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Yawara!
Synopsis: High school student Yawara Inokuma lives a completely happy and common life. She aspires to an ordinary lifestyle as a delicate young woman with a beautiful boyfriend in the near future.
Unfortunately for Yawara, she has an undesirable prodigious talent in judo, a modern martial art that is neither feminine nor fashion. In addition, Yawara is the only granddaughter of Dan Judo's seventh master, Jigorou Inokuma, who expects her to become a Japanese star of Japanese from the 1990s.
Yawara cautiously hides her strength from everyone to maintain a normal reputation, but is often pushed to situations when she must exert her judo skills. Observe Yawara's immense potential of the shadows, Kousaku Matsuda, a sports reporter from a paper below the standard, is willing to do everything he can to bring him to the center of attention.
Table of Content
- Information
- Trailer/OP
- Curiosities
- Characters
- Summary
- FAQ
- Meaning
- Related
Information
Anime Names
- Anime Name: Yawara!
- Anime Name in Japanese: YAWARA!
- Anime Name in English: Desconhecido
- Other names: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
Production information
- Producers: Kitty Films
- Licensors: AnimEigo
- Studios: Madhouse
Anime Information
- Type: TV
- Episodes: 124
- Date: October 16, 1989 - September 21, 1992 - Mondays at 0730 (JST)
- Genres: Action, comedy, drama, romance, life slice, sports
- Subjects: Combat Sports, Martial Arts
- Target: Josei
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Anime Reviews
- Rating: 7.481
- Popularity: 3731
Video Trailer/Opening
Curiosities
- Yawara! It is an anime of sports that focuses on judo, but also has elements of romance and comedy.
- The anime was created by Naoki Urasawa, who is also known as works such as Monster and 20th Century Boys.
- Yawara! It was a success in Japan and was screened for over 100 episodes, and was adapted to a movie and a live-action TV series.
- The anime was shown in Brazil in the 1990s, being one of the first anime to be broadcast on Brazilian open TV.
Main Characters
- Yawara Inokuma (Yumi Takada) - A talented young judo who tries to balance his passion for sport with his love life.
- Jigorou Inokuma (Ichirou Nagai) - Yawara's grandfather and a legendary judoka trying to convince his granddaughter to follow his steps.
- Kousaku Matsuda (Toshihiko Seki) - A university student who falls in love with Yawara and tries to help her achieve her goals in judo.
- Sayaka Honami (Yuko Minaguchi) - A Yawara rival in judo that also has feelings for Kousaku.
- Junji Kousaku (Kazuhiko Inoue) - A Yawara's childhood friend who is also a talented and rival judoka of Kousaku.
- Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri (Kaneto Shiozawa) - an Olympic judoka who becomes Yawara's mentor and helps her prepare for competitions.
Summary and events
- Jigoro, Yawara's grandfather, is a legendary judoka who wants his granddaughter to follow his steps and become an Olympic champion.
- Yawara is a teenager who is not interested in judo and prefers to live a normal life.
- Kosaku, a childhood friend from Yawara, is in love with her and encourages her to practice judo.
- Yawara starts training judo with Jigoro, but hides from everyone who is a talented judoka.
- Yawara meets a young man named Matsuda, who is also a talented judoka and becomes his rival.
- Yawara competes in various judo tournaments and wins many medals, but always hides her true identity.
- Yawara is invited to compete at the Barcelona Olympics, but is undecided about whether or not to participate.
- Yawara decides to compete at the Olympics and faces Matsuda in the final, winning the gold medal.
- Yawara finally reveals her identity as a judoka to her friends and family.
- Yawara and Kosaku finally confess their feelings for each other and begin a relationship.
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Meaning of Yawara!
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YAWARA!
- YAWARA - Feminine first name of Japanese origin that means "flexible" or "malleable".
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