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Takeshi Watabe (渡部 猛, Watabe Takeshi) was a veteran Japanese voice actor. He was born on March 21, 1936 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, and more recently Gamabunta in Naruto. He took over the ongoing roles of Shingo Kanemoto after his death.
He also wrote an instructional book about voice acting, Seiyū Naritai. He was also a Tosa dialect coach on Ocean Waves and Sukeban Deka.
He adlibbed his own surname as Kiba Daiō's dying words, "WA-TA-BE!!!"[1]
He died of complications of lung cancer on December 13, 2010.
Hokuto no Ken (TV anime)[]
Hokuto no Ken (1986 movie)[]
External links[]
- Takeshi Watabe at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Takeshi Watabe at the Internet Movie Database
- 81 Produce