Minami Hamabe

📖 Biography

Minami Hamabe (born August 29, 2000) is a leading Japanese actress, widely celebrated as one of the most prominent screen figures of her generation across Japanese film and television. Hamabe rose to national fame with her emotional breakout role in the hit romantic drama Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (2017), which earned her the Newcomer of the Year award at the Japan Academy Film Prize. She established her presence in major genre blockbusters including Hideaki Anno's Shin Kamen Rider (2023), before achieving international recognition for her starring role as Noriko Oshima in the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One (2023) and its direct sequel Godzilla Minus Zero (2026).