He has the highest winning percentage of any of the Iron Chefs due mainly to the fact that he fought only 8 battles: he won 7 and lost 1.
Ishinabe's single loss was to Jacques Borie, a French chef who worked in L'osler in Tokyo.
This was also the only of Ishinabe's battles that was shown in America when Food Network aired the original series.
After appearing on Iron Chef, Ishinabe opened a chain of restaurants called "Queen Alice".
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