AT Marketing reports that Natsuko "Gal" Sone will appear at the Royal Hawaiian Center on February 17 to record a program for TV Tokyo. The recording will be open to the public and start at 3pm.
Youtube has a video of Natsuko "Gal" Sone eating a 5kg meal while dining with sumo wrestlers.
Gal Sone vs. “Hard Gay”
Youtube has another video of Gal Sone competing disguised as an old woman Part 1 | Part 2. One of the members of the three person team she competes against is tarento “Hard Gay” who has the following description in Wikipedia:
While the official name is “Razor Ramon HG,” he is most frequently known as “Hard Gay,” or simply “HG.” Dressing in a tight black PVC gay fetish outfit, he goes around performing acts of charity (yonaoshi, “social improvement”) for unsuspecting bystanders while performing trademark pelvic thrusts and vocalizations, often accompanied by “Livin’ la Vida Loca” by Ricky Martin.
Youtube has a video of an eating contest between Natsuko "Gal" Sone and an eleven person team. 173brid has uploaded 3 videos of programs where Natsuko "Gal" Sone samples items from supermarkets and restaurants.
Ameba.jpg reports that Natsuko "Gal" Sone came in third place in a Japanese poll sponsored by Dove about what celebrity do you most want to see without makeup.
Gal Sone dyes hair black
Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s October 12 blog entry describes a trip to a salon where her hair was changed from its characteristic blonde color to a more natural hue. The dye job was reported by Ameba news.
Bald Gal Sone video
Youtube has a video of Natsuko “Gal” Sone being made up to appear bald. (There have not been many recent eating-related Gal Sone videos on youtube.)
JapanToday reports (in English) that Natsuko "Gal" Sone appeared at an event to promote the Japanese release of the DVD of Wall-E
Gal Sone appears in a list of attractive women who could kick you at something manly.
Subtitled Gal Sone / Shirota movie available on Netflix
Hacking Netflix reports that a movie called Gluttonous will be available tomorrow. The Netflix website has the following description for the movie:
Based on a popular Japanese manga, this pair of sidesplitting live action comedies follows the screwball exploits of a host of unconventional participants in the ferociously intense world of competitive eating. While most people try to temper their food intake, these competitors pride themselves on swallowing as much food as they can in the shortest possible time — and keeping it down long enough to win!
Gluttonous is known in Japan as Gourmet Fighter Both Natsuko “Gal” Sone and Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota appeared as competitive eaters in Gourmet Fighter. Volume 1 and Volume 2 are included in the Netflix rental.
Link Buffet: December 19, 2008
- Pictures from 2005 have been added to the Major League Eating flickr gallery
- Video clip about the Buffalo Wing Festival contest containing a Sonya Thomas interview
- Kobayashi highlight video clip
- Man vs. Food videos playlist on youtube
- Gal Sone and Tomoko Miyake have late birthday parties
Link Buffet: December 9, 2008
- Bruno Ruest repeats as Forney (TX) pie eating contest champion and wins a 42 inch plasma TV
- Serious Eats on the mini-burger boom
- Report on the Singapore Vermonster eating contest
- Turkey Eating contest held in Macau. The winner ate 644 grams of a 2.5 kg turkey in 30 minutes
- Paul Barlow has set up a college bowl picking contest group for eaters and fans
- Gal Sone admits to an addiction
Link Buffet: December 6, 2008
- Time lapse videos of the challenges attempted on Man vs. Food December 3 and post-challenge press conferences are available on travelchannel.com
- Steakbellie is looking for freelance web / graphics work. Good luck with the job search SB
- Does “Furious” Pete have a new best friend in chemical form?
- Latke eating contest at Zan’s Deli returns December 21
- Josh & Lynette complete the Fenton’s banana split challenge Part I, Part II
- Pictures from Gal Sone’s 23rd birthday party Thursday
Link Buffet: November 11, 2008
- English language tribute to Gal Sone
- Videos of Lynchburg, VA Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
- Forney, TX Christmas pie eating contest December 6 (open only to Forney residents) first prize is a large flat screen TV
- Kobayashi dyes his hair green
- Request for Atlanta area Tostino’s Pizza Roll eating contest competitor
- Picture of Juris Shibayama at the Nashville Krystal qualifier
- B. C. Pizza (MI, GA & KY) to offer Sarge pizza challenge
Link Buffet: November 9, 2008
- The meat in Denny’s Beer Barrel’s big burgers gets a bad review
- Tim Rauscheder beer drinking video
- NYC wing eating contest tonight
- Gal Sone wins a poll of the Japanese celebrity people most want to see without makeup
- A large image of the Joey Chestnut baseball card
- Picture of victorious (and wet) Juliet Lee at Nashville qualifier
- Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara wins the Morioko wanko soba noodle eating contest with 383 bowls in 15 minutes
Gal Sone stomach expansion quiz show
Video from a quiz show in which the audience guesses how much Gal Sone’s waistline expands after eating a big meal has been uploaded to youtube.
Link Buffet: October 21, 2008
- BeautifulBrian.com has a commentary on the personalities of the top 50 IFOCE members
- Furious Pete is seeking input about a 3 minute eating stunt
- Tonight’s E:60 episode to have footage from the Nashville Krystal qualifier
- Gallery of the recent Washington, DC cupcake eating contest
- Picture of Joey Chestnut at the Edmonton minor league hockey game
- Joey Chestnut to receive a commendation from the San Jose City Council
- Ukrainian salo (pork fat) eating contest
- Brad Sciullo’s Belly Bruiser completion makes the Japanese news
- Gal Sone’s television appearance where she sampled and ranked all the items on Saizeriya’s menu has boosted that restaurant’s business despite the recession
Link Buffet: September 17, 2008
- Whoopie Pie contest preview
- Marshall Tucker Band to play at Krystal finals
- Bronx Bun & Cheese contest Saturday
- TV Champion, birthplace of the oogui boom, is canceled
- Gal Sone in Belgium videos
Link Buffet: August 24, 2008
- Joey Chestnut no longer listed on IMDB page for Nacho Mountain in actors list
- Connecticut Post article about competitive eating and Ash Creek Saloon rib contest (link fixed, thanks Pat from Moonachie)
- English article and podcast about Czech dumpling contest
- Joey Chestnut to appear at final Battle of the Bone contest
- Short English article about Gal Sone biography
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