Character debuts in show's 5th episode on October 31

This year's 46th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Food Wars! The Third Plate , the third season of the Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma anime has cast Sho Hayami ( Assassination Classroom's Gakuhō Asano, Bleach's Sōsuke Aizen, Gintama's Umibouzu) as the character Azami Nakiri (pictured upper right in image at right). Azami is the father of Erina Nakiri, and is an alumunus of Tōtsuki. The character will make his debut appearance in the show in the fifth episode on October 31.

The season premiered on October 3. The story follows the battle against the Council of Ten. Crunchyroll is exclusively streaming the anime.

The following cast members return for the third season:

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Sōma Yukihira

Hisako Kanemoto as Erina Nakiri (returning from the original video anime and event anime, as original voice actress Risa Taneda is still on hiatus for her health)

Akira Ishida as Eishi Tsukasa

Shizuka Itou as Rindō Kobayashi

Rie Kugimiya as Momo Akanegakubo

Kana Hanazawa as Nene Kinokuni

Yuuki Kaji as Terunori Kuga

Singer-songwriter ZAQ is performing the opening theme song and Rock duo nano.RIPE are performing the ending theme song.

Yoshitomo Yonetani returns to direct the anime at JC Staff. Shogo Yasukawa returns to oversee the series scripts, and Tomoyuki Shitaya returns as the character designer. Tatsuya Katou returns to compose the music.