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Gaku Hamada

Japanese actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ1092007 ↗
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Gaku Hamada (濱田 岳, Hamada Gaku; born 28 June 1988) is a Japanese film and television actor. He was a regular cast member of Fuji TV's Operation Love, appearing in all 11 episodes broadcast in 2007 and the 2008 special, and receiving an award for his role. He has made numerous other TV appearances.

Filmography

Television

Kinpachi-sensei 7 (2004), Kano Shintaro

Gunshi Kanbei (2014), Kuriyama Zenzuke

In Hand (TBS, 2019)

Awaiting Kirin (2021), Kuroda Kanbei

Kyojo 2 (2021), Nobuteru Toba

Come Come Everybody (2021), Santa Tachibana

New Nobunaga Chronicle: High School Is a Battlefield (2022), Kanbei Kuroda

First Love (2022)

Kamen Rider Black Sun (2022), Whale Monster

Vivant (2023–26), Shōta Tōjō

The Laughing Salesman (2025)

Last Samurai Standing (2025), Kawaji Toshiyoshi

Blood and Sweat (2026), Keisuke Takagi

Films

The Supporting Actors: The Movie (2021), Himself

Every Trick in the Book (2021), Horinouchi

Shrieking in the Rain (2021), Kaneko

What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022), Masahiko Amane

Deemo: Memorial Keys (2022), Mirai (voice)

Tombi: Father and Son (2022)

Homestay (2022)

7 Secretaries: The Movie (2022)

Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2023), Gorō Miura

Kyojo: Reunion (2026), Nobuteru Toba

You, Like a Star (2026), Jushi Ueki

Awards and nominations

Notes

External links

Gaku Hamada at IMDb

濱田岳 はまだ・がく. Allcinema] (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2009.

濱田岳. Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2009.

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The public source identifies “Gaku Hamada” as japanese actor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gaku, Hamada and Japanese.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1092007. VIAF identifies the subject as 6880150869810022190005. The Library of Congress control number is no2017133702. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988, 2007, 2008 and 2004.

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