Oroku Noogy was a raw fish culinarian whose only rival was Master Sushi. It was Master Sushi that Oroku Noogy competed against for a four star rating in Tang Jar’s newspaper restaurant guide.
Sushi began a relationship with Tang Jar, sleeping his way to a good rating. This infuriated Oroku Noogy, who railed against the pair. The humiliation of earning Tang Jar’s highest rating by such dubious means was more than Sushi could bear. He killed Noogy and ran away to the U.S. with Tang Jar and his little rat, Match-Stik.