CMF Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi injures his jaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 because i'm sure others hate clicking links as much as i do: TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese man who set a world record by wolfing down dozens of hot dogs within minutes has suffered a severe jaw injury due to his rigorous training, making his next title uncertain. ADVERTISEMENT Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi said he can only open his mouth to make a gap the size of a fingertip after being diagnosed with jaw arthritis. In an entry on his blog entitled "Occupational hazard," Kobayashi said: "My jaw refused to fight any more." The injury occurred only a week after the slender 29-year-old started training to win his seventh straight title at the annual July 4 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating event on New York's Coney Island. "I feel ashamed that I couldn't notice the alarm bells set off by my own body," he said. "But with the goal to win another title with a new record, I couldn't stop my training so close to the competition. "I was continuing my training and bearing with the pain but finally I destroyed my jaw." Kobayashi, who has become a niche celebrity in Japan and the United States, had already halted his competitive eating activities for several months due to mourning after his mother's death earlier this year. But he said he still wanted to go to the competition in New York. "I want to be the pride of my mother," he said in the blog entry posted Sunday. Last year, Kobayashi put down a world-record 53 and three-quarters hot dogs in just 12 minutes. In addition to the Nathan's Famous titles, he holds world records for scoffing cows' brains and rice balls. In 2004, he founded the United Food Fighters Organisation in hopes of making people take competitive eating seriously as a sport. Despite Japanese people's reputation as moderate eaters, Kobayashi helped to turn competitive eating into a television sensation with "food fighters" downing everything from sushi to cakes. But Japanese television began to shy away from such contests after a 14-year-old junior high school student choked to death in 2002 trying to imitate competitive eating during school lunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchy. Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Pfft, apparently someone also broke his record. I'd be willing to believe this is nothing but a clever ruse to lull his opponent into a false sense of security... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john brown Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 dude can eat, i remember watching "true live" on mtv about him. edit- "true life" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMF Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 hell yea, i saw that one. he ate like 20 something pounds of food at that place. it was like 3 big ass bowls right? and that was just practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john brown Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 yea, that shit was amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeping Pills Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Pfft, apparently someone also broke his record. I'd be willing to believe this is nothing but a clever ruse to lull his opponent into a false sense of security... hahaha, clever.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceLeroy Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 homeboy can eat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rental Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 i like him. poor guy. he's a little fem, but thats how those boys in tokyo or wherever roll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 you guys are all fucking slow... seriously here it goes... ASIAN NIGGA SHOULD STOP SUCKIN SO MUCH DICK!!!!! PPPPPPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R@ndomH3ro Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Is this the end of "The Tsunami" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okininam Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 USA is takin over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 i been posting about dude for a hot minute. i couldnt believe saturday night live did a cartoon about him. must have confused the fuck out of 98% of their viewers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolentByDesign Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I'm surprised his bowels haven't fallen out from all of those hot dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler5150 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Man, his shits must be like logs as thick as your arm!! How can he remain so skinny? Anyone have the link where he is schooled by the grizzly bear?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blart.BOS Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 i saw some thing where he went to a sushi place and had this stack of plates he finished eating off, it was this like 4ft tall stack of plates, it was crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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