Yawara (disambiguation)

Yawara (disambiguation)

Yawara can refer to:
*Jujutsu (the old name "yawara" was based on a different pronunciation of the kanji)
*Yawara, a martial arts weapon
*Yawara, a village in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
*"Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl", an anime and manga series
*"Yawara-chan," the nickname of Ryoko Tani, after a character in the manga "Yawara!"
*Yawara Matsumoto, a Japanese naval commander in the Russo-Japanese War (1860-c. 1925)


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