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.
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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.