Series synopsis
Yawara! is a Japanese animation comedy drama television series that premiered on Nippon TV on October 16, 1989. It ended on September 21, 1992. It was created by Naoki Urasawa. It stars Yuko Minaguchi, Ichiro Nagai, Toshihiko Seki and Yoshino Takamori.
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...
Premise
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 and characters
Leading cast
- Yuko Minaguchi as Yawara / Kaneko (voice)
- Ichiro Nagai as Jigoro (voice)
- Toshihiko Seki as Matsuda / Eiji (voice)
- Yoshino Takamori as Sayaka / Saeko (voice)
- Akira Kamiya as Kazamatsuri / Saimonji (voice)
- Masashi Sugawara as Hanazono / Manager (voice)
- Chiyoko Kawashima as Fujiko (voice)
Guest cast
- Masashi Hirose as Military police (voice)
- Akira Shimada as Criminal (voice)
- Atsuko Mine as Waitress (voice)
- Jun'ichi Kanemaru as A pupil A (voice)
- Toshiharu Sakurai as A pupil B (voice)
- Kohsuke Meguro as Man A (voice)
- Hirohiko Kakegawa as Man B (voice)
- Naoki Bando as Man C (voice)
- Naoki Makishima as Man D (voice)
- Chafurin as People A (voice)
- Kiyoyuki Yanada as People B (voice)
- Tamao Hayashi as People C (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 125 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | July 18, 1996 | July 19, 1996 |
| Season 1 | 124 | October 16, 1989 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yawara! Special - Zutto Kimi no Koto ga | July 19, 1996 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Nippon TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 16, 1989 |
| Last aired | September 21, 1992 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Ended |