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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Yuko Minaguchi
Yawara / Kaneko (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Jigoro (voice)
Toshihiko Seki
Matsuda / Eiji (voice)
Yoshino Takamori
Sayaka / Saeko (voice)
Akira Kamiya
Kazamatsuri / Saimonji (voice)
Masashi Sugawara
Hanazono / Manager (voice)
Chiyoko Kawashima
Fujiko (voice)
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124 episodes • 1989
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aim for Barcelona! The Girl Who Should Win the People's Honor Award!! | Oct 16, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 2 | I've Found Yawara's Rival! She's the Ultimate Young Lady!! | Oct 23, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Enter Kazamatsuri! What a Shame That She Is Infatuated With Love | Oct 30, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 4 | This Is My Strategy to Make Yawara Take Part in a Real Match! | Nov 6, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Finally the Real Fight! Judo Is Not Built in a Day! | Nov 13, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Finally Pictured! The Big Scoop of the Century That Will Bring on a Storm!! | Nov 20, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Hohohoh! The Yawara Boom That Shakes Japan! | Nov 27, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Enough of Judo! I'm Going to Be in a Match | Dec 4, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Yawara's Debut Match! An Ippon Victory Before You Even Know It Happened! | Dec 11, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 10 | An Ippon-Zeoi With My Mom! The 90's Is Yawara's Era! | Dec 18, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 11 | A Big Uproar at High School With the Yawara Fame! | Jan 8, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Coach Yawara's Extracurricular Lesson! | Jan 15, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Yawara's Heart Shook in Hayama! | Jan 22, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Yawara's Date Has So Much Surveillance! | Jan 29, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 15 | A Challenge to Yawara Over Love! | Feb 5, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Yawara's National Martial Arts Hall Debut! | Feb 12, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Yawara's Love Message | Feb 19, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Decisive Battle! Yawara vs. Sayaka | Feb 26, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Jigoro, His Love, And Youth's Raging Storms | Mar 5, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Big Guest for Yawara | Mar 12, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Yawara and the Blue-Eyed House Guest | Mar 19, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Let's Fight, Yawara! | Apr 16, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 23 | See You Again, Yawara | Apr 23, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Yawara's Personal Tutor Is a Love Expert | Apr 30, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Love, Exam Studies, And Yawara's Feelings | May 7, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 26 | A Shocking Invitation for Yawara! | May 14, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Yawara and the Love Square | May 21, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 28 | The Madonna of My Youth, Yawara | May 28, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 29 | The Other One-Sided Love | Jun 4, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The Lonely Ippon Zeoi | Jun 11, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 31 | The Present on Entrance Exam Day | Jun 18, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 32 | A Stormy Time at the Exam Results | Jun 25, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Aim for the All-Japan Tournament | Jul 2, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 34 | The Stage Contest of the Rivals | Jul 9, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 35 | The Miss' Tenacity | Jul 16, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Ah, Hanazono! The Tearful Graduation | Jul 23, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Jigoro's Love, A Tumultuous Pure Love Story | Jul 30, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 38 | The Heartful Excitement of Women's College Life | Aug 6, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Blue Night Yokohama | Aug 13, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Fujiko-san's Secret! | Aug 20, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 41 | The Part-Time Job for a Day | Aug 27, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Ippon Zeoi at the Disco! | Sep 3, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Free Weight Class Is the Only Way for Yawara! | Sep 17, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Selected Athletes Announced Tonight! | Oct 15, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 45 | After the World Cup Ends | Oct 22, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Raising the Curtain! World Cup | Oct 29, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Uncertain! Japan's Female Judo!! | Nov 5, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 48 | The Open-Weight Campions | Nov 19, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Yawara vs. Queen Belkens | Nov 26, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 50 | To Fight With Yawara | Dec 3, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 51 | The Letter From Kojiro | Dec 10, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 52 | The Tereshkova Match Heats Up! | Dec 17, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Matsuda's Exclusive Interview | Jan 7, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Everything Started at That Moment! | Jan 14, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 55 | The World's Top Judo Girl Came, Saw, And Conquered! | Jan 21, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 56 | I'm Going to Quit Judo! | Jan 28, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Fujiko-san's Decision | Feb 4, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 58 | A Letter From Canada | Feb 11, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 59 | The Last Ippon Zeoi! | Feb 18, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 60 | The Weakest Japanese Judo Team | Feb 25, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 61 | The Extreme Training Program! | Mar 4, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 62 | A Dangerous Debut Match! | Mar 11, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 63 | Secret Technique! Swan Lake!! | Mar 18, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 64 | I Think I'll Try | Apr 15, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 65 | Fujiko, Love, And Judo | Apr 22, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 66 | Everybody Wants to Beat Yawara! | Apr 29, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 67 | The Huge Obstacle | May 6, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 68 | Swan vs. Tanks | May 13, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 69 | You Can Do It, Kyonkyon! | May 27, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 70 | Get Out of My Way! | Jun 3, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 71 | The Lightning-Fast Ippon Zeoi | Jun 10, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 72 | Will It Happen! Five Straight Miraculous Wins | Jun 17, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 73 | Inokuma Kojiro on the Move! | Jun 24, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 74 | All's Not Quiet on Yawara's Job-Hunting Front! | Jul 1, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 75 | The Selected Judo Championship of Love | Jul 8, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 76 | I'm So Mad!! | Jul 15, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 77 | New Deadly Technique! The Nutcracker! | Jul 22, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 78 | A Smiling Ippon Zeoi! | Jul 29, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 79 | You Can Do It, Fujiko! First Place Is Right in Front of You!! | Aug 5, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 80 | You're Going to the World Championships! | Aug 12, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 81 | Fujiko's First Training Camp! | Sep 9, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 82 | The Opening Act of the Yugoslavia World Championships! | Oct 14, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 83 | Jam-Packed With International Contenders! | Oct 21, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 84 | First Time Under Pressure | Oct 28, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 85 | Swan Lake on the World Stage | Nov 4, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 86 | The Top and Bottom of Their Games! | Nov 11, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 87 | Burn Rubber, Papara Man | Nov 18, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 88 | Giant Clash!-Swan Lake vs the Ura Nage!! | Nov 25, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 89 | Myth of Invincibility! | Dec 2, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 90 | Jigoro's Love, A Tearful-Story of Friendship | Dec 9, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 91 | Next Up, The Graduation Match! | Dec 16, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 92 | Revealed! The Ultimate Conspiracy | Jan 6, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 93 | Kyonkyon Risks Her Life! | Jan 13, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 94 | Thank God I'm Fat! | Jan 20, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 95 | Get That Ippon and Win! | Jan 27, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 96 | The Return of the Heiress | Feb 3, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 97 | Once We Graduate... | Feb 10, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 98 | First Kiss! | Feb 17, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 99 | A New Employee's First Assignment | Feb 24, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 100 | Hokkaido and the Budokan | Mar 2, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 101 | You're Not Losing by Default! | Mar 9, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 102 | Run! To the All-Japan-Championships!! | Mar 16, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 103 | Sayaka Surges Ahead | Apr 13, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 104 | The Fateful Showdown! | Apr 20, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 105 | The Heiress' Secret Weapon | Apr 27, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 106 | The Dream Fight Between Friends! | May 4, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 107 | Maybe I'll Stay the Night | May 11, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 108 | Resolve Among Men! | May 18, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 109 | Hanazono's Burning "I Love You"! | May 25, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 110 | My Champion | Jun 1, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 111 | Fujiko's Shocking Retirement- Announcement! | Jun 8, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 112 | The Rear View of My Dad | Jun 15, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 113 | No Longer Invincible | Jun 22, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 114 | The World's Greatest Heiress | Jun 29, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 115 | Mama Fujiko's Challenge! | Jul 6, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 116 | Don't Be Stupid! | Jul 20, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 117 | The Greatest Present Ever | Jul 27, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 118 | Sayaka's Top Secret Training | Aug 3, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 119 | The Explosive Remark! | Aug 17, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 120 | The Comeback Ippon Zeoi! | Aug 24, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 121 | You're Going to Barcelona | Aug 31, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 122 | First Place for the First Time | Sep 7, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 123 | Death Match | Sep 14, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 124 | Ever Since I Met You | Sep 21, 1992 | 0.0 |
