While we're reluctant to recognise competitive eating as a proper sport, there's no doubt that Kobayashi is the king of the eating contest. 

In this video, he's got a few tips for you if you're planning on hosting your own hot dog eating contest, either in tribute to or in competition with the world famous event held at Natahan's of Coney Island every July 4th. 

First things first, you're going to need some hot dogs, but after that, we're going to leave it up to Kobayashi, who chats to former boxer Eric kelly about how to take on the challenge of shoving as many hot dogs into your body as fast as humanly possible.

Via Uproxx