Yawara!

Yawara!

Yawara!

6.8 Oct 1989 1 Season 124 Episodes 25m/ep

Ended

Animation Comedy Drama

Overview

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...

Created by Naoki Urasawa

Madhouse

🇯🇵 Japan · Japanese

Cast

Yuko Minaguchi

Yuko Minaguchi

Yawara / Kaneko (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Ichiro Nagai

Jigoro (voice)

Toshihiko Seki

Toshihiko Seki

Matsuda / Eiji (voice)

Yoshino Takamori

Yoshino Takamori

Sayaka / Saeko (voice)

Akira Kamiya

Akira Kamiya

Kazamatsuri / Saimonji (voice)

Eriko Hara

Eriko Hara

Masashi Sugawara

Masashi Sugawara

Hanazono / Manager (voice)

Hochu Otsuka

Hochu Otsuka

Chiyoko Kawashima

Chiyoko Kawashima

Fujiko (voice)

Yuuko Minaguchi

Yuuko Minaguchi

Yawara Inokuma

Chafurin

Chafurin

Kamoda

Miyuki Ichijou

Miyuki Ichijou

Jody Rockwell

Key Crew

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Director

Junichi Sakata

Director

Katsuhisa Yamada

Director

Makoto Moriwaki

Director

Hiroko Tokita

Hiroko Tokita

Director

Tensai Okamura

Tensai Okamura

Director

Akio Sakai

Director

Naoto Kanda

Director

Tsukasa Abe

Director

Aim for Barcelona! The Girl Who Should Win the People's Honor Award!!

Oct 16, 1989 25m

I've Found Yawara's Rival! She's the Ultimate Young Lady!!

Oct 23, 1989 25m

Enter Kazamatsuri! What a Shame That She Is Infatuated With Love

Oct 30, 1989 25m

This Is My Strategy to Make Yawara Take Part in a Real Match!

Nov 6, 1989 25m

Finally the Real Fight! Judo Is Not Built in a Day!

Nov 13, 1989 25m

Finally Pictured! The Big Scoop of the Century That Will Bring on a Storm!!

Nov 20, 1989 25m

Hohohoh! The Yawara Boom That Shakes Japan!

Nov 27, 1989 25m

Enough of Judo! I'm Going to Be in a Match

Dec 4, 1989 25m

Yawara's Debut Match! An Ippon Victory Before You Even Know It Happened!

Dec 11, 1989 25m

An Ippon-Zeoi With My Mom! The 90's Is Yawara's Era!

Dec 18, 1989 25m

A Big Uproar at High School With the Yawara Fame!

Jan 8, 1990 25m

Coach Yawara's Extracurricular Lesson!

Jan 15, 1990 25m

Yawara's Heart Shook in Hayama!

Jan 22, 1990 25m

Yawara's Date Has So Much Surveillance!

Jan 29, 1990 25m

A Challenge to Yawara Over Love!

Feb 5, 1990 25m

Yawara's National Martial Arts Hall Debut!

Feb 12, 1990 25m

Yawara's Love Message

Feb 19, 1990 25m

The Decisive Battle! Yawara vs. Sayaka

Feb 26, 1990 25m

Jigoro, His Love, And Youth's Raging Storms

Mar 5, 1990 25m

The Big Guest for Yawara

Mar 12, 1990 25m

Yawara and the Blue-Eyed House Guest

Mar 19, 1990 25m

Let's Fight, Yawara!

Apr 16, 1990 25m

See You Again, Yawara

Apr 23, 1990 25m

Yawara's Personal Tutor Is a Love Expert

Apr 30, 1990 25m

Love, Exam Studies, And Yawara's Feelings

May 7, 1990 25m

A Shocking Invitation for Yawara!

May 14, 1990 25m

Yawara and the Love Square

May 21, 1990 25m

The Madonna of My Youth, Yawara

May 28, 1990 25m

The Other One-Sided Love

Jun 4, 1990 25m

The Lonely Ippon Zeoi

Jun 11, 1990 25m

The Present on Entrance Exam Day

Jun 18, 1990 25m

A Stormy Time at the Exam Results

Jun 25, 1990 25m

Aim for the All-Japan Tournament

Jul 2, 1990 25m

The Stage Contest of the Rivals

Jul 9, 1990 25m

The Miss' Tenacity

Jul 16, 1990 25m

Ah, Hanazono! The Tearful Graduation

Jul 23, 1990 25m

Jigoro's Love, A Tumultuous Pure Love Story

Jul 30, 1990 25m

The Heartful Excitement of Women's College Life

Aug 6, 1990 25m

Blue Night Yokohama

Aug 13, 1990 25m

Fujiko-san's Secret!

Aug 20, 1990 25m

The Part-Time Job for a Day

Aug 27, 1990 25m

Ippon Zeoi at the Disco!

Sep 3, 1990 25m

Free Weight Class Is the Only Way for Yawara!

Sep 17, 1990 25m

Selected Athletes Announced Tonight!

Oct 15, 1990 25m

After the World Cup Ends

Oct 22, 1990 25m

Raising the Curtain! World Cup

Oct 29, 1990 25m

Uncertain! Japan's Female Judo!!

Nov 5, 1990 25m

The Open-Weight Campions

Nov 19, 1990 25m

Yawara vs. Queen Belkens

Nov 26, 1990 25m

To Fight With Yawara

Dec 3, 1990 25m

The Letter From Kojiro

Dec 10, 1990 25m

The Tereshkova Match Heats Up!

Dec 17, 1990 25m

Matsuda's Exclusive Interview

Jan 7, 1991 25m

Everything Started at That Moment!

Jan 14, 1991 25m

The World's Top Judo Girl Came, Saw, And Conquered!

Jan 21, 1991 25m

I'm Going to Quit Judo!

Jan 28, 1991 25m

Fujiko-san's Decision

Feb 4, 1991 25m

A Letter From Canada

Feb 11, 1991 25m

The Last Ippon Zeoi!

Feb 18, 1991 25m

The Weakest Japanese Judo Team

Feb 25, 1991 25m

The Extreme Training Program!

Mar 4, 1991 25m

A Dangerous Debut Match!

Mar 11, 1991 25m

Secret Technique! Swan Lake!!

Mar 18, 1991 25m

I Think I'll Try

Apr 15, 1991 25m

Fujiko, Love, And Judo

Apr 22, 1991 25m

Everybody Wants to Beat Yawara!

Apr 29, 1991 25m

The Huge Obstacle

May 6, 1991 25m

Swan vs. Tanks

May 13, 1991 25m

You Can Do It, Kyonkyon!

May 27, 1991 25m

Get Out of My Way!

Jun 3, 1991 25m

The Lightning-Fast Ippon Zeoi

Jun 10, 1991 25m

Will It Happen! Five Straight Miraculous Wins

Jun 17, 1991 25m

Inokuma Kojiro on the Move!

Jun 24, 1991 25m

All's Not Quiet on Yawara's Job-Hunting Front!

Jul 1, 1991 25m

The Selected Judo Championship of Love

Jul 8, 1991 25m

I'm So Mad!!

Jul 15, 1991 25m

New Deadly Technique! The Nutcracker!

Jul 22, 1991 25m

A Smiling Ippon Zeoi!

Jul 29, 1991 25m

You Can Do It, Fujiko! First Place Is Right in Front of You!!

Aug 5, 1991 25m

You're Going to the World Championships!

Aug 12, 1991 25m

Fujiko's First Training Camp!

Sep 9, 1991 25m

The Opening Act of the Yugoslavia World Championships!

Oct 14, 1991 25m

Jam-Packed With International Contenders!

Oct 21, 1991 25m

First Time Under Pressure

Oct 28, 1991 25m

Swan Lake on the World Stage

Nov 4, 1991 25m

The Top and Bottom of Their Games!

Nov 11, 1991 25m

Burn Rubber, Papara Man

Nov 18, 1991 25m

Giant Clash!-Swan Lake vs the Ura Nage!!

Nov 25, 1991 25m

Myth of Invincibility!

Dec 2, 1991 25m

Jigoro's Love, A Tearful-Story of Friendship

Dec 9, 1991 25m

Next Up, The Graduation Match!

Dec 16, 1991 25m

Revealed! The Ultimate Conspiracy

Jan 6, 1992 25m

Kyonkyon Risks Her Life!

Jan 13, 1992 25m

Thank God I'm Fat!

Jan 20, 1992 25m

Get That Ippon and Win!

Jan 27, 1992 25m

The Return of the Heiress

Feb 3, 1992 25m

Once We Graduate...

Feb 10, 1992 25m

First Kiss!

Feb 17, 1992 25m

A New Employee's First Assignment

Feb 24, 1992 25m

Hokkaido and the Budokan

Mar 2, 1992 25m

You're Not Losing by Default!

Mar 9, 1992 25m

Run! To the All-Japan-Championships!!

Mar 16, 1992 25m

Sayaka Surges Ahead

Apr 13, 1992 25m

The Fateful Showdown!

Apr 20, 1992 25m

The Heiress' Secret Weapon

Apr 27, 1992 25m

The Dream Fight Between Friends!

May 4, 1992 25m

Maybe I'll Stay the Night

May 11, 1992 25m

Resolve Among Men!

May 18, 1992 25m

Hanazono's Burning "I Love You"!

May 25, 1992 25m

My Champion

Jun 1, 1992 25m

Fujiko's Shocking Retirement- Announcement!

Jun 8, 1992 25m

The Rear View of My Dad

Jun 15, 1992 25m

No Longer Invincible

Jun 22, 1992 25m

The World's Greatest Heiress

Jun 29, 1992 25m

Mama Fujiko's Challenge!

Jul 6, 1992 25m

Don't Be Stupid!

Jul 20, 1992 25m

The Greatest Present Ever

Jul 27, 1992 25m

Sayaka's Top Secret Training

Aug 3, 1992 25m

The Explosive Remark!

Aug 17, 1992 25m

The Comeback Ippon Zeoi!

Aug 24, 1992 25m

You're Going to Barcelona

Aug 31, 1992 25m

First Place for the First Time

Sep 7, 1992 25m

Death Match

Sep 14, 1992 25m

Ever Since I Met You

Sep 21, 1992 25m

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