Hanamaru Hakata

Career overview

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Name: Hanamaru Hakata (博多 華丸, Hakata Hanamaru).
Birth name: Mitsuteru Okazaki (岡崎 光輝, Okazaki Mitsuteru).
Born: April 8, 1970, in Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture.
Profession: Japanese comedian; performs boke of the double act Hanamaru-Daikichi Hakata with partner Daikichi Hakata.
Agency: Joined Yoshimoto Creative Agency in 2005 after working with Fukuoka Yoshimoto.
Acting Credits/Roles:
Akihabara@Deep (2006)
Shinizokonai no ao (2008)
Evening Drink Style (2022)
Suits Season 2 (Fuji TV / 2020) - Hideaki Usui (ep.6)
Midsummer's Boy: 19452020 | Manatsu no Shonen: 19452020 (TV Asahi / 2020) - Sanpei Mihira
The Good Wife (TBS / 2019) - Mikio Hayashi
Born to be a Flower | Takane no Hana (NTV / 2018) - Yoshiki Bando
Sanadamaru (NHK / 2016) - Saizo
TMDB Info: 21 known credits.
Paragraph 1: Identity and Background.
Hanamaru Hakata, born Mitsuteru Okazaki on April 8, 1970, in Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, is a Japanese comedian. He performs as the boke in the double act Hanamaru-Daikichi Hakata alongside his partner, Daikichi Hakata. After working with Fukuoka Yoshimoto, he joined the Yoshimoto Creative Agency in 2005.
Paragraph 2: Acting Career.
In addition to his comedy work, Hakata has established a career in acting with 21 known credits. His film and television roles include appearing in Akihabara@Deep in 2006 and Shinizokonai no ao in 2008. More recent credits include the production Evening Drink Style in 2022. His television work includes portraying Saizo in the NHK production Sanadamaru in 2016 and Yoshiki Bando in the NTV series Born to be a Flower, also known as Takane no Hana, in 2018.
Paragraph 3: Recent Television Roles.
Hakata has also appeared in several other television series. In 2019, he played Mikio Hayashi in the TBS series The Good Wife. In 2020, he appeared in the Fuji TV production Suits Season 2 as Hideaki Usui in episode 6. That same year, he played Sanpei Mihira in the TV Asahi series Midsummer's Boy: 19452020, also titled Manatsu no Shonen: 19452020.
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