Chihaya Ayase

__Height:__ 167 cm (5'6") A determined schoolgirl who "possesses a remarkable hearing ability". She believes that by persevering in karuta, she will meet [Arata](https://anilist.co/character/47165/Wataya-Arata) again, and begins a karuta club at her high school with [Mashima](https://anilist.co/character/47167/Mashima-Taichi). While she is beautiful, she is considered too weird; her classmates refer to her as a "waste of a beauty". She has been described as a "tomboy trapped in a supermodel's body".