Kazuo Yamagishi Explained

Kazuo Yamagishi
Native Name:	山岸一雄 やまぎし かずお
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	28 April 1934
Birth Place:	Nakano, Nagano, Empire of Japan
Death Place:	Takyo, Japan
Occupation:	Chef, businessman
Known For:	Inventor of Tsukemen

Kazuo Yamagishi (1934-2015) was a Japanese chef, who is known for inventing the tsukemen dish. He was born in Nagano Prefecture, and came upon the idea of Tsukemen at the age of 17 after seeing a co-worker eating noodles dipped in a soup bowl. In 1961, he added tsukemen, then named "special morisoba", to his Taishoken restaurant.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The 2013 documentary The God of Ramen, follows 13 years in his life.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Ramen Legend Kazuo Yamagishi Passes Away At 80 . Japan Bullet . 3 April 2015 . 16 July 2022 . 4 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220704204252/https://www.japanbullet.com/news/ramen-legend-kazuo-yamagishi-passes-away-at-80 . dead .
2. News: Japan's Iconic Taishoken Ramen Opens First U.S. Restaurant in San Mateo . NBC . 19 July 2019.
3. Book: Orkin, I. . Ying . C. . Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint . Ten Speed Press . 2013 . 978-1-60774-446-7 . 169.
4. Book: Solt, G. . The Untold History of Ramen: How Political Crisis in Japan Spawned a Global Food Craze . University of California Press . California Studies in Food and Culture . 2014 . 978-0-520-27756-4 . 161.
5. Web site: Connor . Bateman . 2014-11-24 . The God of Ramen . 4:3.