals. In the team division, they beat the invincible Fujisaki High School and won their first victory. In the individual divisos, Taichi wins the B division and Arata wins the A division.

Chifuyu’s surgery on her right finger that she injured in the team division went well and she participated in a summer camp at Fujisaki High School with Taichi. Determined to not get discouraged by their advisor Ms. Sakurazawa’s guidance, just when she was focused on working hard and practicing for her master-queen game, she finds out that her participation is at risk.

On the other hand, after figuring out that having a team opens up possibilities for karuta, Arata started to move towards creating his own karuta club.

With the appearance of new rivals, the coming future, and her dream of becoming a queen…

the third season opens with the overflowing passion and dedication of these high school students!

Chihaya Ayase

Voice Actor: Asami Seto

When Chihaya was in sixth grade, she met Arata and he guided her into the world of karuta. She’s honest about her feelings and has a tendency to dive straight into things. As if she was in a fairytale, she uses her remarkable hearing ability as a weapon to speed read the cards.

Arata Wataya

Voice Actor: Yoshimasa Hosoya

In elementary school, he transferred from Fukui to Tokyo and got Chihaya and Taichi involved in the world of karuta. His grandfather was a master karuta player and he himself is talented and won all the karuta competitions each year from first grade to sixth grade. He returned to Fukui after graduating from elementary school to care for his grandfather and became distant from Chihaya and his Tokyo friends.

Taichi Mashima

Voice Actor: Mamoru Miyano

He’s Chihaya’s childhood friend and has a crush on her. He hates losing and began playing karuta with Chihaya and his new friend and rival, Arata. After entering Serizawa High School, he reunites with Chihaya and creates a competitive karuta club. Although he doesn’t have a natural hearing ability like Chihaya, he does have an extremely good memory. He belongs to Fuchu Shiranami and is called 'Matsuge-kun' by his master, Harada.

Kanade Ooe

Voice Actor: Ai Kayano

Her parents run a clothing store and she loves Japanese clothing with all her heart. She’s deeply familiar with old songs and respects their sentiments and tastes. She joined the karuta club so she could wear hakama. Her dream is to become a karuta reciter.

Yuusei Nishida

Voice Actor: Tooru Nara

He competed against Chihaya in a karuta competition in sixth grade, which was the reason he joined the karuta club in high school. He has played karuta the longest out of everyone in the club and has quite a bit of skill since he was young as he often competed against Arata in the karuta national tournament in elementary school.

Tsutomu Komano

Voice Actor: Tsubasa Yonaga

He’s in the same class as Chihaya and is the second top student prodigy in the grade level, right after Arata. As his main talent is just in studying, he felt a bit inferior like the only place he belonged was at his desk.But after being swayed by Taichi’s feelings for karuta, he joins the club.

Sumire Hanano

Voice Actor: Megumi Han

She’s a new member of the Serizawa High School karuta club. She’s love-obsessed and joined the karuta club because she loves Taichi. She cares a lot about her appearance and worries about her makeup getting messed up.

Akihiro Tsukuba

Voice Actor: Miyu Irino

He’s a new member of the Serizawa High School karuta club and joined because he’s good at a variation of uta-garuta that’s played in Hokkaido. He’s really self-confident and the face he makes when he sticks out his tongue is creepy and a bit scary.