Takeru Kobayashi
Actor · Born March 15, 1978 (48) · Nagano, Japan
Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi (小林 尊, Kobayashi Takeru; born March 15, 1978) is a retired Japanese 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takeru Kobayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 15, 1978 (48)
- Nagano, Japan
- Actor
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Known for
What are Takeru Kobayashi's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Ideas.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Filmography
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How do Takeru Kobayashi's films land?
Across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out.
Who does Takeru Kobayashi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Takeru Kobayashi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joey Chestnut shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Joey ChestnutShared titles: Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef (2024), The Good, the Bad, the Hungry (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Joey Chestnut
Editors
- Tom PutnamShared titles: Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef (2024), The Good, the Bad, the Hungry (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Putnam
Producers
- Nicole Lucas HaimesShared titles: Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef (2024), The Good, the Bad, the Hungry (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Nicole Lucas Haimes
