Takeshi Watabe (渡部 猛, Watabe Takeshi; March 21, 1936 – December 13, 2010) was a Japanese actor and 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. On December 13, 2010, Watabe was being treated for lung cancer until he died of pneumonia at the age of 74.
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Filmography
Tokusatsu
He was sometimes paired up with Kaoru Shinoda.
Barom-1- Ikadorge
Inazuman- Sunabanbara, Aburabanbara
Akumaizer 3- Aonirda
Ninja Captor- Mirror Ascetic
Kaiketsu Zubat- Sentodevil (Actor: Kai Atou)
Pro-Wres no Hoshi Aztecaser- Killer Kumazawa (Actor: Don Arakawa)
Red Tiger- Commander Super, Commander Geller, Commander Marche
Space Sheriff Sharivan – Guardian of the Iga Crystal
Space Sheriff Shaider (Movie) – Meteor Gunman Omega
Choujinki Metalder- God Neros, Furious Fighter Jamune, Explosive Fighter Damnen
Kamen Rider Black- Creation King, Doram (movies, substituting for Shōzō Iizuka)
Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya- Akunobo Sugitani
Juukou B-Fighter – Gaohm
Overseas dubbing
Airport '77 (1987 TV Asahi edition) -
Alien (1981 Laserdisc edition) – Parker (Yaphet Kotto)
Anaconda – Paul Serone (Jon Voight)
Any Given Sunday (2002 NTV edition) – Monroe (Jim Brown)
Back to the Future (1990 Fuji TV edition) – Marvin Berry (Harry Waters Jr.)
Ben-Hur (1990 NTV edition) – Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins)
Bend of the River (1972 Fuji TV edition) – Red (Jack Lambert)
Bird on a Wire (1993 TV Asahi edition) – Albert "Diggs" Diggins (Bill Duke)
Breakdown – Warren"Red" Barr (J. T. Walsh)
Casino Royale (1972 NTV edition) – Smernov (Kurt Kasznar)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning – Kibosh (James Earl Jones)
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure – Chukha-Trok
Commando (1987 TBS edition) – Cooke (Bill Duke)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980 Movie theater edition) – Rebel Derek "Hobbie" Klivian (Richard Oldfield)
The Dark Crystal (Blu-Ray edition) – skekZok (Jerry Nelson)
Dawn of the Dead (1982 TV Tokyo edition) – Dr. Millard Rausch (Richard France)
Successors
Katsumi Cho, Masanori Machida: Nintama Rantaro: Tsukaguchi Mizudo
Hiroshi Naka: Naruto: Gamabunta
Kenyuu Horiyuchi: Kaasan – Mom's Life: Grandpa
Seizō Katō, Kyousei Tsuui: The Good Wife: (Jonas Stern Kevin Conway)
Shozo Iizuka: Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie: Genesis King, Kamen Rider: Battride War
