Anime Profile: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
Fields |
USA Info |
Japanese Info |
Image |
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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 | |
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Coach Ishikura | Coach Ishikura | |
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Fujiko Itou | Fujiko Itou | |
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Hanazono | Hanazono | |
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Jigorou Inokuma | Jigorou Inokuma | |
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Jody Rockwell | Jody Rockwell | |
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Last I checked, this anime was available on DVD at Amazon.
Anime Characters: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
English Name |
Japanese Name |
English Name |
Japanese Name |
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| 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 |
Anime Description: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
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?
