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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Kura Sushi USA, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed 2026-01-22 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 02 October 2026.
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These tallies are Kura Sushi USA, Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2026-01-22 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Shintaro Asako | 17,242,990 | 1,618,426 | 4,666 | -- | 747,587 | Majority: yes |
| Elect Director: Treasa Bowers | 17,328,724 | 1,532,585 | 4,773 | -- | 747,587 | Majority: yes |
| Elect Director: Claudia Schaefer | 18,857,589 | 3,746 | 4,747 | -- | 747,587 | Majority: yes |
| Elect Director: Carin L. Stutz | 17,004,112 | 1,857,088 | 4,882 | -- | 747,587 | Majority: yes |
| Elect Director: Hajime Uba | 17,357,810 | 1,503,605 | 4,667 | -- | 747,587 | Majority: yes |
Source: Kura Sushi USA, Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2026-01-22 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 168 asset managers that disclosed a Kura Sushi USA, Inc. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report. These are reported items, not a count of the ballot: fund filings describe one ballot item in different words. Two descriptions are shown as one item only on evidence — the same text (or one cut short of the other), the same director nominee, or a match to the same row of Kura Sushi USA, Inc.’s own Form 8-K tally — never because they merely read alike. A description that could not be joined that way is listed on its own, so one ballot item can appear more than once.
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
94% fund support · no official result
The 165 asset managers below cast 94% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (4,697,766 for, 297,701 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENS INC /AR/ | 794,529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 408,037 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| 12 West Capital Management LP | 296,622 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 277,758 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 272,919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | 199,196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 195,044 | 1,094 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP | 158,209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 149,997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC | 0 | 147,849 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Russell Investments | 135,167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP | 126,127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH FUNDS TRUST | 125,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER FUNDS | 0 | 121,673 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | 111,149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 106,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 92,718 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 87,761 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Two Sigma | 87,330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC | 85,487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 84,339 | 617 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 71,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 65,213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 57,692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC | 52,456 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 165 asset managers. See all 165 in the interactive database.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
90% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Kura Sushi USA, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Carin L. Stutz”): 17,004,112 for, 1,857,088 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-01-22 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Share-of-outstanding not shown: votes cast exceed the reported share count, which usually means multiple share classes with different voting rights.
The 56 asset managers below cast 58% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (992,763 for, 710,310 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity | 110,065 | 168,087 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 272,919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 231,092 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH FUNDS TRUST | 125,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER FUNDS | 0 | 121,673 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Jackson National | 0 | 87,761 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BlackRock | 84,879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 71,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 0 | 53,060 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Russell Investments | 0 | 52,672 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 39,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 30,839 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| WESMARK FUNDS | 0 | 30,300 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| LKCM Funds | 0 | 28,613 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust | 0 | 28,364 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Pacific Life | 25,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NYLIM VP FUNDS TRUST | 0 | 20,130 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Victory Capital | 0 | 15,965 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| First Trust | 0 | 12,626 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Lazard | 0 | 11,562 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 3,496 | 5,760 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Lincoln Financial | 4,500 | 4,466 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER PORTFOLIOS | 0 | 8,017 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Northern Lights Fund Trust IV | 7,768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 0 | 2,410 | 4,588 | 0 | Abstain |
Showing the 25 largest of 56 asset managers. See all 56 in the interactive database.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.9% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Kura Sushi USA, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Claudia Schaefer”): 18,857,589 for, 3,746 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-01-22 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Share-of-outstanding not shown: votes cast exceed the reported share count, which usually means multiple share classes with different voting rights.
The 56 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (1,703,073 for, 0 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity | 278,152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 272,919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 231,092 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH FUNDS TRUST | 125,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER FUNDS | 121,673 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 87,761 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 84,879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 71,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 53,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 52,672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 39,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 30,839 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WESMARK FUNDS | 30,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| LKCM Funds | 28,613 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust | 28,364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacific Life | 25,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NYLIM VP FUNDS TRUST | 20,130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 15,965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 12,626 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lazard | 11,562 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 9,256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 8,966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER PORTFOLIOS | 8,017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Lights Fund Trust IV | 7,768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 2,410 | 0 | 4,588 | 0 | Abstain |
Showing the 25 largest of 56 asset managers. See all 56 in the interactive database.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
92% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Kura Sushi USA, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Hajime Uba”): 17,357,810 for, 1,503,605 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-01-22 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Share-of-outstanding not shown: votes cast exceed the reported share count, which usually means multiple share classes with different voting rights.
The 56 asset managers below cast 73% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (1,239,926 for, 463,147 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity | 240,687 | 37,465 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 272,919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 231,092 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH FUNDS TRUST | 125,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER FUNDS | 0 | 121,673 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Jackson National | 0 | 87,761 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BlackRock | 84,879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 71,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 53,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 52,672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 39,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 30,839 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| WESMARK FUNDS | 0 | 30,300 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| LKCM Funds | 0 | 28,613 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust | 0 | 28,364 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Pacific Life | 25,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NYLIM VP FUNDS TRUST | 0 | 20,130 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Victory Capital | 0 | 15,965 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| First Trust | 0 | 12,626 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Lazard | 0 | 11,562 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 9,256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 4,500 | 4,466 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER PORTFOLIOS | 0 | 8,017 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Northern Lights Fund Trust IV | 7,768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 0 | 2,410 | 4,588 | 0 | Abstain |
Showing the 25 largest of 56 asset managers. See all 56 in the interactive database.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
92% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Kura Sushi USA, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Treasa Bowers”): 17,328,724 for, 1,532,585 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-01-22 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Share-of-outstanding not shown: votes cast exceed the reported share count, which usually means multiple share classes with different voting rights.
The 56 asset managers below cast 72% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (1,233,422 for, 469,651 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity | 240,687 | 37,465 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 272,919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 231,092 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH FUNDS TRUST | 125,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER FUNDS | 0 | 121,673 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Jackson National | 0 | 87,761 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BlackRock | 84,879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 71,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 53,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 52,672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 39,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 30,839 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| WESMARK FUNDS | 0 | 30,300 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| LKCM Funds | 0 | 28,613 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust | 0 | 28,364 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Pacific Life | 25,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NYLIM VP FUNDS TRUST | 0 | 20,130 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Victory Capital | 0 | 15,965 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| First Trust | 0 | 12,626 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Lazard | 0 | 11,562 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 3,496 | 5,760 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Lincoln Financial | 4,500 | 4,466 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER PORTFOLIOS | 0 | 8,017 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Northern Lights Fund Trust IV | 7,768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 0 | 2,410 | 4,588 | 0 | Abstain |
Showing the 25 largest of 56 asset managers. See all 56 in the interactive database.
100% fund support · no official result
The 56 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (1,703,073 for, 0 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity | 278,152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 272,919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 231,092 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH FUNDS TRUST | 125,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER FUNDS | 121,673 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 87,761 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 84,879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 71,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 53,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 52,672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 39,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 30,839 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WESMARK FUNDS | 30,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| LKCM Funds | 28,613 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust | 28,364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacific Life | 25,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NYLIM VP FUNDS TRUST | 20,130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 15,965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 12,626 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lazard | 11,562 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 9,256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 8,966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER PORTFOLIOS | 8,017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Lights Fund Trust IV | 7,768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 2,410 | 0 | 4,588 | 0 | Abstain |
Showing the 25 largest of 56 asset managers. See all 56 in the interactive database.
Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
91% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Kura Sushi USA, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Shintaro Asako”): 17,242,990 for, 1,618,426 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-01-22 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Share-of-outstanding not shown: votes cast exceed the reported share count, which usually means multiple share classes with different voting rights.
The 55 asset managers below cast 72% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (1,227,354 for, 470,414 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity | 240,687 | 37,465 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 272,919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 231,092 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH FUNDS TRUST | 125,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER FUNDS | 0 | 121,673 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Jackson National | 0 | 87,761 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BlackRock | 84,879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 71,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 53,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Russell Investments | 52,672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Manager Directed Portfolios | 39,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 0 | 30,839 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| WESMARK FUNDS | 0 | 30,300 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| LKCM Funds | 0 | 28,613 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust | 0 | 28,364 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Pacific Life | 25,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NYLIM VP FUNDS TRUST | 0 | 20,130 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Victory Capital | 0 | 15,965 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| First Trust | 0 | 12,626 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Lazard | 0 | 11,562 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 3,496 | 5,760 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Lincoln Financial | 4,500 | 4,466 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ALGER PORTFOLIOS | 0 | 8,017 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Northern Lights Fund Trust IV | 7,768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 0 | 2,410 | 4,588 | 0 | Abstain |
Showing the 25 largest of 55 asset managers. See all 55 in the interactive database.
99% fund support · no official result
The 2 asset managers below cast 99% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (613,018 for, 6,700 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC | 613,018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FORUM FUNDS II | 0 | 6,700 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Ranked by the number of Kura Sushi USA, Inc. shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2025-2026 meeting, shown as a share of the 12,111,000 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | STEPHENS INC /AR/ | 6.56% |
| 2 | Fidelity | 3.37% |
| 3 | 12 West Capital Management LP | 2.45% |
| 4 | Vanguard | 2.29% |
| 5 | Columbia Threadneedle | 2.25% |
| 6 | Hood River Capital Management LLC | 1.64% |
| 7 | BlackRock | 1.62% |
| 8 | Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP | 1.31% |
| 9 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1.24% |
| 10 | FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1.22% |
Positions disclosed to the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G, Form 13F and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A).
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Stephens Inc. | 9.11% | 13G |
| Granahan Investment Management LLC | 6.62% | 13G |
| FMR (Fidelity) | 6.01% | 13F |
| BlackRock | 4.08% | 13F |
| Vanguard Group | 3.16% | 13F |
| Two Sigma | 2.86% | 13F |
| Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC | 1.95% | 13G |
| Millennium Management | 1.95% | 13F |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | 1.55% | 13F |
| State Street | 1.15% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 12,111,000 shares outstanding, as reported by Kura Sushi USA, Inc. on its Form 10-Q dated 2025-11-30 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 meeting, so the percentages are the ones that were true then, not ones restated against today’s share count.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered investment companies and institutional managers disclose how they voted every proxy, and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from Kura Sushi USA, Inc.’s 10-Q dated 2025-11-30. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 02 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At Kura Sushi USA, Inc.'s shareholder meeting held 2026-01-21, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 168 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,150 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 8 reported items; because filers word the same ballot item differently, that can be more than the number of items on the ballot. Kura Sushi USA, Inc.'s own Form 8-K tally for this meeting is published below, but no row in it could be matched to the most widely held item, so this page states no certified outcome for that item. On that item — To approve, in a non-binding advisory vote, named executive officer compensation. — the reporting funds cast 94% of the shares they voted in favour (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). That is the aggregate of those managers' own N-PX disclosures, not the company's certified result, and the funds are a subset of all shareholders.
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