YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl!

★7.1 1989 1 Season Action, Comedy, Drama

Yawara! is a sports anime laced with comedic and romance elements. It starts off with Yawara Inokuma, a high school girl who is most interested in doing the things that your average Japanese high school girl does. However, she has been trained in Judo for years by her grandfather, Jigorou (A former Japan Judo Champion), who has much grander plans in store for her as a Judo superstar. He manipulates matters so that Yawara ends up having to perform in matches and tournaments. His final plan is for Yawara to "Win the Gold Medal in the Olympics and be awarded the Nation Medal of Honor". (Source: AniDB)

Episodes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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7. Hohohoh! The Yawara Boom That Shakes Japan!

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

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

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

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11. A Big Uproar at High School With the Yawara Fame!

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12. Coach Yawara's Extracurricular Lesson!

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13. Yawara's Heart Shook in Hayama!

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14. Yawara's Date Has So Much Surveillance!

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15. A Challenge to Yawara Over Love!

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16. Yawara's National Martial Arts Hall Debut!

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17. Yawara's Love Message

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18. The Decisive Battle! Yawara vs. Sayaka

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19. Jigoro, His Love, And Youth's Raging Storms

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20. The Big Guest for Yawara

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21. Yawara and the Blue-Eyed House Guest

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22. Let's Fight, Yawara!

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23. See You Again, Yawara

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24. Yawara's Personal Tutor Is a Love Expert

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25. Love, Exam Studies, And Yawara's Feelings

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26. A Shocking Invitation for Yawara!

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27. Yawara and the Love Square

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28. The Madonna of My Youth, Yawara

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29. The Other One-Sided Love

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30. The Lonely Ippon Zeoi

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31. The Present on Entrance Exam Day

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32. A Stormy Time at the Exam Results

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33. Aim for the All-Japan Tournament

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34. The Stage Contest of the Rivals

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35. The Miss' Tenacity

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36. Ah, Hanazono! The Tearful Graduation

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37. Jigoro's Love, A Tumultuous Pure Love Story

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38. The Heartful Excitement of Women's College Life

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39. Blue Night Yokohama

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40. Fujiko-san's Secret!

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41. The Part-Time Job for a Day

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42. Ippon Zeoi at the Disco!

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43. Free Weight Class Is the Only Way for Yawara!

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44. Selected Athletes Announced Tonight!

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45. After the World Cup Ends

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46. Raising the Curtain! World Cup

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47. Uncertain! Japan's Female Judo!!

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48. The Open-Weight Campions

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49. Yawara vs. Queen Belkens

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50. To Fight With Yawara

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51. The Letter From Kojiro

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52. The Tereshkova Match Heats Up!

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53. Matsuda's Exclusive Interview

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54. Everything Started at That Moment!

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

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56. I'm Going to Quit Judo!

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57. Fujiko-san's Decision

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58. A Letter From Canada

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59. The Last Ippon Zeoi!

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60. The Weakest Japanese Judo Team

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61. The Extreme Training Program!

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62. A Dangerous Debut Match!

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63. Secret Technique! Swan Lake!!

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64. I Think I'll Try

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65. Fujiko, Love, And Judo

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66. Everybody Wants to Beat Yawara!

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67. The Huge Obstacle

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68. Swan vs. Tanks

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69. You Can Do It, Kyonkyon!

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70. Get Out of My Way!

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71. The Lightning-Fast Ippon Zeoi

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72. Will It Happen! Five Straight Miraculous Wins

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73. Inokuma Kojiro on the Move!

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

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75. The Selected Judo Championship of Love

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76. I'm So Mad!!

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77. New Deadly Technique! The Nutcracker!

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78. A Smiling Ippon Zeoi!

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

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80. You're Going to the World Championships!

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81. Fujiko's First Training Camp!

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82. The Opening Act of the Yugoslavia World Championships!

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83. Jam-Packed With International Contenders!

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84. First Time Under Pressure

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85. Swan Lake on the World Stage

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86. The Top and Bottom of Their Games!

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87. Burn Rubber, Papara Man

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

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89. Myth of Invincibility!

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90. Jigoro's Love, A Tearful-Story of Friendship

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91. Next Up, The Graduation Match!

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92. Revealed! The Ultimate Conspiracy

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93. Kyonkyon Risks Her Life!

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94. Thank God I'm Fat!

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95. Get That Ippon and Win!

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96. The Return of the Heiress

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97. Once We Graduate...

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98. First Kiss!

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99. A New Employee's First Assignment

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100. Hokkaido and the Budokan

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101. You're Not Losing by Default!

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102. Run! To the All-Japan-Championships!!

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103. Sayaka Surges Ahead

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104. The Fateful Showdown!

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105. The Heiress' Secret Weapon

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106. The Dream Fight Between Friends!

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107. Maybe I'll Stay the Night

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108. Resolve Among Men!

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109. Hanazono's Burning "I Love You"!

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110. My Champion

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111. Fujiko's Shocking Retirement- Announcement!

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112. The Rear View of My Dad

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113. No Longer Invincible

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114. The World's Greatest Heiress

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115. Mama Fujiko's Challenge!

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116. Don't Be Stupid!

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117. The Greatest Present Ever

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118. Sayaka's Top Secret Training

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119. The Explosive Remark!

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120. The Comeback Ippon Zeoi!

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121. You're Going to Barcelona

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122. First Place for the First Time

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123. Death Match

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124. Ever Since I Met You

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Actors

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)
Masashi Sugawara Masashi Sugawara Hanazono / Manager (voice)
Chiyoko Kawashima Chiyoko Kawashima Fujiko (voice)