Kura Sushi Usa: Pay

Kura Sushi Usa paid its 5 named executives $3.6M in total in FY2025 (Aug). CEO Hajime Uba was paid $1.2M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY21 → $167
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Hajime UbaPresident, Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of the Board
FY2025 (Aug)
FY2024 (Aug)Not disclosed
FY2023 (Aug)Not disclosed
FY2022 (Aug)Not disclosed
4 years
Jeffrey UttzChief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Aug)
FY2024 (Aug)Not disclosed
FY2023 (Aug)Not disclosed
3 years
Shahin AllamehChief Operating Officer
FY2025 (Aug)
FY2024 (Aug)Not disclosed
FY2023 (Aug)Not disclosed
FY2022 (Aug)Not disclosed
4 years
Robert KlugerChief Development Officer
FY2025 (Aug)
FY2024 (Aug)Not disclosed
2 years
Arlene PetokasChief People Officer
FY2025 (Aug)
FY2024 (Aug)Not disclosed
2 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Aug), the median CEO pay of the 2 peers with pay on file was $4.3M. The CEO of Kura Sushi Usa was paid $1.2M, 73% below the median.

  1. 1Shake Shack
  2. 2Portillo's
  3. 3Kura Sushi Usa
  4. 4Ark Restaurants Corp.Not disclosed
  5. 5Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.Not disclosed
  6. 6El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.Not disclosed
  7. 7Good Times Restaurants Inc.Not disclosed
  8. 8Nathan’s Famous, Inc.Not disclosed
  9. 9Noodles & CompanyNot disclosed
  10. 10Potbelly CorporationNot disclosed
  11. 11The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc.Not disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.