Takeshi Watabe
Takeshi Watabe (渡部 猛, Watabe Takeshi) is a veteran Japanese voice actor. He was born on March 21, 1936 in Kōchi Prefecture. He usually plays villains and performs 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 adlibbed his own surname as Kiba Daiō's dying words, "WA-TA-BE!!!"[1]
Hokuto no Ken
External links
- Takeshi Watabe at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Takeshi Watabe at the Internet Movie Database
- 81 Produce