Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (KRUS) Q3 2026 Earnings Call

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Good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Kura Sushi USA, Inc. Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, participants have been placed in a listen-only mode, and the lines will be open for your questions following the presentation. Please note that this call is being recorded. On the line today, we have Hajime, Jimmy, Uba, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Benjamin Porten, SVP, Investor Relations and System Development. And now I would like to turn the call over to Mr. Porter, Porten. Thank you, operator. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you all for joining. By now, everyone should have access to our fiscal third quarter 2026 earnings release. It can be found at www.kurosushi.com in the Investor Relations section. A copy of the earnings release is also being included in the Medicaid resubmitted to the SEC. Before we begin our formal remarks, I need to remind everyone that part of our discussions today will include forward-looking statements as defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and therefore you should not put any reliance on them. These statements are also subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from what we expect. We refer all of you to our SEC filings for a more detailed discussion of the risks that could impact our future operating results and financial condition. Also during today's call, we will discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures which we believe can be useful in evaluating our performance. The presentation of this additional information should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for results for Pivota...