- Hadaka no Shounen
is an
TV Asahi cooking program. It airs every week on Saturday at 5 pm (at different times on other Asahi group channels).History
It started out in April of 2001 as Johnny's late-night show where boys were sitting in the studio in their pajamas discussing various topics, or going around the city visiting places, or having half-naked competitions.
However, onJanuary 17 of 2004 program underwent a renewal and was changed to the gourmet show. At the same time it was moved to the current spot on Saturday, 5 pm.how
Main theme for the show is food, but unlike many food shows on Japanese TV the only time cooking comes into the view is the end segment when one recipe is shown. The rest of the time Seven Sages with two guests visit restoraunts and small cafes, tasting food and recommending places to the viewers.
Every food they taste is given a price tag and every place is shown on the map. All the places visited in the episode are listed in the end of the show, complete with addresses and phone numbers, and then added to the list on the site, along with featured recipe.even sages
Seven famous cooks and food critics who take turns leading the show are called nihongo|Seven food sages|食の七賢人|"shoku no shichikenjin".
They are:nihongo|
Asako Kishi |岸朝子|"Kishi Asako"
nihongo|Shin'ya Tasaki|田崎真也|"Tasaki Shin'ya", born onMarch 21 ,1958
nihongo|Ken'ichi Chin|陳建一|Chin Ken'ichi"
nihongo|Yoshiharu Dou|土井善晴|"Dō Yoshiharu", born onFebruary 8 ,1957
nihongo|Yukio Hattori |服部幸應|"Hattori Yukio"
nihongo|Remi Hirano|平野レミ|"Hirano Remi", born onMarch 21 ,1947 Guest sages
nihongo|
Minoru Sano |佐野実|"Sano Minoru"
nihongo|Yuichi Kimura|木村祐一|"Kimura Yūichi"Regulars
Every episode two boys from Johnny's Jimusho join the sage of the day.
Narrators
Descriptions of food shown on screen are provided by two
seiyū :nihongo|
Shinsuke Chikaishi |近石真介|"Chikaishi Shunsuke"External links
* [http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/hadaka/ Hadaka no Shounen] - official site.
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