Judo-bu Monogatari


is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Kobayashi. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly [Young Magazine] from 1985 to 1991, with its chapters collected in 11 volumes. A two-episode original video animation adaptation was released in 1991. Another manga series created by Kobayashi and Olympic gold medalist judoka, Yuko Emoto, titled JJM: Joshi Judou-bu Monogatari, started in 2016.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Makoto Kobayashi, Judo-bu Monogatari was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1985 to 1991. Kodansha collected its chapters in 11 volumes, released from June 15, 1987, to August 13, 1991.
A related manga series, titled, with an original story by Yuko Emoto, 1996 Atlanta Olympic Judo at the [1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 61 kg|Women's Judo-61 kg] gold medalist, featuring a female protagonist, started in Kodansha's Evening on August 9, 2016.

Original video animation

A two-episode original video animation adaptation by Studio Deen was released on VHS from March 25 to June 25, 1991.