Series
Yawara!
AnimationComedyDrama
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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Seasons & episodes
1Aim for Barcelona! The Girl Who Should Win the People's Honor Award!!16 Oct 1989 · 25m
2I've Found Yawara's Rival! She's the Ultimate Young Lady!!23 Oct 1989 · 25m
3Enter Kazamatsuri! What a Shame That She Is Infatuated With Love30 Oct 1989 · 25m
4This Is My Strategy to Make Yawara Take Part in a Real Match!6 Nov 1989 · 25m
5Finally the Real Fight! Judo Is Not Built in a Day!13 Nov 1989 · 25m
6Finally Pictured! The Big Scoop of the Century That Will Bring on a Storm!!20 Nov 1989 · 25m
7Hohohoh! The Yawara Boom That Shakes Japan!27 Nov 1989 · 25m
8Enough of Judo! I'm Going to Be in a Match4 Dec 1989 · 25m
9Yawara's Debut Match! An Ippon Victory Before You Even Know It Happened!11 Dec 1989 · 25m
10An Ippon-Zeoi With My Mom! The 90's Is Yawara's Era!18 Dec 1989 · 25m
11A Big Uproar at High School With the Yawara Fame!8 Jan 1990 · 25m
12Coach Yawara's Extracurricular Lesson!15 Jan 1990 · 25m
13Yawara's Heart Shook in Hayama!22 Jan 1990 · 25m
14Yawara's Date Has So Much Surveillance!29 Jan 1990 · 25m
15A Challenge to Yawara Over Love!5 Feb 1990 · 25m
16Yawara's National Martial Arts Hall Debut!12 Feb 1990 · 25m
17Yawara's Love Message19 Feb 1990 · 25m
18The Decisive Battle! Yawara vs. Sayaka26 Feb 1990 · 25m
19Jigoro, His Love, And Youth's Raging Storms5 Mar 1990 · 25m
20The Big Guest for Yawara12 Mar 1990 · 25m
21Yawara and the Blue-Eyed House Guest19 Mar 1990 · 25m
22Let's Fight, Yawara!16 Apr 1990 · 25m
23See You Again, Yawara23 Apr 1990 · 25m
24Yawara's Personal Tutor Is a Love Expert30 Apr 1990 · 25m
25Love, Exam Studies, And Yawara's Feelings7 May 1990 · 25m
26A Shocking Invitation for Yawara!14 May 1990 · 25m
27Yawara and the Love Square21 May 1990 · 25m
28The Madonna of My Youth, Yawara28 May 1990 · 25m
29The Other One-Sided Love4 Jun 1990 · 25m
30The Lonely Ippon Zeoi11 Jun 1990 · 25m
31The Present on Entrance Exam Day18 Jun 1990 · 25m
32A Stormy Time at the Exam Results25 Jun 1990 · 25m
33Aim for the All-Japan Tournament2 Jul 1990 · 25m
34The Stage Contest of the Rivals9 Jul 1990 · 25m
35The Miss' Tenacity16 Jul 1990 · 25m
36Ah, Hanazono! The Tearful Graduation23 Jul 1990 · 25m
37Jigoro's Love, A Tumultuous Pure Love Story30 Jul 1990 · 25m
38The Heartful Excitement of Women's College Life6 Aug 1990 · 25m
39Blue Night Yokohama13 Aug 1990 · 25m
40Fujiko-san's Secret!20 Aug 1990 · 25m
41The Part-Time Job for a Day27 Aug 1990 · 25m
42Ippon Zeoi at the Disco!3 Sept 1990 · 25m
43Free Weight Class Is the Only Way for Yawara!17 Sept 1990 · 25m
44Selected Athletes Announced Tonight!15 Oct 1990 · 25m
45After the World Cup Ends22 Oct 1990 · 25m
46Raising the Curtain! World Cup29 Oct 1990 · 25m
47Uncertain! Japan's Female Judo!!5 Nov 1990 · 25m
48The Open-Weight Campions19 Nov 1990 · 25m
49Yawara vs. Queen Belkens26 Nov 1990 · 25m
50To Fight With Yawara3 Dec 1990 · 25m
51The Letter From Kojiro10 Dec 1990 · 25m
52The Tereshkova Match Heats Up!17 Dec 1990 · 25m
53Matsuda's Exclusive Interview7 Jan 1991 · 25m
54Everything Started at That Moment!14 Jan 1991 · 25m
55The World's Top Judo Girl Came, Saw, And Conquered!21 Jan 1991 · 25m
56I'm Going to Quit Judo!28 Jan 1991 · 25m
57Fujiko-san's Decision4 Feb 1991 · 25m
58A Letter From Canada11 Feb 1991 · 25m
59The Last Ippon Zeoi!18 Feb 1991 · 25m
60The Weakest Japanese Judo Team25 Feb 1991 · 25m
61The Extreme Training Program!4 Mar 1991 · 25m
62A Dangerous Debut Match!11 Mar 1991 · 25m
63Secret Technique! Swan Lake!!18 Mar 1991 · 25m
64I Think I'll Try15 Apr 1991 · 25m
65Fujiko, Love, And Judo22 Apr 1991 · 25m
66Everybody Wants to Beat Yawara!29 Apr 1991 · 25m
67The Huge Obstacle6 May 1991 · 25m
68Swan vs. Tanks13 May 1991 · 25m
69You Can Do It, Kyonkyon!27 May 1991 · 25m
70Get Out of My Way!3 Jun 1991 · 25m
71The Lightning-Fast Ippon Zeoi10 Jun 1991 · 25m
72Will It Happen! Five Straight Miraculous Wins17 Jun 1991 · 25m
73Inokuma Kojiro on the Move!24 Jun 1991 · 25m
74All's Not Quiet on Yawara's Job-Hunting Front!1 Jul 1991 · 25m
75The Selected Judo Championship of Love8 Jul 1991 · 25m
76I'm So Mad!!15 Jul 1991 · 25m
77New Deadly Technique! The Nutcracker!22 Jul 1991 · 25m
78A Smiling Ippon Zeoi!29 Jul 1991 · 25m
79You Can Do It, Fujiko! First Place Is Right in Front of You!!5 Aug 1991 · 25m
80You're Going to the World Championships!12 Aug 1991 · 25m
81Fujiko's First Training Camp!9 Sept 1991 · 25m
82The Opening Act of the Yugoslavia World Championships!14 Oct 1991 · 25m
83Jam-Packed With International Contenders!21 Oct 1991 · 25m
84First Time Under Pressure28 Oct 1991 · 25m
85Swan Lake on the World Stage4 Nov 1991 · 25m
86The Top and Bottom of Their Games!11 Nov 1991 · 25m
87Burn Rubber, Papara Man18 Nov 1991 · 25m
88Giant Clash!-Swan Lake vs the Ura Nage!!25 Nov 1991 · 25m
89Myth of Invincibility!2 Dec 1991 · 25m
90Jigoro's Love, A Tearful-Story of Friendship9 Dec 1991 · 25m
91Next Up, The Graduation Match!16 Dec 1991 · 25m
92Revealed! The Ultimate Conspiracy6 Jan 1992 · 25m
93Kyonkyon Risks Her Life!13 Jan 1992 · 25m
94Thank God I'm Fat!20 Jan 1992 · 25m
95Get That Ippon and Win!27 Jan 1992 · 25m
96The Return of the Heiress3 Feb 1992 · 25m
97Once We Graduate...10 Feb 1992 · 25m
98First Kiss!17 Feb 1992 · 25m
99A New Employee's First Assignment24 Feb 1992 · 25m
100Hokkaido and the Budokan2 Mar 1992 · 25m
101You're Not Losing by Default!9 Mar 1992 · 25m
102Run! To the All-Japan-Championships!!16 Mar 1992 · 25m
103Sayaka Surges Ahead13 Apr 1992 · 25m
104The Fateful Showdown!20 Apr 1992 · 25m
105The Heiress' Secret Weapon27 Apr 1992 · 25m
106The Dream Fight Between Friends!4 May 1992 · 25m
107Maybe I'll Stay the Night11 May 1992 · 25m
108Resolve Among Men!18 May 1992 · 25m
109Hanazono's Burning "I Love You"!25 May 1992 · 25m
110My Champion1 Jun 1992 · 25m
111Fujiko's Shocking Retirement- Announcement!8 Jun 1992 · 25m
112The Rear View of My Dad15 Jun 1992 · 25m
113No Longer Invincible22 Jun 1992 · 25m
114The World's Greatest Heiress29 Jun 1992 · 25m
115Mama Fujiko's Challenge!6 Jul 1992 · 25m
116Don't Be Stupid!20 Jul 1992 · 25m
117The Greatest Present Ever27 Jul 1992 · 25m
118Sayaka's Top Secret Training3 Aug 1992 · 25m
119The Explosive Remark!17 Aug 1992 · 25m
120The Comeback Ippon Zeoi!24 Aug 1992 · 25m
121You're Going to Barcelona31 Aug 1992 · 25m
122First Place for the First Time7 Sept 1992 · 25m
123Death Match14 Sept 1992 · 25m
124Ever Since I Met You21 Sept 1992 · 25m
Details
- Created by
- Naoki Urasawa
- First aired
- 16 Oct 1989
- Last aired
- 21 Sept 1992
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- Japanese
- Network
- Nippon TV
- Episodes
- 124
- Votes
- 9 on TMDB
Cast
Yuko MinaguchiYawara / Kaneko (voice)
Ichiro NagaiJigoro (voice)
Toshihiko SekiMatsuda / Eiji (voice)
Yoshino TakamoriSayaka / Saeko (voice)
Akira KamiyaKazamatsuri / Saimonji (voice)
Masashi SugawaraHanazono / Manager (voice)
Chiyoko KawashimaFujiko (voice)
