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