Takeshi Watabe
ActingAlso 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
(37 total)
Ocean Waves
as Principle (voice)
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
as Panbûkin (voice)
Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven
as Iwamatsu Ooki (voice)
Fist of the North Star
as Kiba Daiō (voice)
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
as Cosmo Eigesse
City Hunter: Bay City Wars
as Gomez (voice)
Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog
as Obitaki (voice)
M.D. Geist
as Golem (voice)
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
as Takao Arizuka (voice)
Love City
as Aroi
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon
as Colonel John Kowen (voice)
Crusher Joe
as Nero (Voice)
Sword for Truth
as Tenkai (voice)
Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie
as Fudo no Ryoma
Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs Ohranger
as Bara Mobile
Zone of the Enders: Idolo
as Barrows (voice)
Sanctuary
as Norimoto Isaoka
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs Megaranger
as Battobas (voice)
Tottoi
as Jack Land (voice)
Battle Fever J: The Movie
as Buffalo Monster (voice)
TV Shows
(74 total)
Naruto
as Gamabunta (voice)
Cowboy Bebop
as Chessmaster Hex (voice)
Detective Conan
as Sewa Takanori (voice)
Monster
as Detective (voice)
Choujuu Sentai Liveman
as Earthquake Brain (voice)
Choujuu Sentai Liveman
as Space Brain (voice)
Kamen Rider
as Creation King (voice)
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
as Tarou Imamiya (voice)
Tomorrow's Joe
as Gondou Goromaki (voice)
Silver Fang: The Shooting Star Gin
as Takeda Gohei
Dengeki Sentai Changeman
as Gyodai (voice)
Mad Bull 34
as Henry (ep 2)
Super Sentai Zyuranger
as Bookback (voice)
Armored Trooper VOTOMS
as Nehalco (voice)
Macross II: Lovers Again
as Balser
Space Sheriff Gavan
as Shako Monster (voice)
Denji Sentai Megaranger
as Buta Nejire
Rune Soldier
as Ila's Father (voice)
Black Jack
as Coronel Estefan (voice)
You're Under Arrest!
as Arizuka Takao (Voice)