On June 6, 2011, I opened my first RAKKEN Ramen restaurant in Nishi-Azabu, Tokyo. Now, I and my team own and operate four RAKKAN outlets in Tokyo. I created an authentic Japanese ramen recipe with broth of “Dashi,” a traditional Japanese soup stock bubbling with Umami. With my passion to have the world taste some truly authentic Japanese ramen, I opened the first overseas outlet “RAKKAN | DTLA” in downtown Los Angeles in July of 2017, “RAKKAN | Redondo Beach” on Pacific Coast Hwy, CA, in July of 2018, and “RAKKAN | Santa Monica,” in January of 2019.