Kobayashi

Competitive eating legend

Kobayashi is a common Japanese surname meaning "small forest." In Western contexts, it often refers to Takeru Kobayashi, the competitive eater who dominated Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in the early 2000s.

The Kobayashi Maru is a fictional training scenario in Star Trek—a no-win situation designed to test character under impossible circumstances: He pulled a Kobayashi Maru and found a way to win anyway.

competitive-eating

hotdogs

Sausages in buns

contest · speed · Coney Island · stomach · capacity · endurance · training · challenge · victory · eating

dragon

anime

Japanese cartoon art form

  • mangaJapanese comic medium
  • maidHousehold cleaning worker
  • comedyWork meant to amuse

fantasy · slice-of-life · otaku · dragon · mythical · cohabitation · transformation

surname

Japanese

Of or from Nippon

lineage · clan · genealogy · kinship · dynasty · descendants · bloodline · relatives · common · kanji

Opposites
eating approach

Kobayashichef

Professional kitchen leader

Julia Child · gourmet · Gordon Ramsay · cook · food critic

body relationship to food

Kobayashifaster

With more velocity

anorexic · hunger striker · ascetic · Mahatma Gandhi · dieter

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G