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Behind the anime
Voice actor
Takeshi Watabe was a Japanese actor and voice actor.
Our catalog credits Takeshi Watabe, a voice actor, on 38 titles. Takeshi is from Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Born March 21, 1936. Years active: 1950–2010.
Voice roles on record include work in MD Geist - The Most Dangerous Ever, Petshop of Horrors, and Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bouken Land. Behind the scenes, the most common credits are dialect guidance.
Our catalog lists 38 credits, including MD Geist - The Most Dangerous Ever, Petshop of Horrors, and Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bouken Land.
Listed roles include Gamabunta, Truck Driver, Byakko, and Helmut Lennenkampf.
Their hometown is listed as Kochi Prefecture, Japan.
The person behind the work
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.
Browse titles and the roles they contributed.
33 titles listed
Notable roles, most popular first.
Naruto
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghostfiles
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Detective Conan
Detective Conan
Michiko & Hatchin
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
Ocean Waves
Tomorrow's Joe
Fist of the North Star
Romeo x Juliet
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku
City Hunter
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
Sonic X
Shigofumi
Tomorrow's Joe 2