Takeru Kobayashi was once the king of Coney Island — at least on the Fourth of July. But it's been over a decade since he's taken the stage at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Kobayashi won ...

Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi has announced his retirement in a new Netflix documentary in which the six-time winner of the famous Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest revealed that he no ...

Takeru Kobayashi was charged with resisting arrest, trespassing, obstruction of governmental administration and disorderly conduct in connection with a disturbance at a famous July 4 hot dog ...

Takeru Kobayashi was arrested at Coney Island after his rival, Joey Chestnut, won the annual Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest. The six-time champion of the contest was trying to make ...