judo,sports,high school,high school sports,sport competition,japanese high school,bukatsu

Yawara! (1989)

Poster for Yawara!

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...

Cast & Crew

Director
  • Profile picture of Yuko Minaguchi
    Yawara / Kaneko (voice) Yuko Minaguchi
  • Profile picture of Ichiro Nagai
    Jigoro (voice) Ichiro Nagai
  • Profile picture of Toshihiko Seki
    Matsuda / Eiji (voice) Toshihiko Seki
  • Profile picture of Yoshino Takamori
    Sayaka / Saeko (voice) Yoshino Takamori
  • Profile picture of Akira Kamiya
    Kazamatsuri / Saimonji (voice) Akira Kamiya
  • Profile picture of Masashi Sugawara
    Hanazono / Manager (voice) Masashi Sugawara
  • Profile picture of Chiyoko Kawashima
    Fujiko (voice) Chiyoko Kawashima
Poster for Season 1

Season 1

1989

124 episodes

Season 1 of Yawara! premiered on October 16, 1989

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Keywords

  • judo
  • sports
  • high school
  • high school sports
  • sport competition
  • japanese high school
  • bukatsu