Kaizen Sushi Opens in Downtown Portland | Eater Portland

"I learned that Martinez and his brother Nicolas bought Mirakutei from celebrated chef Hiro Ikegaya in 2018, borrowing money from family to do so and struggling early on (making about $30,000 a year) while modernizing a proudly old-school operation — Ikegaya had kept handwritten receipts and books. Ikegaya agreed to sell on the condition he could still come in sometimes to make sushi, and with a few years of work the brothers put Mirakutei on solid ground; Nicolas stayed to run it while Job moved on to open Kaizen." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden