He, along with Yamazaki and Miwako, is first introduced on episode 14 of season 1. He is the type of guy who could &quot;throw a cellphone in the sea full of women&#039;s numbers, without caring at all&quot; as said by Mayama.    Nomiya is Mayama&#039;s former boss at Fujiwara Design. He also likes Yamada, and tries to visit her whenever he can, although he is aware of Yamada&#039;s feelings for Mayama. Mayama tries to act as the middleman as much as he can in order to protect Yamada, as he considers Nomiya a playboy. However, later in the series, Nomiya comes to realize that he himself has truly fallen in love with Yamada. 

Rei Kiriyama is a child prodigy. Rei Kiriyama is also an orphan who lives alone in an empty apartment. Rei Kiriyama is a teen working in an adult's world. Life is complicated for Rei. He's an up-and-coming shogi player on the verge of turning pro, but he has no homelife, or much of a life period,outside his board game, but thankfully with the help of some life-long friends he has an opportunity start all over again.
 
(Source: DENPA)
 
Notes: 
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the 4th Manga Taishou Award in 2011. 
- Winner of the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in 2011. 
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014. 
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021.

Takemoto Yuuta, Mayama Takumi, and Morita Shinobu are college students who share the small apartment. Even though they live in poverty, the three of them are able to obtain pleasure through small things in life. The story follows these characters' life stories as poor college students, as well as their love lives when a short but talented 18 year old girl called Hanamoto Hagumi appears.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

[Agency](https://mausu.net/talent/hamada-kenji.html)

Married to voice actress [Junko Takeuchi](https://anilist.co/staff/95015) since 2006 and has two children.

__Non-Anime Roles:__

- Elphas Bardon - Metaphor: ReFantazio (VG)

The sequel and final installment to the highly popular series once again delves into the life stories and love lives of Takemoto Yuuta, Mayama Takumi and Morita Shinobu. The story continues where the first season left off, after Takemoto's self-discovery journey around Japan. Of course, the love triangles and tribulations they face will continue, and eventually decide the paths to their future.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Takemoto lives in a run down student apartment, where his greatest worry is when he'll next be able to afford to eat meat and whether he'll get to class on time. Although he's away from home and living on his own, Takemoto is far from finished growing up. Along with his crazy cast of friends, Morita, Mayama, Yamada, and Hagumi, Takemoto sets out to discover life and his true self.
 
(Source: Viz Media)
 
Notes: 
- Won the the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo in 2003. 
- Chapter count includes 11 extra chapters.

Two side stories: 
Chapter L (or chapter 25) about Lohmeyer/Romaiya sempai. 
Chapter F (or chapter 26) about Miwako finding ways to make fun of Yamazaki. 
(Source: momento)

A sequel to Hachimitsu to Clover, focusing on Ayu and Nomiya.

Sequel/Spin-off to Hachimitsu to Clover, focusing on Ayu and Nomiya.

Takumi Nomiya