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 ...

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 ...

Japanese champion Takeru Kobayashi (C ... Takeru Kobayashi, an iconic competitive eater, says he no longer feels hunger. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI "I hear people say they're hungry ...

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 ...

A world famous eating influencer from Japan has said she is set to quit competitive eating for health and age reasons. The announcement by Yuka Kinoshita was released online on February 1 ...

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 ...