Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: October 16, 1989
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 124
Networks: Nippon TV
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama

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Yawara!(1989)

TMDB Rating: 8.0 (5 votes)

Overview

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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Season 1

124 episodes • 1989

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Aim For Barcelona!	Oct 16, 1989
2	I`ve Found Yawara`s Rival!	Oct 23, 1989
3	Enter Kazamatsuri	Oct 30, 1989
4	This Is My Strategy To Make Yawara Take Part In A Real Match!	Nov 6, 1989
5	Finally The Real Fight!	Nov 13, 1989
6	Finally Pictured!	Nov 20, 1989
7	Hohohoh! The Ywara Boom That Shakes Japan, Jya!	Nov 27, 1989
8	Enough Of Judo! I`m Going To Be In A Match	Dec 4, 1989
9	Yawara's Debut Match! An Ippon Victory Before You Even Know It Happened, Jya!	Dec 11, 1989
10	An Ippon-Zeoi With My Mom! The 90`s Is Yawara's Era, jya!	Dec 18, 1989
11	A Big Uproar At High School With The Yawara Fame!	Jan 8, 1990
12	Coach Yawara`s Extracurricular Lesson!	Jan 15, 1990
13	Yawara`s Heart Shook in Hayama!	Jan 22, 1990
14	Yawara`s date has so much surveillance!	Jan 29, 1990
15	A Challenge to Yawara Over Love!	Feb 5, 1990
16	Yawara`s National Martial Arts Hall Debut!	Feb 12, 1990
17	Yawara`s Love Message	Feb 19, 1990
18	The Decisive Battle! Yawara vs. Sayaka	Feb 26, 1990
19	Jigoro, His Love, and Youth`s Raging Storms	Mar 5, 1990
20	The Big Guest for Yawara	Mar 12, 1990
21	Yawara and the Blue-eyed House Guest	Mar 19, 1990
22	Let`s Fight, Yawara!	Apr 16, 1990
23	See you again, Yawara	Apr 23, 1990
24	Yawara`s Personal Tutor is a Love Expert	Apr 30, 1990
25	Love, Exam Studies, and Yawara`s Feelings	May 7, 1990
26	A Shocking Invitation For Yawara!	May 14, 1990
27	Yawara and the love square	May 21, 1990
28	The madonna of my youth, Yawara	May 28, 1990
29	The other one-sided love	Jun 4, 1990
30	The Lonely Ippon Zeoi	Jun 11, 1990
31	The Present on Entrance Exam Day	Jun 18, 1990
32	A stormy time at the exam results	Jun 25, 1990
33	Aim for the All-Japan Tournament	Jul 2, 1990
34	The stage contest of the rivals	Jul 9, 1990
35	The Miss` Tenacity	Jul 16, 1990
36	Ah, Hanazono! The tearful graduation	Jul 23, 1990
37	Jigoro`s Love, a Tumultuous Pure Love Story	Jul 30, 1990
38	The Heartful Excitement of Women`s College Life	Aug 6, 1990
39	Blue Night Yokohama	Aug 13, 1990
40	Fujiko-san`s Secret!	Aug 20, 1990
41	The part-time job for a day	Aug 27, 1990
42	Ippon Zeoi at the Disco!	Sep 3, 1990
43	Free Weight Class is the only way for Yawara!	Sep 17, 1990
44	Selected Athletes Announced Tonight!	Oct 15, 1990
45	After the World cup ends...	Oct 22, 1990
46	Raising the Curtain! World Cup	Oct 29, 1990
47	Uncertain! Japan`s Female Judo!!	Nov 5, 1990
48	The Open-weight Campions	Nov 19, 1990
49	Yawara vs Queen Belkens	Nov 26, 1990
50	In order to fight Yawara...	Dec 3, 1990
51	The letter from Kojirou	Dec 10, 1990
52	Death Hold! Tereshkova`s Battle	Dec 17, 1990
53	Matsuda`s Interview Monopoly	Jan 7, 1991
54	Highlights 1: Everything started from that moment	Jan 14, 1991
55	Highlights 2: Came, Watched, Won ! The World`s Number 1 Juudou Girl!!	Jan 21, 1991
56	I... Am Quiting Judo!	Jan 28, 1991
57	Fujiko-san`s decision	Feb 4, 1991
58	The letter from Canada	Feb 11, 1991
59	The last Ipponzeoi	Feb 18, 1991
60	Japan`s weakest juudou club	Feb 25, 1991
61	The ultimate special training menu ja!	Mar 4, 1991
62	Dangerous Debut Battle	Mar 11, 1991
63	Secret Technique! The Swan Lake	Mar 18, 1991
64	Maybe I should try doing it	Apr 15, 1991
65	Fujiko and love and juudou	Apr 22, 1991
66	Everyone wants to defeat Yawara!	Apr 29, 1991
67	The large wall that is in the way	May 6, 1991
68	The Swan vs The Heavy Tank	May 13, 1991
69	Do your best! rah rah	May 27, 1991
70	Disappear nuisance!	Jun 3, 1991
71	Lightning fast ippon-zeoi	Jun 10, 1991
72	I will! The 5-man succession miracle	Jun 17, 1991
73	Jiro changes Inokuma into a tiger!	Jun 24, 1991
74	Abnormalities in the soft job market!	Jul 1, 1991
75	Championship weight of love	Jul 8, 1991
76	Sowing was Chatta!!	Jul 15, 1991
77	New deadly technique! Nutcracker!!	Jul 22, 1991
78	Ippon-zeoi smile!	Jul 29, 1991
79	Go for it, Fujiko! The first prize is imminent!!	Aug 5, 1991
80	World Championship squad decision!	Aug 12, 1991
81	Fujiko's first training camp experience!	Sep 9, 1991
82	Opening! The Yugoslavia World Championship	Oct 14, 1991
83	Jostling champions in the world!	Oct 21, 1991
84	First pressure	Oct 28, 1991
85	Swan Lake flap in the world	Nov 4, 1991
86	Perfect and imperfect!	Nov 11, 1991
87	Noisy! Uncle Pappara	Nov 18, 1991
88	Great clash! Swan Lake vs. ura-nage!!	Nov 25, 1991
89	Invincible myth!	Dec 2, 1991
90	Shigeru Satoshi's story of friendship's affectionate tears	Dec 9, 1991
91	Graduation match is now, jya!	Dec 16, 1991
92	Revealed! Ultimate conspiracy	Jan 6, 1992
93	Desperate Kyonkyon!	Jan 13, 1992
94	It's good to be fat!	Jan 20, 1992
95	Ippon to win!	Jan 27, 1992
96	The return of Kitao Jyou	Feb 3, 1992
97	After the graduation ceremony...	Feb 10, 1992
98	First kiss!	Feb 17, 1992
99	New employee's first job	Feb 24, 1992
100	Hokkaido and the Budokan	Mar 2, 1992
101	A match by default will not be!	Mar 9, 1992
102	Run! All Japan Championship!!	Mar 16, 1992
103	The bright waves of Sayaka's charge	Apr 13, 1992
104	Destinies showdown!	Apr 20, 1992
105	The lady's secret weapon	Apr 27, 1992
106	Confronting a close friends dreams!	May 4, 1992
107	Let's stay with you...	May 11, 1992
108	The determination of men!	May 18, 1992
109	Garden, I Love the flames!	May 25, 1992
110	My Champion	Jun 1, 1992
111	Fujiko's shocking retirement announcement!	Jun 8, 1992
112	Dad's appearance	Jun 15, 1992
113	The end of the invincible myth	Jun 22, 1992
114	The best daughter in the world	Jun 29, 1992
115	Fujiko Mama Challenge!	Jul 6, 1992
116	Stupid body!	Jul 20, 1992
117	The best present	Jul 27, 1992
118	Sayaka's secret special training	Aug 3, 1992
119	Bombshell!	Aug 17, 1992
120	Resurrection of the ippon-zeoi!	Aug 24, 1992
121	I'm going to Barcelona	Aug 31, 1992
122	The first prize	Sep 7, 1992
123	Deathmatch	Sep 14, 1992
124	That for so long	Sep 21, 1992

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