| ■2008-07-28 Takeru Kobayashi won the Major League Eating Singapore 2008 contest on Sunday 27th July! Chicken Satay, 12 minutes 1st place Takeru Kobayashi 5.419kg 2nd place Joey Chestnut 4.086kg |
| ■2008-07-04 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest in NY Tied in first place at 59 hot dogs, Kobayashi came close runner-up after a 5 hot dog eat-off. |
| ■Kobayashi T-Shirts available online at www.eatmorehotdogs.com |
| ■“Coors light” commercial now on air in the US |
| ■“Master Card PAY PASS” commercial now on air in the US |
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■“TOPPS” baseball trading card now on sale (Kobayashi as specially featured athlete)
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| 2007.9.18
Interview in magazine “Casa BRUTUS vol.91” |
| 2007.9.4
Interview in 「THE WALL STREETJOURNAL」 |
| 2007.7.25
Interview in newspaper “JAPAN TIMES” |
| 2007.7.23
Interview in magazine “BOY remix” on sale August 6th Interview in magazine “TSUKURU” on sale August 7th |
| 2007.7.12
Interview in magazine “Weekly playboy” on sale July 14th |
| 2007.7.4
Devoured 63 hot dogs in 12 minutes, Second place of the “Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest” |
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2007.5.12
Interview in magazine “Monthly Iron Man” on sale May 12th |
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2007.4.25
J-WAVE(81.3 FM) J-WAVE GOOD MORNING TOKYO on air April 26th |
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2007.3.23
Takeru Kobayashi’s mother passed away at a Kanagawa hospital on the 19th |
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2007.2.28
“Master Card PAY PASS” commercial now on air in the US |
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2007.2.21
Kobayashi to attend the fan festival for Major League Baseball Team Tampa Bay Devil Rays on February 24th |
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2007.1.28
Interview in magazine “Monthly Iron Man”, on sale April 12th |
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2007.1.13
VTR in Quiz Monster by NHK, Japan. on air January 13th, 22nd, 25th |
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2007.1.13
Masahiro Kato to attend Iwakitaira Cycling Race Event on March 18th |
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2006.12.9
Interview in magazine “IJ”, on sale January 10th |
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2006.12.8
Interview in International Herald Tribune newspaper /The Asahi Shimbun, on sale December 16th |
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2006.12.4
Devoured 5.5kg of lamb in 24 minutes, becoming champion of the Taiwan Lamb Eating Contest Prize money was donated to charity Ryugankin. Kobayashi also donated some money for scholarships and played Santa, giving out Christmas presents |
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2006.12.3
Champion of Taiwan Lamb Eating Contest two years in a row! |
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2006.11.20
Accepted invitation to compete in the Taiwan Lamb Eating Contest in Taichung, Taiwan |
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2006.11.20
Takeru Kobayashi T-shirts will be on sale again!! |
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2006.11.10
“The Ekimae TV” by Nagano Asahi Broadcasting on air November 11th |
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2006.11.7
Interview in magazine ”TV Japan” on sale November 15th |
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2006.10.28
Champion of the Krystal Square Off WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP for three years in a row! Finished 97 hamburgers in 8 minutes, creating a new world record! |
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2006.9.23
Champion of the Golden Palace.net Lobster Roll Eating Challenge in Boston Finished 41 lobsters in 10 minutes,creating a new world record! |
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2006.9.17
Kobayashi to compete in the Golden Palace.net Lobster Roll Eating Challenge in Boston, Massachusetts on September 23rd |
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2006.8.22
Kobayashi to compete in The 2006 Krystal Square Off WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP in Tennessee on October 28th |
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2006.8.5
Kobayashi won the Johnsonville World Brat Eating Championship, creating a new world record of 58 Brat sausages! and made a new world record |
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2006.7.15
Kobayashi to compete in Brat Eating Championship in Wisconsin on August 8th |
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2006.7.15
Kobayashi ate 53 + 3/4 hotdogs in 12 minutes, creating a new record at Nathan's Hotdog Eating Contest |
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2006.6.17
Kobayashi to be guest competitor in Nathan’s Hotdog Eating Contest Japan Trial |
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2006.5
Serial publication in magazine “FHM” in the US |
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2006.5.7
Fuji TV comedy program with Osugi, Peeko and London Boots, on air May 7th 2006.4 Model for this season in “Optimystik” |
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2006.4
Model for this season in “Optimystik” |
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2006.4.30
Interview in magazine Eat This Book by Ryan Nerz now on sale |
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2006.5
TRUE LIFE by MTV, USA now on air |