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. He took over the ongoing roles of Shingo Kanemoto after his death. He also wrote an instructional book about voice acting, Seiyū Naritai.