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.+ More
Characters & Voice Actors

Inokuma, Jigorou
Main
Nagai, Ichiro
Japanese
Inokuma, Yawara
Main
Minaguchi, Yuko
Japanese
Matsuda, Kousaku
Main
Seki, Toshihiko
Japanese
Adams, Kristin
Main
Satou, Ai
Japanese
Arakawa, Seinosuke
Main
Tokumaru, Kan
Japanese
Belkens
Main
Sasaki, Run
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