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fall 1989

YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl!

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124 Episodes
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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)

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Kousaku Matsuda
MAIN
Kousaku Matsuda
Yawara Inokuma
MAIN
Yawara Inokuma
Jigorou Inokuma
MAIN
Jigorou Inokuma
Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri
SUPPORTING
Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri
Sayaka Honami
SUPPORTING
Sayaka Honami
Kaoru Hanazono
SUPPORTING
Kaoru Hanazono
Jody Rockwell
SUPPORTING
Jody Rockwell
Tamao Inokuma
SUPPORTING
Tamao Inokuma
Anna Teleshikova
SUPPORTING
Anna Teleshikova
Yuki Todo
SUPPORTING
Yuki Todo
Fujiko Itou
SUPPORTING
Fujiko Itou
Kuniko Kaga
SUPPORTING
Kuniko Kaga
Kojiro Inokuma
SUPPORTING
Kojiro Inokuma
Mari Oda
SUPPORTING
Mari Oda
Gouzou Yuutenji
SUPPORTING
Gouzou Yuutenji
Kyoko Hikage
SUPPORTING
Kyoko Hikage
Sayuri Yoshinagawa
SUPPORTING
Sayuri Yoshinagawa
Youko Minamida
SUPPORTING
Youko Minamida
Kamoda
BACKGROUND
Kamoda
Sudo
BACKGROUND
Sudo
Tokunaga
BACKGROUND
Tokunaga
Kaori
BACKGROUND
Kaori
Yasui
BACKGROUND
Yasui
Belkens
BACKGROUND
Belkens
Kazumi
BACKGROUND
Kazumi