Benihana
Sign in to saveAlso known as Benihanas, Benihana's, Benihanas Steakhouse, Benihana's Steakhouse
is a chain of Japanese restaurants. Originally founded by Yunosuke Aoki as a cafe in Tokyo in 1945, Benihana spread to the United States in 1964 when his son Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki opened its first restaurant in New York City.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Benihana Inc.
- Company.logo
- Benihana logo.svg
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.founder
- Rocky Aoki
- Company.location_city
- Aventura, Florida (United States)Benihana Bldg. 9th Floor, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Japan)
- Company.location_country
- United States & Japan
- Company.locations
- 89 stores (2024)
- Company.key_people
- Manny Hilario (CEO and President)
- Company.industry
- Restaurant Franchising
- Company.products
- Japanese cuisine
- Company.revenue
- US$314M (FY 2023)
- Company.operating_income
- −US$13.24M (FY 2024)
- Company.net_income
- −US$0.6M (FY 2024)
- Company.assets
- US$309M(FY 2024)
- Company.equity
- US$66M(FY 2024)
- Company.num_employees
- 7,400
- Company.divisions
- Benihana, Samurai, Haru, RA Sushi
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is a chain of Japanese restaurants. Originally founded by Yunosuke Aoki as a cafe in Tokyo in 1945, Benihana spread to the United States in 1964 when his son Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki opened its first restaurant in New York City.
Benihana Inc., based in Aventura, Florida,' owns 68 Japanese teppanyaki restaurants, including its flagship Benihana Teppanyaki brand, and 12 more franchises in the United States, the Caribbean and Central and South America. Additionally, it owns one Samurai restaurant and 19 RA Sushi restaurants in the United States. It is one of the largest Asian restaurant chains in the United States by sales. Benihana was acquired by One Group, parent company of the STK and Kona Grill chains, in February 2024 for $365 million.
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