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Takeshi Watabe

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1936-03-21

Day of Death

2010-12-13

Place of Birth

Kochi, Japan

Takeshi Watabe

Biography

was a Japanese voice actor. He was born in Kōchi Prefecture. He usually played villains and performed the voices for many anime characters and tokusatsu villains. He is most famous for voicing Kaminari in Doraemon. He took over the ongoing roles of Shingo Kanemoto after his death. Other major roles included Inspector Takao Arizuka in the You're Under Arrest franchise, Naoyuki Kamikurata in Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution, Colonel John Kowen in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, and Director Yachio Tokugawa in Strawberry Eggs. He also wrote an instructional book about voice acting, Seiyū Naritai. Watabe was being treated for lung cancer when he died of pneumonia at the age of 74.

Filmography (37)

⭐ 7.5 Role: Chief Nehalco

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie

2009
⭐ 7.1 Role: Obitaki (voice)

Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog

2007
⭐ 6.0 Role: Naoyuki Kamikurata (voice)

Aquarian Age: The Movie

2003
⭐ 7.3 Role: Iwamatsu Ooki (voice)

Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven

2001
⭐ 5.8 Role: Barrows (voice)

Zone of the Enders: Idolo

2001
⭐ 6.2 Role: Takao Arizuka (voice)

You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture

1999
⭐ 6.3 Role: Battobas (voice)

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs Megaranger

1999
⭐ 7.5 Role: Bara Mobile

Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs Ohranger

1997
⭐ 5.3 Role: Norimoto Isaoka

Sanctuary

1996
⭐ 7.3 Role: Gaohm (voice)

Juukou B-Fighter: The Movie

1995
⭐ 8.5 Role: Younger Hitotsume-Kozou (Voice)

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: The Movie

1994
⭐ 6.4 Role: Principle (voice)

Ocean Waves

1993
⭐ 7.2 Role: Colonel John Kowen (voice)

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon

1992
⭐ 6.5 Role: Jack Land (voice)

Tottoi

1992
⭐ 0 Role: Colonel Gillan (voice)

Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green

1991