1993Nominee
Best Performance
Ocean Waves
Takeshi Watabe
Actor
Kochi, Japan
March 21, 1936
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1990Winner
Best Performance
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
2001Nominee
Best Performance
Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven
Career Highlights
1986Highlight
Best Performance
Fist of the North Star
1999Highlight
Best Performance
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
Video
Ocean Waves
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
Fist of the North Star