Masatoshi Hamada
Hamatchan
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Emerging from Osaka’s modest neighborhoods, Hamada grew up in Amagasaki before joining Yoshimoto Kōgyō in 1982, where he met Hitoshi Matsumoto and together they launched the comedy duo Downtown. As the tsukkomi half of the pair, he became a staple of Japanese variety television, most notably on the long-running program Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! where his aggressive “head-whack” rout…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
