The Madonna of My Youth, Yawara

About Yawara!

A young judo prodigy balances her desire for a normal life with her grandfather's expectations of Olympic glory

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• Full Series Character Map — Cross-season character arc tracking and relationship evolution.

Credits

• Job

  director

  Department

  directing

  Hiroko Tokita
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  Job

  creator

  Department

  creators

  Naoki Urasawa
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  Job

  writer

  Department

  writing

  Naoki Urasawa
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  Job

  actor

  Department

  actors

  Character

  Yawara / Kaneko (voice)

  Yuko Minaguchi
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  Job

  actor

  Department

  actors

  Character

  Jigoro (voice)

  Ichiro Nagai