I want to expand my cuisine to this country. I love America. I have been here 22 years.

On behalf of my native Japan, I am grateful to the culinary community and hospitality industry for working together to raise much-needed funds to aid the tsunami and earthquake victims.

No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way.

You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!

Right after I graduated high school, I joined a sushi restaurant to learn how to make Japanese food. And then spent seven years. Then that time - that's enough. Then sushi restaurant - butchering fish and they make your body smell like fishy.

Cook more often. Don't study; just cook.

I dont eat anything on an airplane.