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Hiroaki Aoki (青木 廣彰, Aoki Hiroaki, October 9, 1938 – July 10, 2008), better known as Rocky Aoki, was a Japanese-American restaurateur, professional offshore powerboat racer and amateur wrestler. He was the founder of the Japanese cuisine restaurant chain Benihana, and Genesis magazine.
10 mai 2019 · Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki successfully introduced Americans to Japanese food by focusing on America's favorite proteins cooked teppanyaki style.
12 juil. 2008 · Rocky Aoki, who founded the theatrical Benihana chain of steakhouses, where Japanese chefs with flashing knives double as performers, died Thursday night in Manhattan. He was 69.
24 mai 2018 · He was a descendant of samurai, so fighting was in his blood. But his father, who ran a popular restaurant in Tokyo, also showed him how to run a successful restaurant business. So rather than choosing, Hiroaki Aoki, known as “Rocky,” did both.
24 juil. 2018 · As he wandered around the bombed-out streets of Tokyo, Yunosuke Aoki stumbled across a lone red safflower blooming from beneath the rubble. It was March 1945, just months before the end of World...
The first American Benihana location was in 1964 on West 56th Street in New York City opened by 25-year-old Hiroaki Aoki, the son of Yunosuke Aoki and father of Steve Aoki and Devon Aoki.
Adopting a name which would be easier for Westerners to pronounce, Hiroaki ‘Rocky’ Aoki as he now called himself, set off to have his dream become reality. He worked seven days a week selling ice cream in New York City and studied restaurant management at night.
