Takayuki Hamatsu

Honestly, Takayuki Hamatsu is the kind of underdog story I never get tired of rooting for. Here's a guy from Kawaguchi in Saitama who spent years grinding away on stage, and then "One Cut of the Dead" comes along and suddenly half the world knows his face. What I love is that he doesn't look like a polished movie star at all, he's got this rumpled, regular-dude quality, the guy you'd see at the local izakaya, and that ordinariness is exactly what makes him so easy to believe on screen. There's something earnest and a little frantic about his performances, all sweat and commitment, that makes me want to cheer him on. He feels grounded, humble, and genuinely deserving of every bit of luck he got. Total people's champion.

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Takayuki Hamatsu is a Japanese actor and former comedian born on August 25, 1981, in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture. He built his career steadily through stage performance before gaining wide public recognition. He attended Toyo Gakuen University and is known for his everyman presence that translates naturally to both comedic and dramatic roles. He is represented by Animo Produce.

Name (English)

Takayuki Hamatsu

Name (Japanese)

濱津隆之

Reading

はまつ たかゆき

Born

August 25, 1981 (age 45)

Origin

Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Height

175 cm

Occupation

Actor / Stage Actor / Comedy Entertainer / Disc Jockey

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Blood type

A

Active years

2011 -

University

Toyo Gakuen University

Works summary

Appearances

209 (2012–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

2012: 1, 2013: 3, 2014: 4, 2015: 6, 2016: 4, 2017: 5, 2018: 26, 2019: 40, 2020: 22, 2021: 25, 2022: 17, 2023: 15, 2024: 9, 2025: 13, 2026: 5, year unknown: 14

Debut work

決定版 十一ぴきのネコ

Filmography / notable works

• Xhttps://x.com/Atmicfun
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BF%B1%E6%B4%A5%E9%9A%86%E4%B9%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55790091

Tags

• From Saitama Prefecture
• Actor
• Stage Actor
• Comedy Entertainer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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