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Yawara!

YAWARA!

TV Finished Airing PG-13 - Teens 13 or older Community Score: 7.59 Source: Manga

Episodes: 124

Aired: Oct 16, 1989 to Sep 21, 1992

Duration: 25 min per ep

Synopsis

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High school student Yawara Inokuma lives a completely happy and ordinary life. She aspires to an average lifestyle as a delicate young lady with a handsome boyfriend in the near future. Unfortunately for Yawara, she has an undesirable prodigious talent in Judo, a modern martial art that is neither feminine nor fashionable. Moreover, Yawara is the only granddaughter of the seventh dan Judo master Jigorou Inokuma, who expects her to become a Japanese Judoka superstar of the '90s. Yawara cautiously hides her strength from everyone to maintain a normal reputation but is often pushed to situations when she must exercise her Judo skills. Observing Yawara's immense potential from the shadows, Kousaku Matsuda, a sports reporter from a substandard paper, is willing to do everything he can to bring her into the limelight. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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Rank

1875

Popularity

5037

Episodes

124

Aired

Oct 16, 1989 to Sep 21, 1992

Duration

25 min per ep

Members / Favorites

25338 / 146

Studios

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Madhouse

Genres and Themes

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Genre: Comedy Genre: Romance Genre: Sports Theme: Combat Sports Demographic: Seinen

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Characters

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Inokuma, Jigorou

Inokuma, Jigorou

Main

Voice actors: Nagai, Ichiro

Inokuma, Yawara

Inokuma, Yawara

Main

Voice actors: Minaguchi, Yuko

Adams, Kristin

Adams, Kristin

Supporting

Voice actors: Satou, Ai

Arakawa, Seinosuke

Arakawa, Seinosuke

Supporting

Voice actors: Tokumaru, Kan

Belkens

Belkens

Supporting

Voice actors: Sasaki, Run

Davis

Davis

Supporting

Voice actors: Kakegawa, Hirohiko

Deneuve

Deneuve

Supporting

Voice actors: Mayama, Ako

Fujiwara

Fujiwara

Supporting

Voice actors: Takizawa, Roko

Gen-san

Gen-san

Supporting

Voice actors: Iizuka, Shouzou

Gonzales

Gonzales

Supporting

Voice actors: Suzuki, Akiko

Gotou, Megumi

Gotou, Megumi

Supporting

Voice actors: Yamada, Fushigi

Gotouda, Sumire

Gotouda, Sumire

Supporting

Voice actors: Hayami, Kei

Hagoromo, Wife

Hagoromo, Wife

Supporting

Voice actors: Matsuoka, Youko

Hagoromo, Chief Clerk

Hagoromo, Chief Clerk

Supporting

Voice actors: Nishikawa, Ikuo

Hagoromo, Katsuo

Hagoromo, Katsuo

Supporting

Voice actors: Yamada, Fushigi

Hanazono, Fukuko

Hanazono, Fukuko

Supporting

Voice actors: Koorogi, Satomi

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