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Takeru Kobayashi will give a lecture at the Japan Society's j-CATION - Taste Japan, a festival devoted to Japanese Food on April 10 in New York City. (via Broadway World)
Takeru Kobayashi's 32nd birthday is today.
Asahi.com has an article about Takeru Kobayashi, who says he would like to open a restaurant.
Kobayashi meatball record attempt
DumboNYC has a picture of Takeru Kobayashi at the Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn where he attempted to break the Guinness eating record of 26 meatballs in 1 minute.
update Gothamist has a blog entry with pictures.
update #2 DumboNYC has a blog entry and gallery. A video is also available.
Takeru Kobayashi's blog reports that he will attempt a Guinness record for a television program on March 8 at 11 am at the Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn. The recording is open to the public.
Takeru Kobayashi's most recent blog entry praises the city where he won six Nathan's hot dog eating championships.
ReadtheKoran used the rerun of a Cheap Seats episode about the 2004 Nathan's finals as a starting point for a blog entry praising Kobayashi and criticizing Joey Chestnut.
William Beutler reports that Kobayashi appeared in ESPN's highlights of the decade montage. (I have not been able to find the video online)
Takeru Kobayashi makes CNNGo's list of Asia's greatest sports heros.
Kobayashi receives Guinness record after eating 7 HDB in 3 min
Youtube has a clip of Kobayashi receiving a Guinness record after eating 7 hot dogs in 3 minutes. The record Kobayashi attempted to break was 4 hot dogs in 3 minutes and not 23 bunless hot dogs in 3:10 by Lynda Kuerth that was listed by Guinness before it stopped printing eating records in its books in the late 1980s.
R Suzuki has more about the program which says that Kobayashi had to eat sitting down using only one hand and had to show a clean mouth before proceeding to the next hot dog.
Kobayashi eats 387 bowls of noodles in 2001 contest
Another contest from the 2001 Japanese Nathan’s qualifier is available on youtube. In this competition, Takeru Kobayashi eats 387 small bowls of noodles weighing 9.67 kg (21.3 pounds) to win. The noodle servers, who refill the bowl immediately after it is emptied, are almost as impressive as the eaters.
Kobayashi has a tribute to Rich LeFevre on his blog. He also has several entries about his trip to Chattanooga.
Kobyashi vs. sushi-maker for 2001 Nathan’s spot
Youtube has a video of a sushi-eating contest won by Takeru Kobayshi from a 2001 episode of TV Champion. Sushi makers assembled new sushi while the competitors ate the existing sushi. The contest awarded a spot in the 2001 Nathan’s finals. Kaz Arai, who had already received a spot in the 2001 Nathan’s finals as the defending champion, oversees the contest.
Kobayashi ends 3 year major drought at KSO VI
update #4 Oct 1 Val Bromann has a blog entry and gallery
Jamie of Hungry Sisters also has a blog entry
Krystal has a flickr gallery of the contest
AOL has an article
A UTC Echo columnist did not have a positive experience at the finals
update #3 The Hungry Sisters have a contest report about serving as bunnettes and a contest video is available. The Crossvile Chronicle also has a column.
update #2 Bobby DeBarge has a flickr gallery
update The Chattanoogan and Times Free Press have articles and the KSO blog has a contest report
The full results via the eatingcontest twitter & a post-contest twitpic
1 Takeru Kobayashi, 93 points
2 Joey Chestnut 83
3 Pat Bertoletti 78
4 Bob Shoudt 71
5 Sonya Thomas 65
6 Hall Hunt 50
7 Tim Janus 59
8 Erik Denmark 58
9 Tim “Gravy” Brown 52
10 Jim Reeves 50
11 Eric “Badlands” Booker 47
12 Tyler Keys 8
The teleblog of the webcast is available after the jump
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A video of Joey Chestnut's appearance on WDEF this afternoon is available. Joey predicts the winning total will be between 85 and 90. Kobayashi has also posted a blog entry from Chattanooga.
Kobayashi's most recent blog entry shows him getting a "Bertoletti-esque" haircut.
The Freakonomics blog has an entry comparing Usain Bolt's track records with Takeru Kobayashi doubling the Nathan's record in 2001.
THE_REAL_SHAQ on Kobayashi
The most recent twitter update by THE_REAL_SHAQ:
How does tok a roo ko by ashi eat all dat dam food geeeez
(Apparently the Glutton Bowl was just rerun on Fox Reality). Shaquille O’Neal will be starring in Shaq vs. later this summer in which he will face off against star athletes in sports other than basketball. Perhaps competitive eating could be one of the events.
Kobayashi eats 64 Taco Bell burritos in Puerto Rico
A video of Takeru Kobayashi eating 64 Taco Bell burritos at a recent charity event in Puerto Rico has been posted to youtube. A caption says the duration was 15 minutes. Kobayashi’s most recent blog entry is about his trip to Puerto Rico.
Kobayashi's latest blog entry reports that he is currently in Puerto Rico to do a charity eating contest for Taco Bell.
Sponichi has a picture of the back of Kobayashi's new hairstyle. Kobayashi says that the V-shaped hairline represents victory. Follow translated Japanese coverage of Nathan's and Kobayashi on this link. Kobayashi has a blog entry about The Onion's report of his retirement.
The home page of the Onion has a link to a story about Kobayshi's "retirement from eating" from 2007 which does not mention the original publication date.
NewsVideoWeb has an interview of Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi at the Guys Choice Award after the P'Zone Chow-lenge
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