Check out this little tidbit about Friday’s special:<\/p>\n
“Fuji TV commentator Mizuki Sano will host the program, and the reporters will be Yurika Mita and Daisuke Miyagawa.\u00a0Dr. Yukio Hattori<\/a>\u00a0will return from the original\u00a0Iron Chef<\/em>\u00a0series to provide commentary.<\/p>\n According to Fuji Television, the first cooking battle in the new show will be between Iron Chef\u00a0Rokusaburo Michiba<\/a>\u00a0and his student and former Kitchen Stadium challenger Kenichi Miyanaga. The second battle will pit Iron Chef\u00a0Chen Kenichi<\/a>\u00a0against his son, Kentaro Chen.”<\/p>\n I got this from Wikipedia, and they don’t list a source. I have seen stories in Japanese that mention Kentaro Chen and Kenichi Miyanaga as the challengers, but have not seen the mentions of them battling Iron Chefs Chen and Michiba anywhere other than this entry. Perhaps I just haven’t found the right story yet. Anyway, if this is true, I can’t wait to see it.<\/p>\n UPDATE: It appears that Iron Chef Chen and Iron Chef Michiba will simply be presenting the challengers and not actively taking part in any battles. That makes a lot more sense than what wikipedia says.<\/p>\n