During the Chihayafuru week in Awara 2019 event on Sunday, two recasts were announced to replace the cast members who had died last year.

Kenta Miyake (Boku no Hero Academia) will replace Unshou Ishizuka as Hideo Harada, while Yoshino Ootori (Hajime no Ippo) will replace Toshiko Fujita as Taeko Miyauchi.

Morio Asaka is returning to helm the third season at Madhouse, which will begin airing this October. The three main cast members, Asami Seto, Mamoru Miyano, and Yoshimasa Hosoya are also reprising their characters as Chihaya, Taichi, and Arata, respectively.

Yuki Suetsugu began serializing the award-winning competitive karuta manga in Be-Love magazine in December 2007. Kodansha published the 41st volume on March 13, with the 42nd volume scheduled for a July 12 release.

Source: Mainichi Shimbun