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Asahikawa Jingisukan Daikokuya Kichijoji Branch

旭川成吉思汗 大黒屋 吉祥寺店

  • Kichijoji, Tokyo
  • Steak,Yakiniku/Steak / Genghis Khan (grilled mutton) / Yakiniku (grilled meat) / Beer

柴田 宏和Hirokazu Shibata

Following his parents' footsteps, Mr. Shibata entered the rewarding world of the food and beverage industry.

He was born in 2001 in Hokkaido. Developed an interest in the culinary world after seeing his parents working in a restaurant. Since then, he nurtured a deep admiration for the world of cooking and decided to follow the same path. Graduated from Hakodate Culinary School and began as part-time staff when the Asahikawa Jingisukan Daikokuya Hakodate Goryokaku Branch opened. He became interested in the charm of Jingisukan, customer service, and how to approach meat, leading him to join the company as a full-time employee.

柴田 宏和Hirokazu Shibata

Koukian

香季庵

  • Ginza, Tokyo
  • Izakaya (Japanese tavern),Taverns / Japanese Sosaku (creative cuisine) / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Japanese Beef Steak

鷲尾 力人Rikihito Washio

Mr. Washio produces an extraordinary time to enjoy creative Japanese cuisine and drinks.

He was born in Tokyo. Growing up watching his parents running an izakaya (Japanese-style pub), he naturally entered the culinary world. He was fascinated by the depth of Japanese cuisine, which makes the most of the richness of Japanese ingredients. After working at his parents' izakaya, he joined Koukian. His skillful technique of bringing out the best seasonal ingredients captivates his guests.

鷲尾 力人Rikihito Washio

Kagurazaka Sushi Konkon

神楽坂 寿司 こんこん

  • Kagurazaka, Tokyo
  • Sushi,Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Sushi

近藤 昌弘Masahiro Kondo

Mr. Kondo has pride as a sushi artisan and continues to refine his skills.

He was born in 1979 in Tokyo. When he first visited a counter-style sushi restaurant as a child, he was so impressed by the chef's performance that he decided to become a sushi chef. After graduating high school, he started his career at sushi and Japanese restaurants. He then worked in various positions, such as instructor at a culinary institute, sushi restaurant head chef, and hotel head chef, before opening Kappo Kondo in 2022. While managing the restaurant, he met someone working as a Toyosu Market sushi broker and sushi artisan, and they discussed their dreams with each other. In August 2023, they did a magnificent job of realizing their dream of opening a restaurant together, Kagurazaka Sushi Konkon.

近藤 昌弘Masahiro Kondo

Kyo-ryori Tategami

京料理 立神

  • Kyotogosho/Nishijin, Kyoto
  • Japanese,Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal)

淀川 真Shin Yodokawa

Mr. Yodokawa wants to entertain guests with food he has carefully prepared.

Interested in the culinary world from an early age, he began working part-time as a student and decided to pursue a career in the food industry in earnest. Mr. Yodogawa says his Kyoto background may be why he naturally entered the world of Japanese cuisine. Tategami is popular for its new style of Kyoto cuisine, which is based on traditional Kyoto cuisine that is made with local and domestic ingredients and produced with the added sensibility of the young Mr. Yodokawa. His passion for “simply making customers happy with the cuisine” is reflected in every dish.

淀川 真Shin Yodokawa

Sushi Etsu

鮨 悦

  • Yotsubashi/Shinmachi/Horie, Osaka
  • Sushi,Japanese / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Sushi / Wine

梶谷 伸一Shinichi Kajitani

Mr. Kajitani's life as a chef began with the professional skills he saw up close.

He was born in 1975 in Osaka. Mr. Kajitani initially worked in the fresh fish department of a supermarket in Wakayama. One day, he visited a restaurant to eat out and saw a chef's skills up close, which was a turning point for him. Fascinated by the chefs' skills, he decided to become a chef himself and set a goal of having his own dream by age 30, which led him to begin training at a kappo (Japanese cuisine) restaurant specializing in fish cuisine. At 29, he opened his own restaurant, Kaji, specializing in fish cuisine. In 2024, 20 years after opening the restaurant, he opened "Sushi Etsu" with a new goal.

梶谷 伸一Shinichi Kajitani

Narikura

成蔵

  • Asagaya/Koenji, Tokyo
  • Japanese,Japanese / Tonkatsu (fried pork cutlet)

三谷 成藏Seizo Mitani

The only one taste in the world developed by his own sense and skill.

He was born in 1970 in Hiroshima prefecture. Though he worked for a department store after graduating from university, he quit the job because he always desired to create something by himself, and his strong will brought him to [Enraku], a renowned restaurant in Shimbashi run by his uncle to learn the fundamentals of pork cutlet. After accumulating the experience for deep-fried skewers and kappo cuisine (Japanese style cooking) in the 11-year training, he opened [Narikura] in 2010 in Takadanobaba. Based on the pork cutlet of [Enraku], he has been modified the recipe little by little to reach [what he wants to eat].Upon closing the restaurant in March, 2019, he succeeded the restaurant to his apprentice having the same restaurant name but written in Hiragana. Same year in July, he reopened the restaurant in Minami-Asagaya and the renowned restaurant is always full of people.

三谷 成藏Seizo Mitani

Sushisho Fukuoka Branch

すし笑 福岡店

  • Daimyo, Fukuoka
  • Sushi,Japanese / Sushi / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes)

山元 慎Makoto Yamamoto

Mr. Yamamoto serves sushi with heart and soul with over 20 years of experience, driven by a childhood yearning.

He was born in 1985 in Miyazaki. As a child, he often went to sushi restaurants with his family for birthdays and other occasions, which inspired him to become a sushi chef. After four years of training in Miyazaki and 18 years of training in Tokyo, Ginza, and Roppongi, he took up his current position. He has a strong desire to please his customers based on his childhood memories, and he always tries to provide thoughtful cuisine and hospitality while using his more than 20 years of experience as a sushi chef.

山元 慎Makoto Yamamoto

Umi no Maho Restaurant Magic Ocean

海の魔法レストラン Magic Ocean

  • Yomitan/Chatan, Okinawa
  • General,Western / General / Beer / Wine

吉川 雄治Yuji Yoshikawa

Mr. Yoshikawa values creating dishes with deep passion and creativity.

He was born in 1975 in Shimane. He was a magician but sought a new career path upon his retirement. With the desire to do a job that would bring joy and smiles to people, he chose to become a chef. While gaining experience in various places, he honed his Italian cooking skills through self-taught instruction. He joined Magic Ocean as a chef and has been pursuing a new culinary world based on his past experience.

吉川 雄治Yuji Yoshikawa

Maker

Maker

  • Saiin, Kyoto
  • Dining Bar,Dining bar / General / Herb & Spice / Western Sosaku (creative cuisine)

吉岡 慶Kei Yoshioka

Mr. Yoshioka's restaurant is where the passion for making things grows, and sensibility takes shape.

Yoshioka was born in 1981 in Kyoto. Since his parents ran a restaurant business, he grew up with close access to cooking. Having had a strong interest in making things from childhood, he wanted to work at a job where he could create something on his own. After graduating from college, he gained experience in restaurants, and his desire to have a restaurant that offers cuisine that reflects his sensibilities became stronger. In 2017, he opened Maker, a restaurant that embodies his distinctive style.

吉岡 慶Kei Yoshioka

Hyotei Main Branch

瓢亭 本店

  • Okazaki/Heianjingu (Heian Shrine)/Nanzenji Temple, Kyoto
  • Kaiseki (course menu),Japanese / General / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes) / Kyoto Cuisine

高橋 義弘Yoshihiro Takahashi

The Chef's Recommendations

As the 15th generation of an old-established restaurant lasting 450 years, he is introducing the attractive Kyo-Kaiseki (Traditional Japanese course cuisine in Kyoto) to the world.

He was born in 1974 in Kyoto as the eldest son of Mr. Eiichi Takahashi, the 14th generation. After graduating from a university in Tokyo, he had training for 3 years at [Tsuruko], a traditional Japanese restaurant in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. After coming back to Kyoto in 1999, he became the 15th generation. Also, as a member of Japanese Culinary Academy, he is actively working inside and outside Japan focusing on food education and spreading the information about Kyo-Kaiseki, one of which is the collaboration work with Mr. Alain Ducasse, a great renowned French chef.

高橋 義弘Yoshihiro Takahashi

La Veranda APA Hotel & Resort Tokyo Bay Makuhari

ラ・ベランダ アパホテル 東京ベイ幕張

  • Kaihin-Makuhari, Chiba
  • Buffet,Buffet / General / General / Steak

中辻Nakatsuji

Offering hospitality with a live atmosphere utilizing extensive experience.

Mr. Nakatsuji was born in 1962 in Chiba. He is an experienced chef who has honed his skills since his mid-twenties. Since July 2006, he has worked at the buffet restaurant "La Veranda" in APA Hotel & Resort Tokyo Bay Makuhari. Currently serving as the sous-chef, he utilizes the skills he has cultivated to offer many visitors a dining experience with a live atmosphere.

中辻Nakatsuji

Taishabu to Nihonshu Satsuki

鯛しゃぶと日本酒 皐月

  • Ohori/Ropponmatsu/Sakurazaka, Fukuoka
  • Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew),Japanese / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Sake

木下 智揮Tomoki Kinoshita

Mr. Kinoshita serves the finest sea bream shabu-shabu available as a specialty restaurant.

He was born in 1991 in Kumamoto. After training at the Tenjin Main Branch, he now works at Satsuki. In a calm atmosphere, he treats visitors with exquisite sea bream sashimi and shabu-shabu nabe, which can only be available at a specialty restaurant.

木下 智揮Tomoki Kinoshita

Takumi Shingo

匠 進吾

  • Gaienmae/Aoyama-Itchome, Tokyo
  • Sushi,Japanese / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Sushi / Sousaku Sushi (creative sushi)

高橋 進吾Shingo Takahashi

The Chef's Recommendations

With skills honed at Sushi Takumi, his training also includes experience as a fisherman and a sake brewer

Chef Takahashi was born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1978. On the advice of his sushi chef uncle, he left high school early to pursue a career in sushi. Through his family ties, he was able to get a job at Sushi Takumi, a famous sushi shop in Yotsuya, and ended up training there for 18 years under sushi master Chef Nakazawa. At age 29, he left the sushi world for three years, gaining a variety of experiences including as a fisherman in the Goto Islands, and as a brewer in a Magi sake brewery. Then when the time was right in May 2013, he opened Takumi Shingo in a back alley in Minami Aoyama.

高橋 進吾Shingo Takahashi

TeppanYaki KOBE Beef Steak EBISU84

TeppanYaki KOBE Beef Steak EBISU84

  • Ebisu, Tokyo
  • Teppanyaki,Yakiniku/Steak / Teppanyaki (iron griddle grilling) / Steak / Wine

曽我 竜也Tatsuya Soga

Mr. Soga celebrates life as a chef every moment so as not to have any regrets.

Mr. Soga was born in 1976 in Kanagawa. Admiring the manager of the restaurant he worked at part-time as a high school student, he aimed to become a chef. After gaining experience, on January 8, 2021, he joined TeppanYaki KOBE Beef Steak EBISU84 as an assistant at the same time the restaurant opened. Currently, he is the backbone of the store and manages it. 

曽我 竜也Tatsuya Soga

MUSIUM

MUSIUM

  • Roppongi, Tokyo
  • Dining Bar,Dining bar / Cocktail / Whisky

梶原 威志Takeshi Kajiwara

Mr. Kajiwara is a bartender with various faces, offering conversation and drinks unique to the bar.

He was born in 1972 in Oita. While studying design at university, he began working part-time as a bartender. After graduation, he worked as an art director but also continued to hone his skills as a bartender, obtaining "Whiskey Professional" certification as a "Whiskey Connoisseur." He has diverse backgrounds, such as organizing his own band with deep knowledge of music. With a three-way approach featuring drinks, art, and music, he entertains guests who visit the bar.

梶原 威志Takeshi Kajiwara

Crony

Crony(クローニー)

  • Nishi-Azabu, Tokyo
  • French,Italian/French / French

春田 理宏Michihiro Haruta

The Chef's Recommendations

Up-and-coming chef with reliable skills to sublimate his cutting-edge sense into fine dishes.

He was born in 1987. After graduating from the culinary department in a high school, he started working for a hotel in Fukuoka. At the age of 20, he went to France to have training in Alsace, Perigord, and Province, then worked for [Ledoyen], a restaurant with 3 stars in Paris. After coming back to Japan, he worked for [Quintessence], a restaurant with 3 stars in Tokyo. Then he got interested in Northern European cuisine that started becoming popular, so he went to the Northen Europe to accumulated further experiences at [KADEAU], a restaurant with 1 star in Denmark and [MAAEMO], a restaurant with 2 stars in Norway. After coming back to Japan, he worked as a chef at [Tirpse] and contributed to them to receive 1 star. Since December 2016 he has been a chef at [Crony].

春田 理宏Michihiro Haruta

Nanzenji Sando Kikusui

南禅寺参道 菊水 

  • Okazaki/Heianjingu (Heian Shrine)/Nanzenji Temple, Kyoto
  • Kyoto Cuisine,Japanese / Tofu Dishes / Sake / Italian

西野 悌司Yasushi Nishino

With his love for Kyoto and cooking at his core, Mr. Nishino has been introducing the unique cuisine of Kikusui to the world.

He was born in 1976 in Sabae, Fukui. Wanting to delight many people with cuisine, he began walking the chef's path. After training at famous restaurants in Kyoto when he was 18, he joined Kikusui. In 2013, he was appointed as its third head chef. During its 2018 renovation, he trained hard at a Michelin 3-star Japanese restaurant and polished his techniques. He produces Washoku Kaiseki, which combines traditions with attempts at something new. He is not afraid to take on new challenges and continues to lead the kitchen as always, with a determination to protect the food, traditions, and staff.

西野 悌司Yasushi Nishino

KABEAT

KABEAT

  • Kayabacho, Tokyo
  • Other countries,Global/International / Italian / General / French

平 雅一Masakazu Taira

Offering culinary experience brought by up-and-coming chefs in a variety of genres.

Mr. Taira honed his skills at famous Italian restaurants such as Acqua and Takubo and starred restaurants in Italy. Using ingredients selected from all over Japan, he transforms them into his own creative Italian cuisine, which fascinates his guests. KABEAT has five chefs who are experts in Italian cuisine, American cuisine, French cuisine, Japanese cuisine, and desserts, and they create and serve menus that make the most of the ingredients. Their menu, which combines their unique style with a sense of the season, will bring a fresh color to any occasion's dining experience.

平 雅一Masakazu Taira

Jukusei Sushi Rita

熟成鮨利他

  • Fukushima/Noda, Osaka
  • Sushi,Japanese / Sushi / Sousaku Sushi (creative sushi) / Sake

小森 将也Masaya Komori

Mr. Komori is a sushi chef who makes his dream come true with his passion and reliable skills and continues to fascinate people.

He was born in 1987 in Osaka. He used to work in sales but left the job with a dream of owning a restaurant. To learn techniques and management methods, he studied for two years at a restaurant specializing in fish cuisine and two and a half years at a restaurant specializing in shellfish cuisine. In October 2019, he realized his dream by opening Jukusei Sushi Rita. Working hard to achieve his goals, he always makes sure to manage his business meticulously. He is also passionate about educating the next generation by sharing his skills with many people. The cuisine from his hands continues to bring smiles to his guests today.

小森 将也Masaya Komori

Ginza Sushi Inada

銀座 鮨 いな田

  • Tsukiji, Tokyo
  • Sushi,Japanese / Sushi / General

渡辺 尊成Takanari Watanabe

A sushi chef who never skips a detail for people to smile over the counter.

Mr. Watanabe was born in 1974 in Tochigi. Having a dream of working in the culinary world but without a clear answer, he studied at restaurants of various genres. It was during this time that he came across "sushi chef." He enjoys interacting directly with guests over the counter and seeing their smiling faces right before him. It's just ordinary for him to make each piece of sushi with care. Also, he always puts the guests first and pays attention to details, such as serving dishes with careful pacing.

渡辺 尊成Takanari Watanabe

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