Satoshi Hamada

Okay, a radiologist who walked out of the reading room and into the National Diet? That's a career pivot that genuinely makes me do a double-take. You don't expect the person squinting at your X-rays to end up grilling the government, but here we are. The Kyoto-to-Rakunan-to-University-of-Tokyo pipeline tells me the brainpower is real, and what cracks me up is that he funnels all that wattage into the unglamorous grind of written questions to the cabinet rather than shouty TV theatrics. He's not a fireworks guy; he's the quiet, relentless, keeps-poking-until-something-gives type, and honestly I have a soft spot for that energy. Juggling medicine and politics in one body is a lot of plates to spin, and I respect anybody stubborn enough to try.

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Satoshi Hamada is a Japanese politician and radiologist born on May 11, 1977, in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. He graduated from Rakunan High School and went on to study at the Faculty of Education at the University of Tokyo. A radiologist by training, he served in the House of Councillors from 2019 until losing his seat in 2025.

Name (English)

Satoshi Hamada

Name (Japanese)

浜田聡

Reading

はまだ さとし

Born

May 11, 1977 (age 49)

Origin

Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Politician / Radiologist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

High school

Rakunan High School

University

University of Tokyo, Faculty of Education

• Official sitehttps://www.kurashikiooya.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/satoshi_hamada_0511/
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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%9C%E7%94%B0%E8%81%A1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73111878

Tags

• From Kyoto Prefecture
• Politician
• Radiologist

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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