EXHIBIT 32.02


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Annual Report of Benihana Inc. (the "Company") on Form
10-K/A for the period ended April 1, 2007 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Jose I. Ortega, Vice
President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, that:

1.      The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
        15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
        respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
        Company.


/s/ Jose I. Ortega
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Jose I. Ortega
Vice President - Finance,
Chief Financial Officer

July 30, 2007


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