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Feb 1, 2024 · The original Iron Chef host, Takeshi Kaga, left the show after its 6th season due to creative differences with the producers. He was replaced by actor and comedian, Shinichiro Kurimoto, for the show's final season.
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Dr. Yukio Hattori returned from the original Iron Chef series to provide commentary. Three new Iron Chefs were chosen; Jun Kurogi as Iron Chef Japanese, Yūji Wakiya as Iron Chef Chinese, and Yōsuke Suga as Iron Chef French. The first battle in the new show was a two-hour special with two battles.
- Chen Kenichi (Iron Chef Chinese) Chen Kenichi, nicknamed the “The Szechuan Sage,” expanded his family restaurant group across Japan, with 14 locations in the cities of Fukuoka, Matsuyama, Nagoya, Takamatsu, Tokyo, and Yokohama, according to the company’s website.
- Yutaka Ishinabe (Iron Chef French) Yutaka Ishinabe is the chef behind the Queen Alice chain of restaurants in Japan. The location at the Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya closed in 2019, but there’s still a location open at the Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu south of Tokyo, where you can “delight your taste buds” in a restaurant styled like a “whimsical French garden.”
- Hiroyuki Sakai (Iron Chef French) Iron Chef’s second French master is the chef and owner of La Rochelle, a French restaurant chain with locations in the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Fukuoka.
- Masahiko Kobe (Iron Chef Italian) This “Prince of Pasta” was the chef behind the restaurant Massa, located in the Ebisu district of Tokyo. He died in 2019 at age 49 after a fall in the kitchen, according to Nikkan Sports.
The motivation for spending his fortune to create Kitchen Stadium was to encounter new original cuisines which could be called true artistic creations. To realize his dream, he secretly started choosing the top chefs of various styles of cooking, and he named his men the Iron Chefs: the invincible men of culinary skills.
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He plays the role of the Chairman on Iron Chef America, Iron Chef Australia and Iron Chef Mexico. In the series' backstory, Dacascos's character is the nephew of the original Iron Chef Chairman, Takeshi Kaga.
Takeshi Kaga (鹿賀 丈史, Kaga Takeshi), real name Shigekatsu Katsuta (勝田 薫且, Katsuta Shigekatsu, born October 12, 1950), is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV.
Iron Chef (TV Series 1993–2002) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
