Yawara!
YAWARA!
Synopsis
High school student Yawara Inokuma lives a completely happy and ordinary life. She aspires to an average lifestyle as a delicate young lady with a handsome 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 fashionable. Moreover, Yawara is the only granddaughter of the seventh dan Judo master Jigorou Inokuma, who expects her to become a Japanese Judoka superstar of the '90s. Yawara cautiously hides her strength from everyone to maintain a normal reputation but is often pushed to situations when she must exercise her Judo skills. Observing Yawara's immense potential from the shadows, Kousaku Matsuda, a sports reporter from a substandard paper, is willing to do everything he can to bring her into the limelight. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Characters

Matsuda Kousaku
Supporting

Inokuma Yawara
Main

Inokuma Jigorou
Main

Kazamatsuri Shinnosuke
Supporting

Honami Sayaka
Supporting

Kamoda
Supporting

Hanazono Kaoru
Supporting

Sudou
Supporting

Rockwell Jody
Supporting

Inokuma Tamao
Supporting

Tokunaga
Supporting

Kaori
Supporting

Yasui
Supporting

Teleshikova Anna
Supporting

Belkens
Supporting

Todo Yuki
Supporting

Kazumi
Supporting

Kouno
Supporting

Hatakeyama
Supporting

Tomioka
Supporting
Opening & Ending Themes
Openings
- 1: "Miracle Girl" by Mariko Nagai (eps 1-43)
- 2: "Rain-Kissed Bouquet…" by Miki Imai (eps 44-81)
- 3: "Girl Can't Lose" by Yuko Hara (eps 82-102)
- 4: "YOU AND I" by Mariko Nagai (eps 103-124)
Endings
- 1: "Stand by Me" by Rika Himenogi (eps 1-43)
- 2: "Egao wo Sagashite" by Midori Karashima (eps 44-81)
- 3: "Shoujo Jidai" by Yuko Hara (eps 82-102)
- 4: "Itsumo Soko ni Kimi ga Ita" by LAZY LOUs BOOGIE (eps 103-124)