Japanese Eater Takes Hot Dog Eating Contest Again

 

 

 

Kobayashi Downs 49 Franks in 12 Minutes to Retain Nathan's Competition Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEW YORK (July 4) - For the fifth straight year, it was a victory Takeru Kobayashi could truly relish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kobayashi, 27, captured the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest Monday, gobbling a nauseating 49 dogs in 12 minutes - but missing his own world record of 53 1/2, set at last year's July Fourth competition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kobayashi, of Nagano, stands 5 feet 7 inches and weighs just 144 pounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The runner-up was Sonya Thomas of Alexandria, Va. - known as The Black Widow on the competitive-eating circuit - who set an American record by downing 37 hot dogs in the same 12 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas, who manages a Burger King restaurant, separates the hot dog from the bun and eats them separately. She dips the bun in water to make it easier to swallow with less chewing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I want to be No. 1 in the world, so I practice," she told CNN shortly after the contest. "I'm working on more speed."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She said she was planning a light dinner - maybe a salad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"My stomach doesn't hurt," she said, "but my jaw is tired."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas, who weighs a remarkable 105 pounds, is a rising speed-eating star. Last December in Atlantic City, N.J., she finished off 89 meatballs - about six pounds' worth - in 12 minutes. And in August, she captured a lobster-eating contest in Maine by consuming 38 of the creatures in 12 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hot dog contest takes place outside the original Nathan's in Coney Island. The contest was first held there in 1916.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07/04/05 14:14 EDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W00t japan?

He eats those so freaking fast its amazing. The guys he beats are like 500 pounds too :shock:

He eats those so freaking fast its amazing. The guys he beats are like 500 pounds too :shock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's something about how their stomach expands, the little guys can expand more, but the fat guy is already stretched to the limit

i really dont like that guy,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but then again, i want him to adopt me so he can be my daddy :shock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

just think at career day.. and waht does your dad do for a living??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

he eats hotdogs. literally

 

He eats those so freaking fast its amazing. The guys he beats are like 500 pounds too :shock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's something about how their stomach expands, the little guys can expand more, but the fat guy is already stretched to the limit

also the way he eats them he takes the hot dogs off the buns and eats 2 at a time then dips the buns in water so they just get mush and go right down

 

 

He eats those so freaking fast its amazing. The guys he beats are like 500 pounds too :shock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's something about how their stomach expands, the little guys can expand more, but the fat guy is already stretched to the limit

also the way he eats them he takes the hot dogs off the buns and eats 2 at a time then dips the buns in water so they just get mush and go right down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

continuing my last statement:

 

 

 

Kobayashi was also known for his great feat of eating sushi back in his unknown history in Japan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kobayashi's technique relies on a series of stomach expanding seltzer binges. The volume of water and gas in the seltzer expands the stomach without needing to consume any calories. This is how Kobayashi stays at 131 pounds.

quite crazy how he does it. even with a magical expanding stomach, its still "HOLY CRAP"

I don't want to know how they found out that they could eat hot dogs that quickly.

The chinese dude is carzy, its a full time sport for him. I read a full in-depth article about him. He does a lot of training to be able to eat so many. He like runs a lot at first, and then stuffs himself with food, and then runs again. It gives him stomach the ability to stretch more. He def deserves title.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Though that Thomas girl is pretty impressive herself i must say.

Ah he's getting old now.

 

 

 

Try eating 500 skittles, one-by-one, in 15 minutes ;) Have a sick bucket on hand - personal experience

Gratz Japan!!! Really something to be proud of, rofl :P

ive done 18 once, on a dare, and just today, I had 14 pieces of pizza after 24 chicken wings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I always watch kobayashi every year on ESPN, its amazing to see what he does. He consumed 17,000 calories in hot dogs and buns last year, almost a kilo of fat. That's crazy.

yeh i saw that i thought that really fat black american guy would win he was goin so fast,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yeh the japan guy was so small and owned every1 else i was amazed :shock:

So lovely. Entire countries are constantly teetering on the brink of famine, millions don't even have acces to clean drinking water, and here we are with stuffing your face as an actual competition. I'm so damn proud to be a human being right now.

So lovely. Entire countries are constantly teetering on the brink of famine, millions don't even have acces to clean drinking water, and here we are with stuffing your face as an actual competition. I'm so damn proud to be a human being right now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Damn Live8.