Jigoro — Yawara! Character Profile

About Jigoro

Yawara's authoritarian grandfather who rigorously trains her for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He is deeply passionate about judo and gradually earns Yawara's respect and understanding.

Jigoro — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Ichiro Nagai

Appears in

Yawara! (1989)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Jigoro — Family Grandfather — Yawara / Kaneko (Yuko Minaguchi)

  Yawara's grandfather who trains her in judo

• Jigoro — Conflict Respected Rival — Kazamatsuri / Saimonji (Akira Kamiya)

  Jigoro respects but competes with Kazamatsuri

• Jigoro — Professional Colleague — Hanazono / Manager (Masashi Sugawara)

  Work together in managing Yawara's judo career

• Jigoro — Family Father — Fujiko (Chiyoko Kawashima)

  Yawara's grandfather and Fujiko's father-in-law

• Jigoro — Conflict Rival Coach — Kazamatsuri / Saimonji (Akira Kamiya)

  Professional rivalry between coaches

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More characters from Yawara!

• Yawara / Kaneko (Yuko Minaguchi)
• Matsuda / Eiji (Toshihiko Seki)
• Sayaka / Saeko (Yoshino Takamori)
• Kazamatsuri / Saimonji (Akira Kamiya)
• Hanazono / Manager (Masashi Sugawara)
• Fujiko (Chiyoko Kawashima)
• People C (Tamao Hayashi)
• Man A (Kohsuke Meguro)
• Criminal (Akira Shimada)
• A pupil A (Jun'ichi Kanemaru)
• Man B (Hirohiko Kakegawa)
• Waitress (Atsuko Mine)