This Auto Rookie Card of Takeru Kobayashi is from the 2006 Topps Allen & Ginter's World Champions series. Although not numbered, Beckett states there were only 200 copies of this auto card produced. It is getting very difficult to find this card.
Takeru Kobayashi was the Nathan's World's Hot Dog Eating Champion for six years in a row. This streak was broken on July 4, 2007, when he placed second to American Joey Chestnut, who set a world record for this event by eating 66 hot dogs.
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