List of Iron Chef (2012 series) episodes

This is the list of episodes for the 2012 revival of Japanese cooking television series Iron Chef, produced by Fuji Television.

On October 26, 2012, Fuji TV revived the original Iron Chef franchise, this time simply using the English name Iron Chef (アイアンシェフ). Actor Hiroshi Tamaki assumed the role as the new Chairman in this revival. For the line-up of Iron Chefs, Yuji Wakiya, a former challenger in the original series, became the official Iron Chef Chinese after initially being named as a successor Iron Chef in the original series' Millennium Cup, while Yōsuke Suga was selected as the new Iron Chef French instead of Seigo Mitani, the supposed successor Iron Chef French also introduced in the Millennium Cup; Jun Kurogi was chosen as the new Iron Chef Japanese. Yukio Hattori would reprise his role as commentator, guided by a set of culinary experts.

Unlike the previous series, the 2012 revival has challengers nominated by prominent personalities, such as past Iron Chefs. Through public vote, challengers who won battles would have a chance to officially become future Iron Chefs.

For consistency, all Japanese names are in Western order, macroned with Hepburn romanization. All other Asian names, on the other hand, are in Eastern order. Also, for each of the non-Japanese Asian challengers, as much as possible, the romanization used for the Chinese names are derived from the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation and Pinyin romanization of the name.

All Asian challengers, except those with Wikipedia articles, will have their names in kanji in parentheses upon first mention in the list. For the non-Japanese Asian challengers, the Japanese pronunciation of the name as used in the show is also included.

In the case of Asians with mixed Chinese-Japanese heritage, such as Chen Kenichi, they follow the same criteria as the Chinese names (i.e. Eastern order and Japanese pronunciation guide beside kanji).

2012

Revival episode #	Original airdate	Iron Chef	Nominee	Nominee Specialty	Theme Ingredient	Winner	Final Score
1	October 26, 2012	Yōsuke Suga	Ken'ichi Miyanaga (宮永賢一)	Japanese	Salmon	Yōsuke Suga	88.5 - 83
		Yuji Wakiya	Chen Kentarō (陳建太郎, Chin Kentarō)	Chinese	Okinawan pig	Yuji Wakiya	98 - 85
2	November 2, 2012	Jun Kurogi	Katsuyasu Itō (伊藤勝康)	French	Japanese lobster	Katsuyasu Itō	84 - 86
3	November 9, 2012	Yōsuke Suga	Mitsuaki Okamura (岡村光晃)	Italian	Mushroom	Yōsuke Suga	93 - 75
4	November 23, 2012	Yōsuke Suga	Isato Nakano (中野勇人)	Chinese	Tofu	Yōsuke Suga	95.5 - 80
		Yuji Wakiya	Toshiyuki Kudō (工藤敏之)	French	Pacific cod	Yuji Wakiya	91.5 - 83
5	November 30, 2012	Yuji Wakiya	Seiichi Honda (本多誠一)	Spanish	Potato	Yuji Wakiya	90.5 - 76
6	December 7, 2012	Jun Kurogi	Yūsuke Kawasaki (川崎祐介)	European	Native chicken	Jun Kurogi	99 - 89

The last episode of 2012 is the New Year's Eve episode as the Mr. Iron Chef competition. It was broadcast live for six hours and there were seven judges for each battle. It was broadcast as alternative programming to NHK's hugely popular Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

Overall Episode #	Original airdate	Resident Iron Chef	Guest Iron Chef	Speciality	Theme Ingredient	Winner	Final Score
Omisoka Special (7)	December 31, 2012	Yōsuke Suga	Ian Chalermkittichai	French (Iron Chef Thailand's Iron Chef Western)	Spiny lobster	Yōsuke Suga	128 - 114
		Jun Kurogi	Rokusaburo Michiba	Japanese (Honorary Iron Chef Japanese)	Japanese amberjack	Rokusaburo Michiba	122 - 125
		Yuji Wakiya	Masaharu Morimoto	Japanese (Honorary Iron Chef Japanese / Currently of Iron Chef America)	Apple	Yuji Wakiya	132 - 125

2013

Overall Episode #	Original airdate	Iron Chef	Nominee	Nominee Specialty	Theme Ingredient	Winner	Final Score
8	January 18, 2013	Jun Kurogi	Kazuhide Nose (能勢和秀)	French	Cheese	Jun Kurogi	85 - 75.5
9	January 25, 2013	Yuji Wakiya	Tsuneyuki Hamada (浜田統之)	Japanese	Beef	Yuji Wakiya	85.5 - 80.5
10	February 15, 2013	Yuji Wakiya	Hiromi Yamada	Italian	Cabbage	Hiromi Yamada	91 - 94
11	February 22, 2013	Yōsuke Suga	Hideki Irie (入江瑛起)	Japanese	Scallop	Yōsuke Suga	90 - 82
12	March 1, 2013	Yōsuke Suga	Toshihiko Yoroizuka (鎧塚俊彦)	Pastry	Strawberry	Toshihiko Yoroizuka	90 - 93
13	March 22, 2013	Jun Kurogi	Takemasa Kinoshita (木下威征)	French	Bamboo shoot	Jun Kurogi	88 - 83

Overall Episode #	Original airdate	Japan	USA	Speciality	Theme Ingredient	Winner	Final Score
World Cup Special (14)	July 4, 2013	Yōsuke Suga	Tony Maws	Iron Chef	Beef	Tony Maws	1 point
		Jun Kurogi	Frank A. Ruta			Jun Kurogi	1 point
		Yuji Wakiya	Eric Ziebold			Eric Ziebold	1 point
		Team Japan	Team USA			Team Japan	2 point