The father of Sōma Yukihira, and owner of the diner Yukihira in the Sumire Shopping District. His passion for cooking knows no bounds and his skill is world-class. As the sole parental-figure and family member in Sōma's life, he is a mentor, teacher, and rival to his son. Like Sōma, Jōichirō is laid-back but professional and has a serious side that emerges when he is cooking. The two share the same habit of creating horrible experimental dishes. Jōichirō is supportive of his son but does occasionally like to see Sōma stressed and frustrated by challenging him to many cook-offs – always ending in Jōichirō's victory – to show him how much he has to grow. He left home to work abroad and sent his son to Tōtsuki Academy, telling Sōma that he needs to succeed in Tōtsuki if he ever wants to surpass him.

~! World-famous as Jōichirō Saiba (才波 城一郎 Saiba Jōichirō), he attended Tōtsuki Academy under this name, a 69th generation student, resident of the Polar Star Dorm, and 2nd seat of the Elite Ten council. Gin Dojima, the 1st seat and Jōichirō's best friend, knows that Jōichirō's cooking skills was far superior, having a record of 20 wins and 101 losses in their cooking matches. The only reason Jōichirō is not the 1st seat is because he is too laid back and care free.!~

~! A talented and creative chef, he earned the nickname Asura (literally 'demon') after he single handedly defeated up to 100 opponents in a regimental shokugeki. During the middle of his third year, the pressure of continuously creating new dishes took its toll on Jōichiro. To the point that he skipped B.L.U.E, the world youth cooking championships, in which he was favourite to win. Gin and Senzaemon blamed themselves, and suggested Jōichiro withdrew from the academy and travel the world to learn about cooking on his own terms. Azami, who was two generations behind Jōichirō and wanted to push Jōichirō's skills to fulfill his ideal of "true gourmet", was resentful when Jōichirō left without graduating. Eventually, Jōichiro returned to Japan where he met his wife and opened a family restaurant.!~

~!Jōichirō is a close friend of the Nakiri family, often requested by Senzaemon to privately cook for him. On one such occasion, a young Erina curiously followed the aroma of his cooking, and was allowed to join them. Jōichirō's cooking and manner inspired Erina to follow a brighter path as a chef, and this became one bright memory she held onto through Azami's brainwashing. Years later, Jōichirō arrives and coerced Azami to accept an irregular team Shokugeki, betting a lifelong servitude to Azami against Azami and his cohorts' expulsion from the academy. Jōichirō, Senzaemon and Gin then act as coaches, giving special lessons to the rebel students in preparation of the upcoming team match.!~

(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)

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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? 
 
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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 fourth season of Shokugeki no Souma. 
 
The ultimate Regimental Food War continues as the culinary rebels led by Souma and the members of Kyokusei square off against epicurean elitist Azami and the Toutsuki Ten. At stake – the future of dining across Japan. Because if the rebels fail, Azami intends to impose his own tastes and techniques on the entire restaurant industry! 
 
But the fine dining control freak has made a serious mistake in threatening the futures of Souma’s friends and family, as while the rebels may seem less experienced overall, this is ultimately a clash of skill, dedication, and, most of all, taste. That may be a recipe for disaster for the seasoned veterans! 
 
(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 18th and 19th volumes of the Shokugeki no Souma manga.


A three-part set of chapters after the original Shokugeki no Souma series.  The first chapter was published by Shueisha on June 27, 2019, while the third and final chapter was published on August 28, 2019.  All three chapters were included in the 36th and final volume of the main series.  The series focuses on the events after the BLUE, as well as the present, past, and future of the Souma cast.

A collection of short stories which are canon to the main story line. Each chapter features different characters.

Jouichirou Yukihira