Exciting Live-Action Chihayafuru Sequel Teaser Reveals Perfume's Theme Song
Discover which pop group performed the catchy theme song for the 2016 live-action Chihayafuru films and learn more about their impact.
Perfume Performs New Theme Song for Upcoming Chihayafuru -Meguri- Live-Action Series
Pop Group Returns for New Chapter in Chihayafuru Saga
Pop trio Perfume is back with a new theme song for the upcoming live-action TV series Chihayafuru -Meguri-, based on Yuki Suetsugu's beloved manga. The group's song, “Megu (Loop),” is featured in the latest promotional video shared by the series' official X/Twitter account.
Watch the official preview featuring Perfume's theme song on Twitter.
Series Premiere and Cast
Chihayafuru -Meguri- will debut on July 9 at 10:00 p.m. JST (9:00 a.m. EDT) on NTV and affiliated channels.
Key cast members include:
- Ami Tōma as Meguru Aizawa, a quiet second-year high schooler involved in a struggling competitive karuta club.
- Mone Kamishiraishi returns as Kanade Ōe, now a part-time teacher and the karuta club’s adviser.
Production Team
- Original manga author Yuki Suetsugu is directly involved in the new series, which is set ten years after the previous live-action films.
- Norihiro Koizumi (director of the original films) serves as showrunner.
- The series is directed by Naoya Fujita, Daisuke Honda, Chiaki Matsumoto, and Kazuhiro Yoshida.
- Screenplay credits go to Monogatari Lab and Suzuyuki Kaneko.
- Music is composed by Masaru Yokoyama.
A Legacy of Adaptations
Perfume also performed the theme song for the 2016 two-part Chihayafuru live-action films.
The Chihayafuru franchise includes:
- Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku (2016)
- Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku (2016)
- Chihayafuru: Musubi (2018)
- Five-episode tie-in series, Chihayafuru -Tsunagu-, aired on Hulu Japan in 2018
About the Manga
The original manga debuted in Kodansha’s Be Love magazine in December 2007. Kodansha USA publishes the English digital editions.
Story Synopsis:
Chihaya is a sixth grader who doesn’t know what passion is—until she meets Arata, a quiet transfer student with a unique talent for competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game. His enthusiasm for the sport inspires Chihaya, and together they become absorbed in the world of karuta, leading to a dramatic coming-of-age story.
- The manga’s final chapter appeared in August 2022, with a spinoff published in November 2022.
- The 50th and final volume was released in December 2022, including the spinoff manga.
- Sequel manga Chihayafuru plus Kimi ga Tame launched in December 2023.
Anime Adaptations and Streaming
- Three anime seasons were produced.
- Crunchyroll streamed all three seasons.
- Sentai Filmworks released the series on home video with an English dub.
- HIDIVE streams the anime with Japanese subtitles and English dub options.