Food Fight (TV series)

Food Fight (フードファイト, Fūdo Faito) is a Japanese television drama starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi released in 2000. The main character, Mitsuru, is a janitor who leads a double life as a champion food-eater.

Also starring Kyoko Fukada, the show aired in Japan from 1 July to 30 September 2000, and was moderately successful, with an average rating of 17.5% and a peak rating of 21.5%.

Cast

Ihara Mitsuru – Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Tamura Manami – Kyoko Fukada

Miyazono Saeka – Rie Miyazawa

Miyazono Kyosaku – Shiro Sano

Kisaragi Eiichi – Kakei Toshio

Crow's voice – Takuya Kimura

Characters

Ihara Mitsuru – a custodian working for a large food producer after growing up in an orphanage who is secretly a champion of a food eating competition. After winning he usually proclaims his stomach is as huge as the size of the universe.

Tamura Manami – a college student who volunteers for an orphanage where Mitsuru was raised

Miyazono Saeka – the wife of Miyazono; she married him solely for money

Miyazono Kyosaku – the head of the large food production company who secretly sponsors the underground "food fight"; the eleventh challenger

Kisaragi Eiichi – the ninth challenger of the "food fight"; after deciding that Mitsuru is a natural-born "food fighter" he analyzes the challengers and gives helpful advice to him

Kyutaro – a talking black bird who is a friend and partner of Mitsuru; voiced by Takuya Kimura

The challengers

The list runs in a chronological order with the food of each challenger's choice.

Yoneyama Katsuyoshi – ramen

Gonzales Iwagami – spicy curry

Fujishiro Yukiko – Kakigori

Manaka Hiromi – Mochi

Kagami Shunsuke – yakitori

Ihara Satoko – Croquette

Carlos Okamura – steak

Kisaragi Eiichi - Hiyashi Chuka/Cold noodles

Sugawara Kentaro – sushi

Miyazono Kyosaku - Onigiri

Summary

The president of a large food production company combines gourmet eating and gambling into an underground eating contest, or "Food Fight," in the basement of his company. After growing up in an orphanage, Mitsuru Ihara starts working as a custodian at the 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. He also has a bigger secret, which is, he is the reigning champion of the underground eating competition held at the company.