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Edomae-style sushi ingredient

• Lean meat of tuna (Akami)
• Medium Fatty Tuna (Chutoro)
• Very Fatty Tuna (Otoro)
• Young bluefin tuna (Meji-maguro)
• Bluefin tuna (Kuro maguro)
• Atlantic bluefin tuna (Taiseiyou kuro maguro)
• Southern Bluefin tuna (Minami maguro)
• Bigeye tuna (Mebachi maguro)
• Yellowfin tuna (Kihada maguro)
• Albacore (Binnaga maguro)
• Bonito (Katsuo)
• Striped marlin (Makajiki)
• Black skipjack (Suma)
• Young crimson sea bream (Kasugo)
• Horse mackerel (Aji)
• Mackerel (Saba)
• Japanese sardine (Iwashi)
• Japanese halfbeak (Sayori)
• Pacific saury (Sanma)
• Gizzard shad (Kohada)
• Baby Gizzard shad (Shinko)
• Barracuda (Kamasu)
• Pacific herring (Nishin)
• Japanese whiting (Kisu)
• Blue mackerel (Gomasaba)
• Ark shell (Akagai)
• Japanese abalone (Kuro-awabi)
• Japanese egg cockle (Torigai)
• Common scallop (Hotate)
• Round clam (Aoyagi)
• Round clam ligaments (Kobashira)
• Sakhalin surf clam (Hokkigai)
• Keen's gaper (Mirugai)
• Pen-shell (Tairagi)
• Bering Sea cockle (Ishigakigai)
• Japanese oyster (Kaki)
• Tokobushi abalone (Tokobushi)
• Common octopus (Madako)
• North-pacific giant octopus (Mizudako)
• Bigfin reef squid (Aori ika)
• Golden cuttlefish (Sumi ika)
• Firefly squid (Hotaru ika)
• Swordtip squid (Kensaki ika)
• Spear squid (Yari ika)
• Japanese common squid (Surume ika)
• Baby Golden cuttlefish (Shin ika)
• Cuttlefish legs (Geso)
• Kisslip cuttlefish (Kaminari ika)
• Splendid alfonsino (Kinmedai)
• Red seabream (Tai)
• Goldstriped amberjack (Hiramasa)
• Bastard halibut (Hirame)
• Greater amberjack (Kanpachi)
• Striped jack (Shima aji)
• Japanese sea bass (Suzuki)
• Horsehead (Akaamadai)
• Marbled sole (Makogarei)
• Chicken grunt (Isaki)
• Japanese amberjack (Buri)
• Filefish (Kawahagi)
• Blackthroat seaperch (Nodoguro)
• Japanese pufferfish (Fugu)
• Japanese spanish mackerel (Sawara)
• Salmon
• Largehead hairtail (Tachiuo)
• Sevenband grouper (Hata)
• Longtooth grouper (Kue)
• Engawa
• Pacific cod (Madara)
• Cherry salmon (Sakuramasu)
• Spotted halibut (Hoshigarei)
• Biwa trout (Biwamasu)
• Yellowback seabream (Kidai)
• Salmon roe (Ikura)
• Herring roe (Kazunoko)
• Green sea urchin (Bafun uni)
• Red sea urchin (Aka uni)
• Purple sea urchin (Murasaki uni)
• Short-spined sea urchin (Ezobafun uni)
• Northern sea urchin (Kitamurasaki uni)
• Flying fish roe (Tobiko)
• Kuruma prawn (Kuruma ebi)
• Sweet shrimp (Amaebi)
• Broad velvet shrimp (Shiro ebi)
• Botan shrimp (Botan ebi)
• Morotoge shrimp (Shima ebi)
• Black tiger prawn (Ushi ebi)
• Whiteleg shrimp (Vannamei ebi)
• Redspotted shrimp (Guiana pink)
• Yellowleg shrimp (Mexico brawn ebi)
• Argentine red shrimp (Aka ebi)
• Grape shrimp (Budou ebi)
• Sakura shrimp (Sakura ebi)
• Snow crab (Zuwaigani)
• King crab (Tarabagani)
• Horsehair crab (Kegani)
• Red snow crab (Benizuwaigani)
• Swimming crab (Gazami)
• Japanese conger (Anago)
• Japanese eel (Unagi)
• Japanese icefish (Shirauo)
• Common orient clam (Nihamaguri)
• Squilla (Shako)
• Japanese clam (Asari)
• Cucumber roll (Kappa maki)
• Tuna roll (Tekka maki)
• Dried Gourd Shavings Sushi Roll (Kanpyo maki)
• Ark shell mantle and cucumber roll (Himokyu maki)
• Tuna and pickled radish roll (Torotaku maki)
• Omelette (Tamagoyaki)
• Young Green Onion Shoots (Menegi)
• Shiitake mushroom (Shiitake)
• Oboro

Sushi ingredient of your interest

• Whelk (Tsubugai)
• Sawedged perch (Ara)
• Bartail flathead (Kochi)
• Red gurnard (Houbou)
• Devil stinger (Okoze)
• Young amberjack (Inada)
• Gnomefish (Kuromutsu)
• Green ling (Ainame)
• Barred knifejaw (Ishidai)
• Japanese butterfish (Ebodai)
• Daggertooth pike conger (Hamo)
• Monkfish liver (Ankimo)