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The NY Boxing examiner has an article listing Takeru Kobayashi and Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao as the only candidates for the title of Greatest Asian Athlete.
Kobayashi has a blog entry about facing off against Joey Chestnut in the P'Zone Chow-lenge at the Guy's Choice Awards.
P’Zone Chow-lenge results
George Shea’s twitter has the results of today’s P’Zone contest between Kobayashi and Chestnut which will appear after the jump in case anyone does not want a spoiler
update The AP and LA Times have articles
Steve Oberman has a facebook gallery (via Rebecca S)
Joey vs. Kobayashi in P’Zones May 30
(from RJ Frasca) On the Major League Eating Facebook page:
World hot dog-eating champion Joey Chestnut and arch-rival Takeru Kobayashi will face off on Saturday, May 30, 2009, in one of the greatest battle of their careers: The Pizza Hut P’Zone Chow-lenge. The five-minute event featuring the monster 12″-inch, one-pound P’Zones will take place at Sony Studios in Los Angeles, and portions of the contest will be aired on SpikeTV’s Guys Choice Awards in June.
Kobayashi was to participate in a P’Zone exhibition in 2007 but declined due to “jawthritis”. Joey Chestnut took his place (video)
Youtube: Final round of the Glutton Bowl (cow brain eating) w/Korean subtitles
A video clip of a 40 piece sushi sprint from an episode of Food Battle Club has been uploaded to youtube. Takeru Kobayashi (with blond hair) and Nobuyuki "the Giant" Shirota are two of the participants.
Kobayshi has a blog entry about a hot dog eating contest held at a US Navy base. He was billed as a judge but says he was actually just a spectator.
Kobayashi has posted some entries about his trip to China on his blog. A news video about the contest is also available.
Kobayashi wins Chinese contest
ChinaNews reports Takeru Kobayashi won the contest held in Suzhou, China by eating 164 pieces of salmon sushi in 20 minutes. Kobayashi says in his blog this is the first time he has done contests on consecutive days since the US Open of Competitive Eating. (Pictures from yesterday’s semifinal)
update SouFun.com has some pictures of the finals
2500sz reports that Kobayashi and Johnny Wu won their semifinal cake eating contests today and will face off in the finals tomorrow. Kobayashi finished his cake in 15 minutes and 34 seconds.
Kobayashi to compete in Chinese contest March 28/29
Kobayashi’s latest blog entry reports that qualifiers for a Chinese contest he will compete in have been held. Translated Chinese news articles from those competitions are available. The semifinals & finals Kobayashi will compete in will take place on March 28 and 29. Johnny Wu from Hong Kong, who previously competed against Sonya Thomas, is another recipient of a bye into the semifinals.
Stripes.com reports that Takeru Kobayashi will judge a hot dog eating contest at Yokosuka Naval Base on April 3.
Today is Takeru Kobayashi's 31st birthday.
McHotDog page on mcdonalds.co.jp
A page about the McHotDog Classic has been set up on the website for McDonald’s of Japan. Kobayashi was to have made an appearance tomorrow to promote the new menu item which has since been cancelled.
The McHotDog Classic is being marketed as a breakfast food and will not be available after 10:30 am. (Perhaps Kobayashi did not think he was being disloyal to Nathan’s since their frankfurters are generally considered a lunch / dinner food. 😉 )
Kobayashi reports in his blog that his appearance to promote the McHotdog Classic that was to have taken place on Monday has been discontinued.
Kobayashi to promote McHotDog Classic
Kobayashi’s blog reports that he will be making an appearance at the MetroSquare McDonald’s on March 2 to promote the addition of the McHotDog Classic to the menu of Japanese McDonald’s.
The MelonSunshine blog has a picture of the new menu item, which will cost 220 yen.
The Bleacher Report ranks the prank trade between Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick and "Kobayashi Iwamura" as one of the funniest moments in sports.
New poll: Kobayashi in 2009 Nathan’s finals
The new poll asks if you think whether Kobayashi should receive a bye to this year’s Nathan’s finals and if he deserves travel expenses if you believe he merits an automatic invitation to Coney Island.
In more Nathan’s news, this column credits William “The Refrigerator” Perry’s participation in the 2003 contest with making the Nathan’s finals the Super Bowl of competitive eating.
Kobayashi reports jaw issues in NYC last month
Kobayashi announces in his latest blog entry that he had difficulty with his jaw during his attempt to break the IFOCE fruitcake record in New York City on December 26. A section of the blog translated by Google follows:
In deciding to eat is not prepared to break the jaw
And there was a conflict while eating.
I do believe that can be! And so it is
The embarrassing truth is conflict.
Food was like clay.
To assert that the food is bad for the jaw before.
Kobayashi fails to break Sonya Thomas’ fruitcake record
The New York Daily News has a report on Kobayashi’s attempt to break Sonya Thomas’ IFOCE fruitcake record at Gabriella’s Restaurant. Kobayashi fell 6 ounces short of the mark set by the “Black Widow” in a 2003 contest (and Badlands Booker’s amount in that competition as well). Kobayashi said the density of the fruitcake, which he had never eaten before, made it difficult to consume quickly.
MSNBC has a picture. Cookie Jarvis also attended the event.
NBC San Diego has video from the event. 14 pounds of fruitcake were on hand.
update NBCNewYork has two videos. Cookie Jarvis and Badlands Booker ate alongside Kobayashi at the end of his attempt to get him past the threshold. Kobayashi did not resort to dunking the fruitcake even when the record appeared in doubt.
Sonya Thomas has a comment about Kobayshi’s record attempt on her news page.
Update #2 Kobayashi’s attempt was mentioned on ESPN Sportscenter. Here is a clip (20 seconds .9 MB)
NY1 News also has a video clip
Site of Kobayashi fruitcake event changed
Merry Christmas. Fans considering attending Kobayashi’s fruitcake record attempt in New York City tomorrow should be aware that the site of that event appears to have changed. The New York Daily News reports that Kobayashi will appear at Gabriela’s Restaurant on Columbus and 93rd.
The New York Times blog reported on Monday that the record attempt would take place in the plaza of Madison Square Garden.
Kobayashi fruitcake record attempt details
The New York Times local news blog has a post about Friday’s fruitcake record attempt by Takeru Kobayashi. The event will take place at 11 am at the plaza of Madison Square Garden located at 34th Street and Seventh Avenue.
update The Gothamist blog entry says the event will take place at Gabriella’s Restaurant on Columbus and 93rd.
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 17, 2008
- Report on the Wigan pie eating contest. The winner, Fred Wyatt, was 61 and took 56 seconds to eat his pie. No mention or picture of the oversized pies reportedly made by accident appears in the article.
- Pictures and video from Hall Hunt’s induction into the Jacksonville Krystal Hall of Fame
- “Furious” Pete Czerwinski is a semi-finalist in the Bodybuilding.com BodySpace spokesmodel search
- Clip of the bratwurst eating contest on Beavis & Butthead
- Tasha attempts to be the first local female to qualify for the Wing Bowl since Melissa “White Widow” Perzin competed in Wing Bowl 14.
- Pictures from two parties Kobayashi attended
Kobayashi to eat fruitcake in NYC Dec 26
(From “Luther” comment) IFOCE.com reports that Kobayashi will appear in New York City on December 26 to attempt to break the IFOCE fruitcake record and promote the Food Bank of New York City. The current record of of 4 lbs. 14.25 oz. in 10 minutes was set by Sonya Thomas in a 2003 contest in Buffalo where she edged out Eric “Badlands” Booker by less than an ounce.
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