Kabuki-bu!

Similar vibe as to recruit member and to make dream come through  

Anyone who enjoyed Chihayafuru should give Kabukibu a try. They both stress traditional Japanese culture, and they both have a strong team-building ethos with groiups that span both genders. Kabukibu has a more unconventional set of characters with a mannish female and a feminine man among the kabuki fans. Like Chihaya, the protagonist of Kabukibu is obsessed with kabuki and recruits a bunch of others to his cause. My only complaint is that he shows a maturity far beyond his sixteen years. 

Both shows have an optimistic stubborn MC guy who wants to be friends with everyone. Also, both shows involved high school students doing theatrical acting. 

-Main character creates/joins School club activity involving sports/performance art -Supportive best friend -Interesting characters join the club -"Epic" event that sparks interest of activity in Main Characters childhood -More talented rival Conclusion: Both anime tell a story of people doing, and learning about Japanese based activities that turned out to be more enjoyable then expected.  

Both shows have an enthusiastic optimist MC guy who somehow able to bring everyone together to make a team. 

Both anime featuring traditional japanese school clubs and revolving around friendship and family issues. Kabuki-bu has more varied characterizations, but Kono Oto Tomare is more well-executed, in my opinion. 

Both deal with people doing things in a traditional Japanese style, but mix in modern elements. The animation in both is bold and colourful, with music to match. In both series there are minor struggles, but the series are overall positive in tone.  

Anyone who enjoyed Chihayafuru should give Kabukibu a try. They both stress traditional Japanese culture, and they both have a strong team-building ethos with groiups that span both genders. Kabukibu has a more unconventional set of characters with a mannish female and a feminine man among the kabuki fans. Like Chihaya, the protagonist of Kabukibu is obsessed with kabuki and recruits a bunch of others to his cause. My only complaint is that he shows a maturity far beyond his sixteen years. 

Both anime feature small art (music or kabuki) club with more members joining as the plot goes on 

Both series revolve around acting, and heavily feature the classical kabuki theater. Team spirit, following dreams and being distanced from the "regular world" are important themes in both. Kabuki-bu! focuses fully on the world of kabuki, while in Kageki Shoujo!!, kabuki plays a big role, although the main characters strive to be musical actresses.