Bluefin tuna sells for £1m at auction – in pictures

Winning bidder Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Co, poses before he cuts his prized bluefin tuna at his Sushi Zanmai restaurant near Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo Photograph: Koji Sasahara/AP

The winning fish is carried to the Sushi Zanmai restaurant Photograph: Shuji Kajiyama/AP

Kiyomura Co employees push a cart carrying the 222kg tuna Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters

A member of staff at the sushi restaurant polishes the tuna in front of a crowd Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA

A chef proudly holds the head of the giant tuna Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA

Crowds look on as the tuna is carved up for sale Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA

Kiyoshi Kimura fillets the fish Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA

The tuna is sliced up for customers at the flagship Sushi Zanmai restaurant near Tsukiji fish market Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images

A chef serves three-style tuna sushi cooked from the 222-kilogram bluefin tuna Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA

A customer tastes the dish at Sushi Zanmai Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA