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Caustic Saint wrote:Don't forget Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi, who's the two-time defending champion, and also winner of last year's Glutton Bowl on Fox. On that show he packed away over 40 hot dogs in his qualifier and down as many brains in the finals. *ugh*
Caustic Saint wrote:Here's one that covers a batch of different people and mentions the two biggest Japanese guys:
Learning standards from Japanese in Competitive Eating
these days, in order to remain in the game, eaters like Mr. Jarvis, who weighs 420 pounds and is 6-foot-6, are trying to slim down. The reason: Some nutritionists say that thinner people can actually eat more food faster than overweight people, and their bodies don't send as many hormonal signals to the brain to stop eating when they are full. That is becoming clear to American eaters who belly up against much slimmer competitors from Japan, where winners can pocket as much as $84,000 in a contest and are dead serious about the sport. This year's Nathan's champ, 24-year-old Takeru Kobayashi of Nagoya, Japan, consumed 50.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes but weighs just 132 pounds. In 2000, Japanese eater Kazutoyo "The Rabbit" Arai won the contest at a fighting weight of only 100 pounds. Mr. Kobayashi's certified win was the subject of controversy because some of what he ate started coming out of his nose after the final whistle. A contestant who throws up is disqualified, but Mr. Kobayashi snorted what came out back in, and that made it OK.
bikkle wrote:..... In other words, you can eat yourself numb, or at least deaden your urge to stop.
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So when you're sitting down to dinner this Thanksgiving, remember this: When your stomach begins to cry for you to slow down, it's all in your head.
gkanai wrote:http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/01/pf/eating_to_live/index.htm?section=money_latest
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2949000,00.html
ESPN wrote:Thomas sets American record in second place
ESPN, July 4, 2004, NEW YORK --For the fifth straight year, it was a victory Takeru Kobayashi could truly relish....
The win means the coveted Mustard Yellow Belt will return to Japan for the ninth year out of the past 10. New Jersey's Steve Keiner, who won in 1999, is the only American to capture the title in the past decade....
FOX News, 'Fairly Unbalanced(tm)' wrote:The runner-up was 105-pound Sonya Thomas of Alexandria, Va., who set an American record by downing 37 hot dogs in the same 12 minutes. "My stomach doesn't hurt but my jaw is tired," she said.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:I'll bet than Sonya chick gives great head. All this competative eating seems to be catching up with her, though.
Captain Japan wrote:Calif. man devours hot dog eating record
USA Today
Captain Japan wrote:
Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi, seen here, a Japanese man who set a world record by wolfing down dozens of hot dogs within minutes, has suffered a severe jaw injury due to his rigorous training, making his next title uncertain.(AFP/File/Timothy A.Clary)
Captain Japan wrote:Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi, seen here, a Japanese man who set a world record by wolfing down dozens of hot dogs within minutes, has suffered a severe jaw injury due to his rigorous training, making his next title uncertain.(AFP/File/Timothy A.Clary)
dimwit wrote:Kobayashi has had a tough year. According to his website his mother died in March at the age 56 and he missed the St Patrick's Day chowdown.
Takeru Kobayashi, the defending champion of New York's annual Independence Day hot dog-eating contest, intends to return to the competition this year despite rumors he may not be able to do so because of jaw pain, the New York Times reported Wednesday in its online edition.
Citing Kobayashi's manager, the report said Kobayashi got treatment for his jaw problems on Wednesday and intends to catch a flight to the United States on Thursday.
Nagano Prefecture native Kobayashi, 29, first entered the Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest in July 2001, when he broke the world record by devouring 50 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. He has won the annual competition every year since and earned the nickname "Tsunami."
In 2006, the 75-kilogram Kobayashi downed 53 3/4 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes and broke his own record in the event by a quarter of a hot dog.
But on June 2, American Joey Chestnut, 22, who had lost narrowly to Kobayashi last year, shattered the world record by devouring 59.5 hot dogs and buns during a qualifier in Arizona.
The event, held every year on July 4 in Brooklyn, attracted over 30,000 spectators in 2006 and was broadcast live to 1.5 million households on cable channel ESPN.
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