Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Yukihira Souma is the main protagonist of
Shokugeki no Souma. He is a 92nd Tootsuki Generation student and a resident of
Polar Star Dormitory.
Biography
Souma’s birthday is November 6th, it’s mean his zodiac sign is Scorpio and he share the same birthday with Chinatsu from Yuru Yuri. His blood type is “B”, it’s same with Ikumi. His height is 171 cm and his weight is 57 kg. Souma’s favorite thing to do is laundry and things that he likes is a spacious bathtub. The voice actor from Souma is Matsuoka Yoshitsugu. He is also became the voice actor for Kirito from Sword Art Online, Sorata from Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo, Sora from No Game No Life, Bell from Danmachi and Tomoya from Saekano. While the English voice actor is Blake Shepard who have the same voice with Yuzuru from Angel Beats! and Kyousuke from Little Busters!.
Biography
Souma’s birthday is November 6th, it’s mean his zodiac sign is Scorpio and he share the same birthday with Chinatsu from Yuru Yuri. His blood type is “B”, it’s same with Ikumi. His height is 171 cm and his weight is 57 kg. Souma’s favorite thing to do is laundry and things that he likes is a spacious bathtub. The voice actor from Souma is Matsuoka Yoshitsugu. He is also became the voice actor for Kirito from Sword Art Online, Sorata from Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo, Sora from No Game No Life, Bell from Danmachi and Tomoya from Saekano. While the English voice actor is Blake Shepard who have the same voice with Yuzuru from Angel Beats! and Kyousuke from Little Busters!.
Background
Souma was born to Yukihira Jouichirou
and his unnamed wife. At the age of 3, Souma began working in his father’s home
restaurant, Restaurant Yukihira. As a kid, Souma was interested in cooking and
the interest itself motivated him to become a great chef like his father.
Starting from Souma’s 6th year of primary school, he challenged his father to
numerous cooking duels which in the end, resulted in a 489 losing streak before
Souma was forced to leave Restaurant Yukihira. Jouichirou recommends Souma to
attend the Tootsuki Culinary Academy to go outside the restaurant and measure
his ability, because Jouichirou will close the restaurant in 3 years. After
all, Souma start his journey and hopes of one day winning a cooking duel from
his father.
Personality
Souma is an energetic and optimistic
boy who has the constant drive to improve his cooking. He is courageous and
never backing down from a challenge even though he is in an unfortunate
situation. He is also flexible and innovative, able to break away from ordinary
procedures to cook dishes. This thing make him can create some of the most
unorthodox, but also incredibly delicious dishes the school has never seen and
everytime he finished serving dishes, his catchphrase is “Osomatsu!”.
Even though many students don’t like
him, mainly due to his entrance speech, but actually Souma is a very friendly
individual. He has struck up friendships with everyone in the Polar Star
Dormitory within the first few hours in the dorm. He also has strong charisma,
able to turn former rivals into allies and friends, including Ikumi, Takumi,
Alice, Subaru, Hisako, etc. He is always willing to help out a friend, even at
the risk of his place in Tootsuki for them, and is more than willing to assist
anyone in need. Souma also has a bad habit where he always makes disgusting
dishes and tell someone to taste it. Megumi is the person who always taste it
in the academy.
Facts & Trivia
- Souma ranked 1st in the first popularity poll with 956 votes. Then he ranked 1st again in the second popularity poll, with 6451 votes. Then in the third popularity poll, he dropped down to 4th, with 2795
- Yukihira Souma’s name is a combination from Yukihira (幸平) meaning “blessing of the ordinary” and Souma (創真) meaning “true creation”. This is a reflection of his humble origins compared to his classmates and his creativity.
- Souma’s One-shot version of himself is relatively the same, however his hair is a different color and is much shorter.
- Souma’s voice actor in the Vomic, Ono Yuuki, voices Isami Aldini in the anime.
