First air date: Oct 16, 1989
Episode duration: 00h 25m
Rating: (8) based on 5 votes
Status: Ended
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 124
Starring: Yuko Minaguchi, Ichiro Nagai, Toshihiko Seki, Yoshino Takamori, Akira Kamiya
Created by: Naoki Urasawa
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

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...

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