Yawara!

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High school student Yawara Inokuma lives a completely happy and ordinary life. She aspires to an average lifestyle as a delicate young lady with a handsome boyfriend in the near future. Unfortunately for Yawara, she has an undesirable prodigious talent in Judo, a modern martial art that is neither feminine nor fashionable. Moreover, Yawara is the only granddaughter of the seventh dan Judo master Jigorou Inokuma, who expects her to become a Japanese Judoka superstar of the '90s. Yawara cautiously hides her strength from everyone to maintain a normal reputation but is often pushed to situations when she must exercise her Judo skills. Observing Yawara's immense potential from the shadows, Kousaku Matsuda, a sports reporter from a substandard paper, is willing to do everything he can to bring her into the limelight. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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Overview: High school student Yawara Inokuma lives a completely happy and ordinary life. She aspires to an average lifestyle as a delicate young lady with a handsome boyfriend in the near future. Unfortunately for Yawara, she has an undesirable prodigious talent in Judo, a modern martial art that is neither feminine nor fashionable. Moreover, Yawara is the only granddaughter of the seventh dan Judo master Jigorou Inokuma, who expects her to become a Japanese Judoka superstar of the '90s. Yawara cautiously hides her strength from everyone to maintain a normal reputation but is often pushed to situations when she must exercise her Judo skills. Observing Yawara's immense potential from the shadows, Kousaku Matsuda, a sports reporter from a substandard paper, is willing to do everything he can to bring her into the limelight. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Rate: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Native: Yawara!
Synonyms: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
Aired: Oct 16, 1989 to Sep 21, 1992
Duration: 25 min per ep
Episodes: 124
Score: 7.49
Genre: Comedy Romance Sports
Producer: Kitty Films
Status: Completed

Characters and Voice Actors

Inokuma, Jigorou

Main

Nagai, Ichiro

Japanese

Inokuma, Yawara

Main

Minaguchi, Yuko

Japanese

Adams, Kristin

Supporting

Satou, Ai

Japanese

Arakawa, Seinosuke

Supporting

Tokumaru, Kan

Japanese

Belkens

Supporting

Sasaki, Run

Japanese

Davis

Supporting

Kakegawa, Hirohiko

Japanese

Deneuve

Supporting

Mayama, Ako

Japanese

Fujiwara

Supporting

Takizawa, Roko

Japanese

Gen-san

Supporting

Iizuka, Shouzou

Japanese

Gonzales

Supporting

Suzuki, Akiko

Japanese

Gotou, Megumi

Supporting

Yamada, Fushigi

Japanese

Gotouda, Sumire

Supporting

Hayami, Kei

Japanese

Hagoromo, Wife

Supporting

Matsuoka, Youko

Japanese

Hagoromo, Chief Clerk

Supporting

Nishikawa, Ikuo

Japanese

Hagoromo, Katsuo

Supporting

Yamada, Fushigi

Japanese

Hanazono, Fukuko

Supporting

Koorogi, Satomi

Japanese

Hanazono, Kaoru

Supporting

Sugawara, Masashi

Japanese

Hatakeyama

Supporting

Sakurai, Toshiharu

Japanese

Hikage, Kyoko

Supporting

Touma, Yumi

Japanese

Honami, Mother

Supporting

Kondou, Takako

Japanese

Honami, Kinnosuke

Supporting

Suzuki, Taimei

Japanese

Honami, Sayaka

Supporting

Takamori, Yoshino

Japanese

Igarashi

Supporting

Kamei, Yoshiko

Japanese

Inagaki

Supporting

Hirose, Masashi

Japanese

Inokuma, Kojiro

Supporting

Okabe, Masaaki

Japanese

Inokuma, Kaneko

Supporting