And the winner is...

Hiroshi Onodera, the president of LEOC Co. Ltd which owns the "Ginza Onodera" sushi restaurant chain, coughed up the money for the premium Pacific bluefin tuna. "I've tried to win in the auction since last year, so I'm really happy," said Onodera, whose company has restaurants in New York and Singapore as well as in Japan. "This is especially true because it's the last year in Tsukiji."