TOKIO's Masahiro Matsuoka will star in another "Shin Oishinbo" drama special later this year. This will be his third episode in the series, which had its first two episodes aired in 2007.

"Shin Oshinbo" is a revival of the "Oishinbo" drama specials of the 1990s. Both series are based on Tetsu Kariya's popular cooking-themed manga of the same name.

The full title of the upcoming special is "Shin Oishinbo Part 3: Yuzan Kaibara vs. Kyukyoku Shichinin no Samurai!" As in the previous episodes, Matsuoka plays the main character Shiro Yamaoka, while Yuka plays his colleague Yuko Kurita and Ken Matsudaira plays his father and rival Yuzan Kaibara.

The first episode, which aired in January 2007, had nabe as its theme. The second, in November 2007, focused on omusubi. This time, the central food will be beef.

Fuji TV has not yet announced a specific broadcast date, but said that it plans to air the episode before the end of this year.