Kiyoshi Kimura

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Kiyoshi Kimura ({{langx|ja|木村 清|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 {{convert|278|kg|lb|abbr=on}} blue fin tuna and has been the highest bidder at the Japanese new year tuna auction in eight out of the past nine years.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46767370|title=Japan sushi boss pays record tuna price|author=|date=5 January 2019|publisher=|access-date=5 January 2019|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/05/tuna-sells-record-3-million-auction-tokyos-new-fish-market/|title=Tuna sells for record $3 million in auction at Tokyo's new fish market|first=Telegraph|last=Reporters|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=5 January 2019|publisher=|access-date=5 January 2019|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/05/sushi-king-pays-record-31m-for-endangered-bluefin-tuna-in-japan|title=Sushi king pays record $3.1m for endangered bluefin tuna in Japan|last=Agencies|newspaper=The Guardian |date=5 January 2019|publisher=|access-date=5 January 2019|via=www.theguardian.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/record-4-million-paid-in-new-years-tuna-auction-at-japans-new-fish-market|title=Record $4 million paid in New Year's tuna auction at Japan's new fish market|last=hermesauto|date=5 January 2019|website=The Straits Times|access-date=5 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/expensive-tuna-japan-intl-scli/index.html|title=Japanese businessman spends $1.8 million on massive tuna|last=Woodyatt|first=Amy|date=2020-01-06|website=CNN Travel|language=en|access-date=2020-01-06}} The fish normally sells for $88/kilogram.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bluefin-goes-3-million-1st-2019-sale-tokyo-market-n955101|title=Bluefin goes for $3 million at 1st 2019 sale at Tokyo market|author=|date=5 January 2019|website=NBC News|access-date=6 January 2019}}