# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takeru-kobayashi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:42:20.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takeru-kobayashi"
name: "Takeru Kobayashi"
slug: "takeru-kobayashi"
description: "Takeru \"Tsunami\" Kobayashi  is a Japanese former competitive eater. Described as \"the godfather of competitive eating\", he is a six-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion and widely credited with popularizing the sport."
tagline: "Japanese competitive eater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takeru_Kobayashi_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1978-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.53
  momentum:             25
  historical:           13.768484
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/FReeKobi0704"
    handle:    "FReeKobi0704"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kobayashitakeru/"
    handle:    "kobayashitakeru"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/KobiEats"
    handle:    "KobiEats"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://kobayashitakeru.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E5%B0%8A"
    title: "小林尊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takeru Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobaja%C5%A1i"
    title: "Takeru Kobajaši"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takeru Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takeru Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Takeru"
    title: "Kobayashi Takeru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takeru Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B1%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C"
    title: "تاکه‌رو کوبایاشی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takeru Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takeru Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E5%B0%8A"
    title: "小林尊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%EB%B0%94%EC%95%BC%EC%8B%9C_%EB%8B%A4%EC%BC%80%EB%A3%A8"
    title: "고바야시 다케루"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takeru Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takeru Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716816"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump