Editing Takeru Kobayashi (section)

==Other pursuits==
In 2005, Kobayashi appeared in a commercial for ESPN's [[SportsCenter]].<ref>{{cite web |title=This is SportsCenter |url=http://cargocollective.com/theandyreview/ESPN-SportsCenter |access-date=2013-11-09 |archive-date=2014-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714011001/http://cargocollective.com/theandyreview/ESPN-SportsCenter |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, Kobayashi appeared in commercials for [[MasterCard]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Takeru Kobayashi in his own MasterCard commercial |url=http://www.supersizedmeals.com/food/article.php/20070227-Takeru_Kobayashi_Mastercard |access-date=12 August 2016 |archive-date=11 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811055450/http://www.supersizedmeals.com/food/article.php/20070227-Takeru_Kobayashi_Mastercard |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Showdown – Priceless |url=http://www.creditduet.com/the-showdown-priceless.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014041739/http://www.creditduet.com/the-showdown-priceless.html |archive-date=14 October 2011 |access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref> and [[Coors Light]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Coors light-"Takeru Kobayashi" |url=http://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/6699978 |access-date=12 August 2016 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818102250/http://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/6699978 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008 Kobayashi appeared in a [[Western Canada Lottery Corporation]] commercial.<ref>{{cite web |title=Western Canada Lottery Corporation breaks new campaign |url=http://www.adnews.com/24899 |date=12 June 2008 |access-date=12 August 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213530/http://www.adnews.com/24899 |url-status=live }}</ref> On May 30, 2009, Kobayashi attended the [[Spike Guys' Choice Awards]]. 

[[File:Kobayashi Takeru competitive eater with hachimaki.jpg|thumb|Takeru Kobayashi wearing a [[hachimaki]], 2010]]

In November 2010, Kobayashi appeared in a magazine featuring men's clothing published as an offshoot of [[V (American magazine)|''V'']] magazine, [[VMAN]] 20th Winter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sebastian Stan & Takeru Kobayashi Are VMAN Men |url=http://issuu.com/vmagazine/docs/vman20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307171154/http://issuu.com/vmagazine/docs/vman20 |archive-date=2013-03-07 }}</ref> In November 2010, Kobayashi competed against Donkey Kong in a banana eating contest at the Rio-Can Centre in Toronto as part of the launch for Nintendo's ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kobayashi Eats 16 Bananas In Less Than A Minute! | website=[[YouTube]] | date=20 November 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij9CKlRixF0  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Ij9CKlRixF0| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|access-date=12 August 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On July 7, 2011, Kobayashi made a guest appearance at [[Hewlett-Packard|Hewlett Packard]] event 2011. The other guests were [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Sugar Ray]], [[Dan Finnerty]], [[Third Eye Blind]], [[Candlebox]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Two Dogs in 'Da House | website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=602267686464563&set=a.306656259359042.79070.298357426855592&type=3&theater |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717181813/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=602267686464563&set=a.306656259359042.79070.298357426855592&type=3&theater |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-07-17 }}</ref> In 2011, Kobayashi appeared in [[TVB]] commercial.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} In Spring 2011, Kobayashi appeared in his first major fashion editorial in Canada's ''The Block'' magazine as a model. Additionally, Kobayashi is an aspiring dog trainer, with six [[labradoodle]]s he calls his "hot dogs."<ref>{{cite web |title=Kobayashi |url=http://www.theblock-mag.com/kobayashi/ |work=[[The Block (magazine)|The Block]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401150109/http://www.theblock-mag.com/kobayashi/ |archive-date=1 April 2011 |access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref> In June 2012, Kobayashi made a special guest appearance and a taco demonstration at [[The Offspring]]'s release party for their album [[Days Go By (The Offspring album)|''Days Go By'']].<ref>{{cite web|title=Days Go By "Pop-Up" Release Day Party|url=http://www.offspring.com/news/343/|access-date=2018-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202084135/http://offspring.com/news/343/|archive-date=2012-12-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012, Kobayashi appeared in an [[Eight O'Clock Coffee]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Breuer Watches Kobayashi Drink 42 cups of coffee|date=9 May 2012|url=http://banana1015.com/jim-breuer-watches-kobayashi-drink-42-cups-of-coffee/|access-date=9 November 2013|archive-date=9 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109183708/http://banana1015.com/jim-breuer-watches-kobayashi-drink-42-cups-of-coffee/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a Hofmann<ref>{{cite web|title=Watch the new commercial for Hofmann hot dog,starring with Takeru Kobayashi|date=18 September 2012|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/09/watch_the_new_commercial_for_h.html|access-date=9 November 2013|archive-date=9 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109201700/http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/09/watch_the_new_commercial_for_h.html|url-status=live}}</ref> commercial. In 2012, Kobayashi appeared on a celebrity edition of ''[[Fear Factor]]''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2015}} In 2013, Kobayashi appeared in [[Just-Eat]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Just Eat Campus featuring Kobayashi|url=http://www.just-eat.ca/blog/the-just-eat-campus-chompionship-is-here/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109183514/http://www.just-eat.ca/blog/the-just-eat-campus-chompionship-is-here/|archive-date=2013-11-09}}</ref> and [[Thuzio]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kobayashi's Twinkie Trail| website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5eu53ka01A| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511073347/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5eu53ka01A| archive-date=2014-05-11 | url-status=dead}}</ref> commercials. Kobayashi has been featured on ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=SNL TV Funhouse KOBAYASHI The Hot Dog Eater|date=9 December 2007 |url=http://www.metatube.com/en/videos/6429/SNL-TV-Funhouse-KOBAYASHI-The-Hot-Dog-Eater/}}</ref> [[True Life|MTV's ''True Life'']], MTV After Hours With Josh Horowitz,<ref>{{cite web|title=Danny McBride Vs Kobayashi: Pizza Chow-Down!|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/08/10/danny-mcbride-vs-kobayashi-pizza-chow-down/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020184110/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/08/10/danny-mcbride-vs-kobayashi-pizza-chow-down/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 20, 2011}}</ref> [[The Daily Show|''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'']],  ''[[The Wendy Williams Show]]'' and has done original features with Buzzfeed.com,<ref name="buzzfeed.com">{{cite web|title=Takeru Kobayashi Shatters Peep Eating World Record|website=[[BuzzFeed]]|date=6 April 2012|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/takeru-kobayashi-sets-peep-eating-world-record|access-date=15 September 2017|archive-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413030509/http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/takeru-kobayashi-sets-peep-eating-world-record|url-status=live}}</ref> CollegeHumor.com<ref>{{cite web|title=BuzzFeed KOBAYASHI|website=[[BuzzFeed]]|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/tag/kobayashi|access-date=2017-09-15|archive-date=2016-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420000524/http://www.buzzfeed.com/tag/kobayashi|url-status=live}}</ref> and SI.com,<ref>{{cite news|title=Kobayashi takes on eggs, milk and the SI Office |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/video/si_video/2011/10/04/100411.kobayashi_si_office.SportsIllustrated/index.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717181804/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/video/si_video/2011/10/04/100411.kobayashi_si_office.SportsIllustrated/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2013 | work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kobayashi takes on Christmas cake and eggnog|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/video/si_video/2011/12/22/122111.kobayashi_eating_holiday.SportsIllustrated/index.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717181744/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/video/si_video/2011/12/22/122111.kobayashi_eating_holiday.SportsIllustrated/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2013 | work=CNN}}</ref> and is a featured user on the foodie mobile and web-based app Foodspotting. On July 4, 2013, Kobayashi unveiled his new line of all-beef midwestern grain-fed hot dogs, known officially as "Kobi Dogs"<ref>{{cite web|title=Order Your KOBI DOG Today!|url=http://www.rastellidirect.com/kobidog/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026012128/http://www.rastellidirect.com/kobidog/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-10-26}}</ref> at [[Eventi|Eventi Hotel]] in New York. On September 16, 2014, he appeared in a YouTube video competing with a hamster. The video ends with Kobayashi acknowledging his defeat by placing a medal around the hamster's neck.<ref>{{cite web|title= Tiny Hamster vs Kobayashi – YouTube| website=[[YouTube]] | date=16 September 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPHlHuhBVFI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/XPHlHuhBVFI| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tiny hamster eats tiny hot dogs faster than competitive eater Kobayashi|url=http://sploid.gizmodo.com/tiny-hamster-eats-tiny-hot-dogs-faster-than-competitive-1635663645|access-date=2014-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917113433/http://sploid.gizmodo.com/tiny-hamster-eats-tiny-hot-dogs-faster-than-competitive-1635663645|archive-date=2014-09-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> On September 22, 2015, Kobayashi, along with [[Patrick Bertoletti]], [[Kevin Strahle]] and [[Bob Shoudt]], consumed a 40-pound goat in 13 minutes and 22 seconds at Taco In A Bag in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2015/09/24/competitive-eaters-devour-goat-meat-to-break-chicago-cubs-curse/ |title=Competitive eaters devour goat meat to break Cubs curse |date=24 September 2015 |access-date=12 August 2016 |archive-date=27 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027215728/http://nypost.com/2015/09/24/competitive-eaters-devour-goat-meat-to-break-chicago-cubs-curse/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, Takeru Kobayashi consumed 110 hot dogs without buns in 10 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kobayashi: 110 bunless hot dogs in ten minutes |date=27 August 2012 |url=http://wtkr.com/2012/08/27/kobayashi-110-bunless-hot-dogs-in-ten-minutes/ |access-date=12 August 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124457/http://wtkr.com/2012/08/27/kobayashi-110-bunless-hot-dogs-in-ten-minutes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 26, 2019, Nicole Lucas Haimes' feature documentary ''The Good, The Bad, The Hungry'' premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival, with Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut in attendance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-23 |title=The Good, The Bad, The Hungry {{!}} 2019 Tribeca Film Festival |url=https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/good-the-bad-the-hungry-2019 |access-date=2022-07-04 |archive-date=2019-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423054859/https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/good-the-bad-the-hungry-2019 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>