Article: Top 10 Japanese Actors Who Are Best At Cooking

Actors have such a busy schedule all day, and while doing all this, they also need to keep their sharp on the character they are currently performing. It must be a lot stressful for their mental health. Having hobbies has such ability to remove stress. Here is the list of great actors whose cuisine will also amaze you. They prepare and present their dishes so that it becomes a topic to discuss among fans. So, here is a list of some of your favorite Japanese celebrities who are best at cooking and keep on sharing their talent on their social media handles

1. Mocomichi Hayami 

Mocomichi Hayami is a model, actor, chef, TV host, and entrepreneur from Japan. Hayami is also well-known for his culinary abilities, having hosted Moco’s Kitchen, a famous NTV show, and its spin-off, Mocomichi’s Midnight Kitchen, since 2011. He can be supposed as one of the best chefs in the acting industry. He owns his own Mocomichi Hayami brand of culinary fools and has written several cookbooks. He received the 2013 Gourmand World Cookbook in Paris, France, for Best Japanese Cookbook.

2. Kento Yamazaki

He is a model and actor from Japan. He is pretty famous for his roles as L in the live-action television series Death Note and the Japanese medical drama remake Good Doctor, his appearances in Heroine Shikkaku and Orange, and the Netflix series Alice in Borderland. He played Kanata in “A Girl and 3 Sweethearts,” where he played a chef.

3. Ryosuke Yamada

 Among the HSJ members, Yamada has the finest culinary talents. Yamada stated that because he lives alone, he believes he should cook for himself. Yamada can make (nearly) anything, including nabe, gyoza, omurice, basic soup, fried rice, and deep-fried cuisine, and his favorite item to use in the kitchen is fish (Sakana). Like a professional chef, his refrigerator got stocked with culinary supplies. His video in which he tells how to make pancakes also went viral. 

4. Haruka Fukuhara  

Haruka Fukuhara is a Saitama Prefecture-born actress, voice actor, singer, and model. She starred on Cooking Idol, from 2009 through 2012, and on Mine! Main took on the role of Main Hiiragi in both animated and live-action sequences. During the promotion of cooking idol, Haruka Fukuhara said that she is a chef who cooks for herself.

5. Hiro Mizushima

 Hiro Mizushima, professionally called, is a Japanese actor, creative director, and writer. Mei-chan no Shitsuji, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, and Zettai Kareshi were among the Japanese TV dramas he featured. He started a youtube channel for Japanese cooking, which is very popular even among non-japanese people.

6. Ikeda Koh  

He is a young artist with an entirely different perspective on food as he takes children as his target audience. He makes cute animal stuff out of food like sleeping animals with rice balls and playing games. He shares a lot of video content related to food. 

7. Meisa Kuroki

 Satsuki Shimabukuro is a Japanese actress, model, and singer who goes by the stage name Meisa Kuroki. She is contracted to Sony Music Japan and handled by the agency Sweet Power. In 2004, she made her acting debut. Meisa has previously appeared for JJ, a prominent Japanese fashion magazine, and is currently the Japanese spokesperson for Epson and Giorgio Armani. She once told in an interview that people often ask her if she knows cooking, Meisa is practicing cooking, but she is good at baking cakes and desserts.

8. Kasumi Arimura 

She is a well-known Japanese actress. She is famous for the Asadora (Morning Drama) Amachan (2013), and Asadora Hiyokko (2017) films, as well as the films Strobe Edge (2015) and Flying Colors (2015), the latter of which were awarded at the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize. She stated that cooking would be at the top of her list of favorite pastimes.

9. Takeshi Kaga

 Takeshi Kaga, the actual name Shigekatsu Katsuta, is a well-known Japanese stage and film actor best recognized abroad for his role as Chairman Kaga on Fuji TV’s Iron Chef. He appeared in various films, but his most notable role was as “Chairman Kaga,” a cooking competition show’s striking and quirky presenter of Ryrie no Tetsujin. Under the moniker Iron Chef, they previously showed the show on the Food Network, the Fine Living Network in the United States, and SBS in Australia.

10. Mayuko Takata 

 Mayuko Takata (born January 5, 1971) is a Japanese actress most known in the West for her roles in the Japanese television show Iron Chef. Takata was a judge and a commentator on the show. She isn’t a trained chef. But she has shown interest in cooking, and she has said that she is quite the gourmet.