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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-born 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.
24 de jul. de 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...
12 de mar. de 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.
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.
12 de jul. de 2008 · He was 69. Aoki, whose Benihana empire includes more than 100 restaurants worldwide, died Thursday night in New York from pneumonia, surrounded by his wife and six children, company spokeswoman...
Hiroaki Aoki (青木 廣彰, Aoki Hiroaki, 9 de octubre de 1938 – 10 de julio de 2008) , más conocido como Rocky Aoki, fue un restaurador japonés-estadounidense, corredor profesional de lanchas motoras en alta mar y luchador aficionado. Fue el fundador de la cadena de restaurantes de cocina japonesa Benihana y de la revista Génesis.