Minami Hamabe

Minami Hamabe fascinates me because of the contrast she carries. From child roles to her 2017 newcomer award and on to leading major Japanese films, she has grown into one of the industry's defining young faces, yet there is a quiet steeliness beneath the delicate, luminous surface. What I value is her range, she can shift entirely with a role rather than coasting on charm. At 156 cm she seems slight, but the presence she commands on screen is anything but. I am genuinely curious to see which mature, complicated roles she claims next, because the foundation she has built is unusually solid.

Name (English)

Minami Hamabe

Name (Japanese)

浜辺美波

Born

August 29, 2000 (age 25)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

Origin

Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

156 cm

Occupation

actor / child actor

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer

• Official sitehttps://www.toho-ent.co.jp/actor/1087
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/minami_hamabe.official/
• Xhttps://x.com/MINAMI373HAMABE
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minami%20Hamabe
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%9C%E8%BE%BA%E7%BE%8E%E6%B3%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11284289

Tags

• Ishikawa Prefecture
• actor
• child actor

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.