Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (TV)

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Alternative title:
Cinturón Negro (Spanish)
Yawara - Jenny la ragazza del judo (Italian)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: sports
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Inokuma Yawara is just another young high school girl. Well, not quite - for Yawara is being raised by her grandfather, 7th dan Judo master Inokuma Jigorou, to be Japan's great hope for the women's Judo competition at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. All the same, Yawara just wants to live a normal life...
User Ratings: 158 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:14, ?:1)
 Excellent: 30 votes (sub:30)
 Very good: 45 votes (sub:40, dub:2, raw:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Catalan dubbed
)
 Good: 41 votes (sub:35, ?:2, others:4
1 Catalan edited dub
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 14 votes (sub:10, raw:3, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 375 users, rank: #2641 (of 10176)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.582 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.662, rank: #1625 (of 10345)
Weighted mean: 7.644 (Very good−), rank: #1321 (of 10345) (seen all: 8.14 / seen some: 7.59 / won't finish: 5.42)
Bayesian estimate: 7.631 (Very good−), rank: #1054 (of 7772)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 124
Episode titles: We have 124
Vintage:
1989-10-16 to 1992-09-21
1995-05-16 (TV3 - Televisió de Catalunya)
2008-05-12 to 2008-08-20 (Philippines, Anime Revolution on Q, ep.1-40)
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
#1: "Miracle Girl" by Nagai Mariko
#2: "Ame ni Kiss no Hanataba wo" by Imai Miki (eps 44-81)
#3: "Makeruna Onnanoko!" by Hara Yuko (eps 82-102)
#4: "YOU AND I" by Nagai Mariko (eps 103-124)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Stand By Me" by Himenogi Rika
#2: "Egao wo Sagashite" by Karashima Midori (eps 44-81)
#3: "Shoujo Jidai" by Hara Yuko (eps 82-102)
#4: "Itsumo Soko ni Kimi ga Ita" by LAZY LOU's BOOGIE (eps 103-124)
Official website:
Links: We have 13
Trivia: We have 5
Comment:
Distributed in Japan as Ranma 1/2's sister show, Yawara was significantly more popular in Japan. Despite being more popular in Japan, it was not licensed in North America until over a decade later.
Reviews:
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroko Tokita
Series Composition: Toshiki Inoue
Screenplay:
Hiroyuki Kawasaki (19 episodes
eps 41, 46, 58-59, 61, 63, 67-69, 77-78, 81, 87, 89, 91, 94, 96, 100, 102
)

Toshiki Inoue (56 episodes
eps 1-3, 7-8, 10, 13, 15-16, 19, 21, 24, 27, 29, 32, 35-37, 42-44, 48-49, 51-56, 64, 71-72, 74-75, 79, 83-84, 88, 92-93, 95, 98, 104-110, 118-124
)

Yoshimasa Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 11, 17, 25-26, 31, 40
)

Yoshiyuki Suga (43 episodes
eps 4-6, 9, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22-23, 28, 30, 33-34, 38-39, 45, 47, 50, 57, 60, 62, 65-66, 70, 73, 76, 80, 82, 85-86, 90, 97-103 odd, 111-117
)

Storyboard:
Akinori Nagaoka (ep 20)
Akio Sakai (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 16, 22, 30
)

Daiki Shimazaki (eps 53, 62)
Hirohide Fujiwara (13 episodes
eps 12, 18, 26, 32, 42, 50, 59, 67, 74, 82, 88, 97, 106
)

Hiroko Tokita (10 episodes
eps 1, 15, 23, 27, 44, 54-55, 75, 90, 124
)

Hiroshi Fukutomi (eps 41, 76, 96)
Hirota Shibaki (4 episodes
eps 21, 29, 34, 45
)

Junichi Sakata (21 episodes
eps 4, 6, 9-10, 25, 28, 33, 39, 46, 51, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84, 91, 105, 111, 116, 120, 123
)

Katsuhisa Yamada (eps 2, 98)
Kazuhiro Mori (ep 17)
Kazushige Takatō (eps 64, 71)
Kazuyoshi Katayama (eps 31, 49)
Kitarō Kōsaka (5 episodes
eps 13, 24, 36, 61, 89
)

Kōichi Chigira (eps 14, 57)
Makoto Moriwaki (5 episodes
eps 38, 69, 81, 99, 113
)

Masaharu Okuwaki (eps 47, 85, 94)
Morio Asaka (10 episodes
eps 40, 48, 52, 60, 68, 78, 86, 93, 102, 109
)

Naoto Kanda (8 episodes
eps 66, 73, 80, 92, 100, 108, 114, 118
)

Satoru Namekawa (5 episodes
eps 95, 103, 110, 115, 119
)

Shigeru Morikawa (5 episodes
eps 7, 11, 17, 35, 43
)

Tensai Okamura (eps 101, 122)
Tomihiko Ōkubo (eps 65, 83, 107)
Toshio Hirata (eps 19, 37)
Tsukasa Abe (4 episodes
eps 104, 112, 117, 121
)

Yutaka Okamura (7 episodes
eps 5, 58, 72, 79, 87, 101, 122
)

Episode Director:
Akio Sakai (5 episodes
eps 3, 8, 16, 22, 30
)

Hirohide Fujiwara (13 episodes
eps 12, 18, 26, 32, 42, 50, 59, 67, 74, 82, 88, 97, 106
)

Hiroko Tokita (10 episodes
eps 1, 15, 23, 27, 44, 54-55, 75, 90, 124
)

Hiroshi Fukutomi (eps 41, 76)
Junichi Sakata (18 episodes
eps 4, 10, 28, 33, 39, 46, 51, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84, 91, 105, 111, 116, 120, 123
)

Katsuhisa Yamada (eps 2, 98)
Kazuhiro Mori (eps 17, 21, 25)
Kazuyoshi Katayama (ep 31)
Keitarō Motonaga (eps 45, 64)
Kitarō Kōsaka (4 episodes
eps 24, 36, 61, 89
)

Kōichi Chigira (eps 14, 57)
Makoto Moriwaki (5 episodes
eps 38, 69, 81, 99, 113
)

Morio Asaka (14 episodes
eps 40, 48, 52, 60, 65, 68, 78, 83, 86, 93-94, 96, 102, 109
)

Naoto Kanda (11 episodes
eps 47, 53, 66, 73, 80, 85, 92, 100, 108, 114, 118
)

Satoru Namekawa (9 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11, 95, 103, 110, 115, 119
)

Shigeru Morikawa (ep 35)
Tatsuhiko Urahata (7 episodes
eps 7, 13, 34, 43, 49, 62, 71
)

Tensai Okamura (eps 101, 122)
Tomihiko Ōkubo (ep 107)
Toshio Hirata (eps 19, 37)
Tsukasa Abe (4 episodes
eps 104, 112, 117, 121
)

Yasunori Urata (eps 20, 29)
Yutaka Okamura (4 episodes
eps 58, 72, 79, 87
)

Unit Director: Morio Asaka
Music:
AXISS (eps 103-124)
Hideharu Mori
Original Manga: Naoki Urasawa
Character Design: Yoshinori Kanemori
Art Director: Yūji Ikeda
Art: Hitoshi Nagasaki (ep 117)
Animation Director:
Akio Sakai (eps 3, 8, 30)
Hiroshi Hamasaki (ep 2)
Hiroshi Ōsaka (5 episodes
eps 37, 47, 57, 66, 75
)

Katsunori Kimizuka (30 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11, 14, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 38, 41, 45, 50, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 98, 101, 104, 108, 112, 121
)

Kitarō Kōsaka (15 episodes
eps 7, 13, 24, 36, 46, 61, 70, 79, 89, 95, 102, 109, 114, 117, 123
)

Kunihiko Sakurai (15 episodes
eps 1, 10, 15, 23, 28, 35, 43, 49, 54-55, 62, 69, 77, 85, 119
)

Masaru Kitao (13 episodes
eps 32, 40, 48, 53, 59, 67, 74, 81, 86, 94, 99, 103, 110
)

Reiko Kurihara (eps 12, 18)
Shigeru Fujita (6 episodes
eps 89, 105, 111, 115, 118, 124
)

Takuo Noda (ep 19)
Tomihiko Ōkubo (13 episodes
eps 27, 34, 42, 52, 65, 73, 83, 91, 97, 107, 113, 116, 122
)

Tsukasa Abe (ep 90)
Yoshinori Kanemori (eps 22, 44)
Yoshiyuki Momose (ep 4)
Yūzō Satō (17 episodes
eps 16, 20, 26, 31, 39, 51, 58, 63, 71, 78, 82, 87, 93, 96, 100, 106, 120
)

Sound Director: Yasuo Urakami
Director of Photography:
Kinichi Ishikawa (eps 1-81)
Takeshi Fukuda (eps 82-124)
Executive producer:
Hidenori Taga (Kitty Films; eps 1-102)
Kei Ijichi (Kitty Films; eps 103-124)
Producer:
Masao Maruyama (Madhouse)
Michihiko Suwa (Yomiuri TV)
Satoshi Suzuki (Kitty Films)
Tatsuya Mukai (Kitty Films; eps 103-124)

Assistant producer:
Masahiro Ōtake (Madhouse; eps 44-81, 83)
Tatsuya Mukai (Kitty Films; eps 44-102)
Yoshinori Horiguchi (Yomiuri TV; eps 82-124)
Background Art:
Hitoshi Nagasaki (Studio Wyeth; 17 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 8, 30, 37, 39, 53, 59, 61, 67, 69, 83, 85, 97, 99, 101
)

Junko Ina (eps 13-14, 19)
Kazuko Katsui (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 47
)

Kazushige Takatō (eps 12, 17, 21)
Keiko Tamura (28 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 11-12, 16, 18, 20-21, 23, 25, 29, 32-42 even, 45, 47, 50, 52, 57, 62, 66, 68, 80
)

Kiyomi Ōta (ep 19)
Kyōko Naganawa (eps 15, 19)
Mariko Kobayashi (eps 28, 31)
Masanori Kitta (17 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 11-12, 16, 18, 20-21, 23, 25, 29, 32, 34, 36, 42
)

Masato Shibata (ep 22)
Masatoshi Kai (11 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 11-12, 16, 18, 20, 36, 42
)

Masayoshi Banno (4 episodes
eps 13-14, 19, 26
)

Masayuki Kaneko (11 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 16, 18, 20-21, 23, 25
)

Masumi Nishikawa (26 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 11-12, 16, 18, 20-21, 23, 25, 29, 32-42 even, 45, 47, 52, 57, 62, 64, 123
)

Mutsuo Koseki (ep 1)
Naomi Sakimoto (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 10, 13-15, 19
)

Naoya Tanaka (eps 13-15, 19)
Naruyo Kiriyama (22 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 13-15, 29, 56, 58, 60, 84, 86, 89, 91, 96, 100, 102-103, 107, 110, 112, 123
)

Rieko Ohiwa (Studio Wyeth; eps 119, 124)
Shinichi Uehara (19 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 10, 12-15, 19, 40, 56, 58, 60, 84, 91, 114, 118, 121, 123
)

Tomoko Doi (31 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 8, 10, 13-15, 20, 23-24, 26-27, 30, 33, 35, 37-39, 41, 43-44, 46, 48, 111, 115, 117, 119-120, 122, 124
)

Toshiyuki Yoshimura (25 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 11-12, 16, 18, 20-21, 23, 25, 29, 32-42 even, 45, 47, 50, 64, 66, 118
)

Yōko Nagashima (4 episodes
eps 13-14, 19, 37
)

Yukari Matsuzaki (9 episodes
eps 18, 20, 29, 32, 34, 36, 80, 98, 112
)

Yūko Kobayashi (25 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 8, 30, 33, 35, 37-39, 41, 43-44, 105, 108-111, 113-119 odd, 120, 122, 124
)

Color design: Miwako Nakamura
Editing:
Fumihiro Sueyoshi (eps 3-124)
Harutoshi Ogata
Yukiko Itō (eps 3-124)
Finish Animation:
Teruo Soma (eps 5-6, 11)
Yasuko Yamaguchi (eps 5-6, 11)
In-Between Animation:
Akemi Magochi (7 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11, 14, 17, 25
)

Ako Kagiyama (eps 16, 124)
Atsuko Matsushita (19 episodes
eps 40, 44, 49, 51, 53, 59, 62, 73-81 odd, 82-83, 85, 87, 89, 122, 124
)

Chinami Igei (7 episodes
eps 109-110, 118-122
)

Emiko Kawakami (ep 69)
Harumi Imamura (6 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11, 14, 17
)

Hideo Hayashi (eps 1, 13)
Hidetsugu Itō (23 episodes
eps 75, 77, 79, 82-83, 85-87, 89, 95, 97, 99, 102-103, 106-107, 111, 113, 117-120, 124
)

Hiromi Nakai (eps 7, 20)
Hiroshi Nagahama (5 episodes
eps 22, 54-55, 58-59
)

Hiroyuki Kasugai (7 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12-13, 15, 18, 23
)

Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 48)
Hitoshi Kagiyama (eps 16, 124)
Kaori Nakamura (5 episodes
eps 66, 70-71, 77, 79
)

Kasumi Hara (ep 16)
Kazuhiko Matsushima (eps 87, 118)
Kazuo Shimizu (11 episodes
eps 67, 69, 75, 82-83, 89-91, 102, 109, 121
)

Keiko Watanabe (eps 9, 11)
Kenichi Konishi (ep 26)
Kenichi Ueda (7 episodes
eps 67, 69-70, 82, 89-90, 95
)

Kenichi Yamada (ep 26)
Kenji Hayama (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 15-16, 19
)

Kimihiko Iwasaki (11 episodes
eps 67, 87, 100, 102, 105, 111, 117, 119, 121-123
)

Kiyoko Makita (ep 26)
Koichi Asano (ep 24)
Koji Okimura (9 episodes
eps 28, 39, 51-55, 57, 59
)

Kunihiko Hamada (8 episodes
eps 71, 87, 95, 99, 103, 118, 121-122
)

Kunio Takahide (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 12-13, 15, 40
)

Kyōko Kikukawa (4 episodes
eps 18, 23, 29-30
)

Mamoru Uematsu (eps 5-6, 9, 11)
Masahiko Sasaki (ep 110)
Masakazu Saitō (ep 36)
Michiko Hayashi (11 episodes
eps 71, 77, 79, 86-87, 95, 99, 103, 106, 113, 121
)

Mieko Matsui (7 episodes
eps 13, 23, 42, 46, 51, 61, 73
)

Mio Nakano (ep 51)
Naoyuki Kuzuya (eps 25, 33, 38)
Norimitsu Suzuki (11 episodes
eps 19, 22, 24, 27, 30, 36-37, 52-53, 59, 61
)

Osamu Motoyama (14 episodes
eps 67, 69-70, 91, 95, 99, 102-103, 111, 117, 119-121, 124
)

Sachiko Kozuka (ep 51)
Sachiyo Hiraide (ep 58)
Saki Watanabe (21 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11, 14, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 38, 45, 56, 64, 66, 68, 72, 76, 98, 101, 114
)

Sakiko Watanabe (ep 41)
Satoshi Ishino (eps 106-107)
Satoshi Nishimura (4 episodes
eps 10, 20, 39, 44
)

Satoshi Shiomi (14 episodes
eps 34, 39-40, 42-43, 49, 52-55, 57, 59, 61-62
)

Shigeki Ohshiro (8 episodes
eps 74, 89, 100, 105, 113, 121-123
)

Shigeru Tsuzuki (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 12, 15, 37, 40
)

Shinji Tanaka (eps 66, 77, 79)
Shōgo Furuya (11 episodes
eps 7, 10, 13, 15, 18-20, 22, 27, 30, 36
)

Tadashi Oppata (eps 17, 38)
Tadashi Ozawa (eps 13, 20)
Taeko Watanabe (5 episodes
eps 9, 11, 14, 17, 21
)

Takako Hirata (5 episodes
eps 54-55, 62, 90, 100
)

Takao Maki (eps 26-27)
Takehiro Noda (ep 24)
Tatsuji Narita (ep 10)
Tōru Umeoka (4 episodes
eps 40, 42, 52-53
)

Yasuhiro Geshi (ep 38)
Yasuyuki Honda (ep 33)
Yūichi Itō (4 episodes
eps 86, 91, 105-106
)

Yūji Tateno (ep 36)
Insert Song Arrangement:
DOUBLE K'O' CORPORATION ("Daisuki na Shirts: ep 114)
Masanori Sasaji ("Rainy Lady PM.9"; ep 1)
Insert Song Composition:
DOUBLE K'O' CORPORATION ("Daisuki na Shirts: ep 114)
Takeshi Urata ("Rainy Lady PM.9"; ep 1)
Insert Song Lyrics:
DOUBLE K'O' CORPORATION ("Daisuki na Shirts: ep 114)
Takeshi Urata ("Rainy Lady PM.9"; ep 1)
Insert Song Performance:
Marina Watanabe ("Daisuki na Shirts"; ep 114)
Takeshi Urata ("Rainy Lady PM.9"; ep 1)
Key Animation:
Akemi Takizawa (ep 97)
Akihiro Izumi (ep 14)
Akihiro Yuki (eps 89, 99, 102)
Akio Sakai (ep 22)
Akio Uchino (A.C.J; 5 episodes
eps 62, 69, 73, 75, 79
)

Akira Inoue (eps 86, 91)
Akira Takeuchi (eps 8, 23)
Akira Takeuchi (6 episodes
eps 25, 29, 33, 38, 41, 45
)

Akira Watanabe (6 episodes
eps 25, 29, 33, 38, 41, 45
)

Ako Kagiyama (ep 85)
Atsuko Ōtani (eps 8, 10, 13)
Atsushi Matoba (3 episodes
eps 112, 114, 118
)

Chihiro Hayashi (ep 27)
Chūji Nakajima (eps 9, 21)
Ei Inoue (4 episodes
eps 36, 61, 89, 102
)

Fujio Inose (A.C.J; eps 62, 69)
Fujio Oda (eps 5-6, 14)
Fumie Muroi (16 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11, 14, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37-38, 41, 45, 50, 56, 64
)

Hajime Yoshida (eps 8, 23, 26)
Hayao Nobe (12 episodes
eps 16, 19, 23, 27, 30, 35, 37, 40, 43, 46-47, 51
)

Hideki Takahashi (eps 28, 34)
Hideyuki Satō (eps 5-6)
Hiroaki Hanawa (ep 37)
Hirofumi Nakata (ep 34)
Hirohide Fujiwara (ep 97)
Hiroko Minowa (3 episodes
eps 24, 117, 123
)

Hiromi Nakai (4 episodes
eps 44, 73, 83, 107
)

Hiroomi Yamakawa (ep 13)
Hiroshi Hamasaki (ep 2)
Hiroshi Nagahama (7 episodes
eps 98, 100-101, 105, 109, 111, 124
)

Hiroshi Ōsaka (4 episodes
eps 30, 37, 57, 75
)

Hiroshi Shimizu (eps 13, 24, 117)
Hirotsugu Kawasaki (eps 95, 100)
Hiroyuki Kasugai (20 episodes
eps 65, 67, 70, 73, 75, 77, 81, 83, 86, 90, 99, 103, 107, 110-111, 113, 116, 119, 121, 123
)

Hiroyuki Morita (eps 61, 123)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (6 episodes
eps 110, 113, 115, 118, 120, 123
)

Hitoshi Kagiyama (ep 85)
Hitoshi Ueda (eps 15, 23, 102)
Il Kim (ep 71)
Jing Ping Qian (ep 96)
Junichi Hashimoto (ep 4)
Junichi Hayama (ep 98)
Junichi Nagano (4 episodes
eps 8, 23, 40, 53
)

Kahoru Hirata (10 episodes
eps 83, 93, 96, 100, 105, 107, 111, 120, 122, 124
)

Kai Shiono (ep 14)
Katsumi Matsuda (ep 64)
Katsunori Kimizuka (5 episodes
eps 9, 11, 21, 76, 92
)

Katsuo Hamada (eps 84, 88, 98)
Katsutoshi Tsunoda (ep 20)
Kayoko Nakafuji (eps 118, 120)
Kazuhiko Miyake (ep 26)
Kazuhiro Soeta (6 episodes
eps 99, 103, 107, 111, 116, 124
)

Kazuko Maeshima (ep 112)
Kazuko Shibata (eps 12, 16, 20)
Kazuya Takeda (ep 7)
Keiji Gotō (eps 17, 26)
Keiko Watanabe (eps 11, 14, 21)
Keiko Watanabe (28 episodes
eps 11, 14, 21, 25, 29, 33, 38, 41, 45, 50, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 98, 101, 104, 108, 112, 114, 118, 121
)

Keisuke Fukuda (5 episodes
eps 59, 63, 67, 70, 77
)

Kenichi Shimizu (ep 4)
Kenichi Takahashi (ep 92)
Kenichi Tsuchiya (ep 12)
Kenichi Ueda (5 episodes
eps 98, 100, 102-103, 109
)

Kenji Hayama (10 episodes
eps 42, 44, 47, 49, 52, 62, 65, 67, 71, 115
)

Kitarō Kōsaka (eps 1-2, 7, 42)
Kōichi Chigira (eps 57, 62, 69)
Kōichi Hashimoto (ep 57)
Kōichi Tsuchida (4 episodes
eps 9, 41, 45, 60
)

Koji Okimura (eps 104, 121)
Kōji Sugiura (ep 32)
Kumiko Kawana (ep 3)
Kumiko Takahashi (eps 58-59)
Kunihiko Sakurai (10 episodes
eps 15, 20, 40, 52, 54 solo, 55 solo, 57, 82, 91, 97
)

Kunihiro Abe (ep 17)
Kunio Takahide (13 episodes
eps 62, 67, 77, 82, 85-91 odd, 97, 102, 105, 114, 118
)

Makiko Yamauchi (ep 4)
Mamoru Sasaki (eps 12, 16)
Mariko Aoki (ep 16)
Masafumi Yamamoto (ep 4)
Masahiko Yoda (5 episodes
eps 2-3, 7-8, 12
)

Masahiro Andō (eps 12, 16)
Masahiro Sekino (4 episodes
eps 48, 89, 102, 117
)

Masaki Takei (5 episodes
eps 1, 10, 13, 18, 32
)

Masami Ozone (ep 20)
Masaru Kitao (11 episodes
eps 2-3, 7, 15, 35, 96, 99, 107, 120, 122, 124
)

Masashi Kaneko (8 episodes
eps 3, 18, 31, 34, 61, 107, 111, 117
)

Masato Kimura (ep 8)
Masaya Suzuki (eps 17, 21)
Masayuki Yagi (ep 4)
Michio Mihara (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 12, 16
)

Miho Shimogasa (ep 17)
Miki Fujita (ep 17)
Minoru Okamoto (6 episodes
eps 25, 29, 33, 38, 41, 45
)

Mitsuhiro Yotsuya (ep 48)
Motoki Yagi (ep 91)
Motoko Hiraishi (7 episodes
eps 12, 15, 19, 26, 30, 36, 51
)

Nobumasa Shinkawa (33 episodes
eps 16, 19, 22, 27-28, 30, 32, 34-36, 39, 43, 47, 53, 57-58, 65, 67, 71, 75, 79, 82, 86, 89, 95, 102, 106, 109, 113, 116, 119, 121, 123
)

Noriko Moritomo (ep 10)
Norimitsu Suzuki (11 episodes
eps 83, 85-86, 91, 95, 100, 103, 106, 110, 113, 118
)

Osamu Horiuchi (ep 64)
Osamu Nabeshima (eps 13, 19, 23)
Ping Huang (ep 96)
Reiko Eda (19 episodes
eps 1, 8, 10, 15, 19, 28, 31, 35, 37, 40, 43, 47, 49, 52, 59, 71, 79, 87, 89
)

Reiko Kurihara (5 episodes
eps 1, 10, 22, 26, 28
)

Ryūichi Makino (eps 59, 89)
Sachiko Sugino (eps 18, 24)
Sachio Kamata (8 episodes
eps 87, 91, 97, 102, 106, 110, 113, 116
)

Satoshi Shiomi (5 episodes
eps 106, 110, 115, 119, 121
)

Satoshi Tasaki (12 episodes
eps 32, 95, 99, 103, 107, 110-111, 113, 115, 119, 121, 124
)

Seiji Handa (ep 17)
Shigehito Tsuji (ep 116)
Shigeru Fujita (22 episodes
eps 18, 20, 24, 27, 30, 34, 36, 39, 42, 46, 49, 52, 58, 63, 66, 70, 74, 77, 82, 86, 97, 108
)

Shigeru Tsuzuki (10 episodes
eps 57, 75, 77, 81, 83, 86, 91, 97, 102, 105
)

Shinichi Imakuma (eps 25, 84, 88)
Shinichi Tōkairin (eps 7, 111, 115)
Shinichi Yoshino (eps 28, 34)
Shinji Satō (A.C.J; 4 episodes
eps 62, 69, 73, 75
)

Shōgo Furuya (18 episodes
eps 63, 66, 69, 73, 78-79, 82, 85-86, 89, 93, 95-96, 100, 105, 109, 122, 124
)

Shunji Suzuki (ep 35)
Sumio Watanabe (ep 122)
Tadashi Hasegawa (9 episodes
eps 28, 31, 34, 40, 46, 49, 52-53, 58
)

Takafumi Jinno (ep 47)
Takafumi Watanabe (ep 17)
Takahiro Gotō (16 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11, 14, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37-38, 60, 64, 68, 72, 88
)

Takanobu Murakami (ep 43)
Takao Yoshino (ep 36)
Takashi Hashimoto (ep 8)
Takashi Sasaki (A.C.J; eps 62, 69)
Takenori Mihara (eps 114, 119)
Takeshi Koike (eps 1, 18)
Takuo Noda (eps 22, 35)
Tatsuya Suzuki (ep 25)
Tensai Okamura (ep 101)
Tetsurō Aoki (ep 3)
Tomihiko Ōkubo (eps 24, 44)
Tōru Umeoka (3 episodes
eps 104, 108, 122
)

Toshinobu Togawa (eps 42, 46, 49)
Toshiya Niidome (eps 115, 122)
Toshiyuki Tsuru (eps 1, 7-8)
Toyoaki Fukushima (23 episodes
eps 28, 42, 48, 51, 53, 59 63, 66, 70, 74, 77, 81, 85, 87, 91, 95, 102, 105, 109, 111, 118-124 even
)

Tsukasa Abe (9 episodes
eps 67, 70, 73, 77, 81, 85, 90, 104, 112
)

Tsutomu Awada (17 episodes
eps 13, 18, 20, 24, 27, 31, 36, 39, 42, 46, 48, 51, 53, 61, 65, 113, 117
)

Woo-Young Jung (eps 13, 19-20)
Yasuhiko Ishitani (A.C.J; eps 62, 69)
Yasuhiko Ōyama (eps 9, 11, 50)
Yasushi Muraki (ep 17)
Yasushi Shibue (ep 115)
Yasuzō Iino (ep 26)
Yayoi Kotani (17 episodes
eps 16, 19, 26, 30, 34, 43-44, 48, 51, 59, 65, 67, 69, 73, 75, 79, 87
)

Yoshie Kawamura (4 episodes
eps 27, 46, 84, 120
)

Yoshie Sakata (ep 23)
Yoshie Takamine (eps 44, 47)
Yoshiharu Ashino (36 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11, 14, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37-38, 41, 45, 50, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84, 94, 96, 98-99, 101, 104, 108, 112-114, 116, 120-121, 123
)

Yoshiharu Fukushima (ep 122)
Yoshiharu Satō (4 episodes
eps 13, 24, 36, 89
)

Yoshihito Hishinuma (33 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 11, 14, 21, 25, 29, 33, 38, 41, 45, 50, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 98, 101, 104, 108, 112, 118, 120-121, 123-124
)

Yoshinobu Aohachi (eps 22, 34)
Yoshinori Kanemori (12 episodes
eps 40, 44, 63, 66, 73, 78, 81, 94, 96, 100, 103, 109
)

Yoshito Iwamoto (5 episodes
eps 48, 51, 59, 63, 66
)

Yu Lei Zhang (ep 96)
Yui Okano (ep 63)
Yūji Arita (6 episodes
eps 42-43, 47, 49, 52, 57
)

Yūji Ikeda (ep 28)
Yūji Satō (12 episodes
eps 48, 51, 59, 63, 67, 70, 74, 77, 81, 83, 86, 97
)

Yūji Shigekuni (eps 117, 123)
Yukihiro Makino (eps 48, 51, 53)
Yukio Okano (14 episodes
eps 3, 20, 23, 30, 32, 35, 37, 40, 43, 46, 48, 52-53, 59
)

Yuri Chigira (eps 57, 86)
Yuriko Ikehara (5 episodes
eps 114, 116, 119, 122, 124
)

Yutaka Sakamoto (4 episodes
eps 95, 100, 105, 109
)

Yūzō Satō (6 episodes
eps 22, 26, 35, 106, 110, 123
)

Photography:
Hajime Noguchi (Takahashi Production; ep 3)
Hitoshi Yamaguchi (eps 1-2, 4-5)
Junko Nagai (Takahashi Production; ep 3)
Kōji Yamakoshi (T Nishimura; ep 6)
Miho Sakata (Takahashi Production; ep 3)
Satoshi Saito (T Nishimura; ep 6)
Taizo Matsuzaki (Takahashi Production; ep 3)
Toshiyuki Fukushima (Takahashi Production; ep 3)
Yasuhiro Matsumura (eps 1-2, 4-5)
Yasuyoshi Toyonaga (eps 2, 4-5)
Yūichi Katsumata (T Nishimura; ep 6)
Planning:
Michihiko Suwa (Yomiuri TV)
Shigekazu Ochiai (Kitty Films)
Planning Producer: Michihiko Suwa (Yomiuri TV)
Production Advancement: Toshikatsu Tokoro (eps 5, 45)
Recording Adjustment: Hisanori Ōshiro
Setting: Tatsuhiko Urahata (eps 44-124)
Setting Production: Tatsuhiko Urahata (eps 1-43)
Sound Effects:
Akihiko Matsuda (Fizz Sound Creation)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Akihisa Matzura (ED4)
Jun Satō (OP2)
Kei Wakakusa (ED2)
Keisuke Kuwata (ED3)
LAZY LOU's BOOGIE (ED4)
Mitsuo Hagita (ED1)
Takayuki Negishi (OP1, OP4)
Takeshi Kobayashi (OP3, ED3)
Theme Song Composition:
Hirokazu Fujii (OP1)
KAN (OP2)
LOU (ED4)
Midori Karashima (ED2)
Taizo Jinnouchi (OP4)
Wataru Yahagi (ED1)
Yūko Hara (OP3,ED3)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Airin (OP1)
LOU (ED4)
Midori Karashima (ED2)
Taizo Jinnouchi (OP4)
Takashi Matsumoto (ED1)
Yuho Iwasato (OP2)
Yūko Hara (OP3, ED3)
Theme Song Performance:
LAZY LOU's BOOGIE (ED#4)
Mariko Nagai (OP#1+OP#4)
Midori Karashima (ED#2)
Miki Imai (OP#2)
Rika Himenogi (ED#1)
Yūko Hara (OP#3+ED#3)
Yūko Minaguchi as Yawara Inokuma

Akira Kamiya as Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri
Chiyoko Kawashima as Fujiko Itou
Ichirō Nagai as Jigorou Inokuma
Masashi Sugawara as Kaoru Hanazono
Toshihiko Seki as Kousaku Matsuda
Yoshino Takamori as Sayaka Honami

Ai Satō as Kristin Adams
Akira Shimada as Tokunaga
Atsuko Mine as Yuki Todo
Chafūrin as Kamoda
Eriko Hara as Kazumi
Hideyuki Umezu as Yoshida
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Rune (Jody's fiancé)
Hōchū Ōtsuka as Announcer
Ikuo Nishikawa as Hagoromo
Kaeko Sugisaki as Tao (ep 48)
Kazuhiko Kishino as Nikkan Every's Editor in Chief
Kōsuke Meguro as Sasaki
Kuniko Oguchi as Murai
Kyoko Yamada as
Kurokawa
Megumi Gotou (ep 121)
Masaaki Okabe as Kojiro Inokuma
Masashi Hirose as
Inagaki
Kamata
Kujiraoka (ep 37)
Masaya Onosaka as Reporter
Megumi Hayashibara as Takeyuki Suzuki
Mie Suzuki as
Nanda
Youko Minamida
Miki Itō as Yurie
Minoru Inaba as Coach Ishikura
Minoru Yada as Tamaranch
Miyuki Ichijō as Jody Rockwell
Naoki Bandō as
Fujiko's Father
Ueda (ep 5)
Naoki Makishima as Tomioka
Reiko Suzuki as Matsuda's Mother
Rica Fukami as Outawara
Run Sasaki as Belkens
Runa Akiyama as Kuniko Kaga
Ryūji Nakagi as Gouzou Yuutenji
Seiko Tomoe as Fujiko's mother
Shōko Saitō as Mari Oda
Shōzō Iizuka as Ozaki (ep 76)
Takuma Gōno as Yūjirō Ishida
Takumi Yamazaki as Yoshida (ep 97)
Tomohiro Nishimura as Makita (ep 5)
Toshiharu Sakurai as Hatakeyama
Toshihiko Seki as Daisaku (ep 37)
Toshiko Fujita as Tamao Inokuma
Yoku Shioya as Sudo
Yoshino Takamori as Saeko (ep 19)
Yū Shimaka as Katagiri
Yūji Mitsuya as
Hiroyuki Nishikimori
Nishikimori (ep 1)
Yukari Hishizu as Katsuragi
Yukari Takayama as Katsuragi
Yukiji as Gonzalez
Yūko Minaguchi as Kaneko Inokuma
Yūko Mizutani as Anna Teleshikova
Yūko Sasaki as
Matsuda's mother
Yukari
Yumi Touma as Kyon Kyon/Shimizu

Japanese companies
Animation: Madhouse
Animation Production: Madhouse
Casting Cooperation: Aoni Production
Co-Production: YTV
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Key Animation:
A.C.J (eps 62, 69)
DR Movie (eps 60, 74)
Shanghai Chaoyang Animation (eps 78, 93-94)
Studio Fantasia (eps 30, 39)
Xuyang Animation
Production:
Kitty Films
YTV (as Yomiuri TV)
Recording Production: Audio Planning U
Recording Studio: APU Studio
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
English staff
English companies
Translation: Anastasia Moreno
Licensed by:
AnimEigo (Expired; eps 1-40)
English cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Dubbing Director: Jaume Lleal (Catalan dub)

Insert Song Performance: David (Catalan dub; ep 39)
Geni Rey as Ginger 'Yawara' Inokuma (Catalan dub)
Montse Anfruns as Ginger Inokuma (Valencian dub)

Albert Trifol Segarra as Kosaku Matsuda (Catalan dub)
Aleix Puiggalí as Kaoru Hanazono (subst; Catalan dub)
Ariadna de Guzmán as Sayuri Yoshinagawa (Catalan dub)
Benja Figueres as Kosaku Matsuda (Valencian dub)
Carme Abril as Fujiko Itô (Catalan dub)
Carme Buxaderas as Tamao Inokuma (Catalan dub)
Eduard Farelo as Kaoru Hanazono (Catalan dub)
Félix Benito as Jigoro Inokuma (subst; Catalan dub)
Francesc Fenollosa as Jigoro Inokuma (Valencian dub)
Isabel Requena as Fujiko Itou (Valencian dub)
Josep María Zamora as Jigoro Inokuma (Catalan dub)
Julia Sorli as Sayaka Honami (Valencian dub)
Mark Ullod as Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri (Catalan dub)
Núria Trifol as Sayaka Honami (Catalan dub)
Oriol de Balle as Kaoru Hanazono (subst; Catalan dub)
Oscar Barberán as Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri (Catalan dub)
Rosa Aguado as Kuniko Kaga (Catalan dub)

Albert Socias as Kojiro Inokuma (Catalan dub)
Alberto Mieza as Corresponsal (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Aleix Estadella as Sudo (Catalan dub)
Aleix Puiggalí as Kamoda (Catalan dub)
Alicia Laorden as Anna Teleshikova (Catalan dub)
Amadeu Aguado as
Comentarista (Catalan dub)
Professor Polnareff (subst; Catalan dub)
Ana María Camps as
Sayuri Yoshinagawa (subst; Catalan dub)
Tamao Inokuma (Catalan dub)
Ana Maria Mauri as Tamao Inokuma (subst; Catalan dub; subst; Catalan dub)
Anna Frigola as Megumi Uzaki (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Anna Orra as
Anna Teleshikova (subst; Catalan dub)
Fill d'en Hagoromo (Catalan dub)
Yoko Minamida (subst; Catalan dub)
Aureli Delgado as Sudo (Valencian dub)
Aurora García as Kruscheva (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Belén Roca as Yukari Komiya (Catalan dub)
Carme Buxaderas as
Kim Yeong Suk (Catalan dub)
Kyoko Hikage (subst; Catalan dub)
Carme Canet as Jody Rockwell (Catalan dub)
Cristina Mauri as Mari Oda (subst; Catalan dub; subst; Catalan dub)
Diana De Guzmán as Yuji Todo (Catalan dub)
Domenech Farell as Sasaki (Catalan dub)
Eduard Elias as Saito (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Elisenda Padrós as
Amiga de la Ginger (Catalan dub)
Shimizu (Catalan dub)
Emili Freixas as Hagoromo (Catalan dub)
Emilio Freixas as
Diplomàtic (Catalan dub)
Hagoromo (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Taxista iugoslau (Catalan dub)
Enric Casamitjana as
Keisuke (Catalan dub)
Majordom Tokunaga (subst; Catalan dub)
Professor Polnaref (Catalan dub)
Enric Serra Frediani as
Diplomàtic (Catalan dub)
Toranosuke Ushiwo (Catalan dub)
Yasui (Catalan dub)
Esperança Domènech as
Belkens (Catalan dub)
Kiyoko (Catalan dub)
Félix Benito as Director d'escola (Catalan dub)
Ferran Llavina as Yasushiro Yamashita (subst; Catalan dub; subst; Catalan dub)
Gemma Ibáñez as
Mari Oda 'Marilyn' (Catalan dub)
Yukari Komiya (Catalan dub)
Ignasi Abadal as Sr. Honami (Catalan dub)
Jaume Costa as
Kono (Catalan dub)
Tomioka (Catalan dub)
Jaume Lleal as Tokunaga, el majordom (Catalan dub)
Jaume Mallofre as
Sr. Ito (Catalan dub)
Yamashita (Catalan dub)
Joan Massotkleiner as Sudai (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Jordi Nogueras as Hakateyama (Catalan dub)
José Antequera as Katagiri (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
José María Neguillo as Empleat (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Josep Maria Mas as Yasui (Catalan dub)
Lourdes López as
Belkens (Catalan dub)
Sra. Matsuda (Catalan dub)
Margarida Gual as Katori (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Maria Lluïsa Magaña as Kazumi (Catalan dub)
Marta Barbará as Kuniko Kaga (Catalan dub)
Marta Covas as Kaneko Inokuma (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Marta Ullod as Kyoko Hikage (Catalan dub)
Miquel Cors as
President (Catalan dub)
President Outaguro (Catalan dub)
Montse Puga as
Sayuri Yoshinagawa (Catalan dub)
Yuki Todo (Catalan dub; subst; Catalan dub)
Montserrat Roig as Jody Rockwell (subst; Catalan dub; subst; Catalan dub)
Norbert Ibero as Ishikura (Catalan dub)
Oriol Rafel as
Aminagaki (Catalan dub)
Jigoro Inokuma (jove; Catalan dub; jove; Catalan dub)
Oriol de Balle as
René Simard (Catalan dub)
Sudo (Catalan dub)
Pep Bermúdez as
Cap d'en Matsuda (Catalan dub)
Diplomàtic (Catalan dub)
Professor (Catalan dub)
Pep Ribas as
Davis (Catalan dub)
Entrenador Yutenji (Catalan dub)
Gozo Yutenji (Catalan dub)
Pilar Rebollar as Amiga de la Ginger (Catalan dub)
Ramon Canals as Hakateyama (Catalan dub)
Ramon Puig as Murakami (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Roger Pera as Nishikomori (Catalan dub)
Santi Lorenz as Konnomori (Catalan dub)
Teresa Manresa as Gotoda (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Vicky Martínez as
Nanda (Catalan dub)
Yoko Minamida (Catalan dub)
Xavier Fernández as Makida (Catalan dub)

Elisabet Bargalló (Catalan dub)
Enric Cusí (Catalan dub)
Felip Bau (Valencian dub)
Ivan Pera (Catalan dub)
Joan Sanz (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Jordi Nogueras (Catalan dub)
Norbert Ibero (Catalan dub)
Roser Contreras (Catalan dub)
Sergio Capelo (Valencian dub)
Teresa Poch (Catalan dub)
Teresa Soler (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Distributor: Luk Internacional (Spain)
Licensed by: Luk Internacional (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Lella Carcereri

Guido Bettali as Charlie (Matsuda)
Lella Carcereri as Betty Wing (Sayaka Honami)
Oliviero Corbetta as Teodore Moore (Jigorou Inokuma)
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Junior TV (1990)
Distributor: Carioca
Dubbing: Carioca
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Ahlee Reyes as Yawara Inokuma

Charmaine Cordoviz as
Fujiko Itou
Kuniko Kaga
Ely Martin as Kaoru Hanazono
Klariz Magboo as Sayaka Honami
Mark Aspiras as Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri
Robert Brillantes as Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri (2nd voice)
Roger Aquino as Jigorou Inokuma

Ahlee Reyes as
Kaneko Inokuma
Tamao Inokuma
Charmaine Cordoviz as
Anna Teleshikova
Jody Rockwell
Mrs. Honami
Ely Martin as
Mr. Kazamatsuri
Nishikimori
Klariz Magboo as
Kaori
Kasumi
Kyoko
Saeko (resemblance of Sayaka Honami)
Toudo Yuuki
Yukari Komiya
Mark Aspiras as
Kamoda
Saimonji
Yuutenji Gouzou
Robert Brillantes as
Kamoda (2nd Voice)
Yuutenji Gouzou (2nd voice)
Roger Aquino as
Kojirou Inokuma
Mr. Honami
Sudo
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: QTV Channel 11
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