Takeru Kobayashi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Takeru Kobayashi
Occupation	Competitive Eater
Date Of Birth	Mar 15, 1978(1978-03-15)
Age	46
Birthplace	Nagano
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Pisces

Takeru Kobayashi Biography

Takeru Kobayashi is one of the most popular and richest Competitive Eater who was born on March 15, 1978 in Nagano, Japan. A world record holder for hamburger grill cheese, hot dog lobster rolls Twinkie and buffalo wings meatballs, pasta and pizza-eating contests. This world-class competitor was signed to an Major League Eating contract in 2012.

The Asian-born competitor and fellow Asian-born foodie He and fellow Asian- born competitive eater Sonya Thomas both set several world records. both set numerous world records.

Takeru Kobayashi (小林 尊 , Kobayashi Takeru, born March 15, 1978) is a Japanese competitive eater.

Born in Nagano, Japan, Kobayashi set his first record at his rookie appearance on July 4, 2001, when he ate 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the Nathan’s Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest, doubling the previous record of 25. The record was so unexpected that when Kobayashi got to the later numbers, the organizers ran out of signs indicating how many dogs Kobayashi had eaten and had to resort to handwritten signs. Kobayashi would go on to break his own record three times in winning the contest six consecutive times (2001–2006).

Growing up from Nagano, Japan, and is also known in the form of “Kobi” and “The Tsunami,” Kobayashi was able to maintain his weight at 130-pound weight (at 6’8″) through the majority of his time in competitive eating.

Takeru Kobayashi Net Worth

Takeru Kobayashi is one of the richest Competitive Eater from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Takeru Kobayashi 's net worth $3 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He set his first competition food record back in the year 2001 during his participation in the Nathan’s Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest.

He is famous as the man who invented the “Kobayashi Shake” maneuver, the only body motion which allows him to force greater food intake into his stomach.During his appearance on Fox channel’s Glutton Bowl, he set the world record for eating fifty-seven cow brains within 15 minutes.

In The Simpsons episode “Luca$” in the 25th season, the character Lucas Bortner wears a t-shirt with a photo of Kobayashi eating and refers to him in a dialogue.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In the 2006 Krystal Square Off, Kobayashi’s mark of 97 hamburgers was 30 better than his winning total in 2005 and 28 better than the World Record he set in 2004. However, this number has been called into question. Many of the 97 burgers dissolved when dunked, and Kobayashi (unlike his fellow competitors) let significant chunks of burger detritus fall from his mouth, instead of eating the complete burger. This led to the “No Dunking” in future competitions. At a speed-eating contest in Hong Kong on August 13, 2005, Kobayashi consumed 83 vegetarian jiaozi dumplings in 8 minutes. The next day, he ate 100 roasted pork buns in 12 minutes. Kobayashi also won the 2005 Alka- Seltzer US Open of Competitive Eating, a three-hour IFOCE elimination tournament on ESPN, as well as the Glutton Bowl, a two-hour IFOCE eating special that aired on the Fox Network in 2002. However, on Fox’s 2003 show Man vs. Beast, Kobayashi lost in an eating competition against a 1089-pound (494 kg) Kodiak bear, when he ate 31 bunless hot dogs in 2 minutes and 36 seconds to the bear’s 50. In a 2014 interview, Kobayashi claims to have beaten the bear in the rehearsal. (In October 2012, Kobayashi broke the record held by the bear at the Texas state fair.)

Facts & Trivia

Takeru Ranked on the list of most popular Competitive Eater. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Takeru Kobayashi celebrates birthday on March 15 of every year.

In the 93rd TV Funhouse short on the November 11th, 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live, Kobayashi is the titular character of “Kobayashi”, a parody of popular anime series, namely Dragon Ball Z where he also appears in-between animated scenes as himself.