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Acting

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Career: Active from 1982 to 2022, busiest in 2022 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 21
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Ultraman Gaia
83/100

Characters

4

The characters Hiroyuki Watanabe played, best-known titles first.

Hiroyuki Watanabe as Tettsu's Father

Hiroyuki Watanabe as 袴田敏夫

Hiroyuki Watanabe as Support Role

Hiroyuki Watanabe as Hyodo

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Hiroyuki Watanabe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Romance
2.4, average 3.8
Wit & Wordplay
2.5, average 3.7
Class & Capitalism
2.2, average 3.3
Satire & Parody
1.3, average 2.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 4
Character-Driven 3
Social Commentary 3
Urban Underworld 2
Contemporary Japan 2
Japanese Underworld 2
Female Protagonist 2
Japanese Historical Drama 2
Gang Warfare 2
Biographical 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Ai no Arashi

TV show

2020s

16 titles · average score 60

Sadako DX

38

as Ryushin Tendou

Tokyo Vice

78

TV show · as Ohara

Dead Fishes

as Junpei Saeki

The World of Shura

as leader Engetsu

Popran

56

as Osamu Tagami

Storage Man

as Yoshihiko Koga

The World of Shura 2

as 組長円月

Cool Boys Only High

TV show

Honeys

TV show · as Gondo

Stolen Love, High School Teacher

TV show · as Takeshi Tanaka

Tears of Persephone

as Old Gentleman

Labyrinth of Cinema

70

as Fukao Asano

2010s

25 titles · average score 59

In Full Bloom

67

as Tetsuro Tokugawa

Masked Reunion

TV show

No Side Game

TV show · as Saburo Tsuda

Miracle in Kasama

as Naoki Fujioka

Samurai Hustle Returns

as Sandayu Morosaka

Everly

39

as Taiko

Wednesday Downtown

TV show · as Panel member

Sake-Bomb

as Takanori

as Kuki Ryuichi

GARO and the Wailing Dragon

66

as Taiga Saejima

CSI: Crime Scene Talks

TV show

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

64

as Chief Inspector Nitta

2000s

16 titles · average score 64

Baton

as Robot Guard (voice)

Baton

TV show · as Robot Guard (voice)

Kamen Rider Den-O The Movie: I'm Born!

68

as Gaou · Kamen Rider Gaoh

GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night

73

as Taiga Saejima

GARO

50

TV show · as Heroic Spirit of Garo (voice) / Taiga Saejima

Cromartie High School: The Movie

61

as Freddy

The Motive

68

as Police

Ghiblies: Episode 2

69

Producer

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

69

as Yutaka Hirose

Ultraman Gaia: Once Again Gaia

as Akio Ishimuro

Jesus is My Boss

as Tetsuya Shida

Ghiblies

57

Producer

1990s

11 titles · average score 75

Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna & Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace

76

as Commander Akio Ishimuro

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

73

as Colonel Ono

SLANG: Yellow Dog Pack

as Vance

Ultraman Gaia

83

TV show · as Ishimuro Akio

Ring

71

as Hayatsu

Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge

as Jûbei Yagyû

Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon

as Jûbei Yagyû

Gamera 2: Advent of Legion

75

as Colonel Ono

Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties

as Tokuichi Murakami

Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe

72

as Colonel Ono

Takeda Shingen

TV show · as Oda Nobunaga

1980s

7 titles

Onihei Hankachō

TV show

Shoujo Commando IZUMI

TV show · as Rinichiro Ishizu

Big Magnum Kuroiwa

as Ginno Hinodori

Windy Story

as Kei

It's All Right, My Friend

as Hachi

Cute Devil

as Koji

as Tetsuro Tomishima