Food Wars! The Fifth Plate, also known as Shokugeki no Souma: Gou no Sara, is the fifth season of the Food Wars anime series. Food Wars Season 5 makes its debut in April 2020 as part of the Spring 2020 anime lineup. However, the anime series has been placed into hiatus due to the Coronavirus outbreak in Japan.
Shokugeki no Souma: Gou no Sara is the sequel of its fourth season. J.C. Staff, who also animated the previous season, is the one responsible for the Food Wars Season 5. The anime series is based on Yuto Tsukuda’s manga series of the same title.
Food Wars! The Fifth Plate Synopsis
Yukihira Souma has been helping out his family diner, honing his skills. With his father’s recommendation, he decides to enroll in the “Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute”, a school for the most elites of the culinary world. During his time there, he has grown so much as a chef through studying hard with friends and competing against rivals in shokugeki battles.
Souma has now moved up a grade and he has finally grasped what he has always hoped for; the first seat at the Totsuki Ten Masters Council.
In the meantime, an invitation to a world-class cooking competition known as “BLUE” arrives at Totsuki. “BLUE” is one of the most authentic gastronomic tournaments for young chefs seeking fame. However, there’s been a change to this year’s system and themes are all out of ordinary!
Food Wars! The Fifth Plate Episode List
The first episode of the Food Wars Season 5 anime premiered on April 11, 2020. Unlike the previous season, The Fifth Plate will be having 13 episodes. To know more about the episodes of Food Wars! The Fifth Plate, feel free to check the schedules below.
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Food Wars! The Fifth Plate Casts and Characters
Main Roles
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Souma Yukihira
- Hisako Kanemoto as Erina Nakiri
Supporting Roles
- Minami Takahashi as Megumi Tadokoro
- Banjou Ginga as Senzaemon Nakiri
- Rikiya Koyama as Jouichirou Yukihira
- Takahiro Sakurai as Satoshi Isshiki
- Shizuka Ishigami as Ikumi Mito
- Ai Kayano as Ryouko Sakaki
- Maaya Uchida as Yuuki Yoshino
- Taishi Murata as Shun Ibusaki
- Natsuki Hane as Takumi Aldini
- Yuiichi Nakamura as Koujirou Shinomiya
- Takehito Koyasu as Gin Doujima
- Yuuki Ono as Isami Aldini
- Yuusuke Kobayashi as Zenji Marui
- Chinatsu Akasaki as Alice Nakiri
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Ryou Kurokiba
- Shizuka Itou as Rindou Kobayashi
- Tomokazu Sugita as Eizan Etsuya
- Akira Ishida as Eishi Tsukasa
- Junichi Suwabe as Akira Hayama
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Subaru Mimasaka
- Saori Oonishi as Hisako Arato
- Kana Hanazawa as Nene Kinokuni
- Rie Kugiyama as Momo Akanegakubo
- Yuuki Kaji as Terunori Kuga
- Shou Hayami as Azami Nakiri
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Saitou Soumei
- Taiten Kusunoki as Tousuke Megishima
- Jun Fukuyama as Asahi Saiba
- Kengo Kawanishi as Shouji Satou
- Junichi Yanagita as Daigo Aoki
- Yuka Iguchi as Rantabi
