Yawara!
Inokuma Yawara is just another young high school girl. Well, not quite - for Yawara is being raised by her grandfather, 7th dan Judo master Inokuma Jigorou, to be Japan's great hope for the women's Judo competition at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. All the same, Yawara just wants to live a normal life...
Cast
Yuko Minaguchi
Yawara / Kaneko (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Jigoro (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Matsuda / Eiji (voice)
Yoshino Takamori
Sayaka / Saeko (voice)
Akira Kamiya
Kazamatsuri / Saimonji (voice)
Masashi Sugawara
Hanazono / Manager (voice)
Chiyoko Kawashima
Fujiko (voice)
Seasons
E1Aim for Barcelona! The Girl Who Should Win the People's Honor Award!!
Oct 16, 1989
E2I've Found Yawara's Rival! She's the Ultimate Young Lady!!
Oct 23, 1989
E3Enter Kazamatsuri! What a Shame That She Is Infatuated With Love
Oct 30, 1989
E4This Is My Strategy to Make Yawara Take Part in a Real Match!
Nov 6, 1989
E5Finally the Real Fight! Judo Is Not Built in a Day!
Nov 13, 1989
E6Finally Pictured! The Big Scoop of the Century That Will Bring on a Storm!!
Nov 20, 1989
E7Hohohoh! The Yawara Boom That Shakes Japan!
Nov 27, 1989
E8Enough of Judo! I'm Going to Be in a Match
Dec 4, 1989
E9Yawara's Debut Match! An Ippon Victory Before You Even Know It Happened!
Dec 11, 1989
E10An Ippon-Zeoi With My Mom! The 90's Is Yawara's Era!
Dec 18, 1989
E11A Big Uproar at High School With the Yawara Fame!
Jan 8, 1990
E12Coach Yawara's Extracurricular Lesson!
Jan 15, 1990
E13Yawara's Heart Shook in Hayama!
Jan 22, 1990
E14Yawara's Date Has So Much Surveillance!
Jan 29, 1990
E15A Challenge to Yawara Over Love!
Feb 5, 1990
E16Yawara's National Martial Arts Hall Debut!
Feb 12, 1990
E17Yawara's Love Message
Feb 19, 1990
E18The Decisive Battle! Yawara vs. Sayaka
Feb 26, 1990
E19Jigoro, His Love, And Youth's Raging Storms
Mar 5, 1990
E20The Big Guest for Yawara
Mar 12, 1990
E21Yawara and the Blue-Eyed House Guest
Mar 19, 1990
E22Let's Fight, Yawara!
Apr 16, 1990
E23See You Again, Yawara
Apr 23, 1990
E24Yawara's Personal Tutor Is a Love Expert
Apr 30, 1990
E25Love, Exam Studies, And Yawara's Feelings
May 7, 1990
E26A Shocking Invitation for Yawara!
May 14, 1990
E27Yawara and the Love Square
May 21, 1990
E28The Madonna of My Youth, Yawara
May 28, 1990
E29The Other One-Sided Love
Jun 4, 1990
E30The Lonely Ippon Zeoi
Jun 11, 1990
E31The Present on Entrance Exam Day
Jun 18, 1990
E32A Stormy Time at the Exam Results
Jun 25, 1990
E33Aim for the All-Japan Tournament
Jul 2, 1990
E34The Stage Contest of the Rivals
Jul 9, 1990
E35The Miss' Tenacity
Jul 16, 1990
E36Ah, Hanazono! The Tearful Graduation
Jul 23, 1990
E37Jigoro's Love, A Tumultuous Pure Love Story
Jul 30, 1990
E38The Heartful Excitement of Women's College Life
Aug 6, 1990
E39Blue Night Yokohama
Aug 13, 1990
E40Fujiko-san's Secret!
Aug 20, 1990
E41The Part-Time Job for a Day
Aug 27, 1990
E42Ippon Zeoi at the Disco!
Sep 3, 1990
E43Free Weight Class Is the Only Way for Yawara!
Sep 17, 1990
E44Selected Athletes Announced Tonight!
Oct 15, 1990
E45After the World Cup Ends
Oct 22, 1990
E46Raising the Curtain! World Cup
Oct 29, 1990
E47Uncertain! Japan's Female Judo!!
Nov 5, 1990
E48The Open-Weight Campions
Nov 19, 1990
E49Yawara vs. Queen Belkens
Nov 26, 1990
E50To Fight With Yawara
Dec 3, 1990
E51The Letter From Kojiro
Dec 10, 1990
E52The Tereshkova Match Heats Up!
Dec 17, 1990
E53Matsuda's Exclusive Interview
Jan 7, 1991
E54Everything Started at That Moment!
Jan 14, 1991
E55The World's Top Judo Girl Came, Saw, And Conquered!
Jan 21, 1991
E56I'm Going to Quit Judo!
Jan 28, 1991
E57Fujiko-san's Decision
Feb 4, 1991
E58A Letter From Canada
Feb 11, 1991
E59The Last Ippon Zeoi!
Feb 18, 1991
E60The Weakest Japanese Judo Team
Feb 25, 1991
E61The Extreme Training Program!
Mar 4, 1991
E62A Dangerous Debut Match!
Mar 11, 1991
E63Secret Technique! Swan Lake!!
Mar 18, 1991
E64I Think I'll Try
Apr 15, 1991
E65Fujiko, Love, And Judo
Apr 22, 1991
E66Everybody Wants to Beat Yawara!
Apr 29, 1991
E67The Huge Obstacle
May 6, 1991
E68Swan vs. Tanks
May 13, 1991
E69You Can Do It, Kyonkyon!
May 27, 1991
E70Get Out of My Way!
Jun 3, 1991
E71The Lightning-Fast Ippon Zeoi
Jun 10, 1991
E72Will It Happen! Five Straight Miraculous Wins
Jun 17, 1991
E73Inokuma Kojiro on the Move!
Jun 24, 1991
E74All's Not Quiet on Yawara's Job-Hunting Front!
Jul 1, 1991
E75The Selected Judo Championship of Love
Jul 8, 1991
E76I'm So Mad!!
Jul 15, 1991
E77New Deadly Technique! The Nutcracker!
Jul 22, 1991
E78A Smiling Ippon Zeoi!
Jul 29, 1991
E79You Can Do It, Fujiko! First Place Is Right in Front of You!!
Aug 5, 1991
E80You're Going to the World Championships!
Aug 12, 1991
E81Fujiko's First Training Camp!
Sep 9, 1991
E82The Opening Act of the Yugoslavia World Championships!
Oct 14, 1991
E83Jam-Packed With International Contenders!
Oct 21, 1991
E84First Time Under Pressure
Oct 28, 1991
E85Swan Lake on the World Stage
Nov 4, 1991
E86The Top and Bottom of Their Games!
Nov 11, 1991
E87Burn Rubber, Papara Man
Nov 18, 1991
E88Giant Clash!-Swan Lake vs the Ura Nage!!
Nov 25, 1991
E89Myth of Invincibility!
Dec 2, 1991
E90Jigoro's Love, A Tearful-Story of Friendship
Dec 9, 1991
E91Next Up, The Graduation Match!
Dec 16, 1991
E92Revealed! The Ultimate Conspiracy
Jan 6, 1992
E93Kyonkyon Risks Her Life!
Jan 13, 1992
E94Thank God I'm Fat!
Jan 20, 1992
E95Get That Ippon and Win!
Jan 27, 1992
E96The Return of the Heiress
Feb 3, 1992
E97Once We Graduate...
Feb 10, 1992
E98First Kiss!
Feb 17, 1992
E99A New Employee's First Assignment
Feb 24, 1992
E100Hokkaido and the Budokan
Mar 2, 1992
E101You're Not Losing by Default!
Mar 9, 1992
E102Run! To the All-Japan-Championships!!
Mar 16, 1992
E103Sayaka Surges Ahead
Apr 13, 1992
E104The Fateful Showdown!
Apr 20, 1992
E105The Heiress' Secret Weapon
Apr 27, 1992
E106The Dream Fight Between Friends!
May 4, 1992
E107Maybe I'll Stay the Night
May 11, 1992
E108Resolve Among Men!
May 18, 1992
E109Hanazono's Burning "I Love You"!
May 25, 1992
E110My Champion
Jun 1, 1992
E111Fujiko's Shocking Retirement- Announcement!
Jun 8, 1992
E112The Rear View of My Dad
Jun 15, 1992
E113No Longer Invincible
Jun 22, 1992
E114The World's Greatest Heiress
Jun 29, 1992
E115Mama Fujiko's Challenge!
Jul 6, 1992
E116Don't Be Stupid!
Jul 20, 1992
E117The Greatest Present Ever
Jul 27, 1992
E118Sayaka's Top Secret Training
Aug 3, 1992
E119The Explosive Remark!
Aug 17, 1992
E120The Comeback Ippon Zeoi!
Aug 24, 1992
E121You're Going to Barcelona
Aug 31, 1992
E122First Place for the First Time
Sep 7, 1992
E123Death Match
Sep 14, 1992
E124Ever Since I Met You
Sep 21, 1992
Storyline
Inokuma Yawara is just another young high school girl. Well, not quite - for Yawara is being raised by her grandfather, 7th dan Judo master Inokuma Jigorou, to be Japan's great hope for the women's Judo competition at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. All the same, Yawara just wants to live a normal life...
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