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Actor

Takeshi Watabe

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Acting credits

83

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.5

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Movies: 37Series: 46

TMDB ID: 1243319

IMDb ID: nm0913780

Known for: Acting

Born: March 21, 1936

Died: December 13, 2010

Age: 74

Place of birth: Kochi Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1970 - 2009

Years active: 40

Average TMDB rating: 7.31

Wikidata: Q3180879

Also known as

渡部 猛 • Watabe Takeshi

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.

Movies

Movies

Movie credits linked with Takeshi Watabe.

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie poster
7.5

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie

as Chief Nehalco

2009 Movie
Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog poster
7.0

Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog

as Obitaki (voice)

2007 Movie
Aquarian Age the Movie poster
5.0

Aquarian Age the Movie

as Naoyuki Kamikurata (voice)

2003 Movie
Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven poster
7.3

Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven

as Iwamatsu Ooki (voice)

2001 Movie
Zone of the Enders: Idolo poster
5.6

Zone of the Enders: Idolo

as Barrows (voice)

2001 Movie
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture poster
5.9

You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture

as Takao Arizuka (voice)

1999 Movie
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs Megaranger poster
5.6

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs Megaranger

as Battobas (voice)

1999 Movie
Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs Ohranger poster
7.0

Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs Ohranger

as Bara Mobile

1997 Movie
Sanctuary poster
4.8

Sanctuary

as Norimoto Isaoka

1996 Movie
Juukou B-Fighter: The Movie poster
6.5

Juukou B-Fighter: The Movie

as Gaohm (voice)

1995 Movie
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: The Movie poster
8.0

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: The Movie

as Younger Hitotsume-Kozou (Voice)

1994 Movie
Ocean Waves poster
6.4

Ocean Waves

as Principle (voice)

1993 Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon poster
7.1

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon

as Colonel John Kowen (voice)

1992 Movie
Tottoi poster
6.5

Tottoi

as Jack Land (voice)

1992 Movie
Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green poster

Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green

as Colonel Gillan (voice)

1991 Movie
Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land poster
5.5

Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land

as Bowser (voice)

1991 Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 poster
6.5

Mobile Suit Gundam F91

as Cosmo Eigesse

1991 Movie
Sword for Truth poster
4.0

Sword for Truth

as Tenkai (voice)

1990 Movie
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku poster
7.6

Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku

as Panbûkin (voice)

1990 Movie
City Hunter: Bay City Wars poster
6.2

City Hunter: Bay City Wars

as Gomez (voice)

1990 Movie
Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie poster
5.5

Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie

as Fudo no Ryoma

1989 Movie
Kousoku Sentai Turboranger: The Movie poster
7.0

Kousoku Sentai Turboranger: The Movie

as Ragorn (voice)

1989 Movie
Fist of the North Star - TV Compilation 2 - Six Sacred Fists of Nanto! Rei, the Star of Justice poster

Fist of the North Star - TV Compilation 2 - Six Sacred Fists of Nanto! Rei, the Star of Justice

as Kiba Daio (voice)

1988 Movie
Super Android Metalder: The Movie poster
8.5

Super Android Metalder: The Movie

as Emperor God Neros (voice)

1987 Movie
Series

Series

Series credits linked with Takeshi Watabe.

Monster poster
8.5

Monster

as Detective (voice) • 1 eps

2004 Series
Requiem from the Darkness poster
6.2

Requiem from the Darkness

as Yahei (voice) • 1 eps

2003 Series
Naruto poster
8.4

Naruto

as Gamabunta (voice) • 54 eps

2002 Series
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi poster
6.8

Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

as Tarou Imamiya (voice) • 13 eps

2002 Series
Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution poster
6.5

Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution

as Naoyuki Kamikurata (voice) • 13 eps

2002 Series
6 Angels poster

6 Angels

as Donn Canyon • 6 eps

2001 Series
Rune Soldier poster
6.5

Rune Soldier

as Ila's Father (voice) • 24 eps

2001 Series
Salaryman Kintaro poster
6.0

Salaryman Kintaro

as Genzo Oshima (voice) • 20 eps

2001 Series
Android Kikaider poster
5.0

Android Kikaider

as Shadow Knight (voice) • 17 eps

2000 Series
Amazing Nurse Nanako poster
3.8

Amazing Nurse Nanako

as Griffith (voice) • 6 eps

1999 Series
Cowboy Bebop poster
8.5

Cowboy Bebop

as Chessmaster Hex (voice) • 1 eps

1998 Series
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman poster
6.7

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

as Batbass (voice) • 50 eps

1998 Series
Denji Sentai Megaranger poster
8.4

Denji Sentai Megaranger

as Buta Nejire • 1 eps

1997 Series
You're Under Arrest! poster
7.6

You're Under Arrest!

as Arizuka Takao (Voice) • 1 eps

1996 Series
Midori no Makibaō poster
4.0

Midori no Makibaō

as Horie • 61 eps

1996 Series
Gekisou Sentai Carranger poster
9.4

Gekisou Sentai Carranger

as UU Wurin (voice) • 2 eps

1996 Series
Detective Conan poster
8.0

Detective Conan

as Sewa Takanori (voice) • 1 eps

1996 Series
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor  OVA poster
8.0

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA

as Chris (voice) • 10 eps

1994 Series
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger poster
8.2

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger

as Shuten-Doji Brothers (Older) (voice) • 1 eps

1994 Series
Black Jack poster
6.5

Black Jack

as Coronel Estefan (voice) • 1 eps

1993 Series
Macross II: Lovers Again poster
6.0

Macross II: Lovers Again

as Balser • 6 eps

1992 Series
Super Sentai Zyuranger poster
8.1

Super Sentai Zyuranger

as Bookback (voice) • 50 eps

1992 Series
Mad Bull 34 poster
6.0

Mad Bull 34

as Henry (ep 2) • 4 eps

1990 Series
Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman poster
7.8

Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman

as Amoebalgin (voice) • 1 eps

1990 Series
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