Gaku Hamada's Taiwan Post Draws Reaction As VIVANT Tojo Slips Up
Two reactions are running at once for the same actor: one to a character fault that deepened in Episode 20, and one to a personal photo whose framing became the joke, so the next episode carries the question of whether Tojo answers for it.
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Gaku Hamada, who plays Shota Tojo in VIVANT, posted photos from a Taiwan trip to Instagram, where a beard, silver earrings and sunglasses give him a look far removed from the show. Separately, in Episode 20, broadcast on October 11, 2026, Tojo's charge of the escape's communications area failed, letting Shinshi's soldiers reach contact range. Viewers reacted to both.
Episode 20 of VIVANT, broadcast on October 11, 2026, moved the story into the rescue: Nogi Yusuke and the others entered Shaki Castle, reached the kidnapped Beppan members and left it behind, then lost the advantage on the way out. The bomb meant to stop the pursuing Shinshi vehicles went off late, and Shinshi's soldiers reached an area where they could communicate with the outside.
That area belonged to Tojo, of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Cybercrime Division. Gaku Hamada, who plays him, also drew notice for an Instagram post about a Taiwan trip, where a beard, silver earrings and a tower appearing to rise from his head set off comments about his changed look.
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