thumb|300px|right|Sushi plate (盛り合わせ) with sashimi to the left and a Western-style inside-out roll (rice outside) to the right

There are many sushi and sashimi ingredients, some of which are traditional and others contemporary.

Sushi styles

thumb|right|Packaged [[nigirizushi for sale at a Tokyo supermarket]]

thumb|right|[[California roll is a contemporary-style maki-zushi.]]

  • Chirashi-zushi (ちらし寿司, scattered sushi) is a bowl of sushi rice topped with a variety of raw fish and vegetables/garnishes (also refers to barazushi)
  • Inari-zushi (稲荷寿司, fried tofu pouch) is a type of sushi served in a seasoned and fried pouch made of tofu and filled with sushi rice.
  • Thinly sliced sheets of cucumber
  • Gyusashi (牛刺し): Raw beef
  • Amadai (あまだい): tilefish
  • Hokke (ホッケ): Okhotsk atka mackerel
  • Inada (鰍): very young yellowtail
  • Iwana (イワナ): charr
  • (間八): greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili
  • Ōtoro (大とろ): fattiest portion of bluefin tuna belly
  • Ohyou (大鮃): halibut
  • Tara (鱈): Cod
  • Namako (海鼠, なまこ): Sea cucumber
  • Ikura (イクラ): Salmon roe
  • Sujiko (筋子): Salmon roe (still in the sac)
  • Tobiko (飛子): roe of Flying fish
  • Wakame (若布): Edible seaweed, sea mustard

Shellfish

thumb|Raw [[abalone meat]]

thumb|[[Salmon as food|Salmon nigiri]]

thumb|160px|[[Soft-shell crab on ice]]

  • Akagai (赤貝): Ark shell
  • Ebi (海老): boiled or raw shrimp
  • Kaki (カキ,牡蠣): Oyster