---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-036445"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRUS"
cik: "0001772177"
company_name: "KURA SUSHI USA, INC."
filed_at: "2021-07-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T05:47:55.815884+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kura Sushi Q3 revenue $18.5M, net income $0.8M; COO appointment

## Summary
- Q3 revenue $18.5M (vs $2.8M YoY); net income $0.8M ($0.09 EPS) vs loss of $1.10; adjusted net loss $4.5M ($0.54).
- Restaurant-level operating profit $1.1M; Adjusted EBITDA ($2.6M); one new restaurant opened.
- Borrowed $5.0M on revolver; cash $4.7M, debt $17.0M; recognized $6.3M employee retention credit under CARES Act.
- Appointed Shahin Allameh as COO effective July 26, 2021; base salary $270,000; prior COO of Luna Grill.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-036445
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRUS
- cik: 0001772177
- company_name: KURA SUSHI USA, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-07-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000156459021036445/0001564590-21-036445-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000156459021036445/krus-8k_20210709.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shahin Allameh was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at KURA SUSHI USA, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On July 9, 2021, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Shahin Allameh, 49 , as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective as of July 26, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772177/000156459021036445/0001564590-21-036445-index.htm

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