Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest - 2011, No Kobayashi

Last Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest,Takeru Kobayashi, former Hot Dog Eating Champ Arrested after jumping into the stage expecting the people would chant to let him eat.

Such an unfortunate experience for the Nathan's Internation Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, who held  titles from 2001 to 2006. Takeru Kobayashi would break the 50-dog mark three times, including a then-record 54 in 2006.

Kobayashi was prohibited from entering the Nathan’s Famous contest last year because of contract disputes with the organizers.  This year, he is eating hotdog alone. 


A report of Wall Street Journal quoted below,

Instead he will compete from afar, eating alongside a live satellite feed of the contest on the roof of 230 FIFTH, a Manhattan bar. He’ll eat the very same Nathan’s hot dogs and buns, starting and finishing in time with the real competitors.

Takeru Kobayashi,Former hot dog eating champ arrested

Takeru Kobayashi,the former hot dog eating champ arrested at Coney Island after his rival, Joey Chestnut, won this year's Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Takeru Kobayashi, got his titles from 2001 to 2006. He was not able compete this year because of a contract dispute with Major League Eating.

According to his spokeswoman Maggie James, Kobayashi's spokeswoman,"He got excited when people chanted his name after the contest .... so he jumped up on the stage because he wanted his fans to see him and (he thought) maybe they would chant, 'Let him eat,'"

Kobayashi was detained at police precinct in Brooklyn and was unclear whether he had a lawyer.

Days for the event, Kobayashi said he loves to join the contest but that the contract was too restrictive. The contract required by the competition would not allow him from competing in the United States or Canada for a year.