Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in Tennessee

Iceflower tracks 345 stores from 271 Japanese & Korean chains in Tennessee. Teriyaki Madness grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Kami Ramen Bar and Nama Sushi Bar.

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
271
Tracked stores
345
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. Teriyaki Madness and Kami Ramen Bar sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Teriyaki Madness logo Teriyaki Madness - +17.3%
2 K Kami Ramen Bar - +10.5%
3 N Nama Sushi Bar - +2.6%
4 T Tokyo Grill - -4.2%
5 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan - -5.0%
6 R Rock N Roll Sushi logo Rock N Roll Sushi - -5.1%
7 B Bonchon Chicken logo Bonchon Chicken - -7.0%
8 Y Yamato Japanese Steakhouse - -9.1%
9 S Sushi Thai - -10.8%
10 J Japan House - -11.9%
11 H Hibachi Express - -20.8%
12 H Hibachi Jr. - -22.9%
13 H Hibachi Factory - -41.4%
  • Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse
  • Yamato Japanese Steakhouse
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Nama Sushi Bar
  • Rock N Roll Sushi
  • Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse
  • Kabuki Restaurant
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

345 tracked store locations in Tennessee. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse (2)
  • Yamato Japanese Steakhouse (12)
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (2)
  • Nama Sushi Bar (3)
  • Rock N Roll Sushi (10)
  • Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse (1)
  • Kabuki Restaurant (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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