Ryou Kurokiba is a 92nd Toutsuki Generation Student and Alice Nakiri's aide.

Generally lazy and gloomy, Ryou's personality drastically shifts once he puts on his bandana, becoming aggressive, short-tempered, and brash. He grew up in a port town in Denmark, where he became the head chef of a pub due to his commanding personality and great skill. Due to his heritage, he is an expert in seafood and he can judge the quality of any and all seafood with only a glance. Mainly seen to be beside Alice Nakiri and has known her since childhood.

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)

__Awards:__ Best New Actor (2008), Best Supporting Actor (2011)
__Music:__
- Palette (1st Mini Album, released May 23, 2012)
- Enjoy☆Full (2nd Mini Album, released June 5, 2013)

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- Revealed as the sixth member of Kiramune on October 24, 2011; debuted on May 23, 2012.
- Hosts Dengeki Girl's Smile with [Ryouhei Kimura](https://anilist.co/staff/96762/Ryouhei-Kimura)
- Married to fellow seiyuu [Asuka Oogame](https://anilist.co/staff/102489). 

Previously affiliated with the agency Pro-Fit. After the agency announced that they would be shutting down operation in 2022, he would be transferring to his own agency "Raccoon Dog", along with several other Pro-Fit talents.

Nelson González is an Argentinean voice actor.

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 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 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.


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