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.
JapaneseYAWARA!
SynonymsYawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
AiredOct 16, 1989 to Sep 21, 1992
PremieredFall 1989
StatusFinished Airing
MAL Score7.49
StudiosMadhouse
ProducersKitty Films, Madhouse, Animeigo
GenresAction, Comedy, Drama, Martial Arts, Romance, Sports, Slice Of Life
Lead Characters & Voice Actors
Inokuma, Jigorou
Nagai, Ichiro
Inokuma, Yawara
Minaguchi, Yuko
Matsuda, Kousaku
Seki, Toshihiko
Adams, Kristin
Satou, Ai
Arakawa, Seinosuke
Tokumaru, Kan
Belkens
Sasaki, Run
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