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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

UBA HAJIME

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O KURA SUSHI USA, INC.

17461 DERIAN AVENUE, SUITE 200

(Street)

IRVINE

92614

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KURA SUSHI USA, INC. [ KRUS ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
SEE REMARKS (a)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/01/2023

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock⁽¹⁾	02/01/2023		A		1,333	A	$0.00	1,333	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Option to Purchase Class A Common Stock	$62.14	02/01/2023		A		5,163		⁽²⁾	02/01/2033	Class A Common Stock	5,163	$0.00	5,163	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents the grant of restricted stock units to the Reporting Person. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Class A common stock.

2. Represents an option granted on February 1, 2023 under the Issuer's 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan, 25% of which will vest one year from the date of the grant with the remaining 75% vesting in equal quarterly amounts over a period of 36 months commencing from February 1, 2024.

Remarks:

(a) President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Brent Takao, Attorney-in-Fact for Hajime Uba	02/02/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                                                                   Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby authorizes and
designates each of Jeffrey Uttz and Brent Takao as the undersigned's agent and
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution to:

        (1) prepare and sign on behalf of the undersigned any Form 3, Form 4 or
Form 5 under Section l6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
with respect to the securities of Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (the "Corporation"), and
file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

        (2) prepare and sign on behalf of the undersigned any Form 144 Notice
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission; and

        (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.

        The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming,
nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Rule 144 promulgated
under such Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney supersedes
all prior powers of attorney the undersigned may have granted to officers of
the Corporation.


Dated:          1/27/2023
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Signature: /s/ Hajime Uba
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Printed Name:      Hajime Uba
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