Takeshi Watabe


Takeshi Watabe 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 and then died of pneumonia at the age of 74.

Filmography

Anime

Film

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
  • Pro-Wres no Hoshi Aztecaser- Killer Kumazawa
  • Red Tiger- Commander Super, Commander Geller, Commander Marche
  • Space Sheriff Sharivan - Guardian of the Iga Crystal
  • Space Sheriff Shaider - Meteor Gunman Omega
  • Choujinki Metalder- God Neros, Furious Fighter Jamune, Explosive Fighter Damnen
  • Kamen Rider Black- Creation King, Doram
  • Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya- Akunobo Sugitani
  • Juukou B-Fighter - Gaohm

    Video games

Overseas dubbing

Live-action

  • Airport '77 -
  • Alien - Parker
  • Anaconda - Paul Serone
  • Any Given Sunday - Monroe
  • Back to the Future - Marvin Berry
  • Ben-Hur - Quintus Arrius
  • Bend of the River - Red
  • Bird on a Wire - Albert "Diggs" Diggins
  • Breakdown - Warren"Red" Barr
  • Casino Royale - Smernov
  • Casper: A Spirited Beginning - Kibosh
  • Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure - Chukha-Trok
  • Commando - Cooke
  • The Empire Strikes Back - Rebel Derek “Hobbie” Klivian
  • The Dark Crystal - skekZok
  • Dawn of the Dead - Dr. Millard Rausch
  • Deliverance - Mountain Man
  • The Elephant Man - Jim
  • The Exterminator - Gino Pontivini
  • Exit Wounds - Frank Daniels
  • Force 10 from Navarone - Captain Dražak
  • The Four Feathers - Colonel Sutch
  • The French Connection - Pierre Nicoli
  • The Getaway - The Accountant
  • Glory - Sergeant Major John Rawlins
  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - Ike Clanton
  • The Great Escape - Haynes "Diversions"
  • To Kill a Mockingbird - Tom Robinson
  • Kiss of the Dragon - Lupo
  • Independence Day - Marty Gilbert
  • Mad Max 2 - Wez
  • Major Dundee - Samuel Potts
  • Midnight Run - Alonzo Mosely
  • Midnight Run - Tony
  • Midway - Captain Vinton Maddox
  • Miracles - Fei
  • Papillon - Julot
  • Play Dirty - Boudesh
  • Predator - Major General Homer Philips
  • Psycho - Milton Arbogast
  • Rainbow Drive - Hans Roehrig
  • Soylent Green - Chief Hatcher
  • Stuart Little - Officer Sherman
  • A Thousand Acres - Harold Clark

    Animation

  • Aladdin
  • Animaniacs
  • The Aristocats
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • The Black Cauldron
  • Dinosaur
  • DuckTales
  • The Jungle Book
  • The Jungle Book II
  • The Land Before Time Narrator
  • The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
  • The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water
  • Hercules
  • Mulan
  • Mulan II
  • Robin Hood
  • Tarzan
  • Tarzan 2
  • Tarzan and Jane
  • ''Titan A.E.''

    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:
  • Shozo Iizuka: Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie: Genesis King, ''Kamen Rider: Battride War''