- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHiroaki Hamada
- Nicknames
- Mini Love Machine
- Makai Masked Hurricane
- Height5′ 6¼″ (1.68 m)
- Gran Hamada was born on February 15, 1977 in Japan. He was an actor, known for La Llave Mortal (1990), Mount Hakkoda (1977) and AJPW Samurai TV (2000). He died on February 15, 2025 in Mexico.
- Children
- Hamada's career took him across the globe, making him one of the most influential junior heavyweights of his time.
- With his quick, technical style, he became one of the first Japanese wrestlers to fully embrace lucha libre, blending high-flying maneuvers with strong grappling techniques.
- In 1990, Hamada founded Universal Lucha Libre, a promotion that played a key role in popularizing lucha-inspired junior heavyweight wrestling in Japan.
- In the 1980s, Hamada held the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship while competing in Mexico and Japan, long before the title became an official part of WWE programming.
- Despite slowing down in later years, Hamada continued to wrestle into his late 60s, with his last recorded match taking place in 2018.
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