---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-013674"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRUS"
cik: "0001772177"
company_name: "KURA SUSHI USA, INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:35:08.265045+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kura Sushi appoints Brent Takao as CAO, Treasurer, Secretary; interim CFO role

## Summary
- Brent Takao appointed Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Secretary effective August 1, 2022; serves as interim principal financial officer until new CFO named.
- Takao, age 49, previously VP of Finance at Kura Sushi (since Sep 2019); earlier roles at Western Digital and Arthur Andersen.
- Employment agreement: base salary $250,000, eligible for annual bonus and equity, plus extra duties allowance of $1,666.67/month while serving as interim CFO.
- Severance: upon termination without cause before Aug 1, 2025, lump sum equal to half base salary and 6 months COBRA reimbursement.
- Term of employment three years from Aug 1, 2022, subject to automatic one-year renewal unless 120-day notice given.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-013674
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRUS
- cik: 0001772177
- company_name: KURA SUSHI USA, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000095017022013674/0000950170-22-013674-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000095017022013674/krus-20220729.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brent Takao was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Secretary at KURA SUSHI USA, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
  source text: on July 29, 2022, the Board appointed Brent Takao as the Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company, effective as of August 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000095017022013674/0000950170-22-013674-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven H. Benrubi resigned as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary at KURA SUSHI USA, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
  source text: on May 5, 2022, Steven H. Benrubi notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign as the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company, effective August 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000095017022013674/0000950170-22-013674-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.