Entries Tagged 'Takeru Kobayashi' ↓
June 27th, 2007 — Coney Island, Contest, Hot Dog, Joey Chestnut, Pointless, Takeru Kobayashi
Earlier this month I posted about how the US had reclaimed the hot dog eating world record from Japan. Thanks to Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, we were able to reclaim the title from Takeru Kobayashi. At the time, Takeru said he was training hard for the upcoming 4th of July hot dog eating contest on Coney Island, Brooklyn. Now it seems that he has developed arthritis of the jaw. He claims he can only open his jaws a small way, hampering his hot dog eating abilities. At this time, he is receiving treatment and is still hopeful that he will be able to compete in the 4th of July contest.
BBC News story here: Japan speed-eater’s jaw arthritis
Check out his Blog post: Takeru-Kobayashi Blog: Vocational disease
June 4th, 2007 — Contest, Hot Dog, Joey Chestnut, Pointless, Takeru Kobayashi
Joey Chestnut from San Jose beat Takeru Kobayashi’s record for eating the most hot dogs. Previously Takeru Kobayashi had set the record for most hot dogs eaten with 53 3/4 hot dogs eaten. The new record set on Saturday by joey, is 59 1/2 hot dogs.
So the US has once more triumphed and proved that Americans are the best at the dubious skill of eating hot dogs.
We’ll have to see if we can hold onto the record when Kobayashi next competes in July.
From Japan Probe: Takeru Kobayashi: No Longer The World Record Holder For Hot Dog Eating
Earlier this month I posted about how the US had reclaimed the hot dog eating world record from Japan. Thanks to Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, we were able to reclaim the title from Takeru Kobayashi. At the time, Takeru said he was training hard for the upcoming 4th of July hot dog eating contest on Coney Island, Brooklyn. Now it seems that he has developed arthritis of the jaw. He claims he can only open his jaws a small way, hampering his hot dog eating abilities. At this time, he is receiving treatment and is still hopeful that he will be able to compete in the 4th of July contest. 
