Mr Nagaa added that he hoped people would eat the tuna – caught in the Aomori region in northern Japan – and “have a wonderful year”.
The group paid the highest price at the Ichiban Tuna auction for five consecutive years.
Last year, he shelled out 114 million yen for the best tuna.
The highest auction price since comparative records began in 1999 was ¥333.6 million in 2019 for a 278-kilogram blue onion.
It was paid for Japan’s self-proclaimed “Tuna King” and sushi restaurant owner Kiyoshi Kimura.
Toyosu Fish Market, which opened in 1935, claims to be the largest fish market in the world and is famous for its daily pre-dawn tuna auctions.
But tuna wasn’t the only catch on offer on Sunday, with Hokkaido sea urchins also fetching a record ¥7 million, the Japan Times reported.
