Bluefin tuna sells for record $3.2 million at year-opening auction at Tokyo fish market
The Seattle Times••business
Key Points:
- A 243-kilogram bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first 2026 auction at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market, surpassing the previous record of 334 million yen set in 2019.
- The winning bidder was Kiyomura Corp., owned by Kiyoshi Kimura of the Sushi Zanmai chain, who has frequently won the top bid in past auctions.
- The tuna, caught off the coast of Oma in northern Japan, is highly prized for its quality, fetching a price of 2.1 million yen ($13,360) per kilogram.
- Kimura stated the purchase was partly for good luck and admitted the price rose quickly
