Takeru Kobayashi’s 20-year competitive eating career, which includes six Nathan's Hot Dog Eating championships, has come to an end as he deals with body damage concerns.
Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, who has won multiple titles in the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, announced he is retiring over concerns of damage done to his body. The 46-year-old has won the Fourth of July tradition six times, with five back-to-back wins from 2002-2006 before Joey Chestnut stepped in. The annual contest brought Kobayashi to prominence in the competitive eating arena.
He’s participated in other competitive eating events, which resulted in him eating 62 slices of pizza in 12 minutes, and 337 chicken wings in a half hour, the Associated Press reported. Kobi’s reported record for hot dogs eaten is 69, though it wasn’t set at Nathan’s competition after a contract dispute didn’t allow him to appear anymore.
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