Kimagure Cook

Kimagure Cook is a YouTube channel established in 2016 by Japanese YouTuber Kaneko, focused on cleaning, cutting, and cooking a wide variety of seafood with humorous narration from Kaneko.

Outline

Kimagure Cook videos feature Kaneko preparing seafood with an emphasis on unusual or rare species, such as sharks, moray eels, giant squids, and seahorses. Before he prepares the seafood, he typically says his catchphrase .

While the scenes shown are often graphic, he usually does not depict the killing of live seafood.

Biography Kaneko was born in a fishing town near Ise Bay. Growing up, he learned about cooking, fishing, and seafood from his parents, who were chefs. He attended Nagoya Technical High School and entered the service industry.

In July 2020, Kaneko publicly announced his marriage on Twitter.

In June 2021, Kaneko left Kiii due to the resignation of the former president.

Kaneko announced in November 2021 that he and his wife celebrated the birth of their first child, and that he would be taking a break from YouTube to focus on raising his child. He returned to YouTube in January 2022, revealing that he would be moving to a new filming site.

In October 2025, Kaneko opened his first physical restaurant called Uoichiban (うお一番), located in Tokoname, Aichi.