Popularity #4781
YAWARA!
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]
Score: 7.48
Ranked #2024
Genre
Comedy, Romance, Sports,Source
MangaFormat
TVSeason
fallEpisodes
124Episodes Duration
25 min per epAired on
Oct 16, 1989 to Sep 21, 1992Status
Finished AiringMemebers
23417Favorites
133Characters & Voice Actors
Inokuma, Jigorou
Main
Nagai, Ichiro
Japanese
Inokuma, Yawara
Main
Minaguchi, Yuko
Japanese
Adams, Kristin
Supporting
Satou, Ai
Japanese
Arakawa, Seinosuke
Supporting
Tokumaru, Kan
Japanese
Belkens
Supporting
Sasaki, Run
Japanese
Davis
Supporting
Kakegawa, Hirohiko
Japanese
Opening Themes
1: "Miracle Girl" by Mariko Nagai (eps 1-43)
2: "Rain-Kissed Bouquet…" by Miki Imai (eps 44-81)
3: "Girl Can't Lose" by Yuko Hara (eps 82-102)
4: "YOU AND I" by Mariko Nagai (eps 103-124)
Ending Themes
1: "Stand by Me" by Rika Himenogi (eps 1-43)
2: "Egao wo Sagashite" by Midori Karashima (eps 44-81)
3: "Shoujo Jidai" by Yuko Hara (eps 82-102)
4: "Itsumo Soko ni Kimi ga Ita" by LAZY LOUs BOOGIE (eps 103-124)
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