Kiwami Ramen & Sushi

Kiwami Ramen & Sushi is a locally owned Japanese ramen and sushi restaurant that opened in Overland Park in October 2025, serving scratch-made ramen broths — built over a ten-hour process — alongside a full sushi menu.¹

Description

Kiwami Ramen & Sushi occupies a storefront at 95th and Metcalf in Overland Park, adjacent to Lavada Wine Shop. The name draws from the Japanese word for “extreme,” a nod to the owners’ emphasis on quality and authenticity. The interior features a marble-topped sushi bar with chilled display cases alongside a dining room.

The menu centers on ramen bowls — tonkatsu, shoyu, spicy chicken, and miso veggie — each built on broths that require a ten-hour preparation. Sushi rolls include spicy tuna, California, and deep-fried specialty options. Supplementary items span gyoza, chicken karaage, fried oysters, vegetable tempura, fried rice, and udon. Weekday lunch specials and bento boxes round out the daytime offering. Co-owner Tommy Tang articulated the kitchen philosophy plainly: “It’s all homemade — it’s not from a package. We don’t use any powders.”¹

Online ordering and delivery through third-party platforms have been available since opening, and the restaurant has drawn consistent traffic in its first months. The owners have stated interest in potential expansion within Johnson County or the broader Kansas City area, though no additional locations have been announced.¹

Ownership and history

Kiwami Ramen & Sushi was founded by friends and business partners Quanbin Yang and Tommy Tang. For Yang, it is his first restaurant as an owner; he brought roughly fifteen years of prior restaurant industry experience, including time working in Japan and most recently in Fort Worth, Texas. Tang’s specific professional background has not been detailed in available reporting, though the Johnson County Post identified him as a co-equal business partner and the source of the broth-first ramen philosophy.

The restaurant opened on October 7, 2025. No prior Kansas City restaurant ownership or deep KC-area roots for either founder have been documented in available sources.

Links

• Official site: https://www.kiwamiop.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiwamiramensushi/

Sources

Disputes

None at this time.

Footnotes

1. Johnson County Post — “New locally owned ramen and sushi eatery opens in Overland Park” — https://johnsoncountypost.com/2025/10/10/kiwami-ramen-and-sushi-overland-park-270477/ — Asserts: owners Quanbin Yang and Tommy Tang; opening date October 7, 2025; Yang’s 15-year restaurant background including work in Japan and Fort Worth; broth preparation method; menu items; name meaning; expansion interest. ↩ ↩² ↩³