Video clips of Gal Sone eating a big burger (about the size of Denny’s Beer Barrel’s 2 or 3 pound burger) and then a big dessert for a game show I cannot figure out the rules of are available on youtube:

Part 1, Part 2

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Gluttonous Queen 2006 clips
introduction
Tokyo Qualifier – Miyuki Iwata vs. Tomoko Miyake
Osaka Qualifier – Gal Sone vs. Nurse

Clips from a show where Gal Sone eats food items with national flags on a conveyor belt. There are women in the audience from the countries corresponding to the flags.
Part 1
Part 2

Reuploads of removed videos
Gal Sone’s 40000 calorie journey
Gal Sone’s karaoke with speedeating interlude

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Ryoko Aoki would like to contact a female American competitive eater who is interested in the following opportunity (from an email):

I am working on a TV show for Japan and looking for american female eaters to appear in the show with Gal Sone. We prefer someone who is in 20’s and not belong to IFOCE.

Please send responses to Ryoko Aoki – ryoko@officekei.net

OfficeKei offers the following description on its website.

Office Kei is one of the premiere television production, coordination, and research companies in the world. Since 1991, we have been providing outstanding television production and support services to major U.S. and Japanese broadcast companies.

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In this week’s Wednesday morning contest, Natsuko “Gal” Sone defeated Kana Kanisawa in a 3kg (6.6 lb) burger eating contest. The only result provided is that Sone won, it is not listed if either burger was finished in the 30 minute time limit.

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Sanspo.com reports (automatically translated) that Gyaruru made their live stage debut on Saturday by playing a free concert for a crowd of 2,000 fans. Natsuko “Gal” Sone ate five box lunches during the event.

Tomoko Miyake attended the concert and wrote a blog entry about it.

Vox.com has a review of Gyaruru with the following comments about “Gal” Sone:

SHE MAKES SOME OF THE BEST FACIAL EXPRESSIONS EVER. Really. From “Sonene EAT CAKE!” to her sad faces, Sonene is just very, very cute. Really. Amimi and Abebe occasionally look a little odd doing their smiles or Amimi psycho faces, but Sonene always just looks so cute. I mean, I just wanna pinch her cheeks. Except, you know, she’s like twelve years older than me.

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A listing of the Japanese top 30 places “Boom Boom Meccha Maccho” at #19 in its first week of release.

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(From R Suzuki) ntv.co.jp reports that Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota remains winless against girl groups after losing to Gyaruru (He lost to Morning Musume in their 2001 Christmas special) Shirota wore a wig and competed as “Jumbo Kurota”

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A clip with scenes from the making of the “Boom Boom Meccha Maccho” video can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dLN3vQsfaM

A slide show set to “Onno no Ultra”, the B-side of “Boom Boom Meccha Maccho”, can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8oYxKXhKlI

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An alternate video for “Boom Boom Meccha Maccho”, set in a candy universe can be seen at http://www.veoh.com/videos/v661588CK67feBz

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A 24 minute long video of Natsuko “Gal” Sone competing against a 7 man team (who eat one at a time) in eating a 7 course meal can be seen at http://www.veoh.com/videos/v656058PcZZJK9w

update The contest can also be seen on youtube at http://youtube.com/results?search_query=%22gal+sone%22+%22g%40ki%22&search=

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In recent blog entries, Natsuko “Gal” Sone talks about two of her favorite kinds of Frappuccinos: an azuki bean frappuccino and a powdered tea frappucino. (wikipedia on azuki beans)

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(From Some Boys) A video of “Boom Boom Meccha Maccho” can be viewed on Oricon The sound and video are much higher quality than the video on youtube.

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CarView.co.jp reports that Natsuko “Gal” Sone attended an event in which a Guinness world record was set, but the occasion was not an eating contest. She was present at the unveiling of the world’s largest ground advertisement. The sign advertised the Smart Loop GPS system. The length of the letters was 1 kilometer, making it visible by satellites.

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(From Gyaru’s residence) The video for “BoomBoom Meccya Maccho”, featuring Natsuko “Gal” Sone, can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUCgsUfPXII

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(From SomeBoys) 45 second mp3s from “Gal” Sone’s group Gyaruru new single are available: “Boom Boom Meccha Macchio” “Onna no Ultra” (B side)

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(From Someboys) A video clip of Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s appearance, along with Tokito Ami, her bandmate in Gyaruru on the show Goro’s bar to promote the June 20 release of their single can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST8DT3HD-bo The is no competitive eating on the show, but Ami competes in a funny face contest.

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The Some Boys blog reports that the single from “Gal” Sone’s group, Gyaruru can now be pre-ordered (the release date is June 20) and that scans from Gyaruru’s magazine spread containing a dance guide are available (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3)

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TokyoGraph reports that Asami Abe will replace Nozomi Tsuji in Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s group, Gyaruru. Their single will be released as originally planned on June 20, but will be rerecorded to include Abe’s voice.

Translated SanSpo article

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The SomeBoys blog reports that Natsuko “Gal” Sone will appear in a play called “Sukedachi” in August with Matsuura Aya and Tokito Ami. Performances will run from August 5 to 14 and tickets will go on sale on June 17.

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jinryuichi reports that Yakkun Sakurazuka wants to fill the spot in Gal Sone’s group Gyaruru formerly occupied by Tsuji Nozomi. His thoughts on the possible new member:

If there is anything more bizarre than a fake-tan Tsujiji, is a rapper dude cross-dressing as a gyaru in a sailor school uniform and dancing Para para.

Original Japanese article translated

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jininryuichi reports that Tsuji Nozomi, a member of Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s group, Gyaruru, is two months pregnant and is planning to get married in June. No announcements have been made on how this will affect the future of the group and the planned release of their first single in June.

jpopmusic.com has a huge forum thread about the pregnancy.

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Sonya Thomas has added her thoughts on Juliet Lee and Natsuko “Gal” Sone to her home page.

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japanprobe reports that the program “Dream Vision” did an episode about the science of competitive eaters. Gal Sone and Nobuyuki “The Giant” Shirota were given an MRI exam after eating over 100 sushi each. The body temperature after eating was also observed. Two clips from the program are available in the episode.

R Suzuki also has a blog entry about the program.

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The two videos of Gal Sone’s karaoke performances on Japanese television can be seen at hoosoo.tv:

Singing “Boys & Girls” on Monomane Battle in a gold cowboy hat

Starsearch type contest (Gal Sone wins)

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JapanProbe has an entry about Gyaruru and a clip of a news program about their press conference.

Infoseek.co.jp has an article about Gal Sone and Gyaruru

A fan site for Gyaruru has been set up.

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