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Masahiko Kobe (神戸 勝彦 Kōbe Masahiko born 1969 in Yamanashi Prefecture Japan) is a chef specializing in Italian cuisine most notable as the Iron Chef Italian on the television series Iron Chef where he appeared wearing a chef’s uniform decorated like the Italian Flag (Red White & Green) and holding a tomato. (In some episodes an apple.)According to the Iron Chef storylines Kobe was slated to be an Iron Chef in 1993 but was considered too young and immature.