Cooking Papa

Cooking Papa
	Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Kazumi Araiwa (center)
クッキングパパ; (Kukkingu Papa)
Genre	Cooking; Slice of life;
Manga
Written by	Tochi Ueyama
Published by	Kodansha
Imprint	Morning KC
Magazine	Morning
Original run	June 6, 1985 – present
Volumes	178
Anime television series
Directed by	Toshitaka Tsunoda
Written by	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama; Shun'ichi Yukimuro;
Music by	Toshihiko Sahashi
Studio	Eiken (production); Sunshine Corporation Japan (animation); Trans Arts (animation); Tiger Pro (animation);
Original network	ANN (ABC, TV Asahi)
Original run	April 9, 1992 – May 25, 1995
Episodes	151

Cooking Papa (Japanese: クッキングパパ, Hepburn: Kukkingu Papa) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tochi Ueyama. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen anthology magazine Morning since June 6, 1985. Kodansha has collected it into individual tankōbon volumes and it has a total of 176 volumes as of January 2026, making it one of the longest manga series by number of volumes. The story revolves around the life of Kazumi Araiwa, a salaryman who can cook well and full recipes for the dishes featured in each chapter are provided at the end of the chapter.

The series has been adapted into a 151-episode anime television series of the same name produced by ABC and Eiken, animated by Sunshine Corporation Japan, Trans Arts and Tiger Pro and directed by Toshitaka Tsunoda. The anime series was originally broadcast in Japan on TV Asahi between April 1992 and May 1995, A Japanese television drama adaptation aired on Fuji TV on August 29, 2008.

Cooking Papa won a Special Award at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2015.