Original Iron Chef Gets New Chairman; Japan Not Happy

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • October 16, 2012
Can someone be too young and too handsome? Apparently if you've been anointed the new chairman of Iron Chef Japan, you can. Kotaku is reporting that Japanese fans of the original Iron Chef are up in arms over the striking good looks and youth of...
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