Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in Ohio

Iceflower tracks 416 stores from 317 Japanese & Korean chains in Ohio. CM Chicken grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Hibachi Express and Tokyo Grill & Sushi Buffet.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
317
Tracked stores
416
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Japanese & Korean chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. CM Chicken and Hibachi Express sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C CM Chicken logo CM Chicken ▲1 +8.9%
2 H Hibachi Express ▲1 +5.1%
3 T Tokyo Grill & Sushi Buffet ▲1 +4.7%
4 B Buckeye Hibachi - +2.3%
5 P Pacific East - +1.1%
6 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan ▲2 -0.8%
7 K KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot logo KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - -6.2%
8 S Sakura - -7.5%
9 B Benihana logo Benihana - -9.7%
10 Y Yihi Japan ▼1 -11.1%
11 K Kintaro ▼1 -11.5%
12 F Fukuryu Ramen ▲1 -12.7%
13 N Nori Japan - -12.9%
14 G Genjigo logo Genjigo - -13.7%
15 W Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse - -14.4%
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse
  • Tensuke Market
  • Kawa Revolving Sushi
  • Benihana
  • Tokyo Grill & Sushi Buffet
  • Kintaro
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

416 tracked store locations in Ohio. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (4)
  • Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse (4)
  • Tensuke Market (1)
  • Kawa Revolving Sushi (1)
  • Benihana (3)
  • Tokyo Grill & Sushi Buffet (4)
  • Kintaro (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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