List of types of sushi - Definition and Overview

Sushi comes in many varieties.

See also sushi, Japanese cuisine

A La Carte Sushi

The following are sushi types which are just rice and the named item:

• aji (鯵)-- horse mackerel
• akagai (赤貝)-- ark shell
• ama-ebi (甘海老)-- raw sweet shrimp
• aka-yagara--cornetfish
• anago (穴子)-- conger eel
• aoyagi (青柳)-- round clam
• awabi (鮑)-- abalone
• ayu (鮎)-- sweetfish
• buri (鰤)-- adult yellowtail
• chuutoro (中トロ)-- marbled tuna belly
• ebi (海老)-- boiled shrimp
• hamachi (ハマチ)-- young yellowtail
• hamaguri (蛤)-- clam
• hamo -- pike conger; sea eel
• hatahata -- sandfish
• hikari-mono -- various kinds of "shiny" fish, such as mackerel
• himo -- "fringe" around an ark shell
• hiramasa -- kingfish
• hirame -- flounder
• hokkigai -- surf clam
• hoshigarei -- spotted halibut
• hotategai -- scallop
• ibodai -- Japanese butterfish
• ika -- squid
• ikura -- salmon roe
• inada -- very young yellowtail
• isaki -- striped pigfish
• ise ebi -- lobster
• ishigarei -- stone flounder
• kaibashira -- eye of scallop or shellfish valve muscles
• kaiware -- daikon-radish sprouts
• kajiki -- swordfish
• kani -- crab. Also refers to imitation crab
• kanpachi -- very young yellowtail
• karei -- flatfish
• kasugo -- young sea bream
• katsuo -- bonito
• kawahagi -- filefish
• kazunoko -- herring roe
• kibinago -- banded blue sprat
• kisu -- sillago
• kochi --
• kohada -- gizzard shad
• kurodai -- snapper
• kuruma-ebi -- "black shrimp" - prawn
• maguro -- tuna
• makajiki -- blue marlin
• mamakari -- sprat
• masu -- trout
• meji (maguro) -- young tuna
• mekajiki -- swordfish
• mirugai -- surf clam
• mutsu -- bluefish
• negi-toro -- tuna belly and chopped green onion
• ni-ika -- squid simmered in a soy-flavored stock
• nori-tama -- sweetened egg wrapped in dried seaweed
• ohyou --
• okoze -- stonefish
• otoro -- fatty portion of tuna belly
• saba -- mackerel
• sake -- salmon
• sawara -- Spanish mackerel
• sayori -- (springtime) halfbeak
• seigo -- young sea bass
• shako -- mantis shrimp or "squilla"
• shibaebi -- grey prawn
• shima-aji -- another variety of aji
• shime-saba -- mackerel (marinated)
• shira-uo -- whitebait
• shiro maguro -- albacore or "white tuna"
• shiromi -- seasonal "white meat" fish
• suzuki -- sea bass
• tai -- sea bream
• tairagai -- razor-shell clam
• tako -- octopus
• tamago -- sweet egg custard wrapped in dried seaweed
• torigai -- cockle
• toro -- choice tuna belly
• tsubugai -- Japanese "tsubugai" shellfish
• unagi -- sweetened broiled eel
• uni -- sea urchin roe
• yaki toro -- fatty salmon

Maki Sushi

These are four types of maki sushi:

• chu maki -- middle sized rolled maki sushi with two or more ingredients
• futo maki -- thick rolled maki sushi with several ingredients
• hoso maki -- thinly rolled maki sushi with typically only one ingredient
• temaki (sushi) -- cone shaped maki sushi

The following are sushi which are rolled, usually in nori:

• california roll (Japanese: カリフォルニア巻き) -- crab, avocado, and cucumber (not usually available in Japan)
• kappa -- cucumber
• natto -- fermented beans
• oshinko -- takuan or other pickled vegetable
• tamago -- sweet flavored omelette
• tekka -- maguro tuna
• ume -- paste of ume
• wasabi -- paste of wasabi