Details

• Title: フードファイト
• Title (english): Food fight
• Also known as: Food Frenzy
• Genre: Food / Human drama
• Episodes: 11 + 2 Special
• Broadcast network: NTV
• Broadcast period: 2000-Jul-01 to 2000-Sep-30
  • Specials: 2001-Apr-01 & 2001-Sep-29
• Air time: Saturday 21:00
• Theme song:  Lion Heart by SMAP

Synopsis

After growing up in an orphanage, Mitsuru Ihara started working as a custodian at a large food producer. The pleasant, kind Ihara often visits his former home, pretending to be an important business man, not the blue-collar cleaner that he really is. But there's another, bigger secret: He is the reigning champion in an underground eating competition held at the company. In it, two contestants battle to see which can pack away more food within a time limit. The noble Ihara, with nine consecutive wins, always donates the money anonymously to his orphanage. The circumstances surrounding his victories, however, are often surprising and usually unusual. --NTV