Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in Virginia

Iceflower tracks 577 stores from 433 Japanese & Korean chains in Virginia. Quickway Japanese Hibachi grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Passion Fin and Nori Japan.

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
433
Tracked stores
577
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. Quickway Japanese Hibachi and Passion Fin sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Q Quickway Japanese Hibachi logo Quickway Japanese Hibachi ▲2 +7.1%
2 P Passion Fin - +2.4%
3 N Nori Japan - +2.0%
4 J JINYA Ramen Bar logo JINYA Ramen Bar - +0.9%
5 T Tokyo Japanese Steak House - -0.0%
6 Y Yamachen's Sushi logo Yamachen's Sushi - -3.6%
7 H Honey Pig logo Honey Pig - -3.6%
8 K Kabuki Japanese Steakhouse - -3.7%
9 T Tokyo Express - -4.1%
10 H Hibachi Express - -5.6%
11 P Poke Sushi Bowl - -6.0%
12 D Domoishi logo Domoishi - -6.2%
13 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan ▼1 -6.7%
14 B bb.q Chicken logo bb.q Chicken - -6.8%
15 T Tokyo Grill - -7.2%
  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
  • Domoishi
  • Sushi King
  • Quickway Japanese Hibachi
  • Sarku Japan
  • Sakura Japanese Restaurant
  • Sakura
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

577 tracked store locations in Virginia. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot (7)
  • Domoishi (11)
  • Sushi King (5)
  • Quickway Japanese Hibachi (14)
  • Sarku Japan (10)
  • Sakura Japanese Restaurant (3)
  • Sakura (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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