Along with Cuba's Driulys González and Japan's Ryoko Tamura-Tani, Pekli became in 2008 the first female judoka to compete at five Olympics.
Like most female judoka in video games, Yawara is based on the real-life Japanese judoka Ryoko Tani.
Tani | Tani Tabbal | Yukio Tani | Ryoko Tani | Yoko Tani | Ryoko Shinohara | Naomi Tani |