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.
Acting
TV
Naruto
as Gamabunta (voice)
2002
TV
Cowboy Bebop
as Chessmaster Hex (voice)
1998
Movie
Ocean Waves
as Principle (voice)
1993
TV
Monster
as Detective (voice)
2004
Movie
Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
as Panbûkin (voice)
1990
TV
Detective Conan
as Sewa Takanori (voice)
1996
Movie
Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven
as Iwamatsu Ooki (voice)
2001
Movie
Fist of the North Star
as Kiba Daiō (voice)
1986
TV
Choujuu Sentai Liveman
as Earthquake Brain (voice)
1988
TV
Choujuu Sentai Liveman
as Space Brain (voice)
1988
TV
Kamen Rider
as Creation King (voice)
1971
Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
as Cosmo Eigesse
1991
TV
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
as Tarou Imamiya (voice)
2002
Movie
City Hunter: Bay City Wars
as Gomez (voice)
1990
TV
Tomorrow's Joe
as Gondou Goromaki (voice)
1970
Movie
Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog
as Obitaki (voice)
2007
TV
Silver Fang: The Shooting Star Gin
as Takeda Gohei
1986
TV
Dengeki Sentai Changeman
as Gyodai (voice)
1985
Movie
M.D. Geist
as Golem (voice)
1986
Movie
Love City
as Aroi
1986
TV
Mad Bull 34
as Henry (ep 2)
1990
Movie
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
as Takao Arizuka (voice)
1999
Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon
as Colonel John Kowen (voice)
1992
TV
Super Sentai Zyuranger
as Bookback (voice)
1992