is a Japanese
YouTuber
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Influence
Influe ...
and
competitive eater.
Career
Yuka Kinoshita began posting on her eating-focused
YouTube
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channel since 2014, five years after her debut in Japanese competitive eating competitions.
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.
Kinoshita's videos are particularly in
Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
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. She has also been featured in the Japanese television programme, .
References
External links
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Yuka Kinoshita's profile on UUUM
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1985 births
Japanese competitive eaters
Living people
Japanese YouTubers