Takeru Kobayashi

Known for: Acting
Born: March 15, 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace: Nagano, Japan

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takeru Kobayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.