Koumei Nakamura

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Koumei Nakamura (中村 孝明, Nakamura Kōmei, born November 24, 1947^[1] in Shimabara, Nagasaki, Japan), is a celebrity chef. Most famous for being the second Japanese Iron Chef on the show Iron Chef, he has worked at numerous restaurants such as the Oriental Hotel in Osaka, Nadaman in the Hotel New Otani, and the Nadaman Singapore in the Shangri La Hotel. He later became the manager of Nadaman in the Hotel New Otani. He now has his own restaurant in Ariake, Tokyo. On Iron Chef he wore a purple outfit trimmed with gold in the Japanese style.