KFC Japan releases its first thigh-meat fried chicken burger in 43 years, but was it worth the wait?

It’s been a looooong time since you could get a thigh-meat sandwich at KFC Japan, and now you can get six .

A lot of time has passed between now and 1983.

To illustrate just how much, 1983 was the year Nintendo’s Famicom (which would become known as the NES overseas) went on sale.

In the years since, Nintendo has had time to release a whole slew of other video game consoles, culminating with the launch of the Switch 2 last year.

If you had been one of those early adopters who went out and bought a Famicom in 1983, on your way home from the store you could have swung by KFC Japan and picked up a fried chicken sandwich made with thigh meat.

You wouldn’t have been able to repeat that meal choice for the launch of Nintendo’s Super Famicom (a.k.a.

Super NES) in 1990, though.

Ditto for the release of the Nintendo 64 in 1996…and for every console after that too.

Why? Because 1983 was the last time KFC Japan had thigh-meat sandwiches, after which they switched to breast meat .

On October 14, though, KFC Japan released its first thigh-meat sandwiches in 43 years, with the debut of the brand-new Original Chicken Burger series .

There’s a total of six sandwiches in the two-tiered lineup.

In addition to the standard Original Chicken Burger , there’s also a Cheese , Teriyaki , and spicy Red-hot version.

Those in a more luxurious mood can opt for the Premier Burger , which adds a slice of thick-cut bacon, or the Premier Cheese Burger , providing both bacon and cheese.

This return of thigh-meat chicken sandwiches is such a big deal for the chain that KFC Japan has temporarily rebranded its branch in Tokyo’s Ebisu neighborhood as KFB (“Kentucky Fried Burgers”).