• 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...
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    The yawara is a Japanese weapon used in various martial arts. Numerous types of jujutsu make use of a small rod, made of wood, that extends somewhat from...
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    Yawara (谷和原村, Yawara-mura) was a village located in Tsukuba District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of...
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  • The yawara is a Japanese weapon used in various martial arts. Yawara may also refer to: Yawara, an obsolete term for jujutsu (based on an alternate pronunciation...
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  • Yawara! (stylized as YAWARA! in Japan) is a Japanese manga series by Naoki Urasawa which ran in Big Comic Spirits from 1986 to 1993. In 1989, Yomiuri...
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    illustrated himself, and his first major success, was the sports manga Yawara! (1986–1993). He then illustrated the adventure series Master Keaton (1988–1994)...
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  • murder seems to have been committed using a yawara. Shepard is skilled in delivering blows with a yawara, so she is arrested and questioned for the murders...
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  • Yawara Hata (畑和, Hata Yawara, September 29, 1910 – January 26, 1996) was a Japanese politician, who served as a member of the House of Representatives...
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  • unarmed or with minor weapons close combat). The words jujutsu, taijutsu, and yawara can be used interchangeably. The term is commonly used when referring to...
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  • anime, including Julie Braun in Julie the Wild Rose  [ja], Jody Rockwell in Yawara!, Jodie Starling in Case Closed, and Misa Takatsuki in Project ARMS. She...
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  • including Naoki Urasawa and Clamp. Madhouse produced adaptations of Urasawa's Yawara!, Master Keaton, and Monster, with Masayuki Kojima helming the latter two...
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    adjustment'. Applied as a weapon, some of its uses can be similar to that of the yawara stick or koppo stick. The principal targets in self-defence include bony...
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  • Jūjutsu 良移心当流 柔術, (also known as Fukuno-ryū 福野流, Shintō Yawara 神当和, or Ryōi Shintō-ryū Yawara 良移心當流和) is a traditional school (Koryū 古流, old style) of...
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  • Bat (紅蝙蝠, Kurenai Kawahori) (1958) Meiji fuusetsu: Yawara sempuu (明治の風雪 柔旋風) (1965) Tsuzuki yawara sempuu: Shitennou tanjyou (続・柔旋風 四天王誕生) (1965) Crimson...
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  • Akakage (1987) (Akane) Sally the Witch (1989) (Nancy) YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl! (1989) (Yawara Inokuma and Kaneko Inokuma) Jushin Liger (1989) (Yuki)...
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    "grappling" (組討 or 組打, kumiuchi), "body art" (体術, taijutsu), "softness" (柔 or 和, yawara), "art of harmony" (和術, wajutsu, yawarajutsu), "catching hand" (捕手, torite)...
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  • two towns before the dissolution: Ina and Yawara. On March 27, 2006, the town of Ina and the village of Yawara were merged to create the city of Tsukubamirai...
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  • Yamato Chapter and made his debut as an episode director in episode 40 of Yawara!. He made his chief directorial debut with the 1993 OVA POPS. His noted...
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    inspiration for the character of Yawara Inokuma, the heroine of Naoki Urasawa's popular manga and anime series Yawara! who prepares for the 1992 Barcelona...
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  • featured in anime, Glass Kiss in the Maison Ikkoku film and Stand By Me in Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl. Rika is married to bass player of Foghat, World...
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  • fight in UFC Middleweight division history (254) (vs. John Phillips) Yawara FC Yawara FC Middleweight Championship (One time) List of current UFC fighters...
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    Matsumoto Kazu (松本和, 15 March 1860 – 20 January 1940) was a vice admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for his role in the Siemens scandal. Matsumoto...
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  • Province Pasak, West Azerbaijan, a village in West Azerbaijan Province Yawara Pa Sak (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    developmental talent sent by wXw. In Yawara Wrestling, he won the vacant tag team titles alongside Justus von der Heid at YAWARA Wrestling Reunion XVIII February...
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  • proposed a story about women's judo, and that lead to his first solo work Yawara! (1986–1993). The original idea for Monster came from the 1960s American...
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    total area was 45.54 km2. On March 27, 2006, Ina, along with the village of Yawara (also from Tsukuba District), was merged to create the city of Tsukubamirai...
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    Motono Village was created on April 1, 1914, through the merger of Hongo and Yawara Villages. The development of Chiba New Town greatly accelerated the development...
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  • Natsubara-ryū seems to be no longer extant. In addition to the bojutsu and yawara, Masaoka's book also makes mention of other techniques, such as torinawa...
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  • 102 Ace of Diamond October 6, 2013 March 28, 2016 126 20–26 minutes 103 Yawara! October 16, 1989 September 21, 1992 124 20–26 minutes 104 Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS...
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  • (1986–1992) Crying Freeman by Ryoichi Ikegami and Kazuo Koike (1986–1988) Yawara! by Naoki Urasawa (1986–1993) Tokyo Love Story by Fumi Saimon (1988–1990)...
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