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Kazuko Hosoki , a fortune teller and judge on the original Iron Chef, passed away on November 8, 2021.
If you watched any of the many episodes she was a judge in, you know she was very opinionated. She usually judged in place of late Iron Chef judge Asako Kishi. I just finished watching the King Crab Battle with Morimoto vs Tetsuji Iio and was reminded of when she didn’t like her portion of the kelp wrapped King Crab cooked in gravel rock and took the other judges and tried his, ending up enjoying his. She always had her way of judging and was an effective addition to the panel.
According to Ironchefdb, Kazuko Hosoki judged 37 battles, all appearing from 1998 and beyond into the 2000 battles. She also was the author of over 100 books and a winner on the Japanese version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire in 2004.
IronChefBob says: Hosoki-san and Kishi-san were my favorite panelists. R.I.P.
