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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images A 535-pound Pacific bluefin tuna sold for $3.2 million at Tokyo’s Toyosu 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.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Japanese sushi chain paid a whopping $3.2 million for a bluefin tuna fish weighing over 535 pounds at the country’s Toyosu fish ...

Kiyoshi Kimura, known as the "Tuna King," poses with the record-breaking bluefin tuna. Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP via Getty Images A Pacific bluefin tuna the size and weight of a grizzly bear sold for a ...

The world’s most expensive fish, a 243-kg Pacific Bluefin tuna, was sold for Rs 29 crore at Tokyo’s Toyosu Fish Market. The record-breaking purchase was made by Kiyoshi Kimura, owner of Sushi Zanmai, ...

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 ...

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 Japanese sushi chain paid a whopping $3.2 million for a bluefin tuna fish weighing over 535 pounds at the country’s Toyosu fish market. The company, Kiyomura Co., shared on social media that the ...