Our Story
Hiro Igarashi and Nori Akasaka met in Los Angeles in 2011. Six years later, they founded HiroNori Craft Ramen to create an unmatched ramen taste and experience that expresses their passion, knowledge, and craft.
Our Mission
Hiro and Nori have not forgotten the reason why they came to the United States: to serve authentic ramen with excellent service and bring joy to their customers.
They hope that this can lead to a more peaceful world: good relationships between employees will lead to a more positive atmosphere, a happier atmosphere will lead to happier customers, and happy people will have a positive impact on the community. In this light, HiroNori believes that the world can become a better place — one bowl of ramen at a time.
Since opening our first location in 2017, we have been pushing to create unmatched ramen while staying true to our mission. In 2019, we were honored to be recognized by the Michelin Guide. You can view our Features & Reviews here.
Hiro Igarashi
Hiro grew up in a family that loved ramen. At age 18, he started working at his first ramen shop. After attending college, he visited Los Angeles and tried the ramen here. He was shocked at the poor quality and bad customer service.
Hiro thought, “Someday I want to amaze people with really good authentic ramen served at a Japanese level quality of service”. With his partner Nori, he hopes to do that with their HiroNori Craft Ramen locations throughout California.
Nori Akasaka
Growing up as a child, Nori was obsessed with ramen. All through high school, he worked at ramen restaurants. Nori then moved to Tokyo and worked at a ramen restaurant where they used over 1,000 pounds of bones per day for their soup base!
In 2017, he started HiroNori Craft Ramen with Hiro to offer better customer service and ramen for all. And the method for using plenty of bones to create ramen broth serves as the base for the current HiroNori recipe.
Learn More About HiroNori
Eager to try our craft ramen? Visit one of our nine restaurant locations!
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