Takeru Kobayashi net worth 2024, age, height, wife, girlfriend, kids, biography, wiki

Takeru Kobayashi is a renowned Japanese competitive eater who gained much popularity having been a 6-time champion in the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest. In addition to this, he has also played a great role in making the competitive eating sport gain much popularity globally.

In addition to the award winning eating competitions he has had, Takeru has also gained further popularity following the 4 Guinness Records he has set in his career. To know more about the net worth, early life, career, achievements and the net worth of Takeru Kobayashi, keep reading this article.

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Early Life & Biography

Takeru Kobayashi was born on 15^th March, 1978 in Nagano, Japan. He has been mainly known as ‘the godfather of competitive eating’ from which he has been known this way due to the contribution he has had in making the competitive eating sport a popular sport globally. In addition to this, he is also known as ‘The Tsunami’, ‘Kobi’ and ‘The Prince’.

His early education life is yet to be revealed while he is known to have studied at Yokkaichi University. Once we receive more information on his childhood and education as well, we will keep you updated on the same.

Age, Height, Weight and Body Measurements

Being born on 15 March 1978, Takeru Kobayashi is 46 years old as of today’s date 16th April 2024. His height is 1.73 m tall, and weight is 58 kg.

Personal Life: wife, girlfriend, dating, divorce, kids

Takeru Kobayashi is a married man in which he tied knots with Yukako Maggie James mainly known as Maggie James. The duo tied knots in January 2017. Maggie James is very supportive to the career of his husband through which she is his manager as well as his translator. They are still happily married though they haven’t yet shared details of having been blessed with kids together.

Career

Takeru’s career commenced in the year 2001, when he established a new world record by devouring 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the Nathan’s Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest, a record he later shattered by winning the next six events, signaling the start of a rise in his net worth.

He also won the Fox Network’s Glutton Bowl competition in 2002 and EPSN’s Alka-Seltzer US Open of Competitive Eating in 2005. Takeru established a world record by eating 58 sausages in less than 10 minutes in the Johnsonville World Bratwurst Eating Championship in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in 2006.

Later that year, at the Food Festival in Boston, Massachusetts, he established a new record by devouring 41 Summer Shack lobster rolls in ten minutes.

Takeru had already competed in a Nathan’s contest and a Pizza Hut P’Zone competition, where he defeated Joey Chestnut. He beat him again in 2009 with a score of 93 hamburgers, setting a new record and won $20,000 in the process.

Takeru Kobayashi continued to succeed in the next decade, breaking the world record for eating 13 grilled cheese sandwiches in one minute at the 2012 GroupMe Grill.

In the same year, while competing in the Nathan’s Fourth of July hot dog eating event, he established the Wing Bowl record, the New York State Fair record, and signed a deal with the Major League Eating (MLE), which increased his net worth significantly.

Takeru also won Canada’s largest pizza eating competition, “LET ‘EM EAT,” in 2013, and the following year, he established a new record in the same tournament by eating 62 pieces of pizza in under 12 minutes.

Takeru developed his own technique known as “The Kobayashi Shake,” which entails eating massive amounts of food until it settles in his stomach, then wriggling his body to make place for more. This has continually made him much popular together with making the eating competition sport a popular sport in the world.

Awards & Achievements

Having won several competitions in the sport of eating competition, Takeru Kobayashi has received several awards. Furthermore, he has been able to retain most of his awards as his performance has not been outdone for a long period of time. As a matter of fact, he has also set several records in which he has set 4 Guinness Records.

Net Worth & Salary of Takeru Kobayashi in 2024

As of April 2024, Takeru Kobayashi has an estimated net worth of $4 Million. This is from the fortunes he has been making in his professional career as a Japanese competitive eater. He has also won several awards in his career hence contributing to his high net worth.

With much dedication and passion on what he loves, Takeru Kobayashi has seen the competitive eating sport get into popularity. As a result of this, he got named ‘the godfather of competitive eating’.