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'''Takako Akasaka''' ([[Japan]]ese: 赤阪尊子 ''Akasaka Takako'' born February 24, 1955) is a Japanese [[competitive eating|competitive eater]] from [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]. She is considered the most successful female competitive eater in Japan.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} |
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Akasaka is known as an excellent long-distance eater, |
Akasaka has earned multiple nicknames because of her efforts on the competitive eating circuit, including "Armageddon."<ref>{{cite web|title=Early eating world's best deciding match!|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp.e.ck.hp.transer.com/tvchamp1/000824/under.htm|work=tv-tokyo.co.jp|date=2000}}</ref> She is also known as an excellent long-distance eater, specializing in sweet food, which earned her the nickname "The Sweet Queen" or "The Queen" among her admirers. She started competitive eating in 1989 and became famous when she won an annual TV Champion's eating contest in 1994. She won again in 1996 by beating [[Hirofumi Nakajima]] and [[Kazutoyo Arai]], who were both soon to be [[Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest]] champions. One of her records is eating 90 [[ostrich]] [[egg (food)|egg]] [[omelette]]s in [[Australia]]. Takako Akasaka is the first person, male or female, to eat two #13 sandwiches<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.triciavita.com/work3.htm|title = Tricia Vita - Bet on the Thin Guy}}</ref> (weighing 7 pounds total) at the [[Carnegie Deli]] in New York City. |
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In 2000, she, along with fellow Japanese eaters Arai and [[Misao Fujita]], entered an annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, where she |
In 2000, she, along with fellow Japanese eaters Arai and [[Misao Fujita]], entered an annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, where she became the first woman to do "The Deuce", eating more than 20 hot dogs with buns in 12 minutes. She finished at third place by eating 22 hot dogs, while Arai won the contest at 25, breaking the previous world record, and Fujita finished second at 24. |
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Her women's world record for hot dog eating was bested by [[Sonya Thomas]], a Korean-born |
Her women's world record for hot dog eating was bested by [[Sonya Thomas]], a Korean-born American. Ms. Akasaka remains one of three women to have eaten more than 20 hot dogs at Nathan's ([[Carlene LeFevre]] is the other). |
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Takako Akasaka has decreased the frequency of her contests and has worked as a commentator on Japanese competitive eating programs such as the |
Takako Akasaka has decreased the frequency of her contests and has worked as a commentator on Japanese competitive eating programs such as the "Gluttonous Queen"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/oogui2006/|title = 元祖！大食い王決定戦 ： テレビ東京}}</ref> contest broadcast on TV Tokyo in the spring of 2006 on TV Tokyo. |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C7K6AFnlAQ Youtube video of highlights from Takako Akasaka's eating career] |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=van2s5hSLSU Youtube clip of Takako Akasaka vs. Takeru Kobayashi in sushi eating from Food Battle Club] |
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[[Category:Former world record holders|Akasaka Takako]] <!-- formerly held record of most hotdogs by a woman --> |
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Latest revision as of 23:55, 29 December 2022
Takako Akasaka (Japanese: 赤阪尊子 Akasaka Takako born February 24, 1955) is a Japanese competitive eater from Osaka, Japan. She is considered the most successful female competitive eater in Japan.[citation needed]
Akasaka has earned multiple nicknames because of her efforts on the competitive eating circuit, including "Armageddon."[1] She is also known as an excellent long-distance eater, specializing in sweet food, which earned her the nickname "The Sweet Queen" or "The Queen" among her admirers. She started competitive eating in 1989 and became famous when she won an annual TV Champion's eating contest in 1994. She won again in 1996 by beating Hirofumi Nakajima and Kazutoyo Arai, who were both soon to be Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champions. One of her records is eating 90 ostrich egg omelettes in Australia. Takako Akasaka is the first person, male or female, to eat two #13 sandwiches[2] (weighing 7 pounds total) at the Carnegie Deli in New York City.
In 2000, she, along with fellow Japanese eaters Arai and Misao Fujita, entered an annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, where she became the first woman to do "The Deuce", eating more than 20 hot dogs with buns in 12 minutes. She finished at third place by eating 22 hot dogs, while Arai won the contest at 25, breaking the previous world record, and Fujita finished second at 24.
Her women's world record for hot dog eating was bested by Sonya Thomas, a Korean-born American. Ms. Akasaka remains one of three women to have eaten more than 20 hot dogs at Nathan's (Carlene LeFevre is the other).
Takako Akasaka has decreased the frequency of her contests and has worked as a commentator on Japanese competitive eating programs such as the "Gluttonous Queen"[3] contest broadcast on TV Tokyo in the spring of 2006 on TV Tokyo.
References
[edit]- ^ "Early eating world's best deciding match!". tv-tokyo.co.jp. 2000.
- ^ "Tricia Vita - Bet on the Thin Guy".
- ^ "元祖！大食い王決定戦 ： テレビ東京".