(AP) - Japanese painter Toun Kobayashi draws a dragon during the Japan premiere of new film 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)... [Full Article]
(AP) - Director, Keiichi Kobayashi, left, and producer, Hiroshi Harada of the film 'About the Pink Sky,' pose for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi opens his mouth to the judges to show that he has successfully finished eating a pizza during his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest time eating a pizza in New York November 13, 2... [Full Article]
(Canadian Press) - Japanese eating champion Takeru Kobayashi smiles as he speaks to the media after leaving court in New York, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. A judge in Brooklyn court said Thursday that the case will be purged from Kobayashi’s record ... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Legendary Japanese eater Takeru Kobayashi swallows food during the CP Biggest Eater on May 2010. Former Japanese speed-eating champion Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi was released from a New York jail Monday after he tried to disrup... [Full Article]
(AFP/Getty Images/File) - File photo of former champion Takeru Kobayashi eating a hot dog in New York City in 2009. Kobayashi, Japanese former world hot dog-eating champion, hopes to compete in this year's July 4 contest in New York despite a con... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Legendary Japanese eater Takeru Kobayashi is seen at the CP Biggest Eater competition along side local competitors in Singapore on May 9, 2010. Kobayashi, Japanese former world hot dog-eating champion, hopes to compete in this year's... [Full Article]
(AP) - Japanese director Masahiro Kobayashi, left, and Japanese actor Yuto Kobayashi, right, pose during a photo call prior to the presentation of the movie ’Wakarana’ (’Where are You?’) at the 62nd Locarno International Film ... [Full Article]
(AP) - Japanese actor Yuto Kobayashi poses during a photo call prior to the presentation of Masahiro Kobayashi’s movie ’Wakarana’ (’Where are You?’) at the 62nd Locarno International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Joey Chestnut (L) and Takeru Kobayashi of Japan (R) compete in the Nathan's annual hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of New York, July 4, 2009. Chestnuts won by eating a record 68 hot dogs. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid... [Full Article]