An assistant of Professor Jun Shiomi, Akira comes from overseas; they met when he was an orphaned child and warned her about adultered spices in a market (presumably in India). Jun recognized the dormant talent in him and brought him back to Japan, where he was adopted by her teacher, Hayama. Akira quickly learned Japanese and studied spices and aroma under Shiomi. Jun became a mother figure for him, and his motivation to succeed at cooking stems from wanting to give something back to Jun. Akira specializes in curry dishes, with a wide knowledge of spices and aroma. He is a tall and handsome man with tanned skin and silver hair. Like Sōma, he aims to be at the top of the Elite Ten. His nose is very sharp when it comes to spices, capable of identifying ingredients and grade of cooking by the first smell, considered a worthy match of Erina's God's Tongue and being identified as an "Aroma Master". Although Jun and Akira are both experts in spices, she uses theoretical knowledge while he depends on his sense of smell. In contrast to Jun's naive, ditzy, easily angered and dependent persona, Akira is mature, reliable, street smart, cool and down-to-earth.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Ever since he was little, Souma Yukihira’s main goals have been to beat his father in a cooking contest and take over the family diner. That’s why, when his dad suddenly announces that he’s shutting the restaurant down and sending Souma to cooking school, Souma is shocked. However, Totsuki Academy is no ordinary cooking school. This elite institution is filled with culinary giants like Erina “God Tongue” Nakiri, who does her best to keep a lowly short-order like Souma from even making it inside the door. However, if the snobs can dish it out, Souma can serve it up, and when he learns that only a handful of the students manage to graduate every year, he swears that the only way he’ll leave is as number one! 
 
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

__Height:__ 173 cm 

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Won Best Song at the 6th Seiyuu Awards (2012) for "ST☆RISH" (shared with Takuma Terashima, Kenichi Suzumura, Kishou Taniyama, Mamoru Miyano, Hiro Shimono) in _Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 1000%_. Won Best Supporting Actor at the 7th Seiyuu Awards (2013).

**Non-Anime Roles:**
- Radio DJ - Kamen Rider Kuuga (TV Series)
- Artem Wing - Tears of Themis (VG)
- Jenua - Epic Seven (VG)
- Dekotorade - Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger (TV Series)
- McBurn - The Legend of Heroes Series (VG)

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Rafael Rodrigo Moura Coelho Cinelli is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, dubbing director and dubbing teacher. He is also the brother of voice actress [Jéssica Marina](https://anilist.co/staff/175616/).

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- David Haller (2nd voice; 2nd-3rd season; Legion)
- Anakin Skywalker (1st dub; Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace)
- Gibson (Dunkirk)
- Joshua "Josh" Gabriel Matthews (Boy Meets World)
- Simon Nelson Cook "Cookie" (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide)
- Kiet (Sendokai Champions)
- Ennui (Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race)
- Tim Drake / Robin III (Young Justice)
- Terrence (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
- James (Adventure Time)
- Emílio Bernal Ponce (La Usurpadora)
- Nergal Jr. [1st and 4th voice] and Pinocchio (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- JoJo (Horton Hears a Who!)
- Max Blaster (Blaster's Universe)
- Leonard Amadeus Helperman (Teacher's Pet)
!~

Juan Cruz Cárrega is an Argentinean voice actor.

__Agency:__ I'm Enterprise

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**Mutsumi Tamura** is a voice actress affiliated with I'm Enterprise.

She announced her marriage to a man from outside the entertainment industry on April 1st, 2024.

__Non-anime roles:__
- Milk - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Mihara - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Aikawa Ryuo - YanOta: The Delinquent and the Otaku (Drama CD)

The second season of Shokugeki no Souma. 
 
At the Totsuki Culinary Academy, the first rule is survival of the fittest, and if you don't have what it takes to become a master chef, you need to get out of the kitchen before you get burned. With the wheat of first-year students separated from the chaff, cocky former diner cook Yukihira Souma is one of the handful of kitchen whizzes still standing. As the next round of the Autumn Elections gets underway, can he survive a brutal bento boxing match with the chemistry-obsessed granddaughter of the Academy's director? And which of the other contenders; Megumi, Ryou, Akira, Hisako, Takumi or sinister dark-horse Subaru; will advance to fight for the gold medal? 
 
(Source: Sentai Filmworks))

The third season of Shokugeki no Souma. 
 
At the Moon Festival, Totsuki Academy’s annual gourmet jubilee, students wage fierce culinary war as they try to out-earn their peers by selling the most of their chosen cuisine. Souma Yukihira, however, has his sights set on a grander prize: challenging the Elite Ten, who rule over the academy with iron fists. But Souma might have to put his grand ambitions on hold for the time being, because an insidious scheme to upset the balance of Totsuki Academy has begun to emerge from the shadows… 
 
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

The second half of the third season of Shokugeki no Souma. 
 
A dark age of cooking befalls Tootsuki Culinary Academy. With the Elite Ten's devastating coup d'état, Azami Nakiri is now the director of the prestigious school. Students must now conform to Azami's ideology of "true gourmet food" and are forbidden to express creativity, or else face expulsion. 
 
However, Souma Yukihira and the members of the Polar Star Dormitory refuse to accept these changes. Aided by other rebellious first-years, including the tenth seat, Erina Nakiri, Souma and his allies band together to fight off supporters of Azami's regime. But corrupt instructors and the menacing Central organization stand in their way, and so they must work together, harder than ever before, to survive every underhanded plot designed to banish them from the school. 
 
(Source: MAL Rewrite)

The fifth and the final season of Shokugeki no Souma. Yukihira Souma has been helping out his family diner, honing his skills. With his father's recommendation, he decides to enroll into "Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute", a school for the most elites of the culinary world. During his time there, he has grown so much as a chef through studying hard with friends and competing against rivals in shokugeki battles.
 
Souma has now moved up a grade and he has finally grasped what he has always hoped for; the first seat at the Totsuki Ten Masters Council.
 
In the meantime, an invitation to a world-class cooking competition known as "BLUE" arrives to Totsuki. "BLUE" is one of the most authentic gastronomic tournaments for young chefs seeking fame. However, there's been a change to this year's system and themes are all out of ordinary! (Source: Official Website)

Yukihira Souma's dream is to become a full-time chef in his father's restaurant and surpass his father's culinary skill. But just as Yukihira graduates from middle schools his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes down the restaurant to cook in Europe. Although downtrodden, Souma's fighting spirit is rekindled by a challenge from Jouichirou which is to survive in an elite culinary school where only 10% of the students graduate. Can Souma survive? 
(Source: Population GO) 
Included side stories: 
Volume 1: Shokugeki no Souma (pilot). 
Volume 3: Kimi to Watashi no Renai Soudan. 
Volume 8: Natsuyasumi no Erina. 
Volume 13: Shokugeki no Soma X Isobe Isobee Monogatari. 
Volume 13: Betsubara! #1 & #2 (counts as one chapter). 
Volume 15: Betsubara! #3 & #4 (counts as one chapter). 
Volume 20: Betsubara! #5. 
Volume 21: Betsubara! #6 & #7 (counts as one chapter). 
Volume 31: Kareinaru Bansankai.

OVAs bundled with the 24th and 25th manga volumes of the Shokugeki no Souma manga.


OVAs bundled with the 18th and 19th volumes of the Shokugeki no Souma manga.


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