Kura Sushi
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Kura Sushi, Inc. (Japanese: くら寿司, Hepburn: Kura zushi) is a Japanese sushi restaurant chain.[6][7] It is the second largest sushi restaurant chain in Japan, behind Sushiro and ahead of Hama Sushi.[8] Its headquarters are in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.[9]
Native name | くら寿司株式会社 |
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TYO: 2695 | |
Industry | Foodservice |
Founded | November 1995; 28 years ago (1995-11) |
Headquarters | Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
Number of locations | 649 (2023) |
Area served | Japan |
Key people | Kunihiko Tanaka (president) |
Revenue | ¥211.4 billion (2023) |
¥0.863 billion (2023) | |
Website | kurasushi |
Footnotes / references [1][2] |
Company type | Public |
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Nasdaq: KRUS (Class A) Russell 2000 Index component | |
Founded | 2008; 16 years ago (2008) |
Headquarters | Irvine, California, United States |
Number of locations | 33 (2021) |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Hajime Uba (chairman and CEO) |
Revenue | US$64.89 million (2021) |
US$−10.30 million (2021) | |
Owner | Kura Sushi, Inc. (76% voting power) |
Website | kurasushi |
Footnotes / references [3] |
Native name | 亞洲藏壽司股份有限公司 |
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Company type | Public |
TPEx: 2754 | |
Founded | January 21, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-01-21) |
Headquarters | Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan |
Number of locations | 45 (2022) |
Area served | Taiwan |
Key people | Kentaro Nishikawa (chairman and CEO) |
Revenue | NT$2.527 billion (2021) |
NT$22.35 million (2021) | |
Owner | Kura Sushi, Inc. (67.99%) |
Website | kurasushi |
Footnotes / references [4][5] |
It has 543 locations in Japan, 56 in Taiwan, and 61 in the United States.[10] While it is a conveyor belt sushi chain, it relies on a high level of automation allowing the average location to function with fifteen to twenty staff members.[11] At Kura Sushi's locations, a robot known as "KuraB the Kurabot" delivers foods, beverages, and other objects,[12] however sometimes employees will simply supply the beverages themselves.