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James Webb wins “Big Eater King Fall 2025”
TV Tokyo just concluded its broadcast of “Big Eater King Fall 2025”. In the final round, James Webb, Tenei Kinoshita and Ryu completed 22 bowls of ramen. James Webb won the contest after he was found to have finished more of his final bowl. Video of broadcast.
Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti are in Japan today for an eating contest at Gorilla Steak. Their opponents were Ryu and Kawaxile. (video)
The Fall 2025 edition of TV Tokyo's "Battle of Big Eaters" was recorded this past weekend. James Webb, Pat Bertoletti and Gideon Oji were invited to compete. The competition will be televised on November 3.
The Mainichi has a report on yesterday's Izushi soba noodle eating contest held in Toyooka, Japan. 278 competitors combined to eat a total of 10,375 bowls of noodles
The Street has an article about Burger King Japan's one pound Quadruple Whopper burger, which will be available at 38 locations from May 23 to May 28.
Teinei Kinoshita wins TV Tokyo “King of Gluttony” 2025
Results from the final round of today’s “King of Gluttony” contest televised on TV Tokyo. (video of program, results start at 2:50)
1 Teinei Kinoshita 23 bowls of ramen
2 Kawaxile 22 bowls
3T Geoff Esper 21
3T Pat Bertoletti 21
NHK.com has uploaded a video of a 1952 noodle eating contest held in Iwate, Japan.
SCMP.com has an article about Chinese food challenger Deng Chenen's meal at a Tokyo buffet in which he took food items with an approximate cost of $350-$500. Deng has reportedly eaten 25kg (55 pounds) of crab legs.
Zermatt Neo has uploaded a video of his video of his trip to Osaka, Japan to compete in the qualifier for "Big Eater Championship 2025" that will be televised May 5 on TV Tokyo.
Pat Bertoletti is in Japan for Big Eater Championship 2025, which will be broadcast on TV Tokyo on May 5. Takeru Kobayashi will also apparently appear on the program. Will he be a commentator or competitor? update Geoff Esper, winner of the 2024 contest, and Zermatt Neo from Singapore will also compete.
The Pinnacle Gazette has a post about 34 year old Japanese female competitive eater Ogose Aya, who weighs only 28.8 kg (63.4 pounds) and is 150 cm (5 feet) tall. The weight of Aya and Angela Sato were monitored on a recent TBS program titled "Why So Thin? Exploring the Mystery of Competitive Eater Weight Changes".
The Japanese television program Dekamori Hunter has uploaded a video of Ryuchiro Nabeshima taking on Bob "Notorious BOB" Shoudt in a rib eating contest held at Times Square in New York City.
Yahoo! of Japan has an article about Takeru Kobayashi's plans to start a hot dog eating contest in Japan and start his own brand of frankfurters. Kobayashi retired from competitive eating after his "Unfinished Beef" showdown with Joey Chestnut in September. (via Super News Chan)
A Japanese television program has posted a casting call for American football players to attempt a steak challenge in New York City.
Geoff Esper wins TV Tokyo’s “King of Gluttony”
Results from the final round of today’s “King of Gluttony” program televised on TV Tokyo: (Full program video)
1) Geoff Esper 26 bowls
2) Molly Schuyler 24
3) Kawaxile 23
4) Angela Sato 19
A Japanese television program has posted a casting call for 6 bodybuilders to face off against a competitive eater in an eating contest in Los Angeles County on March 15. The selected competitors will receive $300/day
Tourist Secrets has a long article about the history of Japanese competitive eating that was probably generated by AI. The four Japanese competitive eaters it mentions are:
Takeru Kobayashi, Shoudai Yasuda, Miki Sudo and Nao Kodaira.
Japanese competitive eater Hitomi "Russian" Sato just attained a million subscribers for her youtube channel.
The Epoch Times reports that Hatsuyo "The Witch" Sugawara, a mainstay on the Japanese team for the "Battle of Big Eaters" international competition, passed away earlier this month due to colorectal cancer. She was 59.
LadBible has a post about Leah Shutkever's passing out while recording a food challenge for a television program in Japan, which resulted in her hospitalization.
Pachiko District produced a video (in English) about Tokyo's top 10 restaurant challenges.
CBR.com has compiled a list of the 10 female anime characters with the biggest appetite.
Takeru Kobayashi announces that he will face off against Nobuyuki "The Giant" Shirota in a hot dog eating contest in Japan. They last faced off in the 2004 Nathan's Famous finals.
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