Hiroyuki Watanabe

Hiroyuki Watanabe (渡辺 裕之, Watanabe Hiroyuki, born December 9, 1955) is a Japanese actor who was born in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. He graduated from Takushoku University and is married to actress Hideko Hara (原 日出子, Hara Hideko, legally Noriko Watanabe (渡辺 典子, Watanabe Noriko)). He primarily acts in dramas, of which a handful are tokusatsu series. One of his most recent 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!.

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 (film) (2020) - Tetsuro Tokugawa
• Iyashi no Kokoromi (2020)
• Labyrinth of Cinema (2020)
• A Dog Named Palma (2021)^[1]
• Nobutora (2021) - Oda Nobunaga^[2]

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

Japanese dubbing[]

• Batman – Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton)
• Batman Returns – Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton)
• Cocktail (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

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