Editing Iron Chef (section)

==2012 revival==
{{Infobox television
| native_name          = アイアンシェフ
| genre                = [[Cooking show]] 
| presenter            = [[Hiroshi Tamaki]]<br/>Mizuki Sano<br/>[[Yukio Hattori]]
| theme_music_composer = Akira Senju
| country              = Japan
| language             = Japanese
| num_seasons          = 2
| num_episodes         = 14
| list_episodes        = List of Iron Chef episodes
| channel              = [[Fuji Television]] (Japan)
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2012|10|26}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2013|07|04}}
}}
In 2012, Fuji Television announced that it was recording new episodes of ''Iron Chef''.<ref name="newironchef" /> The first episode debuted on October 26, 2012, as a two-hour special, thereafter reverting to a one-hour show airing on Friday evenings at 19:57 Japan time. Unlike the original ''Ryōri no Tetsujin'', the new show was titled '''''Iron Chef''''' (アイアンシェフ) in [[katakana]] characters. The chairman's role was assumed by Japanese actor [[Hiroshi Tamaki]]. Fuji TV commentator Mizuki Sano hosted the program, and the reporters were Yurika Mita and Daisuke Miyagawa. [[Yukio Hattori|Dr. Yukio Hattori]] returned from the original ''Iron Chef'' series to provide commentary. Three new Iron Chefs were chosen; Jun Kurogi as Iron Chef Japanese, [[Yūji Wakiya]] as Iron Chef Chinese, and Yōsuke Suga as Iron Chef French.

The first battle in the new show was a two-hour special with two battles. The first challenger was former Kitchen Stadium challenger (referred as "nominee") Kenichi Miyanaga, recommended by Iron Chef [[Rokusaburo Michiba]]. Miyanaga is Michiba's top apprentice and battled Iron Chef Suga. The challenger ("nominee") in the second battle was Kentaro Chen, recommended by his father Iron Chef [[Chen Kenichi]], who battled Iron Chef Wakiya.<ref name="fujitv.co.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/ironchef/index.html|title=アイアンシェフ - フジテレビ|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref>

It was announced, after airing thirteen episodes, that the new run of Iron Chef would be discontinued after the last episode on March 22, 2013. Mr. Tatematsu, General Manager of Editing, explained, "Iron Chef is a high quality show and we can say it is FujiTV's treasure. Currently we are struggling for the ratings. We think we have a time slot problem, too, so we would like to consider about a way to make it as special program and forward it into the next stage."<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://ironcheffans.info/wordpress/?p=1432|title = Sayonara Iron Chef – This Time It's Official|date = March 2, 2013|access-date = August 7, 2015|website = Iron Chef Collection}}</ref> On July 3, 2013, the Iron Chefs reunited for an American Chef Special with [[beef]] as the secret ingredient. All three Iron Chefs were paired with an American challenger, and then for a fourth round, all six competed.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://ironcheffans.info/wordpress/?p=1529|title = Iron Chef Yomigaeru – Ryouri World Cup|date = July 22, 2013|access-date = August 7, 2015|website = Iron Chef Collection}}</ref> Currently, there are no plans for any more Iron Chef specials.

===Iron Chef 2012 statistics===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Iron Chef
!Title
!Wins
!Losses
!Draws
!No Contests
!Total
!Win %<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
|-
|{{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}} {{Nihongo|Jun Kurogi|黒木純|Kurogi Jun}}
|Iron Chef [[Japanese cuisine|Japanese]] 
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|66.7%
|-
|{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} {{Nihongo|[[Yūji Wakiya]]|脇屋 友詞|Wakiya Yūji}}
|Iron Chef [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese]]
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|71.4%
|-
|{{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} {{Nihongo|Yōsuke Suga|須賀 洋介|Suga Yōsuke}}
|Iron Chef [[French cuisine|French]]
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|71.4%
|}