What Did You Eat Yesterday?

What Did You Eat Yesterday?
The cover of the first volume of the manga, featuring Shiro Kakei (left) and Kenji Yabuki (right)
きのう何食べた?
(Kinō Nani Tabeta?)
GenreCooking,[1] slice of life[2]
Manga
Written byFumi Yoshinaga
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineMorning
DemographicSeinen
Original runFebruary 22, 2007 – present
Volumes23 (List of volumes)
Television drama
Directed by
  • Kazuhito Nakae
  • Katsumi Nojiri
  • Kenji Katagiri
Produced byMasashi Abe
Written byNaoko Adachi [ja]
StudioShochiku
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 5, 2019 – present
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Live-action film
Directed byKazuhito Nakae
Written byNaoko Adachi
StudioToho
ReleasedNovember 3, 2021 (2021-11-03)

What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Japanese: きのう何食べた?, Hepburn: Kinō Nani Tabeta?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. The slice of life series focuses on the relationship between Shiro Kakei and Kenji Yabuki, a middle-aged gay couple living in Tokyo, Japan. The manga has been serialized in the manga magazine Morning since February 2007, and was adapted into a live-action television drama by Shochiku that aired on TV Tokyo in 2019; a film sequel to the television drama was released in November 2021. Both the manga and its live-action adaption have received widespread critical acclaim, winning a Kodansha Manga Award, a Galaxy Award, and multiple Television Drama Academy Awards.

  1. ^ Alverson, Brigid (8 December 2016). "7 Mouthwatering Manga About Food". Barnes and Noble. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  2. ^ "What Did You Eat Yesterday?". Vertical. Retrieved 29 November 2019.