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 535-pound fish, purchased by Japan's self-proclaimed "Tuna King," was sliced and shipped to sushi restaurants across the ...

A giant bluefin tuna has sold for a record-breaking amount at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market in Japan. The enormous fish weighs a whopping 243kg - that's about as heavy as a fully grown lion - and sold ...

Winning bidder Kiyoshi Kimura, a.k.a. the Tuna King, plans to serve the prized fish in his Sushizanmai restaurants.

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

The 243kg fish went to a man known as the Tuna King, who said "the year's first tuna brings good luck".

Caught off Honshu’s northernmost tip, the 535-pound bluefin was brought to Toyosu Market’s New Year auction, where Sushi Zanmai owner Kiyoshi Kimura claimed it with the morning’s top bid.

A massive 243-kilogram bluefin tuna has sold for a record-breaking 510 million yen, roughly $3.2 million, during Tokyo’s first fish auction of 2026.

A single 243-kilogram bluefin tuna sold for $3.2 million at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market's first auction of the year. Kiyomura Corp. president Kiyoshi Kimura made the winning bid, surpassing his own ...

Holy mackerel! A hulking bluefin tuna the size and weight of a standard motorcycle was bought by a sushi chain owner dubbed ...

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.

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