*anese actor (1955–2022)For the *anese baseball player, see Hiroyuki Watanabe (baseball).

Hiroyuki Watanabe (渡辺 裕之, Watanabe Hiroyuki, 9 December 1955 – 3 May 2022) was a *anese actor. He primarily acted in dramas, of which a handful are tokusatsu series. One of his latest roles was as Taiga Saejima in the tokusatsu series GARO. He also played Kamen Rider Gaoh in the Kamen Rider Den-O movie, Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!.

Contents

• 1 Life
• 2 Filmography
  • 2.1 Films
  • 2.2 Television
  • 2.3 *anese dubbing
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Life

Watanabe was born in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on 9 December 1955. He graduated from Takushoku University, Faculty of Commerce. During his studies at the university, he learned German while working for the German airline company Lufthansa.

Watanabe began his career in entertainment by appearing in a Coca-Cola television commercial in 1980.

He married actress Hideko Hara (原 日出子, Hara Hideko) in 1994.

Watanabe was found dead at his private gym in the ba*t of his home on 3 May 2022, and his death was announced by his management agency on May 5. The cause of death was reportedly suicide by hanging.

Filmography

Films

• Shinjuku Outlaw (1994)
• Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) – Yutaka Hirose
• Cromartie High - The Movie (2005) - Freddie
• Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born! (2007) - Kamen Rider Gaoh
• Everly (2014) - Taiko
• Day and Night (2019)
• In Full Bloom (2020) - Tetsuro Tokugawa
• Iyashi no Kokoromi (2020)
• Labyrinth of Cinema (2020)
• A Dog Named Palma (2021)
• Nobutora (2021) - Oda Nobunaga
• Tears of Persephone (2022)
• Popran (2022)
• 1446: An Eternal Minute (2022)
• Sadako DX (2022)

Television

• Ai no Arashi (1986)
• Tōyama no Kin-san (1992)
• Onihei Hankachō (1994)
• Ultraman Gaia (1998) - Commander Akio Ishimuro
• Aoi (2000) - Asano Yoshinaga
• Oyabun wa Jesus Sama (2000) – Jesus Christ
• Toshiie and Matsu (2002) - Ikeda Tsuneoki
• GARO (2005-2006) – Taiga Saejima
• GARO: Beast of the White Night (2006) – Taiga Saejima
• LoveDeath (2006)
• Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011)
• No Side Manager (2019) - Saburō Tsuda

*anese dubbing

• Batman – Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton)
• Batman Returns – Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton)
• *tail (1991 Fuji TV edition) – Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise)
• Top Gun (1989 Fuji TV edition) – Maverick (Tom Cruise)

References

External links

• Unicorn-net.com - Watanabe's official website
• Hiroyuki Watanabe at IMDb