Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (1989)

Action · Animation · Comedy

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...

IMDb rating: 7.4 (182 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 +0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1989)

7.70 avg 4 episodes 7.3 → 7.8 25 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mezase Baruserona! Kokumin eiyo shô wo toru shôjo ja!!	7.3	9
2	Mitsuketa! Yawara no raibaru wa kyûkyoku no ojôsama ja!!	8.0	8
3	Kazamatsuri tôjô! Koi ni utsutsu wo nukasu to wa nanigoto ja!!	7.7	7
4	Yawara wo shiai ni dasu sakusen! Kore ga washi no yarikata ja!!	7.8	7