Kimagure Cook (Japanese: きまぐれクック, romanized: kimagure kukku, lit. 'Whimsical Cook') is a YouTube channel established in 2016 by Japanese YouTuber Kaneko, focused on cleaning, cutting, and cooking a wide variety of seafood with humorous narration from Kaneko.[2][3][4]
| Kimagure Cook | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | 31 May 1991 Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | YouTuber |
| Website | Official Website |
| YouTube information | |
| Also known as | Kaneko |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Genre(s) | Cooking, Fishing, Seafood |
| Subscribers | 11.9 million[1] |
| Total views | 3.18 billion[1] |
Last updated: 4 Sept, 2024 | |
Outline
editKimagure Cook videos feature Kaneko preparing seafood with an emphasis on unusual or rare species, such as sharks, moray eels, giant squids, and seahorses. Before he prepares the seafood, he typically says his catchphrase Japanese: 捌いていく！, romanized: sabaite iku!, lit. 'Let's prepare it!'.
While the scenes shown are often graphic, he usually does not depict the killing of live seafood.[4]
After the seafood is prepared, he usually eats the dish together with an Asahi beer after saying his catchphrase Japanese: 銀色のヤツ！, romanized: gin-iro no yatsu!, lit. 'The silver one!', a reference to the silver color of the beer can.[3]
His most popular videos have english subtitles and a wide international following.
Kaneko also operates a channel called Japanese: きまぐれクックのサボり場！, romanized: kimagure kukku no saboriba!, lit. 'Whimsical Cook's Procrastination Zone!' where he uploads a variety of videos both supplemental to and off-topic from his main channel, including a series on rare fruits.[5]
Biography
editKaneko was born in a fishing town near Ise Bay. Growing up, he learned about cooking, fishing, and seafood from his parents, who were chefs. He attended Nagoya Technical High School and entered the service industry.[4] Currently, he is based in Chita Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture.
In 2016, he made his YouTube debut with a channel called Japanese: にしやんfishingclub, romanized: nishiyan fishingclub, lit. 'Nishiyan Fishing Club' with a group of friends. In 2017, after quitting his job in the service industry, he began creating content regularly on his own channel to avoid saturating Nishiyan Fishing Club with his own videos.[4]
Kaneko has a license to prepare Fugu from Aichi Prefecture.[6]
In July 2020, Kaneko publicly announced his marriage on Twitter.[7]
In June 2021, Kaneko left Kiii due to the resignation of the former president.[8]
Kaneko announced in November 2021 that he and his wife celebrated the birth of their first child, and that he would be taking a break from YouTube to focus on raising his child.[9] He returned to YouTube in January 2022, revealing that he would be moving to a new filming site.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "About きまぐれクックKimagure Cook". YouTube.
- ^ "YouTuber 'Whimsical Cook': Making You Prepare—and Love—Fish Dishes the Japanese Way". Japan Forward. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Top 3 Visually Entertaining Japanese YouTubers". JW. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d "【インタビュー】わずか2年で人気YouTuberに。地方から世界を目指す28歳、きまぐれクックの素顔". ライブドアニュース (Livedoor News). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "きまぐれクックのサボり場 - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ にしやんFishingClub. "【重要】かねことNFCの事務所について。". YouTube. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ かねこ@きまぐれクック🔪🐡 [@Kneko__] (7 July 2020). "この度、私事ではありますが、かねてよりお付き合いをさせて頂いていた方（メディア等には露出してない方です）と入籍を致しましたのでご報告をさせて頂きます😊 幸せな家庭を築いて行けるよう、より一層頑張っていきます❗️ いつも応援ありがとうございます😊 https://t.co/3dMeI9i1uS" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 December 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ 事務所を抜けました, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ^ "活動休止です。". YouTube.
- ^ 本日より活動再開。とても重要なお話をさせて下さい。, retrieved 2022-01-11