Iron Wok Jan
Iron Wok Jan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Saijyo. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from 1995 to 2000, with its individual chapters being collected into 27 volumes. The manga follows a chef named Jan Akiyama as he works in a high-end Chinese restaurant.
A sequel, titled Iron Wok Jan! R: The Summit Operations, was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion from December 2006 to November 2010, with its individual chapters being collected into 10 volumes. A spin-off written and illustrated by Bingo Morihashi, titled Tetsupai no Jan!, was serialized in Takeshobo's magazine Kindai Mahjong from August 2015 to December 2017, with three volumes being published. Another sequel, titled Iron Wok Jan 2nd, was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's magazine Monthly Dragon Age from January 2017 to 2019, with seven volumes being published. An anime television series adaptation produced by Troyca is set to premiere in 2026.
Plot
One night after the restaurant closed, a boy walks into a high-end Chinese restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo, and orders fried rice. After being served, the boy realized that it was of poor quality, he throws it away and enters the kitchen to make fried rice himself. The boy's name is Jan Akiyama, the grandson of Kaiichiro Akiyama, the "master of Chinese cuisine". Eventually, Jan, who believes that cooking is a battle, begins working in the restaurant with other chefs like Kiriko.Characters
Akiyama family
;Jan Akiyama;Kaiichiro Akiyama
;Minki Tou
;Baku Akiyama
Gobanchou family
;Kiriko Gobanchou;Takao Okonogi
;Mutsuju Gobanchou
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Shinji Saijyo, the series was serialized in Akita Shoten's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from 1995 to 2000. Its individual chapters were collected into 27 volumes. It was re-released into 16 volumes between December 2004 and September 2007. The manga was licensed in English by ComicsOne before the license was transferred to DrMaster. Collectively, they published the manga's 27 volumes in English between December 15, 2002, and December 28, 2007.A sequel, titled Iron Wok Jan! R: The Summit Operations, was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion from November 9, 2006, to December 9, 2010. Its individual chapters were collected into ten volumes.
A spin-off series, titled and written and illustrated by Bingo Morihashi, was serialized on Takeshobo's Kindai Mahjong magazine from August 12, 2015, to December 28, 2017. Its individual chapters were collected into seven volumes. Another sequel manga, titled '', was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's magazine Monthly Dragon Age from January 7, 2017, to 2019. Its individual chapters were collected into seven volumes.