Taki Tsunozaki

Taki Tsunozaki

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Taki Tsunozaki
Kanji	角崎 瀧
Rōmaji	Tsunozaki Taki
Personal Information
Status	Alive
Gender	Female
Cuisine Style	Spanish
Professional Status
Generation	88th
Occupation	Tōtsuki Academy Alumni High school student (Formerly) Elite Ten Council: 2nd Seat (Formerly) Head Chef & Owner at Taki Amarillo
Workplace	Taki Amarillo
Media
Manga Debut	Chapter 85
Anime Debut	Episode 29
Voice Actor	Mikako Komatsu Kira Vincent-Davis (English)

Taki Tsunozaki (角 (つの) 崎 (ざき) 瀧 (たき) , Tsunozaki Taki^?) is an 88th Generation Tōtsuki Academy Alumna and a previous 2nd seat of the Elite Ten Council who is the owner and head chef of the Spanish restaurant called Taki Amarillo.

Appearance

Taki is a relatively short woman with a petite-but-slender body. She has purple eyes and dark blue hair that is tied into a ponytail by a ribbon and reaches just below her tailbone. During the Autumn Election Semifinals, she wore a short, buttoned blazer and a skirt.

Personality

Taki has a contemptuous attitude towards most people, including her fellow judges, Sonoka Kikuchi and Hinako Inui, due to their flightier personalities. She is also sensitive about her chest size and envies other females with bigger chest as shown in her interactions with Sonoka. When she heard about what Subaru did to Takumi's knife, she immediately developed a strong dislike for him and even said that she would lynch him among other things if he ever did that to her knife.

Taki's compliance to those she respects

Still, she has the capacity to show respect to others, but she is very selective. As of now, only Gin Dōjima and Fuyumi Mizuhara have earned her utmost respect. She also feels that she should be given the same respect as she was angered by two students casually speaking to her, while ignoring her seniority and reputation.

She can be a bit condescending, as she believed that Sōma Yukihira would have no chance due to his humble background even ignoring the views of her fellow judges. However, she was forced to accept that he was actually a capable chef after she ate some of his cooking and learned his methods; she begrudgingly gave him his victory in his match.

History

Taki previously attended Tōtsuki as a part of the 88th generation and was among the few to graduate. During her time at Tōtsuki, Taki held the 2nd seat of the Elite Ten Council. After graduating, Taki wasted no time and quickly established her own restaurant, Taki Amarillo.

Plot

Tōtsuki Autumn Election: Main Tournament

Semifinals

Main Article: Yukihira Vs. Mimasaka Semifinal Shokugeki

Taki and Hinako arguing

Taki was invited to be a guest judge for the semifinal rounds of the 43rd Annual Tōtsuki Autumn Election. During the first match between Sōma Yukihira and Subaru Mimasaka, Taki had previously heard what had happened in Subaru's previous Shokugeki. She expressed extreme disgust regarding Subaru spitting on Takumi Aldini's Mezzaluna and said that she would have lynched him among other things for his insolence if he ever did that to her knife. She also had taken a look into Sōma's dossier and already preemptively deemed him doomed in the match given his humble background. Though Hinako Inui tried to convince her not to be so quick to judge, Taki ignored her and even insulted her age which caused an argument until she obeyed Fuyumi Mizuhara's request not to insult Hinako. Hinako questioned this compliance to Fuyumi as Taki explained she picks who she respects.

Sōma calls out to Taki

During the match, she watched Subaru stay one step ahead of Sōma, even using Sōma's idea to use beef tail as the base of his stew. With his inclusion of his special smoked bacon for garnish, Taki already decided that Subaru was going to win. However, Sōma brought out his true secret weapon, a cooler of various beef parts and personally called out Taki. He told her that he will listen to her complaints after she had tried his dish as he proceeded to cook his beef parts, promising her and the judges that he will be taking them to the "Beef Amusement Park". Taki was annoyed by his audacity to speak casually to her but intrigued with his promise.

Taki giving Sōma the victory

When Sōma gave her and the judges his cooking, Taki was amazed by the taste as it resulted in the trip Sōma promised. After regaining her wits, Taki was dismayed to see she was holding Hinako's hand before begrudgingly giving Sōma the victory of the round.

Cooking Style

• Spanish Cuisine - While Taki has not been seen cooking in the series, according to her profile, she is a Spanish cuisine expert and runs her own restaurant, Taki Amarillo.

Etymology

• The name Taki means "waterfall" (瀧). 
• Taki's surname Tsunozaki means "corner, angle, horn" (角) (tsuno) and "cape, peninsula" (崎) (saki/zaki). 
  • Her other surname Amarillo means "yellow" in Spanish.

Trivia

• She and Sonoka Kikuchi are the only two members of the Elite Ten Council of the 88th Generation to be revealed, making their generation the one with the least amount of members introduced out of all the existing generations of Elite Ten members in the series.
• It's possible that she was a member of the Spanish Cuisine Research Society, given her culinary style.