or blue tone sold for 207 million yen (about $1.3 million) at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Sunday, the second-highest price ever recorded since AUCTION began collecting data in 1999.
Michelin-starred sushi chain operator Onodera Group and seafood wholesaler Yamayuki bought the 608-pound (275-kilogram) Bluefin.
The fisherman who caught the motorcycle-sized tuna, 73-year-old Masahiro Takeuchi, told the Japanese newspaper, KYODO Newsthat the fish was “fat as a cow.”
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“It's like a dream. I'm always worried about how many more years I can do this job, but I'm extremely happy,” he said.
The Onodera Group has won the auction for the past five years.
“The first tuna is meant to bring good luck,” Onodera Group president Shinji Nagao told reporters after the auction. “Our hope is that by eating this tuna, everyone will have a good year.”
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The most expensive tuna went for $3.1 million (333.6 million yen) in 2019 for a 278 kilogram (about 612 pounds). AUCTION was first opened in 1935.