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Takeru Kobayashi

1978 - Today

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Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi (小林 尊, Kobayashi Takeru; born March 15, 1978) is a retired Japanese competitive eater. Described as "the godfather of competitive eating", he is a six-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion and widely credited with popularizing the sport. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Takeru Kobayashi is the 3,623rd most popular athlete, the 3,085th most popular biography from Japan and the 43rd most popular Japanese Athlete.

Takeru Kobayashi is most famous for his achievements in competitive eating, particularly for revolutionizing the sport with his speed and technique. He gained widespread recognition for winning the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest multiple times and setting numerous world records in various eating challenges.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Takeru Kobayashi ranks 3,623 out of 6,025. Before him are Piotr Kiełpikowski, Habiba Ghribi, Viktors Ščerbatihs, Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux, Hatem Ghoula, and Sergey Klyugin. After him are Michael Jung, Jaime Ordiales, Jeremy Wariner, Amel Tuka, Chase Jackson, and Lin Sang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Takeru Kobayashi ranks 689. Before him are Fernando Rapallini, Maria Menounos, Frédéric Piquionne, Ekaterina Schulmann, Igor Semshov, and DJ Manian. After him are Gustavo Varela, Óscar Hernández, Vibeke Stene, Gustavo Munúa, Róbinson Zapata, and Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeru Kobayashi ranks 3,085 out of 6,245. Before him are Tatsuru Mukojima (1966), Naohiko Minobe (1965), Yasuhiro Watanabe (1992), Hiroshi Miyazawa (1970), Ryōhei Kimura (1984), and Leisha Hailey (1971). After him are Kisenosato Yutaka (1986), Tomoyoshi Ikeya (1962), Sojiro Ishii (1970), So Kataoka (1992), Ko Itakura (1997), and Hiroaki Kumon (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Takeru Kobayashi ranks 43. Before him are Hideaki Tomiyama (1957), Hiroshi Yamamoto (1962), Koji Murofushi (1974), Daniel Martínez (null), Naoko Takahashi (1972), and Yuko Arimori (1966). After him are Takanori Nagase (1993), Tadanori Koshino (1966), Yukinori Miyabe (1968), Masato (1979), Yoko Tanabe (1966), and Mizuki Noguchi (1978).

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