Takeru Kobayashi

Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi (小林 尊, Kobayashi Takeru; born March 15, 1978) is a retired Japanese competitive eater. Described as "the godfather of competitive eating", he is a six-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion and widely credited with popularizing the sport. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takeru Kobayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

2024

Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef

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2021

ScarfFace

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2019

The Good, The Bad, The Hungry

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2017

The Houses October Built 2

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2004

Crazy Legs Conti: Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating

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