Episode Overview
Chihaya is playing in the East Queen qualifier for a chance to face the Queen again. Her first opponent is the grade schooler Ririka, said to be a child prodigy. As Chihaya watches Ririka use speed play karuta, she begins to understand what it means to play karuta without speed.
Guest Stars
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Arata Wataya (voice)
Yuya Murakami
Isami Kuriyama (voice)
Kenji Takahashi
Hiroshi Tsuboguchi (voice)
Kensuke Sato
Akio Kitano (voice)
Takashi Oohara
Akihito Sudo (voice)
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Futoshi Mochida (voice)
Yuka Terasaki
Arata Wataya as an Elementary School Boy (voice)
Toshiko Fujita
Taeko Miyauchi (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Hideo Harada (voice)
Ikue Otani
Ririka Tachikawa (voice)
Yuji Ueda
Shinichi Murao (voice)
Chika Anzai
Female Nagumo Karuta Society Member (voice)