From jinryuichi-hnph

In an event and press announcement in Tsuchiura – Tsuji Nozomi, Gyaru Sone and Tokito Ami will team up in a new Unit “Gyaruru”. It’s a ganguro fashion-based Para-Para gyaru unit, a trend that is popular in places like Shibuya, Tokyo. They each get a nickname for themselves – ‘Tsujiji’, ‘Amimi’ and ‘Sonene’. I think you can guess who is who.

Surprise #1[EDIT]: Guess what? Gyaruru will be releasing a new single produced by Tsunku, and fashion coordination will be handled by one Gyaru manager/entrepreneur – Fujita Miho of G-Revo. The single is called “Boom Boom Mecha Macho” c/w “Onna no urutora”, and will be released under TNX on 20th June this year.

The magazine spread in the previous blog entry was to promote the group. The upcoming single has a promotional page

Tsuji Nozomi is a former member of Morning Musume, which had the eating “contest” with Nobuyuki Shirota in their Christmas special.

Other sites: Hello Online, someboys, japtard

update: JPopMusic has a 14 page forum thread about the group. A live version of the single is available.

updated #2 A video clip about the press conference from a morning news show is also available

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Natsuko “Gal” Sone appeared in a fashion magazine’s 3 page photo spread with 6 other gals (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3) The magazine’s mascot is Black Panther G

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A video clip of Natsuko “Gal” Sone competing against eaters in a Kanom Krok (coconut rice cake) eating contest in Thailand can be viewed at http://youtube.com/watch?v=S6al0incPBw The female Thai champion leads Gal Sone through much of the contest.

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No clips from this year’s Gluttonous Queen contest have been uploaded to youtube, but some video captures can be seen at this livedoor blog entry

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I want a doctor to take your picture
So I can look at you from inside as well

The Vapors, Turning Japanese

(From R Suzuki) Natsuko “Gal” Sone submitted to a medical examination at Kitasato University hospital for an article in the current issue of AERA magazine, published by the Asahi Tribune. The objective of the investigation was to determine how Gal Sone could eat as much as she does and not gain weight: (automatically translated)

The large quantity the stomach which can eat and, however much eating, it united the body which does not get fat “Muse gal 曽 root of appetite”. It probably is to be possible to know the secret of that body with metabolic coming from abroad?

As for doing the Kitasato University hospital. Physique inspection, blood inspection and inspection of breath and the inspection of the gene which which is related to CT scan and obesity relate to inquiry and energy exchange were done.

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A video of Natsuko “Gal” Sone eating 2kg of curry while two men attempt normal sized plates of curry can be viewed at http://youtube.com/watch?v=wWQu05zJI7M I think that Gal Sone competed against one of the men at her table in a karaoke contest.

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Namu wrote a blog entry in Spanish about Natsuko “Gal” Sone and uploaded the video of her eating 40,000 calories in three restaurants to http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1m3er_gal-sone-40000-kc

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herpdaddy watched last night’s “Gluttonous Queen II” contest and wrote a blog entry in English about it (he also has some funny Japanese T shirts with English on them in his post.) He reports about the final noodle contest:

So she made it to the final round with 2 other women both equally thin and the final round was ramen noodles. Mmmm. I mean, it’s GOOD but how much can you really eat? Apparently an incredible amount. Each serving was a standard sized serving but they got a break. So they don’t burn themselves, they did not have to drink the soup. But they did have to eat all of the noodles and the major toppings including a thin slice of Chinese roast pork.

I have to admit, I was glued to the TV. I mean, it’s just 3 girls pigging out but it was just amazing how much they were able to put away.

In the end, Gal Sone won for the 2nd year in a row with 16 bowls of ramen in 1 hour. Eeeeeeeeesh…

Tomoko Miyake came in second (possibly tying with another woman) with 14 bowls. I believe that Suguwara was removed by medical personel (like “The Artist” was in last fall’s gluttonous king contest), but I am not sure about that. Hopefully R Suzuki will have a full writeup.

“Gluttonous Queen” produced a conflict over television watching in one household last night: (automatically translated by Google)

… Because with the father tried to change the channel into the gluttonous queen championship of TV Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd.,
Me “just a little! Just a little just a little!! Unless Michael [huerupusu] (Phelps) you see, []!!!”

So is. The gold medal 7 crown it is instantaneous!!!
It is enormous the ~~~!!! It is enormous as the same human the ~~~!!!
You were impressed. . .

Gluttonous queen* However also the gal 曽 root is enormous, – (. _.)

update laana.jp has full results (in Japanese)

1, (“ギャル” 曽根菜津子) Natsuko “Gal” Sone
2. (三宅智子) Tomoko Miyake
3. (正司優子) Yuuko Siyouzi
4, (嘉数千恵) “Nurse”
5. (池田亜紀) Aki Ikeda
6. (仲山沙織) Saori
7. (菅原初代) Suguwara (disqualified by doctor after winning Round 1)
8. (山下尚穂) Yamashita

update #2 R Suzuki has uploaded her recaps: Part 1 , Part 2

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A commercial for Gluttonous Queen can be viewed at http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/ in the small screen. All the competitors wore cowboy hats in Hawaii.

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tvspot reports that Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s defense of her Gluttonous Queen title will be televised on TV Tokyo April 1 and provides a summary of the program(automatically translated by Google:)

Winning with the woman match which is held 1 years ago the is gal 曽 root.　Now we have become the star talent which is large active with variety program and the like.　In order that such a gal 曽 root firm position is built as a gluttonous queen, this time they are the appearance ~ new challengers 7 people and the schedule which unfolds the battle.

tvq has a list of participants in which Tomoko Miyake appears but Miyuki Iwata is absent.

The program’s home page is http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/oogui2007_4/ The page is solely a graphic so it cannot be translated by Google.

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A video clip of Natsuko “Gal” Sone attempting to exceed the 15000 calories that it is believed Elvis Presley consumed daily near the end of his life is available at http://youtube.com/watch?v=nNP7rf2WVCg

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R Suzuki reports that Natusko “Gal” Sone appeared on a cooking contest show.

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A Japanese blogger is currently on vacation in Hawaii, and s/he saw a television crew recording Natsuko “Gal” Sone competing in the “Gluttonous Queen” contest on Waikiki Beach. The contest will be televised later this month or in April. It is too bad that apparently no American women were invited to compete.

Exactly recording the gluttonous king decisive game being done at the Waikiki beach, it increased.

The gal 曽 root it was.

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Natsuko “Gal” Sone is not the only big eating Japanese female distance runner. VAAM-power.com has an interview (originally from the Japan Times) with Naoko Takahashi, the women’s marathon champion in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, in which the gold medalist describes her eating habits:

Mostly Japanese food, even in the States. I don’t think in terms of calories, we just tell the cook what we want to eat. I want to eat this, that, meat, and we just eat whatever as much as we want. I can eat 50 pieces of sushi in one sitting. With meat I can eat a two-kg (4.5 lb or 72 oz.) steak.

VAAM is an energy drink made with hornet juice that Ms. Takahashi credits with reducing muscle fatigue.

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(from R Suzuki) Natsuko “Gal” Sone is the subject of a Japanese web page called the “Interview Room” (Part 2)

Some facts from that interview:

The qualifier for the fall 2005 Gluttonous King contest was her first experience in competitive eating
Her older sister eats about as much as she does in everyday meals.
She wants to continue to cross over into show business and hopes to dance as well as sing
She ran on her high school cross country team and has continued distance running. She recently ran 20km (12.5 miles)
I believe she was kicked off the cross country team after dying her hair (I am not sure I am interpreting that sentence correctly)
She is afraid to run alone in Tokyo.

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ntv.com reports that Natsuko “Gal” Sone defeated Nobuyuki “The Giant” Shirota in bunless hamburgers, 22 plates to 20. This is Gal Sone’s first victory against Shirota in her weekly Wednesday morning contest since early 2006.

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JapanProbe reports that TV Tokyo (producer of Gluttonous King / Queen) admitted to broadcasting a program that made false fitness claims. Some people might claim that this places Gluttonous Queen champion Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s achievements in doubt, but that would ignore that Gal Sone has performed her feats on networks besides TV Tokyo.

R Suzuki reports that Gal Sone’s most recent television appearance was on the Nippon Television Network in which she ate a meal of 15,000 calories over 1 hour and 55 minutes. Video captures of that show are available.

The subtitle of the show was “Can Gal Sone outeat Elvis Presley” ([erubisu] [puresuri]). It is claimed that Elvis ate 15,000 or more calories a day near the end of his life. Will the unnamed burger girl of Memphis emerge to challenge “Gal” Sone and avenge the honor of Memphis residents? 😉

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A blog entry in Japanese compares Windows Vista’s hardware requirements to Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s caloric needs:

With special care, although it was times when the machine cuts 100,000 Yen don’t you think? -. Being cheap even in remainder, therefore the extent where the management of DELL becomes strange, it seems that “gluttony like the gal 曽 root” becomes necessary as a Messiah of the personal computer manufacturer. The [ro] which is 4GHz -, the [ro] which is 6GHz -, being unconcerned, unless it is the extent which eats up with it probably is “the gluttonous talent being disqualified” [tsu] lever.

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Melissa McNamara wrote a section in CBS News blogwatch about Natsuko “Gal” Sone which includes a link to this site.

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Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s blog has moved from her home page at http://www.watanabepro.co.jp/galsone/ to http://blog.watanabepro.co.jp/gyarusone/ The topic of the most recent entry is Gal Sone’s nail decorations.

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Wired.com has a good introduction to Natsuko “Gal” Sone. I believe this is the first article about “Gal” Sone in a major US website or publication.

While others — like reigning Coney Island hot-dog-eating champ Kobayashi — furiously gulp down their meals with water, Sone displays a calm nonchalance even in the middle of a race.

A certified chef, she appears to savor each bite she takes, even when she’s already taken a couple hundred of them. At a women-only contest in Okinawa last year, Sone was seen reapplying her makeup after finishing first, even as the clock was still ticking.

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A video clip of Natsuko “Gal” Sone and Nobuyuki “The Giant” Shirota doing different 4.5 kg (10 pounds) curry challenges at the Yokohama Curry Museum (it is apparently an actual museum) has been uploaded to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCCEVUjR1yo
A middle age blonde Japanese woman eats with them.

Yama3 also did the 4.5 kg curry museum challenge and won the above prizes.

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The ressbook2ch blog has a picture of Natsuko Sone from before the time she adopted the dyed hair characteristic of the “Gal” style.

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R Suzuki has a summary of a program in which Natsuko “Gal” Sone and Takuya Yamamoto went to Japanese buffets. The total a la carte price of the food they ate was kept track of and the buffet cost was subtracted from that amount. Gal Sone saved 81520 Yen ($689) and Yamamoto saved ($788) The weight gain was also computed. Gal Sone gained 7 kg (15.4 lb) and Yamamoto gained 9.2 kg (20.2 lb) The calorielab blog also mentions the program

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Tomoko Miyake and Gal Sone wish their fans a happy 2007 on Tomoko Miyake’s blog. Gal Sone’s first name is spelled “Natuko” instead of the more conventional “Natsuko”

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