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Japanese Eating Champion Wins Hong Kong Contest, Downs 100 Buns In 12 Mins

Takeru Kobayashi of Japan eats pork buns to win his first contest in Hong Kong, 14 August 2005. Kobayashi, a five-times winner of the Nathan's hotdog-eating competition in New York beat five local challengers gulping down 100 roasted pork buns in just 12 minutes to win 20,000 Hong Kong dollars (2,600 USD). AFP photo by Samantha Sin

 Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 14, 2005
 A Japanese eating champion beat five local challengers to win his first contest in Hong Kong on Sunday, gulping down 100 roasted pork buns in just 12 minutes.

Takeru Kobayashi, a five-times winner of the Nathan's hotdog-eating competition in New York, tightly squeezed each of the local delicacies before stuffing them into his mouth amid a cheering crowd at the Lung of the World eating final.

Sipping water regularly to help him soften the buns, Kobayashi - known as "The Tsunami" - effortlessly outguzzled his challengers to win 20,000 Hong Kong dollars (2,600 US).

Runner-up Johnny Wu ate just 47 buns.

The five-foot-seven professional competitive eater, who weighs 143 pounds, displayed his abdominal muscles after his win.

In the semi-final Saturday he beat 30 challengers by downing 83 steamed dumplings in eight minutes.

Kobayashi, 27, set a world record in 2004 by gulping down 53 1/2 hotdogs in 12 minutes at Nathan's. He won another world record the same year by eating 69 hamburgers in eight minutes at Krystal Square Off in Tennessee.

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