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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.
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. The...
12 mar 2015 · Rocky Aoki had an amazing life. For one, he dreamt up Benihana, the iconic teppanyaki restaurant where Americans go to celebrate birthdays and chefs flip shrimp tails into their shirt pockets....
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24 mag 2018 · As the descendent of a Japanese samurai, and the son of a restauranteur, Rocky Aoki didn't want to have to choose between his histories – so he combined them and created the samurai-themed Benihana.
Learn more about the history of Benihana and its founder Rocky Aoki, from Rocky's first food venture to the very first Benihana restaurant.
24 lug 2018 · Before he was the patriarch of a family warring over his will, Rocky Aoki was America’s unlikely ambassador for Japanese cuisine, a 5-foot-4, jheri-curled former Olympic wrestler who arrived in...
10 mag 2019 · Rocky Aoki has been credited as the first person who made it accessible for non-Japanese people to enjoy the Japanese experience.
