There is a food called chikuwabu (a tube-shaped cake of flour paste) which is similar to Chikuwa, however chikuwabu is type of fu (cake of flour paste) which is made out of wheat flour, and is not kneaded fish cake.
竹輪に似た食品にちくわぶ（竹輪麩）があるが、ちくわぶは小麦粉を原料とする麩の一種であり魚肉練り製品ではない。