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Iron Chef

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1993–1999·Ended·7 Seasons·299 Episodes·45 min·Fuji TV

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Overview

Iron Chef is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1993, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended on September 24, 1999, although occasional specials were produced until 2002. The series aired 309 episodes. Repeats are regularly aired on the Cooking Channel in the United States and on Special Broadcasting Service in Australia. Fuji TV will air a new version of the show, titled Iron Chef, beginning in October 26, 2012.

Cast

Kenji Fukui

Shinichirō Ōta

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Keywords

competitioncookingcooking competition

Seasons

Specials8 episodes

2000

The Millennium Special

New York Special

21st Century Special

Legend of Sakai and Chen

Legend of Michiba

Morimoto R.A.W.

New York Special: Rock Crab

Season 110 episodes

1993

Ishinabe vs. Maruyama Takeshi (Salmon Battle)

Michiba VS Kobayakawa Yousei (Foie Gras Battle)

Chen vs Indoragori Paulo (Globefish Battle)

Chen vs Kudo Toshiyuki (Tofu Battle)

Michiba vs Syu Tomiteru (Lobster Battle)

Chen VS Tei Kazuhiko (Octopus Battle)

Ishinabe vs Muto Masato (Radish Battle)

Michiba vs Syu Tomitoku (Crab Battle)

Ishinabe VS Oyama Eizo (Banana Battle)

Ishinabe vs Jacques Borie (Chicken Battle)

Season 250 episodes

1994

Michiba VS Shu Tomitoku (Pork Battle)

Chen vs Wan Weiping (Squid Battle)

Michiba VS Hoshino Jun (Egg Battle)

Michiba VS Tanabe Toshio (Sea Bream Battle)

Chin VS Taniguchi Kouichi (Shrimp Battle)

Michiba VS Masaki Kazuyoshi (Anago Eel Battle)

Chen vs Kandagawa Toshiro (Flounder Battle)

Sakai VS Guy Shokr (Oyster Battle)

Chen vs Kondo Shinji (Wheat Battle)

Sakai vs Kitami Hiroyuki (Tomato Battle)

Chen vs Kagata Kyoko (Scallop Battle)

Michiba VS Otakura Hideaki (Cheese Battle)

Michiba VS Goto Koichiro (Rice Battle)

Chen vs Munetaka Takahashi (Bamboo Shoots Battle)

Sakai vs Mario Nakagawa (Lamb Battle)

Michiba vs Yukio Hattori (Truffle Battle)

Chen vs Hiromi Yamada (Cabbage Battle)

Sakai vs Hiromi Funatsu (Bonito Battle)

Sakai vs Masatoshi Kimura (Duck Battle)

Chen vs Kiyoshi Takahashi (Carrot Battle)

Michiba vs Kuniyuki Ishikawa (Natto Battle)

Michiba vs Katsumi Hanato (Sweetfish Battle)

Sakai vs Yuji Wakiya (Sea Urchin Battle)

Chen vs Masahiko Miyamoto (Milk Battle)

Chen vs Koichi Tabata (Eggplant Battle)

Michiba vs Takashi Mera (Tuna Battle)

Sakai vs Tadaaki Shimizu (Homard Battle)

Michiba and Chen vs Joël Bruant and Masafumi Furutaka (Sea Bass Battle)

Sakai vs Mitsuru Saitoh (Beef Battle)

Michiba vs Yasuhiko Yoshida (Eel Battle)

Sakai vs Hirohisa Koyama (Pike Eel Battle)

Chen vs Katsuyo Kobayashi (Potato Battle)

Michiba vs Keiji Nakazawa (Corn Battle)

Chen vs Hideki Ohsako (Mushroom Battle)

Michiba vs Artur J. Rütter (Bell Pepper Battle)

Michiba vs Tsutomu Hiroi (Pacific Saury Battle)

Sakai vs Sotetsu Fuji (Yam Potato Battle)

Chen vs Takashi Saito (Prawn Battle)

Sakai vs Masamitsu Takahashi (Matsutake Mushrooms Battle)

Michiba vs Xu Peirong (Shark Fin Battle)

Sakai VS Sekihata Katsuyuki (Bread Battle)

Chen vs Koji Kobayashi (Pumpkin Battle)

Michiba vs Yasuo Kawada (Anglerfish Battle)

Chen vs Tadashi Sugita (Shanghai Crab Battle)

Michiba vs Tatsuo Umemiya (Horse Mackerel Battle)

Sakai vs Seiya Kawasaki (Quail Battle)

Chen vs Toshikatsu Nakagawa (Noodle Battle)

Michiba vs Hiroshi Furusho (Turkey Battle)

Sakai vs Masayo Waki (Strawberry Battle)

Mr. Iron Chef 1994: Preliminaries

Season 350 episodes

1995

Mr. Iron Chef 1994: Final (Yellowtail)

Chen vs Toshiyuki Nakagawa (Mochi Battle)

Sakai vs Koji Yamada (Turnip Battle)

Chen vs Hisao Oidate (Chinese Cabbage Battle)

Sakai vs Fuyuko Kondo (Apple & Chocolate Battle)

Chen vs Yoshie Urabe (Soybean Battle)

Michiba vs Masao Suzuki (Matsuba Crab Battle)

Chen vs Kunihiko Hashimoto (Taro Battle)

Sakai vs Toshihiro Komine (Asparagus Battle)

Michiba vs Wang Zhijian (Egg Battle)

Chen vs Tetsutoshi Shimazu (Squid Battle)

Sakai vs Shigeo Yuasa (Cod Battle)

Hong Kong Special: Pork, Spiny Lobster

Chen vs Chiyo Cho (Tofu Battle)

Ishinabe vs Tomoyuki Sawaguchi (Flounder Battle)

Sakai vs Kunio Santo (Clam Battle)

Michiba vs Keisuke Tamano (Tilefish Battle)

Kenichi vs Lee Myong Suk (Liver Battle)

Sakai vs Isao Yanagidate (Caviar Battle)

Chen vs Elio Orsara (Kajiki Tuna Battle)

Michiba vs Etsuo Joh (Broccoli Battle)

Sakai vs Katsuo Ohmiya (Onion Battle)

Sakai vs Kazutaka Okabe (Lamb Battle)

Michiba vs Zeng Mingxing (Blue Crab Battle)

Chen vs Yukihiro Noda (Sardine Battle)

Ishinabe vs Yanagidate Isao (Avocado Battle)

Sakai vs Takayoshi Kawai (Sole Battle)

Sakai vs Haruyoshi Omino (Sweetfish Battle)

Chen vs Li Jinlun (Swallow's Nest Battle)

Sakai vs Shinichi Nagamatsu (Eggplant Battle)

Chen vs Hisama Hirano (Sea Urchin Battle)

Michiba vs Kenji Kaji (Umeboshi Battle)

Michiba and Sakai vs The Cuomo Brothers (Tomato Battle)

Chen vs Yoshiko Takemasa (Short-necked Clam Battle)

Sakai vs Joël Bruant (Salmon Battle)

Michiba vs Minoru Noda (Matsutake Mushroom Battle)

Sakai vs Philippe Aubron (Crayfish Battle)

Chen vs Tsuguo Fujiwara (Sea Cucumber Battle)

Chin VS Hagiwara Masahiko (Freshwater Shrimp Battle)

Sakai vs Sadaharu Nakajima (Rice Battle)

Michiba vs Lin Kunbi (Potato Battle)

Michiba vs Lin Kunbi Overtime (Sweet Potato Battle)

Chen vs Masahiko Hagiwara (Scampi Battle)

Chen vs Kiyotaka Ikegawa (Horsehair Crab Battle Battle)

Sakai vs Toshiro Kandagawa (Lotus Root Battle)

Sakai vs Bruno Ménard (Escargot Battle)

Chen vs Sozo Miyamoto (Carp Battle)

Sakai vs Tadamichi Ohta (Octopus Battle)

Sakai vs Philippe Groult (Oyster Battle)

Mr Iron Chef 1995: Chen vs. Sakai (Chicken Battle)

Season 452 episodes

1996

Mr Iron Chef 1995 :Chen vs Michiba (Beef Battle) (1)

Mr Iron Chef 1995 :Chen vs Michiba (Beef Battle)(2)

Chen vs Gao Jinyi (Dried Abalone Battle)

Sakai vs Hidetoshi Ushimaru (Curry Powder Battle)

Chen vs Hiroshi Yamanobe (Scorpionfish Battle)

Chen vs Watanabe Yoji (Snapping Turtle Battle)

Sakai vs Tadashi Yanagi (Pear & Chocolate Battle)

Sakai vs Jinichi Tateyama (Leek Battle)

Chen vs Takaya Nakazawa (Shiitake Mushroom Battle)

Nakamura vs Kiyoshi Suzuki (Foie Gras Battle)

Chen vs Tatsujiro Yoshida (Cod Battle)

Sakai vs Senji Osada (Scallop Battle)

Nakamura vs Lin Kunbi (Bell Pepper Battle)

Chen vs Katsuaki Mori (Spinach Battle)

France Special Part I: Nakamura vs. Bernard Leprince (Salmon Battle)

France Special Part II: Sakai vs. Pierre Gagnaire (Homard Lobster Battle)

Nakamura vs. Toyoaki Suganuma (Egg Battle)

Chen vs. He Yewen (Lettuce Battle)

Nakamura vs. Katsuko Nanao (Cod Roe Battle)

Chen vs Shunji Morikawa (Pineapple Battle)

Sakai vs Takao Tamotsu (Abalone Battle)

Nakamura vs. Kenji Motai (Udon Battle)

Chen vs Ichio Gotoh (Cuttlefish Battle)

Sakai vs Sonobe Yoshinobu (Salmon Roe Battle)

Nakamura vs Son Kangi (Bonito Battle)

Sakai vs Philippe Batton (Bacon Battle)

Nakamura vs Tozawa Hideo (Clam Battle)

Chen vs Nomura Takayuk (Ayu Battle)

Nakamura vs Yamamoto Hideki (Conger Battle)

Sakai vs Uki Yoshimasa (Tuna Battle)

Nakamura vs Toriumi Masaru (Oyster Battle)

Chen vs Yamamoto Takeshi (Pork Battle)

Nakamura vs Thierry Houngues (Caviar Battle)

Chen vs Tsugawa Toshizo (Sea Eel Battle)

Sakai vs Sugawara Ken'ji (Corn Battle)

Chen vs. Shinsuke Shimada (Fleshy Prawn Battle)

Nakamura vs Uetake Toshimasa (Peach Battle)

Sakai vs So Choumei (Softcrab Battle)

Nakamura vs Endo Tokuo (Mackerel Pike Battle)

Chen vs Kashiwabara Takeo (Wax Gourd Battle)

Beijing Special: Chen vs. Son-So (Chicken Battle)

Nakamura vs Fujita Shin (Soba Battle)

Nakamura vs Ogusu Ryuichi (Chestnut Battle)

Chen vs Daniela Ozik (Mushroom Battle)

Sakai vs Yamaoka Hiroshi (Chinese Cabbage Battle)

Sakai vs Wein Nishi (Apple Battle)

Nakamura vs Kuroki Kenjiro (Angler Battle)

Nakamura vs Miyashiro Kiyoshi (Cow's Tongue Battle)

Chen vs Ishizaki Yukio (Garlic Battle)

Sakai vs Suzuki Yoshio (Orange Battle)

Nakamura vs Belnare Lebrance (Gull Battle)

Nakamura vs. Michiba (Pork, Sweet Potato, and Octopus Battle)

Season 548 episodes

1997

Sakai vs Kasahara Hiroshi (Rice Cake Battle)

Chen vs Michifude Hiroshi (Dried Scallop Battle)

Sakai vs Rory Kennedy (Rabbit Battle)

Sakai vs Rory Kennedy (Pigeon Battle) Overtime

Nakamura vs Morieda Hiroyoshi (Crab Battle)

Chen vs Kou Houkou (Rice Battle)

Sakai vs Shimada Tetsuya (Truffle Battle)

Nakamura vs Yamazaki Tateo (Nattou Battle)

Sakai vs Jyo Etsuo (Wine Battle)

Chen vs Wakiya Yuji (Papaya Battle)

Nakamura vs Mera Takashi (Seaweed Battle)

Sakai vs Kitami Hiroyuki (Honey Battle)

Nakamura vs You Koukan (Hanami Festival)

Sakai vs Okumura Shinzou (Bamboo Shoot Battle)

Chen vs Ootsuki Chihiro (Tomato Battle)

Sakai vs Sasaki Kiyoyasu (Perch Battle)

Nakamura vs Azumaya Norio (Pork Battle)

Nakamura vs Jillian Harst (Ostrich Battle)

Chen vs Takagi Masao (Duck's Egg Battle)

Sakai vs Germano Orsara (Ham Battle)

Nakamura vs Sakane Hisahito (Sea Eel Battle)

Kobe vs Hagiwara Masahiko (Pasta Battle)

Sakai vs Sato Norio (Amberjack - Kampachi Battle)

Chen vs Syu Kenchu (Akahata - Grouper Battle)

Nakamura vs Kashima Masami (Prawn Battle)

Sakai vs Ishikawa Toshiyuki (Sea Urchin Battle)

Chen vs Matsuno Yoshikazu (Mantis Shrimp - Shako Battle)

Kobe vs Stephan Tabacchi (Cabbage Battle)

Sakai vs Toyoshima Seiji (Milk Battle)

Nakamura Chin vs Sakai Kobe (Watermelon Battle)

Chen vs Souseiko Kawaguchi (Eggplant Battle)

Sakai vs Androsoni Pietro (Melon Battle)

Nakamura vs Kojima Koten (Potato Battle)

Nakamura vs Kojima Koten (Flatfish Battle) Overtime

Sakai vs Nakajima Toshiyuki (Cow's Cheek Battle)

Chen vs Igarashi Miyuki (Cucumber Battle)

Kobe vs Imai Fujio (Matsutake Battle)

Chen vs Nagasaka Matsuo (Spareribs Battle)

Sakai vs Goto Masashi (Prawn Battle)

Kobe vs Seki Yuji (Chestnut Battle)

Nakamura vs Azuma Keiji (Lamb Battle)

Chen vs Matsushima Toru (Crab Battle)

Kobe vs Takahashi Kazunari (Milt Battle)

Kobe vs Takahashi Kazunari (Shrimp Battle) Over Time

Nakamura vs Moris Guilett (Scallop Battle)

Kobe vs Takagi Yasumasa (Strawberry Battle)

Nakamura vs Kandagawa Toshiro (Bony Parts Battle)

Season 649 episodes

1998

Chen vs Inoue Akihiko (Salmon Battle)

Kobe vs Fukazu Yasuhiro (Deer Battle)

Sakai vs Matsumoto Yoshimasa (Crab Battle)

Chen vs Tou Choki (Black Tiger Battle)

Sakai vs Sato Fumiaki (Radish Battle)

Nakamura Retirement Special

Nakamura's Retirement Special (Tuna Battle) Part II

Morimoto vs Hirayama Yukio (Red Snapper Battle)

Sakai vs Kondo Motohito (Girls' Festival)

Kobe vs. Mario Frittoli (Broccoli Battle)

Morimoto vs Kimura Masayoshi (Rice Battle)

Sakai vs Tomoji Ichikawa (Guinea Fowl Battle)

Chen vs Harada Mitsuro (Spanish Mackerel Battle)

Chen vs Shimamura Takashi (Pen Shell Battle)

Morimoto vs. Tetsuo Hagiwara (Bamboo Shoots Battle)

Kobe vs. Yosei Watanabe (Mango Battle)

Morimoto vs. Yasuhiko Habuchi (Asparagus Battle)

Chen vs Liang Shuqing (Pork Belly Battle)

Chen vs Liang Shuqing (Konnyaku Battle) Overtime

Sakai vs Kobayashi Kumiko (Mishima Beef Battle)

Morimoto vs Kenichi Miyanaga (Sweetfish Battle)

Chen vs Kentaro (Potato Battle)

Kobe vs. Yasuhiro Sasajima (Eggplant Battle)

Morimoto vs. Takaji Yoshida (Tofu Battle)

Sakai vs Shimokawa Shuzo (Jinhua Pork Battle)

Chen vs. Junichi Itoh (Yogurt Battle)

Morimoto vs Kajimoto Takeshi (Abalone Battle)

Kobe vs Sakai Miyoko (Blue Crab Battle)

Morimoto vs Hirokazu Handa (Giant Eel Battle)

Sakai vs Watabe Masanobu (Peach Battle)

Chen vs Miyazawa Kaoru (Carp Battle)

2000th Dish: French vs Chinese Part I

2000th Dish: French vs Chinese Part II

Sakai vs Kyonori Miura (Squid Battle)

Chen vs Maruyama Hideki (Sardine Battle)

Morimoto vs. Shuichi Fuji (Salmon Battle)

Kobe vs. Shinya Tasaki (Tuna Battle)

Sakai vs Ron Siegel (Lobster Battle)

Chen vs Kagata Kyoko (Veal Battle)

Morimoto vs Tatsutoshi Kumamoto (Natto Battle)

Kobe vs. Kensuke Sakai (Pumpkin Battle)

Sakai vs Kazumi Nagayama (Saury Battle)

Chen vs. Hisao Yaginuma (Shanghai Cabbage Battle)

Kobe vs. Takatsugu Sasaoka (Maitake Battle)

Morimoto vs. Marco Molinari (Porcini Battle)

Sakai vs Hazama Mitsuo (Duck Battle)

Kobe vs Yoneda Hiromichi (Octopus Battle)

Chen vs Mitsuo Suganuma (Shark Fin Battle)

Morimoto vs. Jiro Ogue (Turkey Battle)

Season 740 episodes

1999

Chen vs Xie Huaxian (Lobster Battle)

Sakai vs Koei Kamimura (Codfish Battle)

Kobe vs. Costantino Gemmoli (Bell Pepper Battle)

Morimoto vs. Hiroyuki Hakogi (Yellowtail Battle)

Morimoto vs Tetsuji Iio (King Crab Battle)

Kobe vs Tsujiguchi Hironobu (Banana Battle)

Sakai vs Senba Toshiya (Oyster Battle)

Chen vs Asao Ryozo (Sturgeon Battle)

Morimoto Retrospective Part I

Morimoto Retrospective Part II: Morimoto vs Nakamura Komei (Egg Battle)

Sakai vs Koji Hosogai (Oxtail Battle)

Morimoto vs Masahara Seiya (Anglerfish Battle)

Chen vs Cui Yufen (Chinese Cabbage Battle)

Sakai vs. Tohru Komori (Udon Battle)

Kobe vs. Franco Canzoniere (Tomato Battle)

Morimoto vs. Yusuke Yamashita (Cod Roe Battle)

Morimoto vs. Yamashita Yusuke Overtime (Scallions Battle)

Chen vs Okubo Takeshi (Bean Sprout Battle)

Sakai vs Michel Husser (Lamb Battle)

Chen vs Spano Stelvio (Piglet Battle)

Indonesian Expedition Part I

Indonesian Expedition Part II

Kobe vs Makoto Osada (Giant Lobster Battle)

Morimoto vs Nakazawa Keiji (Sushi Battle)

Sakai vs Makio Isao (Black Pig Battle)

Morimoto vs Michael Noble (Potato Battle)

Chen vs Tateno Yuji (Sea Urchin Roe Battle)

Morimoto vs Tanigawa Yoshimi (Pike Eel Battle)

Kobe vs. Shoji Yamaoka (Jumbo Mushroom Battle)

Chen vs Dominique Corby (Foie Gras Battle)

Chen vs. Dominique Corby Overtime (Asparagus Battle)

Kobe vs Sakai Hiroki (Conger Eel Battle)

Morimoto vs Watanabe Akira (Cuttlefish Battle)

Sakai vs Yoshihide Koga (Stingray Battle)

Morimoto vs Shigematsu Ryozo (Sea Bass Battle)

King Of Iron Chef's Tournament Round One (Tokyo X Battle)

King Of Iron Chef's Tournament Round Two (Bell Pepper Battle)

King Of Iron Chefs Tournament Final 1

King Of Iron Chefs Tournament Final 2

King Of Iron Chefs Tournament Final 3

Added: 5/14/2026Updated: 6/3/2026