Acting
Community Rating
6.5
TMDB estimate
Born
March 21, 1936
Died
December 13, 2010 (age 74)
Born in
Kochi, Japan
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.
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie
as Chief Nehalco
2009
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Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog
as Obitaki (voice)
2007
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Monster
as Detective (voice)
2004
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Aquarian Age the Movie
as Naoyuki Kamikurata (voice)
2003
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Requiem from the Darkness
as Yahei (voice)
2003
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Naruto
as Gamabunta (voice)
2002
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Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
as Tarou Imamiya (voice)
2002
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Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution
as Naoyuki Kamikurata (voice)
2002
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6 Angels
as Donn Canyon
2001
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Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven
as Iwamatsu Ooki (voice)
2001
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Rune Soldier
as Ila's Father (voice)
2001
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Zone of the Enders: Idolo
as Barrows (voice)
2001
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Salaryman Kintaro
as Genzo Oshima (voice)
2001
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Android Kikaider
as Shadow Knight (voice)
2000
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Amazing Nurse Nanako
as Griffith (voice)
1999
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You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
as Takao Arizuka (voice)
1999
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Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs Megaranger
as Battobas (voice)
1999
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Cowboy Bebop
as Chessmaster Hex (voice)
1998
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Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
as Batbass (voice)
1998
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Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs Ohranger
as Bara Mobile
1997
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