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Yawara! | ORYVE

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Yawara!

6.71989Ended1 season

AnimationComedyDrama

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...

About the series

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...

Created by: Naoki Urasawa
Network: Nippon TV
Episodes: 124

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Episodes

Season

Episode 1

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

1989-10-16 25 min

Episode 2

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

1989-10-23 25 min

Episode 3

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

1989-10-30 25 min

Episode 4

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

1989-11-06 25 min

Episode 5

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

1989-11-13 25 min

Episode 6

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

1989-11-20 25 min

Episode 7

Hohohoh! The Yawara Boom That Shakes Japan!

1989-11-27 25 min

Episode 8

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

1989-12-04 25 min

Episode 9

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

1989-12-11 25 min

Episode 10

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

1989-12-18 25 min

Episode 11

A Big Uproar at High School With the Yawara Fame!

1990-01-08 25 min

Episode 12

Coach Yawara's Extracurricular Lesson!

1990-01-15 25 min

Episode 13

Yawara's Heart Shook in Hayama!

1990-01-22 25 min

Episode 14

Yawara's Date Has So Much Surveillance!

1990-01-29 25 min

Episode 15

A Challenge to Yawara Over Love!

1990-02-05 25 min

Episode 16

Yawara's National Martial Arts Hall Debut!

1990-02-12 25 min

Episode 17

Yawara's Love Message

1990-02-19 25 min

Episode 18

The Decisive Battle! Yawara vs. Sayaka

1990-02-26 25 min

Episode 19

Jigoro, His Love, And Youth's Raging Storms

1990-03-05 25 min

Episode 20

The Big Guest for Yawara

1990-03-12 25 min

Episode 21

Yawara and the Blue-Eyed House Guest

1990-03-19 25 min

Episode 22

Let's Fight, Yawara!

1990-04-16 25 min

Episode 23

See You Again, Yawara

1990-04-23 25 min

Episode 24

Yawara's Personal Tutor Is a Love Expert

1990-04-30 25 min

Episode 25

Love, Exam Studies, And Yawara's Feelings

1990-05-07 25 min

Episode 26

A Shocking Invitation for Yawara!

1990-05-14 25 min

Episode 27

Yawara and the Love Square

1990-05-21 25 min

Episode 28

The Madonna of My Youth, Yawara

1990-05-28 25 min

Episode 29

The Other One-Sided Love

1990-06-04 25 min

Episode 30

The Lonely Ippon Zeoi

1990-06-11 25 min

Episode 31

The Present on Entrance Exam Day

1990-06-18 25 min

Episode 32

A Stormy Time at the Exam Results

1990-06-25 25 min

Episode 33

Aim for the All-Japan Tournament

1990-07-02 25 min

Episode 34

The Stage Contest of the Rivals

1990-07-09 25 min

Episode 35

The Miss' Tenacity

1990-07-16 25 min

Episode 36

Ah, Hanazono! The Tearful Graduation

1990-07-23 25 min

Episode 37

Jigoro's Love, A Tumultuous Pure Love Story

1990-07-30 25 min

Episode 38

The Heartful Excitement of Women's College Life

1990-08-06 25 min

Episode 39

Blue Night Yokohama

1990-08-13 25 min

Episode 40

Fujiko-san's Secret!

1990-08-20 25 min

Episode 41

The Part-Time Job for a Day

1990-08-27 25 min

Episode 42

Ippon Zeoi at the Disco!

1990-09-03 25 min

Episode 43

Free Weight Class Is the Only Way for Yawara!

1990-09-17 25 min

Episode 44

Selected Athletes Announced Tonight!

1990-10-15 25 min

Episode 45

After the World Cup Ends

1990-10-22 25 min

Episode 46

Raising the Curtain! World Cup

1990-10-29 25 min

Episode 47

Uncertain! Japan's Female Judo!!

1990-11-05 25 min

Episode 48

The Open-Weight Campions

1990-11-19 25 min

Episode 49

Yawara vs. Queen Belkens

1990-11-26 25 min

Episode 50

To Fight With Yawara

1990-12-03 25 min

Episode 51

The Letter From Kojiro

1990-12-10 25 min

Episode 52

The Tereshkova Match Heats Up!

1990-12-17 25 min

Episode 53

Matsuda's Exclusive Interview

1991-01-07 25 min

Episode 54

Everything Started at That Moment!

1991-01-14 25 min

Episode 55

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

1991-01-21 25 min

Episode 56

I'm Going to Quit Judo!

1991-01-28 25 min

Episode 57

Fujiko-san's Decision

1991-02-04 25 min

Episode 58

A Letter From Canada

1991-02-11 25 min

Episode 59

The Last Ippon Zeoi!

1991-02-18 25 min

Episode 60

The Weakest Japanese Judo Team

1991-02-25 25 min

Episode 61

The Extreme Training Program!

1991-03-04 25 min

Episode 62

A Dangerous Debut Match!

1991-03-11 25 min

Episode 63

Secret Technique! Swan Lake!!

1991-03-18 25 min

Episode 64

I Think I'll Try

1991-04-15 25 min

Episode 65

Fujiko, Love, And Judo

1991-04-22 25 min

Episode 66

Everybody Wants to Beat Yawara!

1991-04-29 25 min

Episode 67

The Huge Obstacle

1991-05-06 25 min

Episode 68

Swan vs. Tanks

1991-05-13 25 min

Episode 69

You Can Do It, Kyonkyon!

1991-05-27 25 min

Episode 70

Get Out of My Way!

1991-06-03 25 min

Episode 71

The Lightning-Fast Ippon Zeoi

1991-06-10 25 min

Episode 72

Will It Happen! Five Straight Miraculous Wins

1991-06-17 25 min

Episode 73

Inokuma Kojiro on the Move!

1991-06-24 25 min

Episode 74

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

1991-07-01 25 min

Episode 75

The Selected Judo Championship of Love

1991-07-08 25 min

Episode 76

I'm So Mad!!

1991-07-15 25 min

Episode 77

New Deadly Technique! The Nutcracker!

1991-07-22 25 min

Episode 78

A Smiling Ippon Zeoi!

1991-07-29 25 min

Episode 79

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

1991-08-05 25 min

Episode 80

You're Going to the World Championships!

1991-08-12 25 min

Episode 81

Fujiko's First Training Camp!

1991-09-09 25 min

Episode 82

The Opening Act of the Yugoslavia World Championships!

1991-10-14 25 min

Episode 83

Jam-Packed With International Contenders!

1991-10-21 25 min

Episode 84

First Time Under Pressure

1991-10-28 25 min

Episode 85

Swan Lake on the World Stage

1991-11-04 25 min

Episode 86

The Top and Bottom of Their Games!

1991-11-11 25 min

Episode 87

Burn Rubber, Papara Man

1991-11-18 25 min

Episode 88

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

1991-11-25 25 min

Episode 89

Myth of Invincibility!

1991-12-02 25 min

Episode 90

Jigoro's Love, A Tearful-Story of Friendship

1991-12-09 25 min

Episode 91

Next Up, The Graduation Match!

1991-12-16 25 min

Episode 92

Revealed! The Ultimate Conspiracy

1992-01-06 25 min

Episode 93

Kyonkyon Risks Her Life!

1992-01-13 25 min

Episode 94

Thank God I'm Fat!

1992-01-20 25 min

Episode 95

Get That Ippon and Win!

1992-01-27 25 min

Episode 96

The Return of the Heiress

1992-02-03 25 min

Episode 97

Once We Graduate...

1992-02-10 25 min

Episode 98

First Kiss!

1992-02-17 25 min

Episode 99

A New Employee's First Assignment

1992-02-24 25 min

Episode 100

Hokkaido and the Budokan

1992-03-02 25 min

Episode 101

You're Not Losing by Default!

1992-03-09 25 min

Episode 102

Run! To the All-Japan-Championships!!

1992-03-16 25 min

Episode 103

Sayaka Surges Ahead

1992-04-13 25 min

Episode 104

The Fateful Showdown!

1992-04-20 25 min

Episode 105

The Heiress' Secret Weapon

1992-04-27 25 min

Episode 106

The Dream Fight Between Friends!

1992-05-04 25 min

Episode 107

Maybe I'll Stay the Night

1992-05-11 25 min

Episode 108

Resolve Among Men!

1992-05-18 25 min

Episode 109

Hanazono's Burning "I Love You"!

1992-05-25 25 min

Episode 110

My Champion

1992-06-01 25 min

Episode 111

Fujiko's Shocking Retirement- Announcement!

1992-06-08 25 min

Episode 112

The Rear View of My Dad

1992-06-15 25 min

Episode 113

No Longer Invincible

1992-06-22 25 min

Episode 114

The World's Greatest Heiress

1992-06-29 25 min

Episode 115

Mama Fujiko's Challenge!

1992-07-06 25 min

Episode 116

Don't Be Stupid!

1992-07-20 25 min

Episode 117

The Greatest Present Ever

1992-07-27 25 min

Episode 118

Sayaka's Top Secret Training

1992-08-03 25 min

Episode 119

The Explosive Remark!

1992-08-17 25 min

Episode 120

The Comeback Ippon Zeoi!

1992-08-24 25 min

Episode 121

You're Going to Barcelona

1992-08-31 25 min

Episode 122

First Place for the First Time

1992-09-07 25 min

Episode 123

Death Match

1992-09-14 25 min

Episode 124

Ever Since I Met You

1992-09-21 25 min

Cast

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)

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