Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, retired because of ...

Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi has announced his retirement in a new Netflix documentary in which the six-time winner of the famous Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest revealed that he no ...

Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi ... "I don’t think there’s anything healthy about what I do," Kobi said, who is Japanese and lives in Japan but admitted to "eating like an American ...

As a result, the Japanese competitive eater was banned from the Fourth of July tradition on Coney Island. Since then, Kobayashi has not appeared in a Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, and that ...

Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest winner, said he is retiring. Kobayashi, 46, revealed the news in the recent Netflix documentary "Hack ...

Chestnut, better known as “Jaws,” shocked the world in his first 2007 victory, toppling Japanese competitive eating legend Takeru Kobayashi. The American chomped 66 hotdogs to take the title ...

JAPAN (WKRC) - Six-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion Takeru Kobayashi has announced his retirement from competitive eating due to health concerns. According to USA Today, the 46-year ...