Benihana
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Benihana (Japanese: 紅花, "Safflower") 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.
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Company type | Private |
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Founded | 1964; 60 years ago (1964) |
Founder | Hiroaki Aoki |
Headquarters | Aventura, Florida (North America) , Benihana Bldg. 9th Floor, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Japan) |
Key people | Tom Baldwin (President and CEO) |
Products | Japanese cuisine |
Revenue | US$314M (FY 2010)[1] |
−US$7.74M (FY 2010)[1] | |
−US$10.0M (FY 2010)[1] | |
Total assets | US$234M (FY 2010)[2] |
Total equity | US$144M (FY 2010)[2] |
Owner |
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Number of employees | 7400 |
Divisions | Benihana, Samurai, Haru, RA Sushi |
Website | www |
Benihana Inc., based in Aventura, Florida,[3] owns 68 Japanese teppanyaki restaurants, including its flagship Benihana Teppanyaki brand, and franchises 12 more in the United States, Caribbean and Central and South America. Additionally, it owns one Samurai restaurant and 19 RA Sushi restaurants in the United States.[4] Benihana was acquired by One Group, parent company of the STK and Kona Grill chains, in February 2024 for $365 million.[5]
Benihana introduced the teppanyaki (colloquially known as hibachi) restaurant concept, which had originated in Japan in the late 1940s, to the United States, and later to other countries.
The original Benihana location in Tokyo is part of Benihana Inc. (株式会社 紅花), a Japanese company, which also owns the Benihana Building in Nihonbashi and the Aoki Tower in Ginza.[6]