Benihana

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Benihana Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryRestaurant
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
FounderHiroaki Aoki
Headquarters
Aventura, Florida (North America)
Benihana Bldg. 9th Floor, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Japan)
,
United States & Japan
Number of locations
89 stores (2024) [1]
Key people
Manny Hilario (CEO and President)[1]
ProductsJapanese cuisine
RevenueIncrease US$314M (FY 2023)[2]
Increase−US$13.24M (FY 2024)[3]
Decrease −US$0.6M (FY 2024)[3]
Total assetsDecrease US$309M(FY 2024)[3]
Total equityDecrease US$66M(FY 2024)[3]
Owner
  • One Group Hospitality Inc.
  • (2024–present)
Number of employees
7,400
DivisionsBenihana, Samurai, Haru, RA Sushi
Websitewww.benihana.com

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.

Benihana Inc., based in Aventura, Florida,[4] owns 68 Japanese teppanyaki restaurants, including its flagship Benihana Teppanyaki brand, and 12 more franchises 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.[5] Benihana was acquired by One Group, parent company of the STK and Kona Grill chains, in February 2024 for $365 million.[6]

Benihana introduced the teppanyaki restaurant concept which 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.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Who is Benihana's CEO?". Benihana. Benihana National Corp. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Benihana's revenue is $314.0 million". www.zippia.com. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "The ONE Group Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results" (PDF). content.equisolve.net. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  4. ^ Corporate Information. Benihana. Retrieved on 13 November 2016. "Benihana Inc.[...]21500 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 900, Aventura, FL 33180"
  5. ^ "About - Benihana Corporate Information - FAQs". Benihana. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  6. ^ Joe Guszkowski (May 1, 2024). "STK parent One Group completes acquisition of Benihana for $365M". Restaurant Business. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  7. ^ "BENIHANA｜COMPANY". レストラン紅花. Retrieved 2024-05-17.