Naoki Urasawa

Japanese manga series

Japanese mangaka

Japanese manga series

manga series by Naoki Urasawa

Yawara! (also stylized as YAWARA!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was serialized in Big Comic Spirits from 1986 to 1993, with its chapters collected into 29 volumes by publisher Shōgakukan. The story centers around Yawara Inokuma, a seemingly ordinary high school girl, but her grandfather, a living judo legend, has been secretly training her since she was a child so that she can win the gold medal at the Olympic Games. But Yawara has only one desire, to have a normal life.

manga

Japanese manga series

manga

Japanese manga series

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits since October 2018, with its chapters published in nine volumes as of November 2024. It has been licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media.

2011 film by Masayuki Kojima