Gal Sone dyes hair black
Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s October 12 blog entry describes a trip to a salon where her hair was changed from its characteristic blonde color to a more natural hue. The dye job was reported by Ameba news.
Bald Gal Sone video
Youtube has a video of Natsuko “Gal” Sone being made up to appear bald. (There have not been many recent eating-related Gal Sone videos on youtube.)
JapanToday reports (in English) that Natsuko "Gal" Sone appeared at an event to promote the Japanese release of the DVD of Wall-E
Gal Sone appears in a list of attractive women who could kick you at something manly.
Subtitled Gal Sone / Shirota movie available on Netflix
Hacking Netflix reports that a movie called Gluttonous will be available tomorrow. The Netflix website has the following description for the movie:
Based on a popular Japanese manga, this pair of sidesplitting live action comedies follows the screwball exploits of a host of unconventional participants in the ferociously intense world of competitive eating. While most people try to temper their food intake, these competitors pride themselves on swallowing as much food as they can in the shortest possible time — and keeping it down long enough to win!
Gluttonous is known in Japan as Gourmet Fighter Both Natsuko “Gal” Sone and Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota appeared as competitive eaters in Gourmet Fighter. Volume 1 and Volume 2 are included in the Netflix rental.
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 9, 2008
- Bruno Ruest repeats as Forney (TX) pie eating contest champion and wins a 42 inch plasma TV
- Serious Eats on the mini-burger boom
- Report on the Singapore Vermonster eating contest
- Turkey Eating contest held in Macau. The winner ate 644 grams of a 2.5 kg turkey in 30 minutes
- Paul Barlow has set up a college bowl picking contest group for eaters and fans
- Gal Sone admits to an addiction
Link Buffet: December 6, 2008
- Time lapse videos of the challenges attempted on Man vs. Food December 3 and post-challenge press conferences are available on travelchannel.com
- Steakbellie is looking for freelance web / graphics work. Good luck with the job search SB
- Does “Furious” Pete have a new best friend in chemical form?
- Latke eating contest at Zan’s Deli returns December 21
- Josh & Lynette complete the Fenton’s banana split challenge Part I, Part II
- Pictures from Gal Sone’s 23rd birthday party Thursday
Link Buffet: November 11, 2008
- English language tribute to Gal Sone
- Videos of Lynchburg, VA Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
- Forney, TX Christmas pie eating contest December 6 (open only to Forney residents) first prize is a large flat screen TV
- Kobayashi dyes his hair green
- Request for Atlanta area Tostino’s Pizza Roll eating contest competitor
- Picture of Juris Shibayama at the Nashville Krystal qualifier
- B. C. Pizza (MI, GA & KY) to offer Sarge pizza challenge
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
Gal Sone stomach expansion quiz show
Video from a quiz show in which the audience guesses how much Gal Sone’s waistline expands after eating a big meal has been uploaded to youtube.
Link Buffet: October 21, 2008
- BeautifulBrian.com has a commentary on the personalities of the top 50 IFOCE members
- Furious Pete is seeking input about a 3 minute eating stunt
- Tonight’s E:60 episode to have footage from the Nashville Krystal qualifier
- Gallery of the recent Washington, DC cupcake eating contest
- Picture of Joey Chestnut at the Edmonton minor league hockey game
- Joey Chestnut to receive a commendation from the San Jose City Council
- Ukrainian salo (pork fat) eating contest
- Brad Sciullo’s Belly Bruiser completion makes the Japanese news
- Gal Sone’s television appearance where she sampled and ranked all the items on Saizeriya’s menu has boosted that restaurant’s business despite the recession
Link Buffet: September 17, 2008
- Whoopie Pie contest preview
- Marshall Tucker Band to play at Krystal finals
- Bronx Bun & Cheese contest Saturday
- TV Champion, birthplace of the oogui boom, is canceled
- Gal Sone in Belgium videos
Link Buffet: August 24, 2008
- Joey Chestnut no longer listed on IMDB page for Nacho Mountain in actors list
- Connecticut Post article about competitive eating and Ash Creek Saloon rib contest (link fixed, thanks Pat from Moonachie)
- English article and podcast about Czech dumpling contest
- Joey Chestnut to appear at final Battle of the Bone contest
- Short English article about Gal Sone biography
Link Buffet: August 18, 2008
- Paul Barlow wins Six Flags Eating Triathlon (video file)
- Its eating challenges week at Two Bites in Suburbia
- Orlando columnist attempts Michael Phelps’ diet
- Wiki listing big eaters and extreme omnivores in popular culture
- Gal Sone samples and ranks all the items at an Italian restaurant and the pudding she chose for #1 becomes sold out
Link Buffet: August 12, 2008
- Nathan’s hot dog eating contest August 16 in Stuarts Draft, VA. Prize is $100 gas card.
- Nathan’s finals gallery by FooBarDude
- Video of butter eating contest (will Don Lerman sue for intellectual property violation?)
- Website for Brooklyn pizza contest at http://annualbrooklynpizzaeatingcontest.com/
- Gal Sone goes to Tokyo Disneyland. (Her favorite rides are Space Mountain and Splash Mountain)
Link Buffet: August 10, 2008
- Swallow Your Pride Wing Bowl documentary to be screened at the First Person Festival in Philadelphia in November
- English article (from Austraila) about Gal Sone’s loss in this year’s Gluttonous Queen contest
- Preferred seating for spectators at Chattanooga Krystal qualifier available
- Vancouver, Canada hot dog eating contest August 18
- Short article about Arkansas City, Kansas hot dog eating contest.
Link Buffet: August 6, 2008
- 2008 IFOCE La Costena Chicago jalapeno eating contest September 14, registration opens Thursday (from Crawfish comment)
- Washington, DC pizza eating contest Friday
- UEPa involvement in Taste of Hamburg eating contest
- Jill Stoler on her appearance on the History Channel last night – future showings of Evolve: Guts
- Video of Gal Sone in Spain
Competitive eating movies release dates
The Mainichi Shimbun reports that a media event was held to promote the August 9 release of the movie, Kamen Rider Kiva: The King of Hell Castle Natsuko “Gal” Sone, who will play a Medusa character in the movie, appeared with two other actors. Variety of Japan also has an article.
The blog for Dirt Productions reports that principal photography for Nacho Mountain has been completed, although the final contest scene has yet to be filmed. A myspace comment says the final scene will be filmed on August 23. A LehighValleyLive.com article about the movie says that the filmmakers hope to release the movie on the internet in January and also play at independent film festivals.
Gal Sone goes to Macau
Takeru Kobayashi is not the only Japanese competitive eater visiting Southeast Asia this week. Macau.com has a blog entry about Gal Sone’s event at the MGM Grand Macau where she ate 11 Shark Fin Soups, 6 French courses and 10 desserts. Gal Sone will next travel to Thailand. A show about her trip will air on Japanese television on September 16.
“Battle Eating Sushi Gal” video game
OnlineGamer.jp reports that a game called “Battle Eating Sushi Gal” will debut. Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s name is not mentioned in the article, so she probably does not endorse the game. The game will be free, but might be for cell phones only. No link is provided for online play.
Gal Sone dines with half of “Pink Lady”
Gal Sone’s most recent blog entry reports that her guest for today’s Wednesday morning contest was Keiko Masuda, one of the members of the duo Pink Lady. While Pink Lady had 9 consecutive #1 singles on the Japanese charts from 1976 to 1978, they are best known in the United States for their variety show on NBC in 1980, which is considered one of the least successful series in American television history.
Series DVD, youtube video of “UFO”
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