
Masatoshi Hamada
Acting
Biography
Masatoshi Hamada is a Japanese comedian best known as the tsukkomi half of the popular owarai duo Downtown alongside Hitoshi Matsumoto. His nickname is Hama-chan. Hamada is married to Natsumi Ogawa, with whom he has two children.
Born: May 11, 1963
Place of Birth: Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Known For

HamachanGa!
Weekly late-night show hosted by Hamada Masatoshi of Downtown along with a rotating guest MC. Each week is a different subject usually. Usually the episode is having a guest talent on to teach Hamada (Hamachan) about a certain subject, or going shopping with Hamada.

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).

King of Conte

Wednesday Downtown
Everybody has theories that they personally cling blindly to regardless of proof or scientific validity. In this entertaining information program, a host of celebrities present their cases for pet theories to studio guests by any means be it academic argument or laughably “out there” logic. Can their theories gain acceptance? Or will they be discarded as pop science that only adds confusion to the world? Find out through exhaustive examination including on-location experiments!

Japan's Got Talent

Slowking's Day
The short describes a day in the life of Slowking, from wake up to sleep.

Pokémon the Movie 2000
When Lawrence III's scheme to capture the Legendary Pokémon Lugia upsets the balance of nature, it is up to Ash Ketchum and his friends to save the world.

Space Travelers
Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to pretend to be part of the gang. Surprisingly, the hostages soon enjoy doing so. On that strange day, the bank becomes a tropical paradise...

Sentosha: Battle Wheels
Renowned entertainers and car lovers grasp the wheel and compete with their battle cars in a variety of never before seen challenges! They face off in life-threatening duels designed to test their speed, courage, and above all, their grit! Put the pedal to the metal! Burn! Destroy! Crash into! This is a new show of the "Dangertainment variety (danger + entertainment)".

There's Always Tomorrow, We Have Tomorrow
Ashita Ga Arusa is a Japanese television drama series first aired on NTV in 2001.
Filmography
as Host
as Self - Host
as MC
as Self
as 空き地の男
as Self - Host
as Section Chief Hamada
as 幸田 順平
as Satofumi Kitayama(北山 恵文)
as Kiyoshi Nonomura
as Yadoking (voice)
as Yadoking (voice)
as Hachiro Naito(内藤 八郎)
as Self - Emcee
as 大野昇仁