Kojirō Shinomiya

Kojirō is an extremely uptight person due to the people of France ostracizing him because he was Japanese and belittling his dream to earn the Pluspol Award. This caused him to become a much more ruthless individual who does not tolerate anyone going against his orders. He flatly denied any sort of input into his dishes, feeling that, as the head chef, no one had any authority to change his recipes. He has always been a smug individual even since his Tōtsuki days as shown when he rubbed in his higher grade in Italian Cuisine to Fuyumi Mizuhara, whose forte was Italian Cuisine. He is also very cocky, constantly harassing Megumi during their unofficial Shokugeki, deeming her a "dunce". He hates it when people waste time and is quickly annoyed the minute he catches his employees not working.

In reality, Kojirō is a caring and friendly individual, but his more abrasive nature became more pronounced after he graduated. According to Gin Dōjima, because he achieved his dream of earning the Pluspol, he began to stagnate, afraid to show that he had lost his reason to cook. After the unofficial Shokugeki during the Training Camp, Kojirō returned to his former self, welcoming input from his workers, but still just as smug as before.

Appearance: Kojirō has coral-colored hair that comes to his neck, with bangs parted to the left. He also has a prominent undercut on his right side. His left ear is pierced with a silver hoop earring, and he wears glasses over his amber colored eyes. He also wears a silver cross necklace whenever he's not in his chef uniform. During his time in Tōtsuki, Kojirō looked relatively the same except that he did not wear glasses.

Kojirō is normally seen wearing a standard Chef's uniform with a red neckerchief.

cooking in a kitchen at Tōtsuki academy