As the main ingredient, freshwater shrimp such as tenagaebi and sujiebi (lake prawn), shallow water shrimp such as shibaebi (shiba shrimp) and toraebi (tora velvet shrimp), and deep water shrimp such as sakuraebi, shiraebi (Japanese glass shrimp) and jinkenebi (golden shrimp) are used.
淡水産のテナガエビやスジエビ、浅海産のシバエビやトラエビ、深海産のサクラエビ、シラエビ、ジンケンエビなどが用いられる。