Upcoming Japan eating contests
Japan eating challenges
Colin "The Conqueror" MacLaurin reports that teams from the USA, Japan, China and Australia will face off in "Battle of the Big Eaters 2" in New York City in mid-November. An Australian qualifier will be held in Sydney on October 12. Molly Schuyler was the star of this spring's "Battle of the Big Eaters 1"
"Cardboard Shell" has a gallery of her tour of Japanese military bases with Adrian Morgan and Crazy Legs Conti.
Crazy Legs Conti has an interview with Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco in the Huffington Post about participating in the tour of Navy bases. In an event on Okinawa, she ate 20 hot dogs in 5 minutes.
TV Tokyo's "Battle of the Big Eaters" program from last month where a US team of Molly Schuyler, Dave Brunelli, Stephanie Torres and Tom Gilbert faced a Japanese quartet consisting of Angela Sato, Hitomi Sato, Tomoko Miyake and Takuya Yamamoto along with teams from Germany is available on youtube. (playlist | video list) (Via Will Millender)
The "Battle of the Big Eaters! World Championships" recorded last month in New York City will be televised on TV Tokyo this weekend. A team of Molly Schuyler, Dave Brunelli, Tom Gilbert and Stephanie Torres will face off against a Japanese quartet consisting of Takuya Yakamoto, Ayari Sato, Tomoko Miyake and Hitomi Sato. Teams representing Germany and Thailand will also compete. (clip) (via All Pro Eating Facebook).
Steve Rushin selects a 1998 column about Japanese competitive eater Hirofumi Nakajima as his favorite article by retiring ESPN (former Sports Illustrated) sportswriter Rick Reilly.
Abroad in Japan has a video about the Wanko Soba noodle eating contest, billed as Japan's greatest food challenge.
A program titled The Battle of the Big Eaters - World Championships was recorded in New York City today near Times Square. A woman representing Japan and a man representing Thailand faced off in a spaghetti eating contest. update May 10 Today's filming will take place on Randall's Island update May 11 It appears Molly Schuyler is representing the USA according to this Instagram video., Tomoko Miyake, Ayari Sato and Takuya Yamamoto are Japanese competitors. update May 12 The finals - USA v Japan are recording in Times Square today. It appears Stephanie Torres is on team USA.
Fansided has a blog entry about Japanese competitive eating.
Kotaku has a report on the nattou (fermented soybeans, also called natto) eating contest held in Mito, Japan.
Japan Today has a short article about Natsuko "Gal" Sone, who says she would like to have two daughters after giving birth to a son in 2012.
Phoenix.craigslist.org has a request for an "amateur extreme eater" to eat a 100 ounce steak on March 11 or 12 in Apache Junction, AZ for an upcoming Japanese television program. The participant will receive $300.
Kotaku has a blog entry about the curry challenges at Gold Curry in Japan (there is also a Bangkok location). The challenge meal sizes range from 2kg (4.4 lb) to 10kg (22.2 lb). The largest challenge awards 100000 Yen ($952) if finished (this is the heaviest single person eating challenge). (via @swoatt)
An English-language a facebook fan page about Japanese competitive eating TV programs has been set up at https://www.facebook.com/ooguijapan
Tonight's rerun of the Cleveland Show> on Fox at 7 pm ET/PT will be "The Wide World of the Cleveland Show" (trailer) in which Junior will compete in an eating contest in Japan.
A video of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's trip to Japan can be viewed online. He competes in a noodle eating contest against female competitive eater Mio "Sakura" Takahashi starting at the 4 minute mark.
A 62 year old woman ate a bowl of natto (fermeneted soybeans) in 48.67 seconds to win an eating contest held in Mito, Japan.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski is currently in Japan and just competed against a female competitive eater (not "Gal" Sone or Hatsuyo Sugawara) in a noodle eating contest. (Travelog video focusing on heated hotel toilet).
The January 27 episode of Fox's "The Cleveland Show", titled "The Wide World of Cleveland Show" will have a competitive eating segment taking place in Japan.
Shigeo Okamoto has posted videos from Food Battle Club and other Japanese competitive eating programs. In the Food Battle Club posted, Nobuyuki Shirota defeated Takeru Kobayashi.
TokyoHive reports that Japanese female competitive eater / talento gave birth to a 7 lb. 1 oz. baby boy on November 5.
The Japan Times credits competitive eater Natsuko "Gal" Sone with increasing the popularity of B-kyū gurume (B-grade gourmet) dishes like ramen noodles.
Today's burrito eating contest at Naval Air Facility in Atsugi Japan was cancelled. The winners would have paired off with visiting Major League Eaters in an August 18 burrito eating contest.
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