A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

The top bidder for the prized tuna at the predawn auction was Kiyomura Corp., whose owner, Kiyoshi Kimura, runs the popular Sushi Zanmai chain.

TOKYO (AP) — A massive 243-kilogram (535-pound) bluefin tuna fetched a record-setting 510 million yen ($3.2 million) during Tokyo’s first fish auction of 2026 at the Toyosu fish market. The winning ...

Kiyoshi Kimura broke his own record for a giant bluefin tuna at the celebratory start-of-year auction at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market. He said customers would pay standard prices despite him splashing ...

The pricey fish, caught off the coast of Oma in northern Japan, costs 2.1 million yen (US$13,360) per kilogram.