Kiyoshi Kimura

Japanese businessman

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Kiyoshi Kimura (Japanese: 木村清, romanized: Kimura Kiyoshi; born 19 April 1952) is known as the "Tuna King" of Japan. Kimura is the head of Kiyomura Corporation which runs the Sushi Zanmai chain of restaurants. In January 2019, Kimura paid a record 333.6 million yen for a 278 kg (613 lb) blue fin tuna and has been the highest bidder at the Japanese new year tuna auction in eight out of the past nine years.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The fish normally sells for $88/kilogram.^[6]

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^ Agencies (5 January 2019). "Sushi king pays record $3.1m for endangered bluefin tuna in Japan". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
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