Yûma Yamoto

When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game 'karuta'. Four years later, Chihaya is a high school student. Chihaya learns that Arata, who went back to Fukui Prefecture, doesn't play karuta anymore. Believing they will meet Arata again, Chihaya and Taichi start a karuta club at their high school. (imdb)

After an incredible win at the Tokyo karuta tournament--an intense traditional snap card game based on classic Japanese poetry-- Chihaya's team qualifies for the national championship. However, Chihaya is soon devastated when she learns that long-lost childhood best friend Arata has quit karuta, crushing her dream of reuniting at the national tournament. (japanesefilmfestival.net)

I am a high school student. I happen to find a diary written by my classmates, Sakura Yamauchi that reveals she is suffering from a pancreatic disease. I spent time with Sakura, but she dies. 12 years later, due to Sakura's words, I am now a high school teacher at the same school where I graduated from. While I talk with my student, I remember several months I spent with Sakura. Meanwhile, Kyoko, who was Sakura's friend, is soon to marry. (imdb)

This live action manga adaptation follows Yumeko, a student transferring into the super elite Hyakkaou Academy, a school for the children of only the most wealthy and powerful. In this unconventional school, your place is decided by high stakes gambling, where students bet their fortunes against one another. Winners rule the school, while losers are forced to act as slaves for creditors.

The adventures of the Yorozuya gang and their friends. (imdb)

A group of friends from high school days reunite for once more time before one of them are going to die from cancer. (imdb)

The third installment of the Chihayafuru trilogy. Story takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part 2" and Chihaya is now a high school senior.

Ayuha Samaru is a high school student. She is honest and works hard at everything, no matter what. One day, she has trouble at a gyudon restaurant due to money. A man at the restaurant, Yoshitaka Hiromitsu, helps her out. The next day, she finds that Yoshitaka has come to her school as a substitute teacher for her ill homeroom teacher. Ayuha now believes that Yoshitaka is her fate in love. She keeps expressing her feelings to him. (imdb)

Iori's only dream is to go to college on a remote island—but when he gets roped into the school's debaucherous, alcohol-indulgent diving club his hope for a sparkling campus life is thrown into chaos.

Toriyama Yukina is finally in at the university of her choice to major in science. She studied hard to get in. The school is not exactly as she had imagined, however. She has a crush on Kei and is motivated to join the man-flight club as a result, which competes in the contest of that same name. Obviously, Yukina wants to buddy up with Kei, alas it may not be happening.

On the Hokkaido frontier, a war veteran and Ainu girl race against misfits and military renegades to find treasure mapped out on tattooed outlaws.

Two high school students, Mitsuhashi Takashi and Ito Shinji, set out to become the strongest delinquents in Japan. (imdb)

Sato is an employee conducting a survey in front of Sendai Station. Saki takes the survey, and the two ultimately become a couple. 10 years later, Sato proposes to Saki on the occasion of their 10th anniversary.

Retired soldier Saichi Sugimoto and Ainu girl Asirpa seek the hidden Ainu gold while hunting escaped convicts with tattooed maps leading to its location. (imdb)