J-Wiener Eater: Chompin' Champ...NOT

[Taro Toporific]

[Caustic Saint]

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*

[Taro Toporific]

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*

Does anyone here on the FG have a GOOD url that explains the "Japanese" stomach-stretching secrets? On Japanese TV I have them mention that they "train" for months for a competition by eating 20kg of zero-calorie konyaku in one sitting.

[Caustic Saint]

Here's one that covers a batch of different people and mentions the two biggest Japanese guys:

Learning standards from Japanese in Competitive Eating

[Taro Toporific]

Here's one that covers a batch of different people and mentions the two biggest Japanese guys:

Learning standards from Japanese in Competitive Eating

Ya gotta love this quote...

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.

[Taro Toporific]

Why do thin guys always seem to win the eating contests?

..... In other words, you can eat yourself numb, or at least deaden your urge to stop.

Why And the punchline to the story was...

....
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.

[GargoyleTS]

Hey Ultra, I just wanted to say I love your Avatar! Coolest guys in that whole movie!

[Taro Toporific]

So, is the J-Wiener Eater the Chompin' Champ AGAIN?
There's no news about it yet, even on ESPN.
The year's most important "sporting" event is being televised on ESPN today at 9 am EST. The annual Fourth of July event is the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest from New York's Coney Island. The most important contestant this year is Japan's Takeru Kobayashi. Kobayashi will go for his fifth straight win and bettering his record of 53.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

If that's not surreal enough for you, check out Hot Dog Lady on a bum trip that shows the dangers of hallucinating on eating hot dogs. A direct link to the video of The Hot Dog Lady can be seen in LSD A Go Go, a mash-up film of anti-acid propaganda and other vintage materials.

[gkanai]

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

[Taro Toporific]

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

BAH! Takeru Kobayashi. Kobayashi did NOT better his record of 53.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes last year. He only ate a paltry 49.

Note this Japanesque reporting style fr0m ESPN and FOX News that make jingoistic references to the "American record" as though that is important.

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....

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]

I'll bet than Sonya chick gives great head. All this competative eating seems to be catching up with her, though. She's ballooned up to 105 lbs.

[deltaco]

WAY TO GO KOBAYASHI-SAN!

[sludge]

[Taro Toporific]

I'll bet than Sonya chick gives great head. All this competative eating seems to be catching up with her, though.

Stuffed vs Buff
from AFP/Getty NEW Y0RK - JULY 4:Sonya Thomas (top) vs Kobayashi (bott0m)

[Samurai_Jerk]

Kobayashi has definitely put on some muscle mass.

[Captain Japan]

[Captain Japan]

[GomiGirl]

[kamome]

Calif. man devours hot dog eating record
USA Today

I guess this means he hasn't beaten Kobayashi in head-to-head competition yet; he's only broken Kobayashi's previous record. This thread will pick up again next month after that competition at Coney Island.

[Kuang_Grade]

[Captain Japan]

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)

[Taro Toporific]

Here's the URL to the details: [INDENT]...Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi said he can only open his mouth to make a gap the size of a fingertip after being diagnosed with jaw arthritis. In an entry on his blog entitled "Occupational hazard," Kobayashi said: "My jaw refused to fight any more."....[/INDENT]

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)

[kamome]

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)

Severe jaw injury my ass. Is he faking the injury to avoid competing against the American guy who recently broke his record?

[dimwit]

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.

http://takeru-kobayashi.com/news_jp.html

[Greji]

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.

56? Wow, that's young. I think I may have a couple kids that age.

[Captain Japan]

Japan's hot-dog champ set to return despite jaw pain: report
Kyodo

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.

[Taro Toporific]

Japan wins wiener war
CNN Breaking News (July 4) 3:55 (only a crappy, non-viewable video report is available ---need confirmation)
Takeru Kobayashi of Japan wins the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest and sets a new world record.

[FG Lurker]

video/offbeat/[color="Red"]2006[/color]/07/04/nat.nathans.hot.dog.eating.affl
Source: Affiliate
Added On July 4, 2006

I was wondering about that! It's 2am July 4 in NYC right now...

[Taro Toporific]

....non-viewable video report is available ---need confirmation)

video/offbeat/[color="Red"]2006[/color]/07/04/nat.nathans.hot.dog.eating.affl
Source: Affiliate
Added On July 4, 2006

Thanks for the needed confirmation! That URL's date makes more sense than the pile of error screens and non-functioning video windows I am viewing.

[gomichild]

Getting this live on irc... Kobayashi got to 60 dogs but puked... waiting for judges to rule...