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	Takeru Kobayashi - The Greatest Competitive Eater of all time (new vids) - PS3Forums
		Physically Kobayashi has undergone drastic change from his earlier appearances on the competitive eating circuit (weighing in at a mere 110 pounds in his beginning competitions and then 144 pounds in later events.) This is due in large part to his more recent endeavors in weight training.
		Kobayashi's official Web site gives his height as 173 cm (5 ft 7 in) and his weight as 75 kg (165 lb), but in a June 29, 2006, entry on his blog, he says that his weight grew to over 196 pounds during 2006, still being under 10 percent body fat.
		Kobayashi is also known for his trademark body wiggle, affectionately known as the Kobayashi Shake, which he uses to force food down his esophagus and settle more compactly in his stomach.
	www.ps3forums.com /showthread.php?t=57624 (1055 words)

	Takeru Kobayashi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Physically Kobayashi has undergone drastic change from his earlier appearances on the competitive eating circuit (weighing in at a mere 110 lb in his beginning competitions and then 144 lb in later events.) This is due in large part to his more recent endeavors in weight training.
		Kobayashi's official web site gives his height as 5 feet 7 inches and his weight as 165 pounds, but in a June 29, 2006, entry on his blog, he says that his weight grew to over 196 pounds during 2006, still being under 10 percent bodyfat.
		Kobayashi is also known for his trademark body wiggle, affectionately known as "The Kobayashi Shake" which he uses to force food down his esophagus and settle more compactly in his stomach.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi (1150 words)

	CNN TÜRK.com - Haberler - Takeru Kobayashi sosisliye doymuyor - 8 Ağustos, 200
		Japon sosisli sandviç yeme uzmanı Takeru Kobayashi 10 dakikada 58 tane sosisli sandviç yiyerek yeni bir rekora imza attı.
		Takeru Kobayashi yeni rekorunu, ABD'nin Wisconsin eyaletine bağlı Sheboygan kentinde katıldığı Bratwurst Yeme Şampiyonası'nda kırdı.
		Kobayashi yarışmada, 10 dakikada tam 58 tane sosisli sandviç yerken, daha önce Sonya Thomas'a ait olan 10 dakikada 34 sosisli sandviç rekorunu da tarihe gömdü.
	www.cnnturk.com /HABER/haber_detay.asp?PID=223&HID=2&haberID=214164 (212 words)

	Nathans \| 2003 Contest Gallery
		Takeru Kobayashi of Japan eats his 32nd hot dog and bun as Eric Booker of Copiague N.Y., center, and Charles Hardy of Brooklyn, N.Y., left, join him in Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest Friday, July 4, 2003, in New York's Coney Island.
		Takeru Kobayashi, from Nagano, Japan, recovers at the end of the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on New York's Coney Island, July 4, 2003 in New York.
		Takeru Kobayashi of Japan, right, stuffs into his mouth one of 44 1/2 hot dogs and buns that he ate in 12 minutes during the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest Friday, July 4, 2003, in New York's Coney Island.
	www.nathansfamous.com /nathans/news/htmls/hot_dog_contest_2003_gallery.php (674 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| LIFE & TIMES > A champion for our generation
		Kobayashi clinched the title by eating 53 3/4 hotdogs in 12 minutes—breaking his own record of 53 1/2 hotdogs set two years ago.
		Kobayashi’s victory reminded me of happier, younger and fewer anal times when overeating was still considered an act of heroism.
		As for technique, Kobayashi is very methodical—machinelike, even—breaking off each hotdog in the middle, stuffing both pieces in his mouth, and then dipping the buns in water or soda to soften them up before swallowing.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/july/07/yehey/life/20060707lif4.html (449 words)

	Hangin With ... Takeru Kobayashi - The Boston Globe
		The food Kobayashi didn't understand until recently was lobster rolls, and he needed a lesson, quick: He was about to enter an international lobster-roll-eating contest at Avalon.
		Kobayashi had never had a lobster roll -- or any type of lobster, for that matter -- and wanted to know what to expect.
		Kobayashi and his girlfriend whispered to each other in Japanese and conferred with the interpreters about the shirt.
	www.boston.com /ae/events/articles/2006/10/27/hangin_with__takeru_kobayashi?mode=PF (723 words)

	Takeru Kobayashi
		Takeru Kobayashi is like the Michael Jordan of basketball, Tiger Woods of golf, Muhammad Ali of boxing and Hulk Hogan of wrestling.
		Kobayashi is considered by experts to be the greatest competitive eater in the history of this sport.
		Kobayashi is a freak of nature, the only other living thing that beat him at his sports was a bear.
	www.docsports.com /2006/takeru-kobayashi.html (644 words)

	Japanese eater devours 53-plus hotdogs to win eating contest
		Takeru Kobayashi (R) of Japan and Joey Chestnut compete in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs eating contest in New York, July 4, 2006.
		Takeru Kobayashi of Japan poses with a plate of hot dogs after winning the Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs eating contest in New York, July 4, 2006.
		Kobayashi, his hair dyed yellow like a Nathan's billboard, vowed through a translator to return next year to conquer even more hot dogs than he did this time.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /world/2006-07/05/content_633483.htm (524 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - Move over, Tiger
		Their heartthrob is Takeru Kobayashi, a svelte-looking professional competitive eater from Japan who won his second consecutive Nathan's Famous international hot dog eating contest and the coveted Mustard Yellow Championship belt on Thursday afternoon.
		Last year, when Kobayashi doubled the previous record held by countryman and three-time champ Kazutoyo Arai, the event's promoters had to scribble along with each hot dog he ate, since they only made numbers -- which are flashed to the crowd -- through 30.
		Many who qualified for the contest and witnessed Kobayashi's act last year knew they were just coming for the free trip and free food.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/rovell/020705.html (1332 words)

	Requiem for a Samurai of Hot Dogs - TIME
		Takeru Kobayashi, handicapped by wisdom tooth surgery and an arthritic jaw, seemed to match Joey Chestnut dog for dog until the end, when he appeared to regurgitate a couple of them.
		Compounding Kobayashi's loss, on top of his jaw injury and failure to set a record seventh win, was the fact that this was his first Nathan's contest without his mother.
		Kobayashi said before wiping tears from his eyes that he wanted to retire when she was diagnosed with cancer, but she pleaded with him to continue doing what he loved.
	www.time.com /time/nation/article/0,8599,1640007,00.html?xid=rss-nation (1131 words)

	All you can eat and more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Takeru Kobayashi, the Japanese man who had just bettered his own record at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest (henceforth: the Contest) by eating 53 and three-quarter hot dogs and buns, listened as his translator relayed a question from the ESPN announcer: "Takeru Kobayashi, how do you feel?"
		Kobayashi grinned, picked a hot dog from the plate in front of him, and took a bite.
		Kobayashi, his hair dyed the colour of a mango, joked around a bit, but part of him remained all business.
	www.canada.com /montrealgazette/story.html?id=ddca30ec-2c51-4455-8c68-afa4fbbbf899&k=20610 (1401 words)

	Takeru Kobayashi - "The Greatest Competitive Eater" - Nationwide Speakers Bureau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Kobayashi continued to dominate the sport of competitive eating in 2004, once again obliterating the competition in Coney Island by eating 53.5 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes and 69 Krystal hamburgers in 8 minutes.
		Kobayashi is unquestionably the greatest competitive eater in IFOCE history and the finest athlete of our time.
		Kobayashi lives with his girlfriend in Nagano, Japan, where he is one of the city’s most recognizable stars.
	www.nationwidespeakers.com /speaker/728 (183 words)

	SI.com - More Sports - 'Refrigerator' cold in hot dog-eating contest - Friday July 04, 2003 02:43 PM
		Kobayashi, the Michael Jordan of wiener wolfing, twitched and twisted to finish his franks at the rate of one every 16 seconds in a 12-minute display of gastronomic supremacy at the annual Fourth of July extravaganza.
		Kobayashi downed his first hot dog in five seconds, and 13 in the first two minutes, as he sprinted to the lead like Carl Lewis with a frankfurter fetish.
		Kobayashi banged the table holding the hot dogs, and put his hands to his head in dismay.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /more/news/2003/07/04/perry_hotdogs_ap (479 words)

	Takeru Kobayashi Biography (Speed Eater) — Infoplease.com
		Takeru Kobayashi is the six-time winner of the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest, held each 4th of July at Coney Island in New York.
		However, Kobayashi's world record for hot dogs was broken in 2007 by Joey Chestnut, who ate 59 and 1/2 hot dogs at a contest in Tempe, Arizona.
		One of Kobayashi's opponents at the 2003 Nathan's competition was former NFL star William "The Refrigerator" Perry, who dropped out after eating a mere four hot dogs.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/takerukobayashi.html (274 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - Accusations hurled at hot dog contest
		Japanese professional speed-eater Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayashi destroyed the competition for the second consecutive year at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July international hot dog eating contest, scarfing down 50½ hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes.
		The 24-year-old Kobayashi, who weighed 113 pounds before the contest and almost 120 pounds after, bettered his 2001 world-record performance by half a hot dog despite having to fight off the 100-degree heat.
		Seconds after the contestants were told to put down their hot dogs, Kobayashi's individual judge, Gersh Kuntzman of the New York Post, and Mike Devito, the commissioner of the International Federation of Competitive Eating (which sanctioned the contest), ruled that the victory was official.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/rovell/020704.html (736 words)

	THE MIRACLE THAT IS KOBAYASHI.
		Kobayashi -- who lives in Japan, speaks no English and generally comes to the states just for the Nathan's contest, bringing a coterie of fans with him -- has won that contest every year since, and broke his own record in 2004, setting a new mark of 53 1/2.
		Conti, who calls Kobayashi "not only the greatest athlete in the history of competitive eating, but the greatest athlete in the history of sport," says that Kobayashi imparted valuable wisdom to him that he, in turn, shared with Eric and Charles.
		Kobayashi did not attend the Matzo Ball Eating Competition -- he does not attend most of the American matches -- but his presence was felt.
	www.blacktable.com /getlen050519.htm (1971 words)

	ESPN.com: SPORTSNATION - Chat-9873(Insider)
		Kobayashi owns four International Federation of Competitve Eating records, so don't be upset if he finishes lunch before you do.
		Kobayashi (center of the picture at the right) once ate 57 cow brains in 15 minutes.
		Kobayashi also set the coveted record for hot dogs in the summer of 2004 when he ate 53.5 in 12 mintues.
	proxy.espn.go.com /chat/chatESPN?event_id=9873 (150 words)

	USATODAY.com - Eating contest newcomer nearly beats Kobayashi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi swallowed 67 hamburgers in eight minutes to win $10,000 and retain his title as Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Champion.
		The Japanese contender fended off San Diego State University engineering student Joey Chestnut, who was tied with Kobayashi at 60 burgers with 37 seconds left.
		Kobayashi finished 69 Krystals in the 2004 contest.
	www.usatoday.com /news/offbeat/2005-11-21-burger-contest_x.htm (231 words)

	'Tsunami' downs 53 1/2 dogs to keep world pigout crown \| The Japan Times Online
		For the fourth straight year, rail-thin Takeru Kobayashi chewed up the competition at the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating competition Sunday, breaking his own previous world record.
		Kobayashi, 26, from Nagano Prefecture, wolfed down 53 1/2 wieners in 12 minutes and shattered his own world record by three dogs.
		The 170-cm, 59.4-kg Kobayashi employed his trademark method of snapping the dogs in half before swallowing them to destroy the 19 other contestants.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20040706a3.htm (383 words)

	Eating Challenges \| Eating Feats \| Bizarre Sports Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Takeru Kobayashi ate 50 and a half hotdogs in 12 minutes to break his own record.
		Takeru weighed just 113 pounds at the start of the contest and gained seven pounds in the 12 minutes it took him to cram the 50 weiners and buns into his stomach.
		For Takeru's sake, let's hope none of those bovines were of the mad cow variety.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p2063.htm (280 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - Competitive eating a man-eat-dog world
		In addition to the 50 hot dogs, Kobayashi ate 17.7 pounds of cow brains in 15 minutes (though not on the same day -- I mean, be serious).
		Then Kobayashi won with what was dubbed the "Solomon" technique, where he broke the hot dogs in half to speed his eating.
		Kobayashi trains by eating cabbage and drinking water, which expands his stomach, but Shea stresses that he doesn't endorse any particular training method.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/caple/020703.html (1488 words)

	opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The modern era's MacSaren may be Takeru Kobayashi, 26, who won the Nathan's event in July by eating 53 hot dogs (and buns) in 12 minutes.
		The spangled girl flipping Kobayashi's tally card for the crowd stares at her eater like a child watching a mare drop a foal.
		Takeru Kobayashi of Japan, right, poses with a tray of 44 1/2 hot dogs and buns in Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest.
	www.madison.com /tct/opinion/column/moe/index.php?ntid=23682&ntpid=2 (805 words)

	CNN.com - Hot dog eating contest heats up - Jul. 4, 2003
		Friday afternoon two-time defending Japanese champion Takeru Kobayashi won his third straight title in the 88th annual Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest at Coney Island, but he did not break his record of 50 1/2 hot dogs.
		Kobayashi, William "The Refrigerator" Perry, and, of course, Eric "Badlands" Booker.
		KOBAYASHI (through translator): So what he does is he splits the sausages in half, chews them up, dunks his bread in the water to make it soft and drinks down the bread like water.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/US/Northeast/07/04/offbeat.nathans (847 words)

	www.kansascity.com \| 06/30/2007 \| Kobayashi says he’ll compete in hot dog contest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		It’s the No. 1 question in competitive eating —; whether Takeru Kobayashi will defend his six consecutive titles at the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest on July 4 at Coney Island.
		Kobayashi, in an interview with the Chattanooga Times Free Press on Friday, said he will compete despite jaw pain that limits how much he can open his mouth.
		Critics have said Kobayashi’s injury is an excuse to dodge top American eater Joey Chestnut, who broke Kobayashi’s world hot-dog eating record with 59 1/2 two weeks ago.
	www.kansascity.com /sports/story/172446.html (141 words)

	Takeru Kobayashi love Nathan’s Hot Dog l Jee’s life in Malaysia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		It’s 6th title in a row for Takeru “Tsunami” Kobayashi, this time he ate 53 and 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes, beating his old record in 2004 by an half an extra hot dog.
		Read that this year Kobayashi finally had a competition, Joey Chestnut (who?) was just 2 hot dogs behind him.
		Normally Kobayashi would won it by miles, but seems like others are catching up mastering the technics in competitive eating.
	jeelife.com /2006/07/07/takeru-kobayashi-love-nathans-hot-dog (383 words)

	Kobayashi sets brat-eating record - Boston.com
		Takeru Kobayashi chomped through a record 58 brats at the Johnsonville World Bratwurst Eating Championship on Saturday, easily winning another tasty title and slicing through the record of 34 1/2 set last year by Sonya Thomas.
		In this photo provided by Johnsonville Sausage, Takeru Kobayashi, center, of Japan raises his finger in victory after winning the Johnsonville Brat-Eating World Championships by downing 58 bratwursts in 10 minutes in Sheboygan, Wis., Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006.
		The 160-pound Kobayashi, of Nagano, Japan, is a seasoned veteran at 27 and by far the world's best competitive eater.
	www.boston.com /news/odd/articles/2006/08/05/kobayashi_sets_brat_eating_record?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News (393 words)

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