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A fifth-grader in Kumamoto City, southwestern Japan, has become the youngest person in the country to pass a licensing exam to prepare fugu, also known as the deadly poisonous pufferfish.
Karin Tabira, a student at Kawashiri Elementary School in Minami Ward, Kumamoto, took the 2024 fugu processing license exam held in Yamaguchi Prefecture in June and July this year.
With the support of Fukunari, a wholesale company in Kumamoto City that breeds and sells the poisonous pufferfish, Karin Tabira spent about six months training for the exam. Then, 10-year-old Karin passed both the academic test on food hygiene and the practical test on filleting and identifying pufferfish parts.
To date, the youngest person to receive a certificate is 11 years old, while the exam pass rate is 64.5%.
Karin visited the Kumamoto Prefectural Government Office on August 22 and served Governor Takashi Kimura a raw pufferfish “sashimi” that she had prepared. After tasting the dish, Governor Kimura described the dish as thin, clear and delicious, expressing his impression that a 10-year-old student was willing to take on the challenge.
The fugu processing license exam is held in every prefecture in Japan. In Kumamoto Prefecture, only those 18 or older can apply for a license to actually process fugu, so Karin took the exam in Yamaguchi Prefecture, where there is no age limit. “I want to get a license when I turn 18 so I can process fugu in Kumamoto Prefecture,” she said.
