The former chef for the North Korean leadership Kenji Fujimoto visited Pyongyang this month, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported Saturday.

Experts guessed he met Kim Jong Un, whom he has known since the present North Korean leader was a child.

Fujimoto (a pseudonym) served as the personal chef to Kim Jong Un’s father Kim Jong Il’s rule. He arrived in the Beijing airport from Pyongyang on Saturday after his second visit since April 12.

“Kim Jong Un rarely had peer group nearby during his childhood. Kim Jong Il designated Fujimoto as his (Kim Jong Il and his two older brothers’)