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Fields	USA Info	Japanese Info	Image
Title	Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl	YAWARA!
Released	124 TV Episodes, 1 Movie, 1 OVA Special	124 TV Episodes, 1 Movie, 1 OVA Special
Dates	August 2006	Oct 16, 1989–Sep 21, 1992
Company	AnimEigo	Madhouse, Kitty Films, NTV, Yomiuri TV
Creator		Naoki Urasawa
Director		Hiroko Tokita
Genre	Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sports	Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sports
Characters	Belkens	Belkens
· · ·	Coach Ishikura	Coach Ishikura
· · ·	Fujiko Itou	Fujiko Itou
· · ·	Hanazono	Hanazono
· · ·	Jigorou Inokuma	Jigorou Inokuma
· · ·	Jody Rockwell	Jody Rockwell
· · ·	-- more listed below --	-- more listed below --

Last I checked, this anime was available on DVD at Amazon.

The above info came from atomofish, and was edited by yours truly (contact me). The image came from Amazon.

English Name	Japanese Name		English Name	Japanese Name
Belkens	Belkens		Kazumi	Kazumi
Coach Ishikura	Coach Ishikura		Kosaku Matsuda	Kosaku Matsuda
Fujiko Itou	Fujiko Itou		Sayaka Honami	Sayaka Honami
Hanazono	Hanazono		Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri	Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri
Jigorou Inokuma	Jigorou Inokuma		Sudoh	--?--
Jody Rockwell	Jody Rockwell		Takeyuki Suzuki	Takeyuki Suzuki
Junji	--?--		Yawara Inokuma	Yawara Inokuma
Kamoda	Kamoda		Yuujirou Ishida	Yuujirou Ishida

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Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl tells the story or a girl named Yawara Inokuma, who has a natural talent at Judo. Being raised by her grandfather/Judo teacher Jigorou Inokuma, she is being taught to be a master at Judo and Japan's hope for winning the Gold at the Judo Competition at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games. However, in all of this Yawara is a normal girl who desires nothing more than a normal life as a teenager. Can Yawara balance a normal life with the pressures and expectations of succeeding?

The above description came from atomofish, and was edited by yours truly (contact me).