Iron Chef

Iron Chef is a Japanese television program made by FujiTV. The original Japanese title is Ryōri no tetsujin (料理の鉄人, "Ironmen of Cooking"). It began airing in 1993 as a half-hour show, and after 23 episodes was expanded to a one-hour format. Aired as a prime-time TV show, the series lasted for six years and more than 300 episodes. The final regular season episode was broadcast in September 1999, with specials continuing to 2002.

List of Iron Chefs

These are the Iron Chefs who have appeared on the show (some have retired and have been replaced by successor Iron Chefs):

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• Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi (陳建一)
• Iron Chef French (I) Yutake Ishinabe (石鍋裕)
• Iron Chef French (II) Hiroyuki Sakai (坂井宏行)
• Iron Chef Italian Masahiko Kobe (神戸勝彦)
• Iron Chef Japanese (I) Rokusaburo Michiba (道場六三郎)
• Iron Chef Japanese (II) Koumei Nakamura (中村孝明)
• Iron Chef Japanese (III) Masaharu Morimoto (森本正治)