Gaku Hamada

I have a soft spot for Gaku Hamada, the kind of actor who's been on my screen since he was a kid and somehow never wore out his welcome. He's not the towering leading-man type, and that's exactly the trick: he walks into a frame and just owns the room with this everyman face that grins one second and goes flint-eyed serious the next. Whether he's carrying a film or tucked into the supporting cast, I feel that quiet relief of "okay, we're in good hands now." There's no look-at-me ego to him, yet you blink and realize he's somehow ended up dead center of the whole story. To me he's the ultimate reliable craftsman, a guy who makes acting look like breathing, and I'll happily watch him do almost anything.

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Gaku Hamada is a Japanese actor born on June 28, 1988, in Tokyo. He began his career as a child actor and has remained active in Japanese film and television. He attended Dokkyo Junior and Senior High School. His Instagram account is maintained under the handle gaku_hamada_official.

Name (English)

Gaku Hamada

Name (Japanese)

濱田岳

Reading

はまだ がく

Born

June 28, 1988 (age 38)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

160 cm

Occupation

Actor / Child Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

Blood type

A

Agency

Stardust Promotion

Active years

1998 -

High school

Dokkyo Junior and Senior High School

Works summary

Appearances

272 (1998–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

1998: 2, 1999: 3, 2000: 5, 2001: 1, 2002: 3, 2004: 2, 2005: 3, 2006: 7, 2007: 10, 2008: 7, 2009: 8, 2010: 17, 2011: 13, 2012: 14, 2013: 17, 2014: 13, 2015: 18, 2016: 22, 2017: 14, 2018: 7, 2019: 10, 2020: 9, 2021: 12, 2022: 12, 2023: 8, 2024: 8, 2025: 8, 2026: 7, year unknown: 12

Debut work

Hitoribocchi no Kimi ni

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gaku_hamada_official/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BF%B1%E7%94%B0%E5%B2%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1092007

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Actor
• Child Actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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