Yawara!

P
0h 25m
1989
6.8 /10 (6)

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...

Country : JP
Languages : ja
Last Air Date:1992-09-21
Created by : Naoki Urasawa

Seasons

Specials
1996-07-19
Season 1
1989-10-16

Episodes

Episode: 1Aim For Barcelona!
S01
E01
1989-10-16
Episode: 2I`ve Found Yawara`s Rival!
S01
E02
1989-10-23
Episode: 3Enter Kazamatsuri
S01
E03
1989-10-30
Episode: 4This Is My Strategy To Make Yawara Take Part In A Real Match!
S01
E04
1989-11-06
Episode: 5Finally The Real Fight!
S01
E05
1989-11-13
Episode: 6Finally Pictured!
S01
E06
1989-11-20
Episode: 7Hohohoh! The Ywara Boom That Shakes Japan, Jya!
S01
E07
1989-11-27
Episode: 8Enough Of Judo! I`m Going To Be In A Match
S01
E08
1989-12-04
Episode: 9Yawara's Debut Match! An Ippon Victory Before You Even Know It Happened, Jya!
S01
E09
1989-12-11
Episode: 10An Ippon-Zeoi With My Mom! The 90`s Is Yawara's Era, jya!
S01
E010
1989-12-18
Episode: 11A Big Uproar At High School With The Yawara Fame!
S01
E011
1990-01-08
Episode: 12Coach Yawara`s Extracurricular Lesson!
S01
E012
1990-01-15
Episode: 13Yawara`s Heart Shook in Hayama!
S01
E013
1990-01-22
Episode: 14Yawara`s date has so much surveillance!
S01
E014
1990-01-29
Episode: 15A Challenge to Yawara Over Love!
S01
E015
1990-02-05
Episode: 16Yawara`s National Martial Arts Hall Debut!
S01
E016
1990-02-12
Episode: 17Yawara`s Love Message
S01
E017
1990-02-19
Episode: 18The Decisive Battle! Yawara vs. Sayaka
S01
E018
1990-02-26
Episode: 19Jigoro, His Love, and Youth`s Raging Storms
S01
E019
1990-03-05
Episode: 20The Big Guest for Yawara
S01
E020
1990-03-12
Episode: 21Yawara and the Blue-eyed House Guest
S01
E021
1990-03-19
Episode: 22Let`s Fight, Yawara!
S01
E022
1990-04-16
Episode: 23See you again, Yawara
S01
E023
1990-04-23
Episode: 24Yawara`s Personal Tutor is a Love Expert
S01
E024
1990-04-30
Episode: 25Love, Exam Studies, and Yawara`s Feelings
S01
E025
1990-05-07
Episode: 26A Shocking Invitation For Yawara!
S01
E026
1990-05-14
Episode: 27Yawara and the love square
S01
E027
1990-05-21
Episode: 28The madonna of my youth, Yawara
S01
E028
1990-05-28
Episode: 29The other one-sided love
S01
E029
1990-06-04
Episode: 30The Lonely Ippon Zeoi
S01
E030
1990-06-11
Episode: 31The Present on Entrance Exam Day
S01
E031
1990-06-18
Episode: 32A stormy time at the exam results
S01
E032
1990-06-25
Episode: 33Aim for the All-Japan Tournament
S01
E033
1990-07-02
Episode: 34The stage contest of the rivals
S01
E034
1990-07-09
Episode: 35The Miss` Tenacity
S01
E035
1990-07-16
Episode: 36Ah, Hanazono! The tearful graduation
S01
E036
1990-07-23
Episode: 37Jigoro`s Love, a Tumultuous Pure Love Story
S01
E037
1990-07-30
Episode: 38The Heartful Excitement of Women`s College Life
S01
E038
1990-08-06
Episode: 39Blue Night Yokohama
S01
E039
1990-08-13
Episode: 40Fujiko-san`s Secret!
S01
E040
1990-08-20
Episode: 41The part-time job for a day
S01
E041
1990-08-27
Episode: 42Ippon Zeoi at the Disco!
S01
E042
1990-09-03
Episode: 43Free Weight Class is the only way for Yawara!
S01
E043
1990-09-17
Episode: 44Selected Athletes Announced Tonight!
S01
E044
1990-10-15
Episode: 45After the World cup ends...
S01
E045
1990-10-22
Episode: 46Raising the Curtain! World Cup
S01
E046
1990-10-29
Episode: 47Uncertain! Japan`s Female Judo!!
S01
E047
1990-11-05
Episode: 48The Open-weight Campions
S01
E048
1990-11-19
Episode: 49Yawara vs Queen Belkens
S01
E049
1990-11-26
Episode: 50In order to fight Yawara...
S01
E050
1990-12-03
Episode: 51The letter from Kojirou
S01
E051
1990-12-10
Episode: 52Death Hold! Tereshkova`s Battle
S01
E052
1990-12-17
Episode: 53Matsuda`s Interview Monopoly
S01
E053
1991-01-07
Episode: 54Highlights 1: Everything started from that moment
S01
E054
1991-01-14
Episode: 55Highlights 2: Came, Watched, Won ! The World`s Number 1 Juudou Girl!!
S01
E055
1991-01-21
Episode: 56I... Am Quiting Judo!
S01
E056
1991-01-28
Episode: 57Fujiko-san`s decision
S01
E057
1991-02-04
Episode: 58The letter from Canada
S01
E058
1991-02-11
Episode: 59The last Ipponzeoi
S01
E059
1991-02-18
Episode: 60Japan`s weakest juudou club
S01
E060
1991-02-25
Episode: 61The ultimate special training menu ja!
S01
E061
1991-03-04
Episode: 62Dangerous Debut Battle
S01
E062
1991-03-11
Episode: 63Secret Technique! The Swan Lake
S01
E063
1991-03-18
Episode: 64Maybe I should try doing it
S01
E064
1991-04-15
Episode: 65Fujiko and love and juudou
S01
E065
1991-04-22
Episode: 66Everyone wants to defeat Yawara!
S01
E066
1991-04-29
Episode: 67The large wall that is in the way
S01
E067
1991-05-06
Episode: 68The Swan vs The Heavy Tank
S01
E068
1991-05-13
Episode: 69Do your best! rah rah
S01
E069
1991-05-27
Episode: 70Disappear nuisance!
S01
E070
1991-06-03
Episode: 71Lightning fast ippon-zeoi
S01
E071
1991-06-10
Episode: 72I will! The 5-man succession miracle
S01
E072
1991-06-17
Episode: 73Jiro changes Inokuma into a tiger!
S01
E073
1991-06-24
Episode: 74Abnormalities in the soft job market!
S01
E074
1991-07-01
Episode: 75Championship weight of love
S01
E075
1991-07-08
Episode: 76Sowing was Chatta!!
S01
E076
1991-07-15
Episode: 77New deadly technique! Nutcracker!!
S01
E077
1991-07-22
Episode: 78Ippon-zeoi smile!
S01
E078
1991-07-29
Episode: 79Go for it, Fujiko! The first prize is imminent!!
S01
E079
1991-08-05
Episode: 80World Championship squad decision!
S01
E080
1991-08-12
Episode: 81Fujiko's first training camp experience!
S01
E081
1991-09-09
Episode: 82Opening! The Yugoslavia World Championship
S01
E082
1991-10-14
Episode: 83Jostling champions in the world!
S01
E083
1991-10-21
Episode: 84First pressure
S01
E084
1991-10-28
Episode: 85Swan Lake flap in the world
S01
E085
1991-11-04
Episode: 86Perfect and imperfect!
S01
E086
1991-11-11
Episode: 87Noisy! Uncle Pappara
S01
E087
1991-11-18
Episode: 88Great clash! Swan Lake vs. ura-nage!!
S01
E088
1991-11-25
Episode: 89Invincible myth!
S01
E089
1991-12-02
Episode: 90Shigeru Satoshi's story of friendship's affectionate tears
S01
E090
1991-12-09
Episode: 91Graduation match is now, jya!
S01
E091
1991-12-16
Episode: 92Revealed! Ultimate conspiracy
S01
E092
1992-01-06
Episode: 93Desperate Kyonkyon!
S01
E093
1992-01-13
Episode: 94It's good to be fat!
S01
E094
1992-01-20
Episode: 95Ippon to win!
S01
E095
1992-01-27
Episode: 96The return of Kitao Jyou
S01
E096
1992-02-03
Episode: 97After the graduation ceremony...
S01
E097
1992-02-10
Episode: 98First kiss!
S01
E098
1992-02-17
Episode: 99New employee's first job
S01
E099
1992-02-24
Episode: 100Hokkaido and the Budokan
S01
E0100
1992-03-02
Episode: 101A match by default will not be!
S01
E0101
1992-03-09
Episode: 102Run! All Japan Championship!!
S01
E0102
1992-03-16
Episode: 103The bright waves of Sayaka's charge
S01
E0103
1992-04-13
Episode: 104Destinies showdown!
S01
E0104
1992-04-20
Episode: 105The lady's secret weapon
S01
E0105
1992-04-27
Episode: 106Confronting a close friends dreams!
S01
E0106
1992-05-04
Episode: 107Let's stay with you...
S01
E0107
1992-05-11
Episode: 108The determination of men!
S01
E0108
1992-05-18
Episode: 109Garden, I Love the flames!
S01
E0109
1992-05-25
Episode: 110My Champion
S01
E0110
1992-06-01
Episode: 111Fujiko's shocking retirement announcement!
S01
E0111
1992-06-08
Episode: 112Dad's appearance
S01
E0112
1992-06-15
Episode: 113The end of the invincible myth
S01
E0113
1992-06-22
Episode: 114The best daughter in the world
S01
E0114
1992-06-29
Episode: 115Fujiko Mama Challenge!
S01
E0115
1992-07-06
Episode: 116Stupid body!
S01
E0116
1992-07-20
Episode: 117The best present
S01
E0117
1992-07-27
Episode: 118Sayaka's secret special training
S01
E0118
1992-08-03
Episode: 119Bombshell!
S01
E0119
1992-08-17
Episode: 120Resurrection of the ippon-zeoi!
S01
E0120
1992-08-24
Episode: 121I'm going to Barcelona
S01
E0121
1992-08-31
Episode: 122The first prize
S01
E0122
1992-09-07
Episode: 123Deathmatch
S01
E0123
1992-09-14
Episode: 124That for so long
S01
E0124
1992-09-21

Series 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)

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