Kiyomura Corporation (Sushi Zanmai "SR" Tuna Program)
Tokyo, Japan (Kiyomura Corporation, parent of the global Sushi Zanmai chain), Japan
sushizanmai-usa.com ↗verification source ↗
Quality assessment
Caveats
IDENTITY CORRECTION: the signal's claim text (paraphrasing the LA Times) calls this 'Kimura Suisan.' The chain's OWN site (sushizanmai-usa.com/tuna-king) names the actual parent company 'Kiyomura Corporation' (est. Sept. 1985; founded as 'Kimura Shoten' in 1979) and never uses 'Kimura Suisan.' A direct search for 'Kimura Suisan' as a company name returns two DIFFERENT, UNRELATED real companies -- 'Kaneyo Kimura Suisan Co., Ltd.' (Hokkaido fish processor) and 'Kimura Suisan Co., Ltd.' (ayukimura.co.jp, freshwater-fish specialist) -- neither connected to Kiyoshi Kimura or Sushi Zanmai. 'Suisan' is a generic Japanese business-category word (marine/seafood products), not part of a specific verified legal name here. Stored 'Kimura Suisan' only as an ALIAS (the term the press/claim used), with the verified name as the canonical field -- do NOT let 'Kimura Suisan' match any other producer's claim without re-checking this note.
Products
bluefin tuna (own 'SR: Sustainable and Reserve' natural-enclosure procurement system)
Served at
Sources
What the quality assessment above is built on.
- sushizanmai-usa.com ↗
First-party global-chain history page: Kiyoshi Kimura founded Kimura Shoten (1979), Kiyomura Corporation established Sept. 1985 ('seafood, lunch boxes, sushi, product development' divisions; 'production, import, retail, and tuna auctions'); describes the 'SR: Sustainable and Reserve' bluefin tuna procurement system
- latimes.com ↗
The claim under evaluation, and the identity anchor for THIS venue: LA Times names Kiyoshi Kimura, Japan's 'Tuna King,' opening his first US restaurant, Sushi Zanmai, in Koreatown -- matches DB venue address (3465 W 6th St)
- foodandwine.com ↗
Independent confirmation of Kiyoshi Kimura as owner of the Sushi Zanmai restaurant chain and record-price Toyosu tuna-auction buyer