Yawara!
Original title: YAWARA!
Creator
Naoki Urasawa
Screenplay
Naoki Urasawa
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...
Seasons
1
Episodes
124
Country
Japan
Status
Ended
Cast
Yuko Minaguchi
Yawara / Kaneko (voice) · 124 eps
Ichiro Nagai
Jigoro (voice) · 124 eps
Chiyoko Kawashima
Fujiko (voice) · 124 eps
Akira Kamiya
Kazamatsuri / Saimonji (voice) · 124 eps
Toshihiko Seki
Matsuda / Eiji (voice) · 124 eps
Yoshino Takamori
Sayaka / Saeko (voice) · 124 eps
Masashi Sugawara
Hanazono / Manager (voice) · 124 eps
Kiyoyuki Yanada
People B (voice) · 2 eps
Masashi Hirose
Military police (voice) · 2 eps
Chafurin
People A (voice) · 2 eps
Toshiharu Sakurai
A pupil B (voice) · 2 eps
Atsuko Mine
Waitress (voice) · 2 eps
Hirohiko Kakegawa
Man B (voice) · 2 eps
Naoki Makishima
Man D (voice) · 2 eps
Jun'ichi Kanemaru
A pupil A (voice) · 2 eps
Kohsuke Meguro
Man A (voice) · 2 eps
Tamao Hayashi
People C (voice) · 2 eps
Naoki Bando
Man C (voice) · 2 eps
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Episode Guide
1
Aim for Barcelona! The Girl Who Should Win the People's Honor Award!!
2
I've Found Yawara's Rival! She's the Ultimate Young Lady!!
3
Enter Kazamatsuri! What a Shame That She Is Infatuated With Love
4
This Is My Strategy to Make Yawara Take Part in a Real Match!
5
Finally the Real Fight! Judo Is Not Built in a Day!
6
Finally Pictured! The Big Scoop of the Century That Will Bring on a Storm!!
7
Hohohoh! The Yawara Boom That Shakes Japan!
8
Enough of Judo! I'm Going to Be in a Match
9
Yawara's Debut Match! An Ippon Victory Before You Even Know It Happened!
10
An Ippon-Zeoi With My Mom! The 90's Is Yawara's Era!
11
A Big Uproar at High School With the Yawara Fame!
12
Coach Yawara's Extracurricular Lesson!
13
Yawara's Heart Shook in Hayama!
14
Yawara's Date Has So Much Surveillance!
15
A Challenge to Yawara Over Love!
16
Yawara's National Martial Arts Hall Debut!
17
Yawara's Love Message
18
The Decisive Battle! Yawara vs. Sayaka
19
Jigoro, His Love, And Youth's Raging Storms
20
The Big Guest for Yawara
21
Yawara and the Blue-Eyed House Guest
22
Let's Fight, Yawara!
23
See You Again, Yawara
24
Yawara's Personal Tutor Is a Love Expert
25
Love, Exam Studies, And Yawara's Feelings
26
A Shocking Invitation for Yawara!
27
Yawara and the Love Square
28
The Madonna of My Youth, Yawara
29
The Other One-Sided Love
30
The Lonely Ippon Zeoi
31
The Present on Entrance Exam Day
32
A Stormy Time at the Exam Results
33
Aim for the All-Japan Tournament
34
The Stage Contest of the Rivals
35
The Miss' Tenacity
36
Ah, Hanazono! The Tearful Graduation
37
Jigoro's Love, A Tumultuous Pure Love Story
38
The Heartful Excitement of Women's College Life
39
Blue Night Yokohama
40
Fujiko-san's Secret!
41
The Part-Time Job for a Day
42
Ippon Zeoi at the Disco!
43
Free Weight Class Is the Only Way for Yawara!
44
Selected Athletes Announced Tonight!
45
After the World Cup Ends
46
Raising the Curtain! World Cup
47
Uncertain! Japan's Female Judo!!
48
The Open-Weight Campions
49
Yawara vs. Queen Belkens
50
To Fight With Yawara
51
The Letter From Kojiro
52
The Tereshkova Match Heats Up!
53
Matsuda's Exclusive Interview
54
Everything Started at That Moment!
55
The World's Top Judo Girl Came, Saw, And Conquered!
56
I'm Going to Quit Judo!
57
Fujiko-san's Decision
58
A Letter From Canada
59
The Last Ippon Zeoi!
60
The Weakest Japanese Judo Team
61
The Extreme Training Program!
62
A Dangerous Debut Match!
63
Secret Technique! Swan Lake!!
64
I Think I'll Try
65
Fujiko, Love, And Judo
66
Everybody Wants to Beat Yawara!
67
The Huge Obstacle
68
Swan vs. Tanks
69
You Can Do It, Kyonkyon!
70
Get Out of My Way!
71
The Lightning-Fast Ippon Zeoi
72
Will It Happen! Five Straight Miraculous Wins
73
Inokuma Kojiro on the Move!
74
All's Not Quiet on Yawara's Job-Hunting Front!
75
The Selected Judo Championship of Love
76
I'm So Mad!!
77
New Deadly Technique! The Nutcracker!
78
A Smiling Ippon Zeoi!
79
You Can Do It, Fujiko! First Place Is Right in Front of You!!
80
You're Going to the World Championships!
81
Fujiko's First Training Camp!
82
The Opening Act of the Yugoslavia World Championships!
83
Jam-Packed With International Contenders!
84
First Time Under Pressure
85
Swan Lake on the World Stage
86
The Top and Bottom of Their Games!
87
Burn Rubber, Papara Man
88
Giant Clash!-Swan Lake vs the Ura Nage!!
89
Myth of Invincibility!
90
Jigoro's Love, A Tearful-Story of Friendship
91
Next Up, The Graduation Match!
92
Revealed! The Ultimate Conspiracy
93
Kyonkyon Risks Her Life!
94
Thank God I'm Fat!
95
Get That Ippon and Win!
96
The Return of the Heiress
97
Once We Graduate...
98
First Kiss!
99
A New Employee's First Assignment
100
Hokkaido and the Budokan
101
You're Not Losing by Default!
102
Run! To the All-Japan-Championships!!
103
Sayaka Surges Ahead
104
The Fateful Showdown!
105
The Heiress' Secret Weapon
106
The Dream Fight Between Friends!
107
Maybe I'll Stay the Night
108
Resolve Among Men!
109
Hanazono's Burning "I Love You"!
110
My Champion
111
Fujiko's Shocking Retirement- Announcement!
112
The Rear View of My Dad
113
No Longer Invincible
114
The World's Greatest Heiress
115
Mama Fujiko's Challenge!
116
Don't Be Stupid!
117
The Greatest Present Ever
118
Sayaka's Top Secret Training
119
The Explosive Remark!
120
The Comeback Ippon Zeoi!
121
You're Going to Barcelona
122
First Place for the First Time
123
Death Match
124
Ever Since I Met You
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