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 157 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.

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Name (English)

Minami Hamabe

Name (Japanese)

浜辺美波

Reading

はまべ みなみ

Born

August 29, 2000 (age 26)

Origin

Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

157 cm

Occupation

actor / child actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

Blood type

B

Agency

Toho Entertainment

Active years

2011 -

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer

Works summary

Appearances

257 (2011–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

2011: 5, 2012: 6, 2013: 4, 2014: 10, 2015: 9, 2016: 5, 2017: 28, 2018: 42, 2019: 36, 2020: 25, 2021: 12, 2022: 8, 2023: 15, 2024: 17, 2025: 9, 2026: 5, year unknown: 21

Debut work

アリと恋文

Filmography / notable works

• 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

September 25, 2026

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