Takeshi Watabe
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1687 |
| Birthday | 1936-03-21 |
| Place of Birth | Kochi, Japan |
| Also Known As | 渡部 猛, Watabe Takeshi, |
2007
Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog
7/26
Following a lead from Fujiko, Lupin and Jigen excavate the sea floor in Kiritappu to search for a lost underwater treasure that supposedly holds the s...
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Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog
1976
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Red Death Match
10/1
The Gorenger try to retrieve rocket plans stolen by the Black Cross as Daita meets a mysterious girl he saves from them. This is a theatrical version...
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Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Red Death Match
1989
Kousoku Sentai Turboranger: The Movie
7.5/2
The Turboranger must prevent a Bouma from unsealing his father in order to utilize his hellfire to burn the Earth.
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Kousoku Sentai Turboranger: The Movie
1995
Juukou B-Fighter: The Movie
7.333/3
The movie version of Juukou B-Fighter premiered in Japan on April 15, 1995 at the Toei Super Hero Fair '95. It was originally shown as a triple featur...
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Juukou B-Fighter: The Movie
2001
Zone of the Enders: Idolo
5.75/10
2167, Deep in a hidden laboratory, the Martians are testing new weapons technology that’s going to blow Earth away! Hotshot pilot Second Lieutenant Ra...
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Zone of the Enders: Idolo
1990
City Hunter: Bay City Wars
6.286/35
Rival private eyes Ryo Saeba and Umibozu must find a way into a high-tech luxury hotel to rescue their friends who are being held hostage and stop a m...
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City Hunter: Bay City Wars
2001
Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven
7.4/194
As a pair of towers in Tokyo are being prepared for their grand opening, there is a series of murders of people connected to the towers. Conan suspect...
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Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven
2003
Aquarian Age the Movie
6/3
Mayumi, the peaceful daughter of an E.G.O. leader, has never been able to come to terms with her faction's mission or her psychic abilities. Everythin...
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Aquarian Age the Movie
1986
M.D. Geist
5.045/22
Geist (the main character) is MD-02, a Most Dangerous Soldier, genetically engineered to function as a killing machine, but every one of the MDS units...
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M.D. Geist
2009
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie
7.5/3
Set after the 1988 OVA movie Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition and months before the events of the VOTOMS television series, Pailsen Files expl...
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Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie
1993
Ocean Waves
6.4/968
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as...
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Ocean Waves
1996
Sanctuary
5.313/8
Two Japanese survivors of the Khmer Rouge massacres in Cambodia vow to find a sanctuary, even if they have to build it themselves. Returning to Japan,...
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Sanctuary
1990
Sword for Truth
4.231/13
Shurannosuke Sakaki is a masterless samurai with a razor-sharp katana and a cold-hearted personality. Whenever you see the mark of two crossed scythes...
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Sword for Truth
1987
Super Android Metalder: The Movie
8/3
A film version of Super Android Metalder, set between episodes 17 & 18 premiered on July 18, 1987 at the "Toei Manga Matsuri" film festival, where it...
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Super Android Metalder: The Movie
1983
Crusher Joe
6.667/15
Enter the tale of the Crusher Council, a group of rugged individuals known for assignments ranging from transportation to terraforming and everything...
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Crusher Joe
1994
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: The Movie
8/3
When a young boy is kidnapped, his older sister asks the Kakuranger to rescue him.
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Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: The Movie
1989
Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie
5.885/13
The year is 1580, and the unholy armies of Lord Nobunaga Oda spread across Japan, murdering all who oppose them. Narrowly escaping the slaughter of he...
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Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie
1991
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
6.471/52
U.C. 0123. After a generation of peace, the Earth Federation has begun to build new space colonies to house humanity's growing population. But a new f...
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Mobile Suit Gundam F91
1986
Love City
5.605/19
In a dystopic and futuristic Tokyo, humanity’s genetic code has gone awry. At the forefront of the technology is Fraud, an organization conducting exp...
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Love City
1982
Dai Sentai Goggle-V: The Movie
8.2/4
Goggle V must prevent Deathdark from using their new laser weapon to destroy Tokyo. This movie takes place some time between episodes 8 and 14 of the...
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Dai Sentai Goggle-V: The Movie
1985
Dengeki Sentai Changeman: Shuttle Base! The Critical Moment!
8.2/4
After a Space Beast throws them off Shuttle Base, the Changeman scramble to get their ship back as Sayaka tries to protect it from the inside.
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Dengeki Sentai Changeman: Shuttle Base! The Critical Moment!
1985
Dengeki Sentai Changeman: The Movie
8.5/4
The Changeman must work with an earthquake institute to prevent Earth from being destroyed in a sea of fire by the Gozma.
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Dengeki Sentai Changeman: The Movie
1997
Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs Ohranger
6.95/11
The team-up between Gekisou Sentai Carranger and Chouriki Sentai Ohranger.
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Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs Ohranger
1980
Denshi Sentai Denziman: The Movie
6.5/2
When a mother with an unexpected origin is held hostage by the Vader Clan, the Denziman must come to her rescue.
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Denshi Sentai Denziman: The Movie
1979
Battle Fever J: The Movie
6.3/5
Egos kidnaps the children of Information Supervisor Sakaguchi, Yoko and Kenichi. They then blackmail him into stealing the blueprints and completion s...
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Battle Fever J: The Movie
1999
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
6.158/19
Officers Tsujimoto and Kobayakawa are transferred back to Bokuto Police Station after stints in other police departments. Shortly after this, the disc...
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You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
1988
Fist of the North Star - TV Compilation 2 - Six Sacred Fists of Nanto! Rei, the Star of Justice
0/0
Compilation film covering the Rei story arc of the Fist of the North Star TV Series
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Fist of the North Star - TV Compilation 2 - Six Sacred Fists of Nanto! Rei, the Star of Justice
1999
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs Megaranger
5.875/8
The team-up between Seijuu Sentai Gingaman and Denji Sentai Megaranger.
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Seijuu Sentai Gingaman vs Megaranger
1990
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
7.57/764
Bardock, Son Goku's father, is a low-ranking Saiyan soldier who was given the power to see into the future by the last remaining alien on a planet he...
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Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
1991
Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green
0/0
Keith, George, Edward, Yang and Shaw are Platoon #801, the five-man team formed to protect their homeworld in the Inferious galaxy from alien invasion...
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Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green
1983
Kagaku Sentai Dynaman: The Movie
4.5/2
The Dynaman must prevent a powerful new gun invented by a friend of Doctor Yumeno from falling into the hands of the Jashinka.
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Kagaku Sentai Dynaman: The Movie
1985
Twinkle Nora Rock Me!
4.2/4
Nora Scholar is now an interstellar bounty hunter, pursuing a powerful psychic on the desolate mining planet, Dazzle. There she befriends a would-be d...
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1992
Tottoi
6.5/6
Based on the novel Tottòi by Gianni Padoan. Sardinia is abundant in beautiful beaches and mysterious caves which are known as the habitat of a peculi...
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1986
The Scarred Man
0/0
Yuko Kusaka is a Japanese journalist sent to Brazil to do a report on the gold rush phenomenon that seems to be making many people rich from night to...
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1986
Fist of the North Star
6.8/187
After a nuclear holocaust tears the world apart, mankind is forced to the harshness of not only the oppression of others who are much more powerful, b...
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1992
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon
7.167/18
U.C. 0083 - Three years after the end of the catastrophic One Year War, peace on Earth and the colonies is shattered by the presence of the Delaz Flee...
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Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon
1991
Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land
5.5/2
In the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario and Luigi receive a postcard from Princess Peach, inviting them to join her in Dinosaur Land. The brothers then board a...
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