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.
“King of Gluttony” 2020 video
Youtube currently has the full program of TV Tokyo’s “King of Gluttony” program in which Miki Sudo, Darron Breeden, Max Suzuki, Angela Sato, Hatsuyo Sugawara and others competed. (I will not post any spoilers until later today). Update Results of the final round are in the comments. Takeru Kobayashi and Nobuyuki Shirota appear as commentators, but do not compete.
update Jan 16 Miki Sudo has posted some Instagram galleries: Part 1 | Part 2
Kobayashi's latest blog entry translated is about the Battle of Big Eaters 3 with a focus on the Molly Schuyler vs. Hatsuyo Sugawara matchup.
The 2015 edition of TV Tokyo's "Gluttonous Queen" competition will be televised on March 29. Natsuko "Gal" Sone will face Hatsuyo "The Witch" Sugawara and Angela Sato.
FNN News reports that Hatsuyo "The Witch" Sugawara ate 480 cups of noodles in the Morioko wanko soba noodle eating contest, short of the record 559. Her goal was 600 cups.
Sugawara threepeats “Gluttonous Queen”
RocketNews24 reports that Hatsuyo “the Witch” won TV Tokyo’s “Gluttonous Queen” contest for the third year in a row. Youtube has videos of the final round: Part 1 | Part 2
update Calorie Lab has an English blog entry about the program
Hatsuyo Sugawara's victory in the Morioka wanko soba noodle eating contest was mentioned in the "What's Up With Japan" segment of the G4 Network's Attack of the Show
Keizei.biz reports that Hatsuyo "The Witch" Sugawara won the Morioka wanko soba noodle eating contest for the third year in a row by eating 399 bowls in 10 minutes. update Japan Times has an English article about the contest.
Videos of Hatsuyo "The Witch" Sugawara competing against members of the group KAT-TUN in a 6kg ramen challenge, a 3kg burger challenge and a 2.5 kg curry eating challenge are available on youtube. The caption says Sugawara has won 4 million yen (about $40,000) in her competitive eating career.
Sugawara repeats as Gluttonous Queen
R Suzuki has a writeups of today’s Gluttonous Queen program on her blog. Hatsuyo “The Witch Sugawara” repeated as champion. Natsuko “Gal” Sone was fifth. The final rounds were held in Australia after taking place in Hawaii in previous years.
Japanese MLE Wii game to be released March 24
Famitsu.com reports that the Japanese version of the Major League Eating video game for the Nintendo Wii will be released on March 24 and the price will be 900 yen. Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota and Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara are the new characters, apparently replacing Rich LeFevre and Juliet Lee. The game was first announced in August and the original release date was October 14, 2008.
Link Buffet: December 15, 2008
- As of 10:30 am eastern, Wing Bowl 17 tickets appear available on ComcastTix.com Here is the direct link to the ticket buying page
- Pat Bertoletti ranks his favorite Chicago pizzas
- “Kid” Cary DeGrosa has a new column about OJ which embeds a video from September 2007 (from “Beautiful” Brian email)
- (from Wasted Food) Rich Shea podcast (starts at about the 50 minute mark) Shea continues to assert that competitive eating is the world’s fastest growing sport, but admits he has no factual basis for that statement.
- Encounter (in English) with Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara at a restaurant
- Cameron McKirdy (now known as “Consumption”) has updated his website http://www.deathbyconsumption.com/
- Adam Richman of Man vs. Food to do a live online video chat on Wednesday at 11 pm eastern
- Mario’s Flying Pizza in Galveston, TX to celebrate reopening after Hurricane Ike with eating contests Wednesday
update As of 1:30pm eastern, upper level Wing Bowl tickets appear to be available
Link Buffet: December 3, 2008
- Hatsuyo Sugawara appears in the What’s Up With Japan segment of G4’s Attack of the Show
- Jill Stoler is looking for competitive eating ideas to celebrate her 30th birthday in March
- Faces of Joey Chestnut & Kobayashi on a stick to be handed out during a halftime eating contest
- $1000 to be awarded to a finisher of a 32 inch pizza in St. Louis
- Researchers study buffet patrons’ habits (from Steakbellie)
- Video of the eating contest on the Tyra Banks show that awarded a Volvo to its winner
Link Buffet: November 24, 2008
- Gallery and video of the 42 inch pizza at Big Lou’s Pizza in San Antonio.
- The Heart Attack Grill segment was televised yesterday on CBS News’ Sunday Morning. I have not been able to track down an online clip.
- Video of an attempt at the Spike’s hot dog record in Boston. An unnamed woman
is stillwas the record co-holder with 14 hot dogs in 90 minutes. - Video of the pie eating contest for the case models on Deal or no Deal last Friday (Another video)
- Jo “Gavonne” Rose has a report on the Firehouse wings contest he competed in.
- Hatsuyo “The Witch” Sugawara eats 6.3 kg of (13.8 lb) of curry in 15 minutes. One of her competitors was the masked “Mr. Oh” who has a blog entry with some pictures from the contest.
update The Spike’s record challenger broke the store record with 15 hot dogs. Congratulations.
Link Buffet: November 18, 2008
- Video of Kobayashi’s TV appearance after he defeated Joey Chestnut in Singapore
- The Man vs. Food message board on travelchannel.com has some eating challenges I was not aware of
- Presentation about competitive eating tonight at a benefit for the Brooklyn greenway
- Sheep’s butt eating challenge on The Amazing Race
- Video of Hatsuyo Sugawara’s victory in this spring’s okonomiyaki eating contest
- New Jersey pasta eating contest report
- Video of a high school cross country team’s pizza eating contest – results: #1 Caleb 27 slices, #2 Miranda 20 slices
Sugawara starts blogging
Tomoko Miyake reports in her blog that Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara has started a blog at ameblo.jp/withwitch. The blog began on Sunday and there are already 16 entries which are more about books than competitive eating. Sugawara has also posted a questionnaire (her favorite movie is “A League of Their Own”)
Sonya Thomas mentioned in Sugawara article
Sports Hochi’s article about Hatsuyo “The Witch” Sugawara’s victory in the Morioka noodles contest names Sonya Thomas as a rival to Sugawara (automatically translated)
“All Japan Championships Wanko-soba” in 2006 and second in his debut, “than other people to eat fast,” said Sugawara thin and we were aware, the current path led to the “origin” of the tournament. “(Food Fight), which is doing, maybe! Happy when the倒SETARA happy,” said the U.S. Food Fighter of the woman, Lee Sun-kyung’s Sonya Thomas-American name of the game .
It is not clear from the article if a contest between “The Witch” and “The Black Widow” is imminent. This blog entry says that Sonya Thomas is planning to challenge Sugawara.
Link Buffet: November 9, 2008
- The meat in Denny’s Beer Barrel’s big burgers gets a bad review
- Tim Rauscheder beer drinking video
- NYC wing eating contest tonight
- Gal Sone wins a poll of the Japanese celebrity people most want to see without makeup
- A large image of the Joey Chestnut baseball card
- Picture of victorious (and wet) Juliet Lee at Nashville qualifier
- Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara wins the Morioko wanko soba noodle eating contest with 383 bowls in 15 minutes
Sugawara gains 25 lbs. at a buffet
(From R Suzuki) Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara gained 25 pounds (11.4 kg) in an hour in an event at the Asian Dining KuuRoo buffet. Her gain is similar to the gains by Takeru Kobayashi (25.9 lbs. / 11.8 kg) and Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota (24.37 lbs. / 11.08 kg) on Food Battle Club in 2002.
Japanese MLE Game to have new characters
A press release announces the Japanese launch of the Major League Eating Wiiware video game which will be available on October 14. Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota and Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara have been added to the game, apparently replacing Rich LeFevre and Juliet Lee.
update TokyoMango has an English blog entry about the release
Japanese women complete 5kg burger challenge
The blog for the Onion Hamburg Restaurant reports that Hatsuyo “The Witch” Sugawara set a record for its bunless 5 kilogram (11 pounds) burger challenge by finishing it in 47 minutes on July 20. In March, Mio “Sakura” Takahashi became the first person to complete the challenge. Her time was an hour and a half. Ms. Takahashi has an entry about the challenge in her personal blog.
Sugawara wins okonomiyaki eating contest
Mainichi has an English article about Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara’s victory in a women-only okonomiyaki (Japanese pancakes containing vegetables) eating contest in Osaka Wednesday:
Each okonomiyaki weighs one kilogram and measures 30 centimeters in diameter.
Hatsuyo Sugawara, a 44-year-old housewife from Iwate Prefecture, won the contest after eating 5.2 pancakes, and received 550,000 yen in prize money, a solid gold spatula, and the privilege of having the restaurant’s largest okonomiyaki named after her.
Mio “Sakura” Takahashi reports she finished second with a total of 4.7 pancakes.
Contest video
See also msn.co.jp
Gluttonous Queen 2008 coverage
CalorieLab has a paragraph in English about this year’s “Gluttonous Queen” contest won by Hatsuyo Sugawara.
Ameba and J-Cast have articles
R Suzuki has part two of her contest report
The contest page on TV Tokyo’s website now has pictures of all the competitor.
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