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The greatest hot dog eater in the history of man -- Takeru Kobayashi -- will not be suspended from the world of competitive eating ... in the wake of his arrest this weekend , TMZ has learned. 
As you may have heard, Kobayashi was taken into custody at the annual Nathan's Famous 4th of July hot dog eating contest this weekend -- when he stormed the stage after Joey Chestnut's victory.
But a rep for Major League Eating -- the organization who regulated the event -- tells TMZ, they are "absolutely not" banning Kobayashi from future eating competitions.
MLE called the Tsunami's actions "inappropriate and unfortunate" -- but according to the rep, "[Kobayashi] is a great champ. Nathan's Famous actually tried to get him to come to the event
originally. There was a lot of back and forth negotiating but they
couldn't resolve it in time of the event."
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This guy is the king of the geeks. They should do a "Revenge of the Nerds 2" movie about him. Get a life, Kobayashi.
It wouldn't make since for the MLE to ban Kobayashi. He helped get it the attention it has now. No one was eating over 30 hot dogs before this man. They shouldn't hold him to a contract that limits where he came compete. Kobabyashi has done alot for the 'sport'. Even showing up and getting arrested probably gave the event more press than it may have gotten. Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi, right now are each other's main competition in this contest. We want to see a battle. Joey probably barely had to crack 50 dogs to win this year.
What a picture. Somebody should introduce this guy to George Michael.
Its all a sham.When a person sits down to eat a hot dog he eats it in the bun without water,these guys eat the buns soaked in water,then eat the dogs. thats cheating....I say they should have to eat the dog in the bun whole.
I think I could eat 20 dominoes medium thin crust pizzas in 20 min....
I wonder when Kobayashi was in jail if any of his cellmates forced him to eat some hotdogs?
Posted at 11:47 AM on Jul 6, 2010 by Throwback kid
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hot dogs and balls n buns included..
kobayashi is very good but he is not the greatest hot dog eater in the history of man. chestnut has broken his all-time record and beaten him 3 years in a row.
you guys must mean the 2nd greatest ever.
I loved him when he was sporting a bleached blond hair and muscle.
Now he looks plain wacky.Ewww!
He is pathetic! He wont participate, but he cant stand to be out of the limelite. Did you see him jumpimg around before the event started? Like he was warming up or something? Like i said pathetic
The MLE looks bad enough with their strong arm unfair contract. Banning him would be a terrible PR move since many of his fans know what the dispute is about and he's still the man.
