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Takeru Kobayashi has announced his July 4 event for 2015: he will attempt to set a record for eating hot dogs while playing ping pong at SPiN in New York City.
GQ of Japan has an interview with Takeru Kobayashi titled "How to be successful Japanese in the United States". (Kobayashi has not made an official public appearance in the US since October and has yet to announce his plans for July 4.)
Terminix produced a commercial where Takeru Kobayashi eats tater tots while performing everyday activities.
Takeru Kobayashi faced off against Matsuko Deluxe, a transvestite with a listed weight of over 300 pounds on the Japanese network TBS earlier this week. The program includes clips from Kobayashi's Japanese and American competitive eating careers. The commercial he filmed with Sonya Thomas appears at minute 29 and Pat Bertoletti and Ed "Cookie" Jarvis make cameos at minute 33. The show concludes with a Food Battle Club style eating contest.
The new poll asks what you think is the most likely scenario for a future contest beteween Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut. (Chestnut said that leaving MLE was a possibility earlier this month.)
Joey Chestnut says that leaving MLE is a possibility for him in response to a question if he will ever compete against Takeru Kobayashi.
MLB.com lists the trade of Kyle Kendrick for Kobayashi Iwamura as the top clubhouse prank in baseball history. The name of the fictional member of the Yomiuri Giants was inspired by Takeru Kobayashi.
The Asahi Shimbun has a long profile of Takeru Kobayashi, who says he would like to continue his competitive eating career for another decade.
Shout Out Minnesota has a video of an interview with Takeru Kobayashi recorded at the Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis.
In a Journal Star interview, comedian Barry Rothbart answers questions about filming Takeru Kobayashi for his documentary Hungry.
A video of the final round of the Glutton Bowl is available on youtube. Takeru Kobayashi ate 10 pounds of cow brains to win the contest.
The Big Eaters Club has a video of an interview with Takeru Kobayashi at Portland State last weekend with footage of his pizza eating exhibition.
Oregon Live has an article and video about Takeru Kobayashi's appearance at yesterday's Portland State game where he ate 16 slices of pizza in under 2 minutes. The appearance made #10 on ESPN's top 10 list for October 18. update A video of the top 10 list is available (via Robbie Parness)
Takeru Kobayshi appeared on KATU to promote his appearance at tomorrow's Portland State football game.
Kobayashi will attempt to eat 16 slices of pizza in 8 minutes at Saturday's Portland State football game. update Kobayashi will give a talk on Friday in Portland
Takeru Kobayashi has won the brain taco eating contest at the Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis with a total of 51 tacos, less than Joey Chestnut (54) and Matt Stonie (53.5) ate in last year's contest.
Vita.mn has an interview with Takeru Kobayashi about competing in the brain taco eating contest at the Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis Saturday. He says the best thing for Joey Chestnut to do would be leave MLE. update Oct 9 City Pages has a blog entry
Takeru Kobayashi will judge tomorrow's qualifier at the Mall of America for the brain eating championship at the Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis October 11.
Takeru Kobayashi will be returning to Portland State University for a pizza-eating night (date not listed).
LA Weekly has a report on the recording of the video where Takeru Kobayashi faced off against a hamster.
A qualifier will be held on October 3 at the Mall of America to determine who will compete against Takeru Kobayashi in the brain taco eating contest at the Minneapolis Zombie Pub Crawl on October 11. update The qualifier is actually October 4.
HelloDenizen produced a video of Takeru Kobayashi competing against a hamster in a hot dog eating contest.
The Hundreds has a report on the taco eating contest held Labor Day in Redondo Beach, CA sponsored by Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce. The original count was Pat Bertoletti 141 tacos, Takeru Kobayashi 140 (Kobayashi won by 8 after debris deductions.) Naader Reda and shokutsuclub have videos.
Takeru Kobyashi reportedly ate 130 tacos in 10 minutes at the Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce taco eating challenge in Redondo Beach, CA today. update Kobayashi has more results: 2) Pat Bertoletti 3) Jamie McDonald
Matthew Holowicki ate 17 coney dogs in 10 minutes to win a contest at American Coney Island in Detroit. Takeru Kobayashi was present and ate 5 coney dogs in 30 seconds.
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