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[[File:Card_queen.jpg|frame|Card Queen]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' かるたクイーン
*'''Title (romaji):''' Karuta Queen
*'''Also known as:''' Card Queen
*'''Format:''' Yorudora
*'''Genre:''' Sports
*'''Episodes:''' 16 (15 mins each, 4 weeks)
*'''Broadcast network:''' NHK
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2003-Jan-06 to 2003-Jan-30
*'''Air time:''' Monday through Thursday at 23:00
*'''Theme song:''' ''Hohoemi no hito'' by [[Imai Miki]]

==Synopsis==
The 6th NHK Yorudora is ''Card Queen.'' This drama focuses on the "sport" of competitive card playing.  However, this card game uses the [[Wikipedia:Hyakunin Isshu|Hyakunin Isshu]] as its playing cards.

The new year is quickly approaching, as is the playoffs for the Queen of Cards.  The reigning queen is 28-year old postal worker Kurata Haruka, who was taught the card game by her grandmother, Tsukino.  The two have an agreement that if Haruka loses even once, she will retire from playing.  Haruka's boyfriend, Ryouhei, reveals that he's uneasy and feels she might lose this year.  Finally, it's the day for the Queen playoffs.  Will Haruka remain the queen or have to relinquish her title?

-- ''translated from excerpts of NHK synopsis by'' '''[[User:Awrittensin|awrittensin]]'''

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==Cast==
*[[Ishida Hikari]]
*[[Yamaguchi Tatsuya]]
*[[Tsukumo Hajime]] (九十九一)
*[[Kurenai Ichiko]] 
*[[Nishikido Ryo]]
*[[Jinnai Tomonori]]
*[[Manase Juri]]
*[[Koyama Shigeru]]
*[[Nogiwa Yoko]]

==Production Credits==
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Komatsu Eriko]]
*'''Music:''' [[Kabasawa Mino]] (加羽沢美濃)

==Episode Titles (by Week)==
*'''Week 1:''' "The Petals Fall With an Unsettled Heart"
*'''Week 2:''' "The Divided Stream Will Reunite Once Again"
*'''Week 3:''' "Love is an Unknown Destination"
*'''Week 4:''' "The Flowers Still Smell the Same"

-- ''translated by'' '''[[User:Awrittensin|awrittensin]]'''

==Notes==
The above weekly titles are parts of some poems featured in the ''Hyakunin Isshu.''  You can view all of these poems in their entirety with original Japanese, romanization and translations [http://etext.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/hyakua.html here.]

*'''Week 1: 「しづごころなく　花の散るらむ」'''
- #33 in the ''Hyakunin Isshu,'' written by [[Wikipedia:Ki no Tomonori|Ki no Tomonori]].

*'''Week 2: 「われても末に　逢むとぞ思ふ」'''
- #77 in the ''Hyakunin Isshu,'' written by [[Wikipedia:Emperor Sutoku|Emperor Sutoku]].

*'''Week 3: 「行く方もしらぬ 恋の道かな」'''
- #46 in the ''Hyakunin Isshu,'' written by Sone no Yoshitada. (曽禰好忠)

*'''Week 4: 「花ぞ昔の　香ににほひける」'''
- #35 in the ''Hyakunin Isshu,'' written by [[Wikipedia:Ki no Tsurayuki|Ki no Tsurayuki]].

==External Links==
*[http://www.nhk.or.jp/drama/archives/karuta/ Official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:かるたクイーン|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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