Hiroshi Kawahara, the “tiger” of the ramen world, revives “Nanden Kanden” once again

The “tiger” revival with his son

Friday” ran a story on him. I must have been in Friday’s magazine about 20 times, covering all kinds of topics. (laughs).

The words “Nanden Kanden” appear on the chest of his T-shirt. President Hiroshi Kawahara (62), who had not appeared in front of this reporter for some time, had lost his dark skin and glistening eyes,
His dark skin and glistening eyes are gone, and he seems to have lost a lot of his toxicity. He appeared to have lost some of his venom.

He is now a very white man. Even when I go swimming in the sea, my skin turns white right away. So, I have a longing for tanned skin, and when I said at the store, ‘I want to get darker! I would say, ‘I want to get darker!
I was talking to a customer who works in a tanning salon and he said, “Come here for free! I went to the tanning salon and found that my skin really darkened. I went there, and I really became black!
Then, Kazuya Kato, 54, son of Hibari Misora, who co-starred in “Money Tiger,” and I got excited and said, “Let’s go to the sun salon together! We actually did it. It was a project for a TV program.
Before we knew it, the employees ran away in the night (laughs).

If you look at his son, Kota (30), who is standing next to him, a handsome, fair-skinned man, you can see that this is the true form of the company president.
Kawahara and his son have decided to reestablish Nanden Kanden, the restaurant that created a boom in tonkotsu ramen in the 1980s and 1990s.

I didn’t take over my father’s family business,” he says. “Mitsutaka can do what he likes. I thought that ‘Nanden Kanden’ would end in my generation, but I am grateful for that.
But I am still recuperating, so I thought my son could help me.

President Kawahara collapsed at home in July 2010. It was the same day that the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed by a bullet. On that day, only President Kawahara and Mitsutaka were at home.

He was basically in good health and did not like going to the hospital. My father used to catch a cold once every few years, but on that day, he was in a coma all the time.
His complexion should have been black, but it turned pale, and in a small voice he said, ‘Ambulance, please ……. The diagnosis at the hospital where he was brought in was infective endocarditis and aortic regurgitation. His heart valves were not working.
I had a total of four surgeries since then, including the installation of an artificial valve,” said Mitsuki.

Mr. Mitsutaka had a desire to “revive ‘Nanden Kanden’ and make my father feel better.

I had my own business, digital marketing consulting, and to be honest, I wasn’t sure whether or not I wanted to take over.
But when my father collapsed and said to me, in a quiet voice, “I want you to take over the ramen business,” I said, “I’ll do it! I was turned on.

I’ll take care of the taste. I’ll take care of the taste, and Mitsutaka has marketing skills, so I’ll combine them with his skills.

I’ve never helped my father in his restaurant, so I’m working on making the soup for ‘Nanden Kanden’ first. Fortunately, we still have the recipe, and with the help of former employees, we have been able to bring back the flavor of those days.
Now we are looking for a partner to help us revive the actual restaurant. To impress people with the revival of “Nanden Kanden,” we are focusing on increasing exposure first.
As part of this effort, we are developing pop-up stores that serve ramen at super public baths and izakayas (Japanese-style pubs),” said Mitsutaka.

In the May 14 issue of “FRIDAY May 29 merger” and the pay-per-view “FRIDAY GOLD,
They introduce numerous secret stories, including the trial production of ramen by the Kawahara father and son, the collaboration between the famous printed nori and Michael Jackson, and mentaiko (cod roe) before it was released to the public.