Japan’s Longest-Serving Iron Chef Kenichi Chen Dies at Age 67

Chen was known as the ‘Iron Man of Chinese Cuisine’ in Japan

Chen Kenichi in the kitchen of the Szechwan Restaurant Akasaka in Tokyo. He Wei/The Epoch Times

Japan’s famous Chinese cuisine chef Chen Kenichi died at a Tokyo hospital on March 11 due to interstitial pneumonia. He was 67.

Chen is best known for his role as the “Iron Chef Chinese” on the television series Iron Chef, a popular Japanese cooking show produced by Fuji TV. He was the longest-serving Iron Chef and the only original Iron Chef in Japan.