Natsuko “Gal” Sone is a competitive eater and a singer from Japan. Definitely an odd combination of career choices. You can see her in the image to the right dressed in a skort, which I think is a tennis skort. But I don’t stay that up to date on female fashions. So I’m not really sure and it is beside the point.

Gal’s big break came in 2005 when she was on a show in Tokyo called “Gluttonous King”. She ended up beating out Miyuki Iwata, who just happened to be considered the best female competitive eater in Japan.

Her singing career also started in the same way since whe ended up on some Karaoke shows on television and eventually formed a group with two other ladies. They actually released their first single, which was called “Boom Boom Meccha Maccho!” Though a member of the group left, they still do singing.

I was pretty surprised when I saw this because there aren’t too many competitive eaters and musicial singers. I know in North America we don’t exactly hear this music, but it is something that you’ll find more popular over in Japan. And like any singer , they have to say up on their fashion and wear things like skorts, skirts and whatever.

Yeah, I’m just trying to break the stereo type people have with competitive eaters since most assume they’re just hillbillies that couldn’t accomplish anything and this is why they go to eating competitions.

24″ Pizza
Time: 15 minutes
Amount: 7.5 XL Large Bacci Pizza Slizes
Date: July 9 2005
Name: Richard LeFevre

16″ Pizza
Time: 10 minutes
Amount: 45 slices
Date: October 13 2008
Name: Joey Chestnut

Armour Vienna Sausage
Time: 10 minutes
Amount: 8.31 pounds
Date: May 28 2005
Name: Sonya Thomas

Asparagus
Time: 10 minutes
Amount: 8.8 pounds
Date: April 26 2008
Name: Joey Chestnut

Baked Beans
Time: 108 seconds
Amount: 6 pounds
Date:
Name: Don Lerman

Baked Beans, Long Course
Time: 167 seconds
Amount: 8.4 pounds
Date: August 7 2004
Name: Sonya Thomas

Beef Brisket BBQ Sandwiches
Time: 10 minutes
Amount: 34.75
Date: July 26 2008
Name: Bob Shoudt

Beef Tongue
Time: 12 minutes
Amount: 3 pounds and 3 ounces
Date:
Name: Dominic Cardo

Birthday Cake
Time: 11 minutes, 26 seconds
Amount: 5 pounds
Date: May 10 2005
Name: Richard LeFevre

Blueberry Pie (Hands-Free)
9.17 lbs blueberry pie/Stand By Me World Pie Eating Championship
8 minutes/July 28, 2007
Patrick Bertoletti

Bologna
2.76 Pounds Pork & Chicken Bologna/Eats of Strength
Six Minutes/May 6, 2006
Don Lerman

Brats
58 Johnsonville Brats / Brat Days
10 Minutes/ Aug. 5, 2006
Takeru Kobayashi

Buffet
5 1/2 pounds of buffet food
12 minutes
Crazy Legs Conti

Burritos
15 BurritoVille burritos
8 minutes
Eric Booker

Burritos, Long Form
11.81 lbs burritos/Costa Vida Fresh Mexican Grill
10 Minutes/Sep. 22, 2007
Timothy Janus

Butter
7 quarter-pound sticks, salted butter
5 minutes
Don Lerman

Cabbage
6 pounds 9 ounces giant cabbage
9 minutes
Charles Hardy

Candy Bars
Two Pounds Chocolate Candy Bars
6 minutes
Eric Booker

Cannoli (tied)
26 large cannoli/San Gennaro Festival
6 minutes/Sept. 15, 2006
Timothy Janus

Cannoli (tied)
26 large cannoli/San Gennaro Festival
6 minutes/Sept. 16, 2005
Cookie Jarvis

Cheesecake
11 pounds Downtown Atlantic Cheesecake
9 minutes/ Sept. 26, 2004
Sonya Thomas

Chicken Nuggets
80 Chicken Nuggets
5 Minutes
Sonya Thomas

Chicken Wings, 12 minutes
7.5 lbs Buffalo Chicken Wings
12 minutes/ May 21, 2007
Joey Chestnut

Chicken Wings, Long form
182 chicken wings
30 minutes
Joey Chestnut

Chicken Wings, Short form
2 pounds, 2.5 ounces Hooter’s Chicken Wings
5 minutes
Cookie Jarvis

Chicken-Fried Steak
6 11-ounce chicken fried steaks with country gravy/ Lone Star Cafe
12 minutes/ Nov. 2, 2003
Cookie Jarvis

Chili
1 1/2 gallon Stagg Chili
10 minutes
Richard LeFevre

Chili Cheese Fries
8 lbs, 2 oz Wienerschnitzel Chili Cheese Fries at the Queen Mary
10 minutes/February 11, 2006
Sonya Thomas

Chili Spaghetti
13.5 lbs Skyline Chili Spaghetti/Kings Island
10 Minutes/September 1, 2008
Bob Shoudt

Chocolate
1 lb, 15.5 oz Chicago Chocolate Hearts
7 minutes/Feb. 13, 2006
Patrick Bertoletti

Corn Dogs
12 Fletcher’s Corny Dogs/ State Fair of Texas
10 minutes/ Sept. 28, 2003
Richard LeFevre

Corned Beef & Cabbage
10.63 lbs Corned Beef & Cabbage
10 Minutes/ Mar. 16, 2007
Patrick Bertoletti

Corned Beef Hash
4 pounds of hash
1 minute 58 seconds
Eric Booker

Corned Beef Sandwiches
11 8-ounce Corned Beef Sandwiches
10 minutes/Jan. 11, 2006
Patrick Bertoletti

Cow Brains
57 (17.7 pounds)
15 minutes
Takeru Kobayashi

Crab Cakes
46 Phillips Crab Cakes/Baltimore Waterfront Festival
10 Minutes/ April 29, 2006
Sonya Thomas

Cranberry Sauce, Jellied
13.23 lbs jellied cranberry sauce/Spike TV’s MLE Chowdown
8 Minutes/Nov. 22, 2007
Juliet Lee

Date Nut Bread
29.5 Chock full o’Nuts Date Nut Breat and Cream Cheese Sandwiches
8 minutes/December 20, 2006
Patrick Bertoletti

Deep-Fried Okra
9.75 lbs Deep Fried Okra/GoldenPalace.net at the Oklahoma State Fair
10 Minutes/Sept. 16, 2006
Sonya Thomas

Doughnuts
49 glazed doughnuts
8 minutes/October 2, 2002
Eric Booker

Doughnuts, Cream-filled
47 Glazed and Cream-filled Doughnuts/MLE St. Patrick’s Day Chowdown
5 minutes/March 17, 2007
Patrick Bertoletti

Dumplings
91 Chinese dumplings
8 minutes
Cookie Jarvis

Eggs
65 Hard Boiled Eggs
6 minutes, 40 seconds
Sonya Thomas

French Fries
4.46 pounds Nathan’s Famous Crinkle Cut Fries
Six Minutes/ March 31, 2005
Cookie Jarvis

Fruitcake
4 pounds, 14 1/4 ounces Wegmans Fruitcake
10 minutes/ Dec. 30, 2003
Sonya Thomas

Grapes
8 Pounds, 15 Ounces Grapes/ Smirnoff Twisted V Wild Grape
10 Minutes/ Nov. 1, 2005
Cookie Jarvis

Green Beans, French Cut
2.71 Pounds Green Beans
Six Minutes
Crazy Legs Conti

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
47 grilled cheese sandwiches
10 Minutes/ June 10, 2006
Joey Chestnut

Grits
21 lbs of Grits at Harrah’s Louisiana Downs
10 minutes/Sept. 29, 2007
Patrick Bertoletti

Gyoza
231 chicken and vegetable gyoza/Los Angeles Nisei Week
10 minutes/August 23, 2008
Joey Chestnut

Gyros
12 12-oz Gyros/Niko Niko’s Greek American Restaurant
10 Minutes/May 17, 2008
Patrick Bertoletti

Ham & Potatoes
6 pounds of Easter Feaster meal
12 minutes
Cookie Jarvis

Ham, sliced
2 lbs, 10 oz. holiday spiral sliced ham
5 minutes/Dec. 15, 2006
Seaver Miller

Hamburger: Big Daddy Burger
9 pound cheeseburger/ Plaza Hotel Casino
27 minutes, 0 seconds/ Jan. 21, 2006
Sonya Thomas

Hamburgers
11 1/4 Burgers (1/4 pound) “Cloud Burgers”
10 minutes
Don Lerman

Hamburgers
7 Burgers (3/4 pound) “Thickburgers”
10 minutes
Sonya Thomas

Hamburgers: Krystals
103 Krystal Burgers
8 minutes/October 28, 2007
Joey Chestnut

Hamentaschen
50 traditional Purim cookies
6 minutes
Eric Booker

Horseshoe Sandwiches
6 lbs, 5 oz horseshoe sandwiches
12 minutes
Joey Chestnut

Hot Dogs
66 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs and Buns
12 minutes/ July 4, 2007
Joey Chestnut

Huevos Rancheros
7.75 lbs Huevos Rancheros
10 minutes/March 18, 2006
Richard LeFevre

Ice Cream
1 gallon, 9 ounces of vanilla ice cream
12 minutes
Cookie Jarvis

Ice Cream, Short form
1.75 Gallons Brooklyn Vanilla Ice Cream
8 minutes/May 26, 2006
Patrick Bertoletti

Jalapeno Poppers
118 Jalapeno Poppers/University of Arizona
10 minutes/April 8, 2006
Joey Chestnut

Jalapenos, Pickled
266 Pickled Jalapeno Peppers
15 Minutes
Patrick Bertoletti

Jalapenos, Pickled, 8-Minute Record
247 pickled jalapeno peppers/State Fair of Texas
8 minutes/Oct. 8, 2006
Richard LeFevre

Jalapenos, Pickled, Short-Form
191 Pickled Jalapeno Peppers/La Costena “Feel the Heat” Jalapeno Eating Challenge
6.5 Minutes/Sept. 16, 2007
Patrick Bertoletti

Jambalaya
9 Pounds Crawfish Jambalaya/ LuLu’s Mardi Gras
10 Minutes/ Feb. 24, 2004
Sonya Thomas

Key Lime Pie
10.8 pounds Key Lime Pie
8 minutes/Mar. 21, 2006
Patrick Bertoletti

Kolache Factory Kolaches
56 Sausage and Cheese Kolaches/Kolache Factory in Houston, TX
8 Minutes/Sept. 14, 2007
Joey Chestnut

Kolaches
44 Cherry Kolaches/GoldenPalace.net at the Nebraska State Fair
8 Minutes/Sept. 2, 2006
Patrick Bertoletti

Krystal Hamburgers, 2 minutes
39 Krystal Hamburgers
2 minutes/September 2007
Bob Shoudt

Lobster Rolls
41 Lobster Rolls in Boston challenge
10 minutes/Sept. 23, 2006
Takeru Kobayashi

Maine Lobster/ Kennebunk
44 Maine Lobsters (11.3 Pounds of meat) from the shell
12 minutes/ Aug. 13, 2005
Sonya Thomas

Matzo Balls
21 baseball-sized matzo balls
5 minutes, 25 seconds
Eric Booker

Mayonnaise
4 32-ounce bowls mayonnaise
8 minutes
Oleg Zhornitskiy

Meat Pies
16 six-ounce meat pies
10 minues
Boyd Bulot

Meatballs
10 pounds, 3 Ounces Meatballs/ Carmine’s Restaurant at Tropicana Hotel Casino
12 minutes/ Dec. 3, 2005
Sonya Thomas

Mince Pies
46 Mince Pies at the Wookey Hole Big Eat in Somerset, England
10 minutes/Nov. 29, 2006
Sonya Thomas

Native American Fry Bread
9.75 Fry Breads
8 Minutes/October 28, 2006
Erik The Red Denmark

Nigiri Sushi
141 pieces of Nigiri Sushi/MLE: The Game Promotion
6 Minutes/April 11, 2008
Timothy Janus

Onions
8.5 ounces Maui Onions (three onions)/ Whalers Village
1 minute/ Aug. 8, 2004
Eric Booker

Oysters
46 Dozen Acme Oysters/ Acme Oyster House
10 Minutes/ Mar. 20, 2005
Sonya Thomas

Oysters, Short Form
34 dozen Acme oysters/French Quarter Festival, New Orleans
8 Minutes/April 12, 2008
Patrick Bertoletti

Pancakes
3 1/2 pounds pancakes & bacon
12 minutes
Crazy Legs Conti

Pasta
6 2/3 pounds linguini (no. 115)
10 minutes
Cookie Jarvis

Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches
42 PB&J/Drum Corps International
10 minutes/Aug. 8, 2007
Patrick Bertoletti

Peas
9.5 one-pound bowls
12 minutes
Eric Booker

Pelemeni
274 Russian dumplings
6 minutes
Dale Boone

Pickles, Sour
2.99 pounds
5 Minutes
Cookie Jarvis

Pickles, Vinegar
2.7 Pounds Kosher Dills
Six Minutes
Brian Seiken

Pigs’ Feet and Knuckles
2.89 lbs pigs’ feet meat/State Fair Meadowlands
10 minutes/June 23, 2007
Arturo Rios, Jr.

Pizza Hut P’Zones
4.82 lbs Pizza Hut P’Zones
6 minutes/July 10, 2007
Joey Chestnut

Pomme Frites
2 pounds 9 ounces of Pomme Frites
8 minutes
Cookie Jarvis

Pork and Beans (84 Lumber)
84 ounces of baked beans
1 minute 52 seconds
Dale Boone

Pork Ribs
9.8 pounds pork rib meat/ John Ascuaga’s Nugget Casino Resort
12 minutes/August 27, 2008
Joey Chestnut

Pork, Pulled
9 Pounds, 6 Ounces Smoked, Pulled Pork/ Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs
10 Minutes/ Sept. 16, 2006
Joey Chestnut

Pork, Pulled Sandwiches
45 pulled pork sandwiches
10 minutes/ Sept. 1, 2007
Joey Chestnut

Posole
9 lbs, 3 ounces Posole/ Sky City Casino
12 Minutes/ Nov. 18, 2006
Patrick Bertoletti

Potato Wedges
3.74 lbs Buffalo Wild Wings Potato Wedges/Spike TV’s MLE Chowdown
8 minutes/October 18, 2007
Tim Brown

Pumpkin Pies
4-3/8 Entenmann’s Pumpkin Pies
12 Minutes/ Nov. 22, 2004
Eric Booker

Quesadilla
31.5 4-inch Cheese Quesadilla
5 minutes
Sonya Thomas

Ramen Noodles
10.5 lbs Ramen Noodles/NARUTO: Clash of Ninja Revolution for Nintedo Wii
8 minutes/October 27, 2007
Timothy Janus

Reindeer Sausage
28 Glacier Brewhouse Reindeer Sausage
10 minutes
Dale Boone

Rice Balls
20 pounds rice balls
30 minutes
Takeru Kobayashi

Sausage Sandwiches
13.25 Gianelli Sausage Sandwiches/New York State Fair
12 minutes/Aug. 26, 2006
ChipBurger Simpson

Shoo-Fly Pie
11.1 Pounds Shoo-Fly Pie/ Rockvale Outlets
8 Minutes/ June 23, 2007
Patrick Bertoletti

Shrimp
4 pounds 15 ounces spot shrimp
12 minutes/Sept. 22, 2006
Erik The Red Denmark

SPAM
6 pounds of SPAM from the can/ SPAMARAMA
12 minutes/ Apr. 3, 2004
Richard LeFevre

Steeplechase/Chowdown Championship
Pork burgers, Beef ribeye sandwiches, Turkey Legs, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Cupcakes/Indiana State Fair
August 19, 2006
Bob Shoudt

Steeplechase/Ultimate Eating Tournament
Shrimp, Pralines, Hot Dogs, Nachos, Gelato/Broadway at the Beach
10 minutes/ Apr. 22, 2006
Bob Shoudt

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
7.9 lbs Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
8 minutes/July 29, 2006
Patrick Bertoletti

Strawberry Shortcake
15.25 lbs Strawberry Shortcake/Mattituck Lions Club Strawberry Festival
8 Minutes/June 17, 2007
Patrick Bertoletti

Sweet Corn
34.75 ears sweet corn/ Sweet Corn Fiesta
12 minutes/ Apr. 29, 2007
Crazy Legs Conti

Sweet Potato Casserole
8.62 pounds/ NC State Fair
11 minutes/ Oct. 20, 2004
Sonya Thomas

Tacos
48 soft chicken tacos/ Zocalo Restaurant
11 minutes/ Sept. 29, 2004
Sonya Thomas

Tamales
71 Tamales/Old Town Lewisville/Dallas Tortilla & Tamale Factory
12 Minutes/Sept. 1, 2007
Timothy Janus

Tex Mex Rolls
30 Tex Mex Rolls/ GameWorks at Great Lakes Crossing
12 minutes/ Mar. 12, 2005
Richard LeFevre

Tiramisu
4 pounds tiramisu/ Verducci’s Market
6 minutes/ Mar. 5, 2005
Timothy Janus

Toasted Ravioli
4 pounds toasted ravioli by Charlie Gitto’s at Harrah’s St. Louis
12 Minutes/ Nov. 20, 2004
Sonya Thomas

Turducken
7 3/4 pounds Turducken.com Thanksgiving Dinner
12 minutes/ Nov. 26, 2003
Sonya Thomas

Ultimate Eating Tournament (Various Foods)
7 Chicken Wings, 1 lb of Nachos, 3 Hot Dogs, 2 Personal Pizzas, 3 Italian Ices/Broaday at the Beach
7 minutes, 13 seconds/April 19, 2008
Juliet Lee

Waffles
29 Waffles (8 oz.)/ Waffle House
10 Minutes/ Oct. 7, 2007
Patrick Bertoletti

Watermelon
13.22 pounds Watermelon/ Brookville Community Picnic
15 minutes/ July 30, 2005
Jim Reeves

Whole Turkey
4 pounds, 12.8 ounces roast turkey meat/Thanksgiving Invitational
12 minutes/ Nov. 22, 2006
Patrick Bertoletti

Whole Turkey, Short Form
6.91 lbs roast turkey meat/Spike TV
8 Minutes/Nov. 22, 2007
Patrick Bertoletti