# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takeshi-watabe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:28:22.117Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takeshi-watabe"
name: "Takeshi Watabe"
slug: "takeshi-watabe"
description: "Takeshi Watabe  was a Japanese actor and 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. On December 13, 2010, Watabe was being treated for lung cancer until he died of pneumonia at the age of 74."
tagline: "Japanese voice actor (1936–2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Watabe_takeshi.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1936-03-21"
deathDate: "2010-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.57880666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913780/"
    handle:    "nm0913780"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump