{"id":458,"date":"2009-04-16T23:13:49","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T05:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.info\/wordpress\/?p=458"},"modified":"2009-04-17T17:15:38","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T23:15:38","slug":"beyond-kitchen-stadium-gaga-for-kaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Kitchen Stadium &#8211; Gaga for Kaga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Takeshi_Kaga\" target=\"_blank\">Takeshi Kaga<\/a> is best known in most parts of the world as The Chairman of the Gourmet Academy and the man behind Kitchen Stadium. I recently saw a <a href=\"http:\/\/johnrobe.com\/blog\/?p=494\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a> that inspired me to search for clips from some of Kaga&#8217;s many other roles.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=291\" target=\"_blank\">GMen 75<\/a> &#8211; This is the intro to a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G-Men_%2775\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese police show<\/a> from the mid-70&#8217;s. Every time I see Kaga&#8217;s 70&#8217;s mini-fro, I have to laugh.<\/li>\n<li>Suntory <a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=293\" target=\"_blank\">CM1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=292\" target=\"_blank\">CM2<\/a> &#8211; Kaga has been in several commercials for Japanese beverage company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntory.co.jp\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Suntory<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Les Miserables &#8211; Did you know that the chairman was Jean Valjean in a Japanese production of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(musical)#International_productions\" target=\"_blank\">Les Miserables<\/a>? He was part of the <a style=\"&quot;border:none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/6304180020?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=irchte-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=6304180020\" target=\"_blank\">Les Miserables Dream Cast Concert<\/a>. There are two versions of this video: <a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=287\" target=\"_blank\">Full Song<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=288\" target=\"_blank\">Shortened Kaga-centric version<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jekyll-hyde.com\/stagings\/listing.cgi?production=219-Tokyo\" target=\"_blank\">Jekyll &amp; Hyde<\/a> &#8211; Yep, the chairman starred in this musical as well. We don&#8217;t have any video, but we do have some mp3s of Kaga performing songs. <a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=290\" target=\"_blank\">This is the Moment<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=289\" target=\"_blank\">Lost in the Darkness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=294\" target=\"_blank\">Kaga in Japanese Drama Promotion<\/a> &#8211; This appears to be a promotional video for a period drama that featured Takeshi Kaga.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=296\" target=\"_blank\">Bon Ba La Bon<\/a> &#8211; Kaga Take-C was the singer for this song.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=295\" target=\"_blank\">Kaga on Hey!Hey!Hey!<\/a> &#8211; This video is from the first\u00a0 year of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hey!_Hey!_Hey!_Music_Champ\" target=\"_blank\">Hey!Hey!Hey! Music Champ<\/a>. After a brief chat with hosts <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Downtown_(Owarai)\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown<\/a>, Kaga performs Bon Ba La Bon. (Do the hosts look familiar? You might have seen them in <a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=83\" target=\"_blank\">this BKS video<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filehouse.ironcheffans.info\/index.php?act=view&amp;id=297\" target=\"_blank\">Cyrano<\/a> &#8211; Promotion for Kaga&#8217;s current project, starring as Cyrano de Bergerac in the musical <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tohostage.com\/cyrano\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cyrano<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope you enjoy seeing Chairman Kaga outside of his duties in Kitchen Stadium. Have you seen an Iron Chef cast member in another show or commercial? Let me know, and I&#8217;ll do my best to track it down and post it here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takeshi Kaga is best known in most parts of the world as The Chairman of the Gourmet Academy and the man behind Kitchen Stadium. I recently saw a blog post that inspired me to search for clips from some of Kaga&#8217;s many other roles. 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