Food Fight

Details

Title: フードファイト
Title (english): Food fight
Also known as: Food Frenzy
Genre: Food / Human drama
Episodes: 11 + 2 Special
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period:
- 2000-Jul-01 to 2000-Sep-30
- Specials: 2001-Apr-01 & 2001-Sep-29
Viewership ratings:
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: Lion Heart by SMAP

Synopsis

After growing up in an orphanage, Mitsuru Ihara started working as a custodian at a large food producer. The pleasant, kind Ihara often visits his former home, pretending to be an important business man, not the blue-collar cleaner that he really is. But there's another, bigger secret: He is the reigning champion in an underground eating competition held at the company. In it, two contestants battle to see which can pack away more food within a time limit. The noble Ihara, with nine consecutive wins, always donates the money anonymously to his orphanage. The circumstances surrounding his victories, however, are often surprising and usually unusual. --NTV

Cast

Kusanagi Tsuyoshi as Ihara Mitsuru
Fukada Kyoko as Tamura Manami
Miyazawa Rie as Miyasono Saeko
Kimura Takuya as tht voice of the crow
Kakei Toshio as Kisaragi Eichi
Sano Shiro as Miyasono Kyosaku
Yachigusa Kaoru as Miyoshi Yuuko
Tanabe Seiichi as Kagami Shunsuke
Umezu Sakae (梅津栄) as Komagata Shuusaku
Hirata Yuka as Asakura Kasumi
Ozawa Rin (緒沢凛) as Minami Yoshiko
Manato Akiba as Shiozaki (ep1)
Otsu Ayaka (大津綾香) as Kurahashi Yuki (ep2)
Ohira Natsumi (大平奈津美) as Tabata Kumiko (ep3)
Zaitsu Ichiro as Kadokura (ep4)
Furuoya Masato as Nishiwaki
Minamino Yoko as Nishiwaki Sachiko
Nakao Akiyoshi

Challengers

1st Fight: Ichikawa Somegoro as Sakashita Youichi (90% winning rate)
2nd Fight: Taguchi Hiromasa as Yoneyama Katsuyoshi aka David (70% winning rate)
3rd Fight: Ishida Issei as Gonzaresu Iwakami (95% winning rate)
4th Fight: Sakurai Sachiko as Fujishiro Yukiko (70% winning rate)
5th Fight: Yokoyama Yu as Mannaka Hiroumi (89% winning rate)
6th Fight: Tanabe Seiichi as Kagami Shunsuke (98% winning rate)
7th Fight: Asaka Mitsuyo as Ihara Satoko (50% winning rate)
8th Fight: Haga Kenji as Karurosu Okamura (98% winning rate)
9th Fight: Kakei Toshio as (50% winning rate)
10th Fight: Sada Masashi (さだまさし) as Sugawara Gentaro (80% winning rate)
11th Fight: Sano Shiro as Miyasono Kyosaku (99.9% winning rate)

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Production Credits

Screenwriter: Yamazaki Atsuya
Producer: Sato Atsushi (佐藤敦), Norihiko Nishi (西憲彦)
Director: Sato Touya (佐藤東弥), Hosono Einobe (細野英延), Inomata Ryuichi (猪股隆一)
Music: Sakurai Tetsutaro (桜井鉄太郎), Kouno shin (河野伸), Achlles C.Damlgos

Episode Titles

Ep 01: 史上最強の大食い男登場!! / The appearance of the strongest gluttonous man in history!!
Ep 02: 大食漢力士ラーメン対決!! 嘘つき姫の涙 / A big eater sumo wrestler ramen confrontation!! Tears of a liar Princess
Ep 03: 激辛カレー対決!! 魔術･･･心閉ざした少女 / An asskicking hot curry confrontation!! Magic...The girl who shut a heart
Ep 04: 美女かき氷対決!! 雪山に消えた恋の呪い / Beautiful woman shaved ice confrontation!! A curse of love that faded away in the snowy mountains
Ep 05: 大福モチ対決!! イルカに乗った仮面少年 / Rice cake stuffed with bean jam confrontation!! The mask boy who rode a dolphin
Ep 06: 許せ九官鳥よ･･･炎の友情! 納涼焼き鳥対決 / Forgive him...The friendship of flame! Enjoying the cool breeze barbecued chicken confrontion
Ep 07: あなたが僕のお母さん!? 涙のコロッケ対決 / Are you my mother!? Croquette confrontation of tears
Ep 08: 怒りの食欲!! 南米王者ステーキ大決戦 / Appetite of anger!! Large South America king steak decisive battle
Ep 09: チャンプに迫る病魔･･･わんこそば713杯分の裏切り / Sickness that approaches the Champ...Betrayal of as many as 713 Wanko-sobas
Ep 10: 酒乱回転寿司挑戦! 家族捨てた父の無償愛 / A bad drunk belt-conveyor sushi challenge! Gratuitous love of a father who left his family
Ep 11: 誇り高き戦死･･･九官鳥の正体はＫ / Proudhearted death in battle...Myna's true colors is K
SP 01: ~香港死闘篇~ / ~ Hong Kong desperate struggle ~
SP 02: ~深夜特急死闘編~ / ~To the middle of the night limited express desperate struggle ~

Episode Ratings

Ep 01: 17.1%
Ep 02: 18.1%
Ep 03: 15.9%
Ep 04: 19.0%
Ep 05: 15.9%
Ep 06: 14.4%
Ep 07: 14.6%
Ep 08: 17.3%
Ep 09: 15.5%
Ep 10: 20.0%
Ep 11: 21.5%
SP 01: 20.2%
SP 02: 17.0%

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