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...
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Seasons
1.Aim for Barcelona! The Girl Who Should Win the People's Honor Award!!
16-10-198925m
2.I've Found Yawara's Rival! She's the Ultimate Young Lady!!
23-10-198925m
3.Enter Kazamatsuri! What a Shame That She Is Infatuated With Love
30-10-198925m
4.This Is My Strategy to Make Yawara Take Part in a Real Match!
06-11-198925m
5.Finally the Real Fight! Judo Is Not Built in a Day!
13-11-198925m
6.Finally Pictured! The Big Scoop of the Century That Will Bring on a Storm!!
20-11-198925m
7.Hohohoh! The Yawara Boom That Shakes Japan!
27-11-198925m
8.Enough of Judo! I'm Going to Be in a Match
04-12-198925m
9.Yawara's Debut Match! An Ippon Victory Before You Even Know It Happened!
11-12-198925m
10.An Ippon-Zeoi With My Mom! The 90's Is Yawara's Era!
18-12-198925m
11.A Big Uproar at High School With the Yawara Fame!
08-01-199025m
12.Coach Yawara's Extracurricular Lesson!
15-01-199025m
13.Yawara's Heart Shook in Hayama!
22-01-199025m
14.Yawara's Date Has So Much Surveillance!
29-01-199025m
15.A Challenge to Yawara Over Love!
05-02-199025m
16.Yawara's National Martial Arts Hall Debut!
12-02-199025m
17.Yawara's Love Message
19-02-199025m
18.The Decisive Battle! Yawara vs. Sayaka
26-02-199025m
19.Jigoro, His Love, And Youth's Raging Storms
05-03-199025m
20.The Big Guest for Yawara
12-03-199025m
21.Yawara and the Blue-Eyed House Guest
19-03-199025m
22.Let's Fight, Yawara!
16-04-199025m
23.See You Again, Yawara
23-04-199025m
24.Yawara's Personal Tutor Is a Love Expert
30-04-199025m
25.Love, Exam Studies, And Yawara's Feelings
07-05-199025m
26.A Shocking Invitation for Yawara!
14-05-199025m
27.Yawara and the Love Square
21-05-199025m
28.The Madonna of My Youth, Yawara
28-05-199025m
29.The Other One-Sided Love
04-06-199025m
30.The Lonely Ippon Zeoi
11-06-199025m
31.The Present on Entrance Exam Day
18-06-199025m
32.A Stormy Time at the Exam Results
25-06-199025m
33.Aim for the All-Japan Tournament
02-07-199025m
34.The Stage Contest of the Rivals
09-07-199025m
35.The Miss' Tenacity
16-07-199025m
36.Ah, Hanazono! The Tearful Graduation
23-07-199025m
37.Jigoro's Love, A Tumultuous Pure Love Story
30-07-199025m
38.The Heartful Excitement of Women's College Life
06-08-199025m
39.Blue Night Yokohama
13-08-199025m
40.Fujiko-san's Secret!
20-08-199025m
41.The Part-Time Job for a Day
27-08-199025m
42.Ippon Zeoi at the Disco!
03-09-199025m
43.Free Weight Class Is the Only Way for Yawara!
17-09-199025m
44.Selected Athletes Announced Tonight!
15-10-199025m
45.After the World Cup Ends
22-10-199025m
46.Raising the Curtain! World Cup
29-10-199025m
47.Uncertain! Japan's Female Judo!!
05-11-199025m
48.The Open-Weight Campions
19-11-199025m
49.Yawara vs. Queen Belkens
26-11-199025m
50.To Fight With Yawara
03-12-199025m
51.The Letter From Kojiro
10-12-199025m
52.The Tereshkova Match Heats Up!
17-12-199025m
53.Matsuda's Exclusive Interview
07-01-199125m
54.Everything Started at That Moment!
14-01-199125m
55.The World's Top Judo Girl Came, Saw, And Conquered!
21-01-199125m
56.I'm Going to Quit Judo!
28-01-199125m
57.Fujiko-san's Decision
04-02-199125m
58.A Letter From Canada
11-02-199125m
59.The Last Ippon Zeoi!
18-02-199125m
60.The Weakest Japanese Judo Team
25-02-199125m
61.The Extreme Training Program!
04-03-199125m
62.A Dangerous Debut Match!
11-03-199125m
63.Secret Technique! Swan Lake!!
18-03-199125m
64.I Think I'll Try
15-04-199125m
65.Fujiko, Love, And Judo
22-04-199125m
66.Everybody Wants to Beat Yawara!
29-04-199125m
67.The Huge Obstacle
06-05-199125m
68.Swan vs. Tanks
13-05-199125m
69.You Can Do It, Kyonkyon!
27-05-199125m
70.Get Out of My Way!
03-06-199125m
71.The Lightning-Fast Ippon Zeoi
10-06-199125m
72.Will It Happen! Five Straight Miraculous Wins
17-06-199125m
73.Inokuma Kojiro on the Move!
24-06-199125m
74.All's Not Quiet on Yawara's Job-Hunting Front!
01-07-199125m
75.The Selected Judo Championship of Love
08-07-199125m
76.I'm So Mad!!
15-07-199125m
77.New Deadly Technique! The Nutcracker!
22-07-199125m
78.A Smiling Ippon Zeoi!
29-07-199125m
79.You Can Do It, Fujiko! First Place Is Right in Front of You!!
05-08-199125m
80.You're Going to the World Championships!
12-08-199125m
81.Fujiko's First Training Camp!
09-09-199125m
82.The Opening Act of the Yugoslavia World Championships!
14-10-199125m
83.Jam-Packed With International Contenders!
21-10-199125m
84.First Time Under Pressure
28-10-199125m
85.Swan Lake on the World Stage
04-11-199125m
86.The Top and Bottom of Their Games!
11-11-199125m
87.Burn Rubber, Papara Man
18-11-199125m
88.Giant Clash!-Swan Lake vs the Ura Nage!!
25-11-199125m
89.Myth of Invincibility!
02-12-199125m
90.Jigoro's Love, A Tearful-Story of Friendship
09-12-199125m
91.Next Up, The Graduation Match!
16-12-199125m
92.Revealed! The Ultimate Conspiracy
06-01-199225m
93.Kyonkyon Risks Her Life!
13-01-199225m
94.Thank God I'm Fat!
20-01-199225m
95.Get That Ippon and Win!
27-01-199225m
96.The Return of the Heiress
03-02-199225m
97.Once We Graduate...
10-02-199225m
98.First Kiss!
17-02-199225m
99.A New Employee's First Assignment
24-02-199225m
100.Hokkaido and the Budokan
02-03-199225m
101.You're Not Losing by Default!
09-03-199225m
102.Run! To the All-Japan-Championships!!
16-03-199225m
103.Sayaka Surges Ahead
13-04-199225m
104.The Fateful Showdown!
20-04-199225m
105.The Heiress' Secret Weapon
27-04-199225m
106.The Dream Fight Between Friends!
04-05-199225m
107.Maybe I'll Stay the Night
11-05-199225m
108.Resolve Among Men!
18-05-199225m
109.Hanazono's Burning "I Love You"!
25-05-199225m
110.My Champion
01-06-199225m
111.Fujiko's Shocking Retirement- Announcement!
08-06-199225m
112.The Rear View of My Dad
15-06-199225m
113.No Longer Invincible
22-06-199225m
114.The World's Greatest Heiress
29-06-199225m
115.Mama Fujiko's Challenge!
06-07-199225m
116.Don't Be Stupid!
20-07-199225m
117.The Greatest Present Ever
27-07-199225m
118.Sayaka's Top Secret Training
03-08-199225m
119.The Explosive Remark!
17-08-199225m
120.The Comeback Ippon Zeoi!
24-08-199225m
121.You're Going to Barcelona
31-08-199225m
122.First Place for the First Time
07-09-199225m
123.Death Match
14-09-199225m
124.Ever Since I Met You
21-09-199225m
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