Food Fight: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Food Fight
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2000-07-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-09-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 36396
• TVDB ID: 130261

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-07-01; final listed air date 2000-09-16; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Food Fight on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.