The BEST episodes of Yakitate!! Japan
Every episode of Yakitate!! Japan ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Yakitate!! Japan!
Azuma Kazuma isn't terribly clever, but he's got a good heart and great skill - at baking. Since childhood, he's been on a quest to create the perfect bread to represent Japan internationally. Now, he seeks to enter the famous bakery Pantasia, in hopes of reaching his goal.
#1 - Lots of Nutrients!! The Sports Bread Showdown!
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/23/2005
The judging is about to begin, and Azuma arrives just before the final 20 minutes of the match. Pierrot refuses to eat Azuma's ready baked bread, because of too many unknown factors, but the king of Monaco, who Azuma was riding with, allows him to participate. The winner between France and Japan is Japan.
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#2 - Now Then, Swim!! The 'Fried Fish' of the South Island!
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/26/2005
Surrounded by a sea of flames, Kawachi and Suwabara are saved by one of the Egyptian representatives. The Egyptians are really the Monaco secret police, they are currently tailing team France, which believed to be cheating. During that time, team Japan is reunited, however now that the forest had been burnt down by team France, there is no way to gather fruit to use in making the sweet bread. Azuma comes up with the idea of using potatoes, and the sap of a surviving palm tree. At the end of the week, team Japan presents Pierrot with their sweet bread Japan #9, and end up passing.
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#3 - To Whom Will You Give Your Truly Delicious Bread!? The Ja-pan, Forever!
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/14/2006
The final showdown. Kazuma faces off against Yuichi Kirisaki’s son in a legendary battle in Kazuma’s own hometown. However, Kazuma won’t just have to win over Kuroyanagi - Yuichi Kirisaki and Pierrot also step up to the plate as judges!
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#4 - Pierrot Arrested! Bows Between Love and Bread!
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/20/2005
Monica and Suwabara are having their battle, Monica had already finished her bread and not long after Suwabara finishes his, and when he does just as Pierrot was about to judge Monica's bread first, Monica told Pierrot to judge Suwabara's bread.
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#5 - The Great Battles in Special Localities!! In the End, He's a Pop Idol!
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/15/2005
The first opponent that Kazuma and the others face is the enigmatic Takumi Tsubozuka, a member of CMAP, a team of celebrity chefs. Can Kazuma, Kawachi, and Kanmuri come up with a bread that will defeat Tsubozuka and make use of Oma’s local ingredients?
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#6 - Kanmuri's Secret!! A Jam Showdown Without Moral Codes
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/17/2006
Kanmuri’s past is brought to light and he may have to retire from his life as a baker! Will he be forced to leave his friends at Pantasia and become… a gangster!? And what’s worse, after getting sick, Kazuma has to sit this match out!
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#7 - The Last Match of the Newcomers' Battle!! The Singing and Dancing French Breads!
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/19/2005
What was that?! Early into his match with Suwabara Kai, Kawachi finds that Suwabara's French Bread is one, huge roll! Not only that, but what he's been freaking out, Suwabara has already begun baking his French Bread! What can Kawachi possibly do to compete?! Why. . .put the finishing touches on his ""Singing Bread,"" of course! Can he possibly win against the iron will and violent, fiery soul of Suwabara Kai?
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#9 - A Speed Contest!! Ping It with That!
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/12/2005
The first part of the quarter-finals in Monaco, is to make a bread in less than 60 minutes, only then 8 teams will be left. The Japanese team nearly didn't pass because of one fatal mistake made by Azuma, using a microwave, it is revealed that Pierrot has an utter disdain for microwaves. It flashes back to Pierrot's plane trip to America, the former-ringmaster warns that Americans will sue over anything, in which he relays a story of an old woman microwaving her cat, which is the source of Pierrot's hatred. In order to save team Japan, Shachihoko explains to Pierrot that it was only an urban legend and it wasn't real. After hearing this, Pierrot passes team Japan.
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#10 - The Fearful Revenge!! The Panda Man Appears!
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/14/2006
Mokoyama has returned a changed man. Though he doesn’t wish to assist Yukino or Mr. Kirisaki in any way, he desperately wants to prove his worth by displaying his new form, Panda Man, and his new weapon, Super Baking Powder!
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#11 - A Traditional Taste! The Heart That Thinks of Japan is Just One!
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/7/2006
It’s time for Kuroyanagi to decide who will win the sixth round: Kazuma or Norihei. Kuroyanagi delivers his most expressive reactions yet in a battle that leaves Kazuma and the others stunned!
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#12 - Nin Nin Nin!! My Way of Ninja!
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/10/2006
A familiar pair returns, but something is different about them! Kazuma, Kawachi, and Kanmuri must do battle with a duo of ninjas using the local specialty of Omagari. Can Kazuma win even though both he and his opponent are using the same ingredients?
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#13 - Love also Rescues Saito!! Solar Hands vs the Flame Arm!
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/20/2005
CMAP not only has incredible knowledge and unbeatable talent, but one of their members even has the Arms of Flame, which burn even hotter than Kazuma’s Hands of the Sun! Will Kazuma’s love of good food and good friends be enough?
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#14 - Oo, Mango!! CMAP's Big Counterattack!
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/13/2005
Tsubozuka has become a friend of Kazuma and the others. But the other members of CMAP aren’t so forgiving. Now they’re dueling against Kazuma in Saito. How in the world can Kazuma beat three excellent bakers, and use a little clay haniwa statute to do it?
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#15 - Kuroyanagi in Danger!! The Lost Reactions!
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/6/2005
After an accident, Kuroyanagi lost all sense of taste. Will he have to retire from being a judge forever? Meanwhile, Kazuma has to think of a way to defeat his old friend, Liu, in a match to make Chinese-style steamed buns!
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#17 - Challenge From Kirisaki! New Program Yakitate!! 9 Starts
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/8/2005
Mr. Kirisaki has bought out Pantasia and merged it with St. Pierre! He then throws down to the gauntlet to Kazuma and the others by issuing them this challenge: If they want to save Pantasia, they must compete in his Yakitate 9 contest!
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#18 - Pierrot Transcends Time!! Japan to the Top of the World!?
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/1/2005
Azuma has finished his Japan #61 and serves it to Pierrot. After eating it, Pierrot is transported back 23 years in time, before he was born, and appears in the Monaco court. The King and Queen do not recognize him as their son, but he claims to be a clown the King hired for the Queen's amusement and eventually becomes her favorite and most trusted servant.
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#19 - Confuse the Universe!! Man who Succeeded Gopan
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/18/2005
It's almost time for the final match of the Monaco Cup. The theme is "shelter", a bread with the taste of the competitor's homeland. Kuroyanagi briefs Azuma, Kawachi and Suwabara on Shadow White, Azuma's opponent in the final round. It is revealed that Shadow had an innate ability to copy the winposes of many famous sports stars as a kid, but turned to watching and imitating the famous mime Marcel Marceau after being bullied because of his talent.
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#20 - Victory! Bring a Revolution to the Bread Industry!
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/27/2005
With Suwabara having lost his match (and his heart) to U.S. competitor Monica, Kyousuke is urged by Kuroyanagi to start working on his bread. While in his room, Kyousuke sees Ken Matsushiro, Shigeru Kanmuri, Tsukino Azusagawa, and Kageto Kinoshita, whose name he promptly forgets.
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#21 - Mysterious Brothers!! Kaizer's Natural Shape!
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/16/2005
Team Japan begins to prepare for their match against Kayser. On the scheduled day of the match, Kayser reveals their true form, while the match has started, Azuma has yet to arrive. During this episode, Suwabara's Lupan #6 is revealed, as well as Gran's special blue dough, that will be made into the perfect bread for F1 racing, while Suwabara's bread has a fatal flaw.
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#22 - The King's Question!! Who is the First Person to Whom You Feed Your Bread?
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/9/2005
After being rescued from the cave, Azuma and the gang, finally meet the king of Monaco, who is also the new chairman of the competition after the former one ran away after being suspected of fixing the competition. The next theme for the semi-finals is to make a sports bread. As well Japan's opponent is France. Later while Azuma and the others are gathering ingredients at the royal palace, Sophie tells of a tragic story regarding her brother, herself, and their father. During the flashback, Kirisaki asks the question "Who do you give fresh baked bread to?" At the palace, the king asks the exact same question, and Azuma answers the exact same way Kirisaki did. Near the end of the episode, it is learned that the king and Kirisaki knew each other when the king was a child. It also becomes clear as to why the Japanese team must be eliminated.
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#23 - Pierrot's Miscalculation!! How the Last Dinner Tastes
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/2/2005
Trying to delay the Japanese team as much a possible, Pierrot develops a long term reaction over the course of the episode. Pierrot's reaction includes a complex code that only Azuma solves, revealing he is very strong when it comes to numbers. After much procrastination, Pierrot finally dives in, discovering that because of his reaction to Azuma's bread he had obtained gills and was able to swim the 2 to 3 kilometers.
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#24 - Survival! Bakers on an Uninhabited Island
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/19/2005
For the second part of the quarter-finals, the final eight are bought to a deserted island. There each team must make a sweet bread with ingredients that can only be found on the island. The Japanese team is stuck in a position where the their base is washed away at high tide. While trying to swim to shore, Azuma gets lost in a whirlpool, and is later found by the Egyptian team. The chairman of the Monaco cup contacts the French team, and tell them to set the forest on fire after getting fruit from the forest. It is revealed in this episode that team France was indeed being told of everything beforehand and also the reason why they were at an advantage, it also was the reason the Japanese team is in the position they are in, thanks to St. Pierre's Kirisaki.
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#25 - The World is Watching!! Monaco Cup Main Lane Start!
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/28/2005
The Monaco cup goes into the finals, in which only the best teams remain standing. The Japanese team learn that Shachihoko, who was introduced in episode 14 is on the American team. Back in Japan, St. Pierre's owner Kirisaki, learns that the Southern Tokyo store, no longer has any capital, having bet it all on the Japanese team. Kirisaki uses this opportunity to run the Southern Tokyo branch out of business, by reducing all prices by 70%. Kanmuri counter-acts this by using Kinoshita's cloning ability to create a live bread-making demonstration outside Pantasia.
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