This is the details page for the manga "Yawara". Here you can see what the manga is about and what the main characters are. You can also read the manga.

Plot synopsis:

Yawara Inokuma is a fashionable judo girl, or at least that is what everyone else wants her to be. Yawara is the granddaughter of the judo legend, five-time champion and eight-dan black belt, Jigoro Inokouma; he wants Yawara to be the queen of the judo world, gaining the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics and the National Achievement Award. Growing up under difficult conditions, Yawara has been taught judo to a very high level. However, instead of embracing her obvious talent Yawara just wants to be a normal girl, who goes out on dates, dresses up in pretty clothes and enjoys cooking. Yawara is therefore trapped inside two different lives, her secret life as a possible judo star, the life that others see for her, and her desire to be just a normal girl who studies home economics at an all girls university.

Main characters:

Yawara Inokuma (Inokuma Yawara)
Yawara is a young girl who aspires to an ordinary life but who, due to her innate talent, is forced to keep practicing judo by her authoritarian grandfather. She is always having romantic daydreams about an ordinary life, her biggest dreams being to find a boyfriend and going to an all girls university so she can study home economics.

Jigorou Inokuma (Inokuma Jigorou)
Jigorou is the 7th-dan Judo Master and 5-time National Champion, his passion for judo is rivaled only by his love for Yawara and food. He has great expectations for Yawara's judo career, and is constantly pushing her to do her best and focus primarily on judo. As such he is constantly plotting so Yawara is going to take Judo seriously. His motto is "Judo was not built in a day". He also does work on the side as a bone-setting doctor.


Sayaka Honami (Honami Sayaka)
Sayaka is an extremely spoiled daughter of one of Japan's richest families, she has never failed to dominate any sport she's cared to try, and when Yawara shows her up, she decides to stop at nothing to defeat her and becomes her rival. She has a false tooth, which is a sore point for her, and one that Yawara keeps accidentally bringing up.


Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri (Kazamatsuri Shinnosuke)
Shinnosuke is one of the finest judo coaches in all of Japan, he idolizes Jigorou, and has been hired by Honami. Despite being incredibly shy, he is an unbelievable babe-magnet thanks to his good looks and caring personality. Unfortunately for him, for all the women in the world, and in particular, for Sayaka, the one girl he's got his eye on is Yawara.


Matsuda Kosaku and Kamoda
A reporter and cameraman team working for a sports paper, Matsuda's becomes convinced Yawara is going to be the next great sports superstar, while Kamoda seems to have a knack for taking "the perfect shot" for headlines.

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