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Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto and Tennis Star Kei Nishikori Made Sushi (Photos)

There's a preconceived notion that in Japan everyone makes sushi on the regular.

As much as we'd like this to be true (and we'd like to find ourselves some Japanese besties), it's not actually the case.

While in town for the Delray Beach Open by The Venetian® Las Vegas Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori got together with Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto at his Boca Raton Resort outpost to get a lesson in sushi making.

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Nishikori, highest-ranking Japanese tennis player, and Morimoto made rolls, laughed, and posed for photos in which they switched 'utensils' -- Morimoto proudly held the racquet while Nishikori brandishes the knife.

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