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On the 10th, Yoshimoto Kogyo, the company that Downtown’s Hamada Masatoshi (61) is managing, announced that he will be taking a break due to poor health. This is the first time that the duo will take a break, along with his partner Matsumoto Hitoshi (61), Read More …
It has been announced that Komuro Tetsuya will appear with H Jungle with t (Hamada Masatoshi as MC, Komuro Tetsuya as musician, it is not known if Marc Panther will be DJ) on the second day of the music festival “Gobugobu Festival” to be held Read More …
Comedy duo “Downtown” member Hamada Masatoshi (59) appeared on MBS Radio “Gobugobu Radio” (8:00) broadcasted on the 29th and talked about reports that he has separated from his wife. In the past two weeks, Hamada has been bogged down by tabloids that he had been Read More …
The official TikTok for the TBS special program “Owari no Hi 2021” was updated on September 21st and featured the comedy duo Downtown (Matsumoto Hitoshi and Hamada Masatoshi). And the video featured the duo today and then afterward, a photo of when the two were Read More …
Downtown’s Hamada Masatoshi is featured in a CM for the next generation model of the “Muscle Suit Every” which begins airing on November 22nd. Showcasing Hamada who wishes he has big muscles, uses the product to gain muscle strength and help people, from rescuing film Read More …
Back in October-December 1995, DOWNTOWN’s Hamada Masatoshi and then, rising actor Kimura Takuya starred in the drama “Jinsei wa Jojouda” (Life is good and also titled in other countries as “Friends in Need”). Almost 25-years later, the two reunited for a recording of the Kimura’s Read More …