Takako Akasaka

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."

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.

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External links

• Citydo article from 2000 (translated)