was a Japanese culinary critic, journalist, and publisher, best known for her role as a guest judge on ''

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''.

Career

Kishi was raised in Tokyo, and attended Kagawa Nutrition University. She began her writing career when she joined the Japanese monthly women's magazine ''

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'' in 1955. She later worked for the publishing department of her alma mater and served ten years as editor-in-chief of the magazine ''Eiyō to Ryori'' (栄養と料理, ''Nutrition and Cooking'') from 1968 to 1978. In 1979, she created a publishing company specializing in magazines and books on cooking and nutrition. She published
Sushi: A Light and Right Diet
' in 1986. From 1993 to 1999, she made regular appearances as one of the guest judges on the original ''

'' television program on

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. Kishi died in Tokyo of heart failure on September 22, 2015 at the age of 91.

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1923 births 2015 deaths Businesspeople from Tokyo Japanese food writers Japanese journalists Japanese magazine editors Japanese publishers (people) Writers from Tokyo {{food-bio-stub