Lean and mean: Japan's king of gluttony

Japan’s Takeru “The Tsunami” Kobayashi is in serious training. Not for any ordinary event. His sport is wolfing food.

Japan’s Takeru “The Tsunami” Kobayashi is in serious training. Not for any ordinary event. His sport is wolfing food.

He aims to devour the field at one of competitive eating’s most venerable battles – the annual July 4 hot dog contest at New York’s Coney Island.

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