Taka Yukihira

"Hello I'm Taka Yukihira. Truth be told I didn't really expect to get accepted at this Academy But I don't plan on loosing to someone who never serves a customer this might sound arrogant but this Academy is nothing but stepping stone for me since I here I will take the Top"

- Taka Yukihira

Taka Yukihira (石塚タカ) is the main Protagonist of Shokugeki. He is the son of Kenjiro Yukihira, the owner of Restaurant Yukihira. He is a 92nd Tōtsuki Generation student and a resident of Polar Star Dormitory.

Appearance
Taka is a teenage boy of average height with short-medium black hair. His most prominent feature is his set of dead fish-eyes and a short strand of hair

Personality
Taka is a stoic and lazy individual and has a very unfriendly and cold exterior he tends to very blunt and rude at times and sometimes lax as well he is normally calm cooled and relaxed individual and tends to speak in a very composed manner. Despite this, he is kind and generous person and possess unique outlook on cooking which have been influenced by his Maternal Grandfather's ideals and takes great joy in cooking.

Taka is also flexible and innovative, able to break away from ordinary procedures to cook dishes, thus allowing him to make his own solutions when he needs to find an edge. As such, he can create some of the most unorthodox, but also incredibly delicious dishes the school has never seen. Taka is extremely calm and collective maintaining composure regardless how dire or difficult thing are, tends to speak in a very composed manner, even in dire situations and able adapt quickly which make Taka a versatile individual and act quickly.

Taka is also fearless and doesn't hesitate taking challenges that could jeopardize his entire cooking career. For three Shokugekis, Taka risked being expelled from Tōtsuki if he lost, while in another Shokugeki he faced giving up being a chef in general forever. Because of his unknown humble origins, Taka is never the favorite to win most of his matches as he constantly faces fellow classmates of more noteworthy backgrounds, most of which do not consider him a threat because of their own advantages, however, Taka is aware how his classmates see him because of his background but usually ignore it stated that a chef personal background does not show a person true ability. Time and time again, Taka has proven that he is more than capable of overcoming the most difficult challenges with the steepest handicaps. Taka is not afraid to admit that his opponent is better than him at that moment and that he is not perfect, but he refuses to give up. As such he is not afraid to examine his own deficiencies, and is even eager to learn whatever he needs to in order to overcome them.

Taka also enjoyed engaged cooking showdown as Kenjirō attributes Taka's strength not to natural cooking talent, but to his courage that allows him to boldly face whoever challenges him, no matter how much of a genius they are or whatever disadvantages they may throw at him and as stated by Kenjiro and Musashi, Taka always love take cooking challenges due to Taka seeking new possibilities to in created new dishes and even doesn't mind failure because it allow him give him new insight to improve himself and will plunge head first into trial and error until he gets to the end results that he displays in his duels, spending days or even weeks exhausting every possible option until he finds the best one. Even in defeat, Taka he never let it bother him he simply just express his frustration by lost and takes it as a sign that there is still much more for him to learn and grow as a chef.

Even though many of his classmates had hostile feelings towards him, mainly due to his entrance speech. Despite his lone behavior Taka has a strong moral compass and has many closed friends including Goro Takekura Ayame Kosaka Hiromitsu Komura Rei Kosaka and Suzuru Nanami which made him a charismatic individual which allow him earn the friendships with everyone in the Polar Star Dormitory within the first few hours in the dorm and also able to turn former rivals into allies and friends including Ikumi Mito, Takumi Aldini, Alice Nakiri, Subaru Mimasaka, and Hisako Arato.

Taka possess a rather negative option on women widely due his mother strict and tough attitude and how most other girls treat him. As a result he tend view most girl as bothersome and mostly act distant or react negatively toward them depending their behavior. Despite this his negative option on women he shown to sometime chivalrous at times something he adopt from his maternal grandfather.

History
Taka was born to Kenjirō Yukihira and his wife Shiori. At the age of 3, Taka began working in his Grandfather's restaurant, Restaurant Yukihira. As a kid, Taka was interested in cooking and the interest itself motivated him to become a great chef.

Cooking Style

 * Yukihira Style - Taka's main cooking style is a completely original style developed by his father, Kenjiro Yukihira. The main feature of this style is that it borrows different styles, techniques, and cuisine types from around the world like the Yukihira Style but revolve around intelligence as well. To Taka's end, he has spent at least twelve years developing his craft in this style and continues to evolve it as the story progresses. Taka has shown immense levels of Intelligence and creativity, taking inspirations from the most unexpected places to overcome roadblocks when making his dishes. While they appear and taste like extravagant dishes, they are very simple in concept and are designed mainly to appeal to the sort of patrons at Restaurant Yukihira. Nevertheless, Taka has emerged out of almost every duel and assignment successfully when he is in control. However, it takes a lot of trial and error for Taka to make his end results.

Skills

 * French Cooking - Taka learned a French cooking technique called Poêlé from his father, working in Restaurant Yukihira. It is used to remove the bad smell and fat released during the cooking process by constantly adding olive oil. Taka used this technique to create his . Taka became more adaptive in French cooking during his time at Shino's Tokyo, under the tutelage of Kojirō Shinomiya.