Yuka Kinoshita
| Yuka Kinoshita | |
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 Kinoshita in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 4 February 1985 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan |
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| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Subscribers | 5.26 million[1] |
| Total views | 2.20 billion[1] |
| Network | AnyMind Group |
Last updated: 4 Sept, 2024 | |
Yuka Kinoshita (木下ゆうか, Kinoshita Yūka, born February 4, 1985) is a Japanese YouTuber and competitive eater.
Career
[edit]Yuka Kinoshita began posting on her eating-focused YouTube channel since 2014, five years after her debut in Japanese competitive eating competitions.[2]
Kinoshita uploads daily videos in which she eats anywhere between 5,000 to 23,000 calorie meals. Usually Kinoshita edits her videos into 5 to 7 minute vlogs, but occasionally she uploads longer "live eating" videos in the tradition of mukbang. As of June 2020, her videos have garnered more than 2 billion views.[3]
Kinoshita's videos are particularly in Japanese and are accessible to English-speaking viewers because they are accompanied by English subtitles. Partly for this reason, she has attracted attention from English-language news sources.[4] She has also been featured in the Japanese television programme, Ōgui (大食い).[5]
Since the start of 2024, Kinoshita went on a hiatus after being cyberbullied and fell into depression.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About Yuka Kinoshita木下ゆうか". YouTube.
- ^ ASCII. "芸能事務所をやめてYouTuberになった理由 大食いタレント木下ゆうか" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-07-13.
- ^ "Yuka Kinoshita". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
- ^ Mills, Kelly-Ann (2016-07-20). "This is how a woman eating 137 bananas in one go sparked a diplomatic row". mirror. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "A Japanese Woman's Impressive Appetite Leaves the Internet Hungry for More - Icidici". Global Voices. 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
- ^ "Japan 'big stomach' KOL back after 7-month hiatus hiding from online bullies". South China Morning Post. 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
External links
[edit]- Yuka Kinoshita's channel on YouTube
- Yuka Kinoshita's second channel on YouTube
- Yuka Kinoshita's profile Archived 2018-08-22 at the Wayback Machine on UUUM