10/16/1989 - 09/21/1992 Finished
Yawara! (YAWARA!)
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.
124
Total episodes
124
Canon episodes
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Seasons and sequels
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Currently, Yawara! has no sequels, prequels, or registered spin-offs. This is the complete story available at the moment.
What to watch, what to skip
Watch order: filler vs canon
You're in luck! Yawara! doesn't have a single filler episode: all 124 episodes are canon. It's a faithful adaptation of the original manga, so you can enjoy it from first to last without skipping anything or checking any list of expendable episodes.
The 124 episodes of Yawara! aired in 1989–1993 and follow the story's chronological order. There are no transition episodes, no needless recaps, no arcs invented by the studio: every chapter advances the main plot and develops the characters just as the source material does.
In short, the watch order for Yawara! is as simple as it gets: start at episode 1 and keep going to episode 124 without detours. If you came looking for which Yawara! episodes are filler so you could skip them, the answer is that there aren't any.
Episode by episode
Complete guide by season
124 Episodes
| # | Episodes | Aired | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aim for Barcelona! The Young Girl Will Be the Winner of the National Achievement Award!!10/16/1989 | 10/16/1989 | Canon |
| 2 | I've Found it! Yawara's Rival is the Ultimate Young Lady!!10/23/1989 | 10/23/1989 | Canon |
| 3 | Enter Kazamatsuri! It is a Shame That She is Infatuated with Love!!10/30/1989 | 10/30/1989 | Canon |
| 4 | A Strategy to Make Yawara Take Part in a Match! This is My Way!!11/06/1989 | 11/06/1989 | Canon |
| 5 | Emergency Fight! Yawara's Road is Not Built in A Day!!11/13/1989 | 11/13/1989 | Canon |
| 6 | Finally Pictured! The Scoop That Will Call a Storm!!11/20/1989 | 11/20/1989 | Canon |
| 7 | Hohoho! The Yawara Boom is Shaking Japan!!11/27/1989 | 11/27/1989 | Canon |
| 8 | Enough of Judo...I'm Going to Be in A Match!!12/04/1989 | 12/04/1989 | Canon |
| 9 | Yawara's Debut Match! A Quick Full Point!!12/11/1989 | 12/11/1989 | Canon |
| 10 | Mother and a One Arm Shoulder Throw! The 90s is Yawara's Era!!12/18/1989 | 12/18/1989 | Canon |
| 11 | Yawara's Big High School Popularity Panic!01/08/1990 | 01/08/1990 | Canon |
| 12 | Coach Yawara's Extracurricular Lesson!01/15/1990 | 01/15/1990 | Canon |
| 13 | Yawara's Heart Shook in Hayama!01/22/1990 | 01/22/1990 | Canon |
| 14 | Yawara's Date is Full of Surveillance!01/29/1990 | 01/29/1990 | Canon |
| 15 | A Written Challenge to Yawara over Love!02/05/1990 | 02/05/1990 | Canon |
| 16 | Yawara's National Martial Arts Hall Debut!02/12/1990 | 02/12/1990 | Canon |
| 17 | Yawara's Love Message02/19/1990 | 02/19/1990 | Canon |
| 18 | Decisive Battle! Yawara VS Sayaka02/26/1990 | 02/26/1990 | Canon |
| 19 | Jigoro's Love - Youth's Raging Storm03/05/1990 | 03/05/1990 | Canon |
| 20 | The Big Guest for Yawara03/12/1990 | 03/12/1990 | Canon |
| 21 | Yawara and the Blue Eyed Freeloader03/19/1990 | 03/19/1990 | Canon |
| 22 | Let's Fight Yawara!04/16/1990 | 04/16/1990 | Canon |
| 23 | See You Again Yawara04/23/1990 | 04/23/1990 | Canon |
| 24 | Yawara's Home Tutor Is A Love Expert04/30/1990 | 04/30/1990 | Canon |
| 25 | Love and Entrance Exams and Yawara's Feelings05/07/1990 | 05/07/1990 | Canon |
| 26 | A Shocking Invitation for Yawara!05/14/1990 | 05/14/1990 | Canon |
| 27 | Yawara and the Love Square05/21/1990 | 05/21/1990 | Canon |
| 28 | Yawara is The Madonna of My Youth05/28/1990 | 05/28/1990 | Canon |
| 29 | The Other One-Sided Love06/04/1990 | 06/04/1990 | Canon |
| 30 | A Lonely One Arm Shoulder Throw06/11/1990 | 06/11/1990 | Canon |
| 31 | The Present on Entrance Exam Day06/18/1990 | 06/18/1990 | Canon |
| 32 | A Stormy Time at the Exam Results06/25/1990 | 06/25/1990 | Canon |
| 33 | Aim for the All Japan Tournament!07/02/1990 | 07/02/1990 | Canon |
| 34 | The Contest of the Rivals07/09/1990 | 07/09/1990 | Canon |
| 35 | The Miss's Tenacity07/16/1990 | 07/16/1990 | Canon |
| 36 | Ah Hanzono! The Tearful Graduation Ceremony07/23/1990 | 07/23/1990 | Canon |
| 37 | Jigoro's Love - A Tumultuous Pure Love Story07/30/1990 | 07/30/1990 | Canon |
| 38 | The Heartful Excitement of Women's College Life08/06/1990 | 08/06/1990 | Canon |
| 39 | Blue Night Yokohama08/13/1990 | 08/13/1990 | Canon |
| 40 | Fujiko-san's Secret!08/20/1990 | 08/20/1990 | Canon |
| 41 | The Part Time Job for Only One Day08/27/1990 | 08/27/1990 | Canon |
| 42 | One Arm Shoulder Throw at the Disco!09/03/1990 | 09/03/1990 | Canon |
| 43 | An Open Weight Division is the Only Path for Yawara!09/17/1990 | 09/17/1990 | Canon |
| 44 | Selected Athletes Announced Tonight!10/15/1990 | 10/15/1990 | Canon |
| 45 | After the World Cup...10/22/1990 | 10/22/1990 | Canon |
| 46 | Opening! World Cup10/29/1990 | 10/29/1990 | Canon |
| 47 | Danger! Japanese Women Judo!!11/05/1990 | 11/05/1990 | Canon |
| 48 | The Power Players of the Open Weight Division11/19/1990 | 11/19/1990 | Canon |
| 49 | Yawara VS Queen Belkens11/26/1990 | 11/26/1990 | Canon |
| 50 | In Order to Fight Yawara...12/03/1990 | 12/03/1990 | Canon |
| 51 | The Letter from Kojiro12/10/1990 | 12/10/1990 | Canon |
| 52 | Struggle! The Teleshikova Match!!12/17/1990 | 12/17/1990 | Canon |
| 53 | Matsuda's Exclusive Interview01/07/1991 | 01/07/1991 | Canon |
| 54 | Recap 1 - Everything Started From That Moment!!01/14/1991 | 01/14/1991 | Canon |
| 55 | Recap 2 - Came and Saw the Win! The World's Number One Judo Girl!!01/21/1991 | 01/21/1991 | Canon |
| 56 | I Am, Going to Quit Judo!01/28/1991 | 01/28/1991 | Canon |
| 57 | Fujiko-san's Decision02/04/1991 | 02/04/1991 | Canon |
| 58 | A Letter From Canada02/11/1991 | 02/11/1991 | Canon |
| 59 | The Last One Arm Shoulder Throw?!02/18/1991 | 02/18/1991 | Canon |
| 60 | The Weakest Japanese Judo Team02/25/1991 | 02/25/1991 | Canon |
| 61 | The Extreme Training Program Menu!03/04/1991 | 03/04/1991 | Canon |
| 62 | The Dangerous Debut Match03/11/1991 | 03/11/1991 | Canon |
| 63 | Secret Technique! Swan Lake!!03/18/1991 | 03/18/1991 | Canon |
| 64 | I, think I'll Try04/15/1991 | 04/15/1991 | Canon |
| 65 | Fujiko and Love and Judo and04/22/1991 | 04/22/1991 | Canon |
| 66 | Everyone Wants to Beat Yawara!04/29/1991 | 04/29/1991 | Canon |
| 67 | The Huge Obstacle05/06/1991 | 05/06/1991 | Canon |
| 68 | Swan VS Heavy Tank05/13/1991 | 05/13/1991 | Canon |
| 69 | Go For it Kyon-Kyon!05/27/1991 | 05/27/1991 | Canon |
| 70 | Get Out of My Way!06/03/1991 | 06/03/1991 | Canon |
| 71 | The Lighting Fast One Arm Shoulder Throw06/10/1991 | 06/10/1991 | Canon |
| 72 | Will it Happen! Miraculous Takedown of the Five People06/17/1991 | 06/17/1991 | Canon |
| 73 | Inokuma Kojiro on the Move!06/24/1991 | 06/24/1991 | Canon |
| 74 | All's Not Quiet on Yawara's Job Hunting Front!07/01/1991 | 07/01/1991 | Canon |
| 75 | The Selected Weight Championship of Love07/08/1991 | 07/08/1991 | Canon |
| 76 | I'm so Mad!!07/15/1991 | 07/15/1991 | Canon |
| 77 | New Deadly Technique! The Nut Cracker!!07/22/1991 | 07/22/1991 | Canon |
| 78 | A Smiling Ippon Zeoi!07/29/1991 | 07/29/1991 | Canon |
| 79 | Go For it Fujiko! First Place is Before the Eyes!!08/05/1991 | 08/05/1991 | Canon |
| 80 | The World Championship Representative's Decision!08/12/1991 | 08/12/1991 | Canon |
| 81 | Fujiko's First Training Camp Experience!09/09/1991 | 09/09/1991 | Canon |
| 82 | Opening! Yugoslavia World Championship10/14/1991 | 10/14/1991 | Canon |
| 83 | The World Competition is Jammed!10/21/1991 | 10/21/1991 | Canon |
| 84 | First Time under Pressure10/28/1991 | 10/28/1991 | Canon |
| 85 | Swan Lake Flying on the World Stage11/04/1991 | 11/04/1991 | Canon |
| 86 | The Top and Bottom of Their Games!11/11/1991 | 11/11/1991 | Canon |
| 87 | Roar! Papara Pops11/18/1991 | 11/18/1991 | Canon |
| 88 | Giant Clash! Swan Lake VS the Uranage!!11/25/1991 | 11/25/1991 | Canon |
| 89 | Unbeaten Myth!12/02/1991 | 12/02/1991 | Canon |
| 90 | Jigoro's Love, a Tearful Story of Friendship12/09/1992 | 12/09/1992 | Canon |
| 91 | Next Up is the Graduation Match!12/16/1991 | 12/16/1991 | Canon |
| 92 | Revealed! The Ultimate Conspiracy01/06/1992 | 01/06/1992 | Canon |
| 93 | Kyon-Kyon Risks Her Life01/13/1992 | 01/13/1992 | Canon |
| 94 | Thank God For Fat!01/20/1992 | 01/20/1992 | Canon |
| 95 | Get the Full Point and Win!01/27/1992 | 01/27/1992 | Canon |
| 96 | The Return of the Heiress02/03/1992 | 02/03/1992 | Canon |
| 97 | After the Graduation Ceremony is Finished...02/10/1992 | 02/10/1992 | Canon |
| 98 | First Kiss!02/17/1992 | 02/17/1992 | Canon |
| 99 | A New Employee's First Assignment02/24/1992 | 02/24/1992 | Canon |
| 100 | Hokkaido and the Martial Arts Hall03/02/1992 | 03/02/1992 | Canon |
| 101 | You Are Not Losing by Default!03/09/1992 | 03/09/1992 | Canon |
| 102 | Run! To the All Japan Championship!!03/16/1992 | 03/16/1992 | Canon |
| 103 | Sayaka Surges and Marches Ahead04/13/1992 | 04/13/1992 | Canon |
| 104 | The Fateful Confrontation!04/20/1992 | 04/20/1992 | Canon |
| 105 | The Heiress's Secret Weapon04/27/1992 | 04/27/1992 | Canon |
| 106 | The Dream Showdown with Close Friends!05/04/1992 | 05/04/1992 | Canon |
| 107 | ...Wonder if They are Staying05/11/1992 | 05/11/1992 | Canon |
| 108 | The Resolution of Men!05/18/1992 | 05/18/1992 | Canon |
| 109 | Hanazono's, Burning I Love You!05/25/1992 | 05/25/1992 | Canon |
| 110 | My Champion06/01/1992 | 06/01/1992 | Canon |
| 111 | Fujiko's Shocking Retirement Announcement!06/08/1992 | 06/08/1992 | Canon |
| 112 | The Rear View of Dad06/15/1992 | 06/15/1992 | Canon |
| 113 | Time for the Unbeaten Myth to End06/22/1992 | 06/22/1992 | Canon |
| 114 | The World’s Number One Heiress06/29/1992 | 06/29/1992 | Canon |
| 115 | Mama Fujiko’s Challenge!07/06/1992 | 07/06/1992 | Canon |
| 116 | Rich Idiot!07/20/1993 | 07/20/1993 | Canon |
| 117 | The Greatest Present07/20/1992 | 07/20/1992 | Canon |
| 118 | Sayaka’s Top Secret Training08/03/1992 | 08/03/1992 | Canon |
| 119 | Explosive Remark!08/17/1992 | 08/17/1992 | Canon |
| 120 | The Resurrected One Arm Shoulder Throw!08/24/1992 | 08/24/1992 | Canon |
| 121 | Going to Barcelona Because08/31/1992 | 08/31/1992 | Canon |
| 122 | First Prize for the First Time09/07/1992 | 09/07/1992 | Canon |
| 123 | Death Match09/14/1992 | 09/14/1992 | Canon |
| 124 | It's Always About You09/21/1992 | 09/21/1992 | Canon |
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Common questions
Frequently asked questions
How many seasons does Yawara! have?
Yawara! has a total of 1 season. The series is completed. Each season is divided into multiple episodes with stories that advance the main plot of the anime.
How many episodes does Yawara! have?
In total, Yawara! has 124 episodes in its only season. You can consult the complete episodes table to see the breakdown by season.
What is the best order to watch Yawara!?
It is recommended to watch Yawara! in chronological broadcast order. This means starting from season 1 and continuing sequentially to the last season. Check our watch order guide which includes information about filler vs canon episodes for an optimal experience.
Where can I watch Yawara! online?
Yawara! is available on various legal streaming platforms. Check the platforms section at the top of this page to see where it's currently available. Options may vary depending on your geographic region.
Is Yawara! a complete anime?
Yes, Yawara! is a completed anime. All seasons have already aired and you can enjoy the series in its entirety without waiting for new episodes.
How much filler does Yawara! have?
No, Yawara! does not have filler episodes. All its episodes are canon and faithfully follow the original manga story, so you can watch all episodes without worrying about skipping anything.
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