Masatoshi Hamada

Masatoshi Hamada is a Japanese comedian best known as the tsukkomi half of the popular owarai duo Downtown alongside Hitoshi Matsumoto. His nickname is Hamachan . Hamada is married to Natsumi Ogawa . He has two children.

Hamada was born near Daikokucho Station in Naniwaku, Osaka to Kengoro and Nobuko Hamada. His family moved to Amagasaki, Hygo Prefecture before entering a kindergarten. There, he attended Ushio Elementary School and met Hitoshi Matsumoto. He and Matsumoto did not become friends until junior high. Like Matsumoto, his family was very poor and lived in an old, rundown apartment building.

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