
Takeshi Watabe
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 21, 1936
- Died
- December 13, 2010 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Kochi, Japan
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.
Known For
Filmography

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie
Movie · as Chief Nehalco (voice)

Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog
Movie · as Obitaki (voice)

Monster
TV · as Detective (voice) · 1 ep

Aquarian Age: The Movie
Movie · as Naoyuki Kamikurata (voice)

Requiem from the Darkness
TV · as Yahei (voice) · 1 ep

Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
TV · as Tarou Imamiya (voice) · 13 eps

Naruto
TV · as Gamabunta (voice) · 54 eps

Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution
TV · as Naoyuki Kamikurata (voice) · 13 eps

Zone of the Enders: Idolo
Movie · as Barrows (voice)

Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven
Movie · as Iwamatsu Ooki (voice)

6 Angels
TV · as Donn Canyon · 6 eps

Rune Soldier
TV · as Ila's Father (voice) · 24 eps

Salaryman Kintaro
TV · as Genzo Oshima (voice) · 20 eps

Hideshi Hino's Yotsuya Kaidan
Movie

Android Kikaider
TV · as Shadow Knight (voice) · 17 eps

You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
Movie · as Takao Arizuka (voice)

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs Megaranger
Movie · as Battobas (voice)

Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe
Movie · as Mazura (voice)

Amazing Nurse Nanako
TV · as Griffith (voice) · 6 eps

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
TV · as Batbass (voice) · 50 eps

Cowboy Bebop
TV · as Chessmaster Hex (voice) · 1 ep

Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs Ohranger
Movie · as Bara Mobile

Denji Sentai Megaranger
TV · as Buta Nejire · 1 ep

Sanctuary
Movie · as Norimoto Isaoka

Midori no Makibaō
TV · as Horie · 61 eps

Gekisou Sentai Carranger
TV · as UU Wurin (voice) · 2 eps

You're Under Arrest!
TV · as Arizuka Takao (Voice) · 1 ep

Detective Conan
TV · as Sewa Takanori (voice) · 1 ep

Juukou B-Fighter: The Movie
Movie · as Gaohm (voice)

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: The Movie
Movie · as Younger Hitotsume-Kozou (Voice)

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
TV · as Shuten-Doji Brothers (Older) (voice), Shuten-Doji Brothers (voice) · 1 ep

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
TV · as Chris (voice) · 10 eps

Ocean Waves
Movie · as Principle (voice)

Black Jack
TV · as Coronel Estefan (voice) · 1 ep

Tottoi
Movie · as Jack Land (voice)

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon
Movie · as Colonel John Kowen (voice)

Super Sentai Zyuranger
TV · as Bookback (voice) · 50 eps

Macross II: Lovers Again
TV · as Balser · 6 eps

Mobile Suit Gundam F91
Movie · as Cosmo Eigesse (voice)

Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green
Movie · as Colonel Gillan (voice)

Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land
Movie · as Bowser (voice)

City Hunter: Bay City Wars
Movie · as Gomez (voice)

Sword for Truth
Movie · as Tenkai (voice)

Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
Movie · as Panbûkin (voice)

Mad Bull 34
TV · as Henry (ep 2) · 4 eps

Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
TV · as Amoebalgin (voice) · 1 ep

Kousoku Sentai Turboranger: The Movie
Movie · as Ragorn (voice)

Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie
Movie · as Fudo no Ryoma

Riki-Oh: The Wall of Hell
Movie · as Tokuzo Sugiyama (voice)

Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel
TV · as Baramos (voice) · 43 eps

Fist of the North Star - TV Compilation 2 - Six Sacred Fists of Nanto! Rei, the Star of Justice
Movie · as Kiba Daio (voice)

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Red Shoulder Document - Origin of Ambition
Movie · as Chief Nehako (voice)

Little Lord Fauntleroy
TV · as Earl of Dorincourt · 43 eps

Choujuu Sentai Liveman
TV · as Earthquake Brain (voice), Space Brain (voice) · 1 ep

Super Android Metalder: The Movie
Movie · as Emperor God Neros (voice)

Super Android Metalder
TV · as God Neros (voice) · 39 eps

Kamen Rider Black
TV · as Creation King · 2 eps

M.D. Geist
Movie · as Golem (voice)

Love City
Movie · as Aroi

The Scarred Man
Movie · as Nick (eps 4-5) (voice)

Fist of the North Star
Movie · as Kiba Daiō (voice)

Silver Fang: The Shooting Star Gin
TV · as Takeda Gohei · 21 eps

Wounded Man
TV · as Nik · 5 eps

Dengeki Sentai Changeman: Shuttle Base! The Critical Moment!
Movie · as Gyodai (voice)

Dengeki Sentai Changeman: The Movie
Movie · as Gyodai (voice)

Twinkle Nora Rock Me!
Movie · as Tōchino (voice)

Blue Comet SPT Layzner
TV · as Admiral Gresco · 38 eps

Dengeki Sentai Changeman
TV · as Gyodai (voice) · 55 eps

Crusher Joe
Movie · as Nero (Voice)

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman: The Movie
Movie · as Emperor Aton (voice)

Armored Trooper VOTOMS
TV · as Nehalco (voice)

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman
TV · as Ten-Tailed Emperor Aton (voice) · 51 eps

Dai Sentai Goggle-V: The Movie
Movie · as Mole Mozoo (voice)

Dai Sentai Goggle-V
TV · as Octopus Mozoo (voice), Gecko Mozoo (voice), Baku Mozoo (voice), Lion Mozoo (voice), Antlion Mozoo (voice), Starfish Mozoo (voice), Monkey Mozoo (voice), Cactus Mozoo (voice), Crab Mozoo (voice), Boar Mozoo (voice), Hyena Mozoo (voice), Horned Owl Mozoo (voice), Walrus Mozoo (voice), Scorpion Mozoo (voice), Condor Mozoo (voice), Skunk Mozoo (voice), Cheetah Mozoo (voice), Worker · 1 ep

Space Sheriff Gavan
TV · as Shako Monster (voice) · 1 ep

Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan
TV · as Sea Snake Monger (voice), Hungry Monger (voice), Lightning Monger (voice) · 1 ep

Denshi Sentai Denziman: The Movie
Movie · as Denzi Computer

Battle Fever J: The Movie
Movie · as Buffalo Monster (voice)

Battle Fever J
TV · as Buffalo Monster (voice), Doguu Monster (voice), Snail Monster (voice), Dinosaur Monster (voice), Ancient Fish Monster (voice), Hyde Monster (voice) · 1 ep

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Red Death Match
Movie · as Warship Mask (voice)

Goliath the Super Fighter
TV · as 皇帝ジゴクダー · 36 eps

Gowappā Faibu Gōdamu
TV · as Emperor Yokokuda (voice) · 36 eps

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
TV · as Poison Fang Mask (voice), Silver Heat Mask (voice), Warship Mask (voice) · 2 eps

Pinocchio: The Series
TV · as Doro · 52 eps

Decision
TV · as (voice) · 25 eps

Kamen Rider
TV · as Creation King (voice) · 2 eps

Tomorrow's Joe
TV · as Gondou Goromaki (voice) · 47 eps