Iron Chef

Iron Chef Sakai meets the challenge from Masamitsu Takahashi on the Japanese theme ingredient matsutake mushroom.

Iron Chef Michiba is put to the test by challenger Hoi Roi Wing; an unexpected obstacle.

Kouji Kobayashi, a chef of Italian cuisine who was thought to have disappeared, makes a surprise appearance to challenge Iron Chef Chen in the battle of pumpkin.

Iron Chef Michiba must prepare anglerfish dishes against his apprentice, Yasuo Kawada.

In this battle of Shanghai crab, Iron Chef Chen faces off against Tadashi Sugita, the head chef of one of Taiwan's top restaurants, Ginza.

Although not a professional chef, challenger Tatsuo Umemiya knows his cooking; he goes against Iron Chef Michiba in the battle of mackerel.

Iron Chef Sakai does battle with Seiya Kawasaki, the challenger who happens to be a master of wild game cooking styles.

Iron Chef Chen looks worried when challenger Toshikatsu Nakagawa comes to Kitchen Stadium for what should prove to be one of the best Chinese-cuisine battles of the century.

Iron Chef Michiba is challenged by Furushyou Hiroshi.

Iron Chef Sakai, who is weak against female competitors, hopes to prevail against Masayo Waki in this Christmas Day battle of strawberry dessert.

Challenger Toshiyuki Nakagawa tries to use mochi, the traditional Japanese ingredient, against Iron Chef Chen; it's a ricey race to the finish line in this battle.

Challenger Kouji Yamada left the prestigious Tokyo University for a life as a chef; he now battles it out with Iron Chef Sakai while his mentor looks on.

Hisao Odachi, the founder of the relatively unknown field of yakuzen cooking, comes to Kitchen Stadium and must make dishes in his showdown with Iron Chef Chen.

In a dessert battle suited for Valentine's Day, one chef reigns supreme when Fuyuko Kondo, the 4th female challenger, takes on Iron Chef Sakai.

Kandagawa brings another female challenger, Yoshie Tobe, into the ring against Iron Chef Chen; it's a soybean battle of the sexes.

Masuo Suzuki, a challenger from Kihachi, a restaurant Iron Chef Michiba used to go to for ideas, comes into Kitchen Stadium to issue a matsuba crab challenge.

Iron Chef Chen takes on challenger Kunihiko Hashimoto, an authority on Japanese cuisine and beloved student of well-known Japanese chefs, for a taro potato fight to the finish.

Iron Chef Sakai faces a challenger known as "Mr. Gourmet"; Komine is a world-class vegetable chef who feels right at home with the secret ingredient.

Zeityen Wan, the former chef to Deng Xiaoping, hopes to make magic with his noodle dishes in just one hour.

The challenger is the first pizza expert to enter Kitchen Stadium; he tries to create a pizza with squid.

Shigeo Yuasa is the head chef of the Okayama International Hotel; with test tubes and litmus papers, Yuasa uses shocking cooking techniques to get his meals to exacting pH levels.

Chiyo Cho has the support of the people of Kobe as he challenges Iron Chef Chen to a titanic tofu tussle.

Called the "Rokusaburo Michiba of the Atami region in Japan," challenger Kunio Santo battles it out with Iron Chef Sakai in the battle of clams.