Hiroyuki Watanabe’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

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 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

• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) – Yutaka Hirose
• Cromartie High – The Movie (2005)
• Everly (2014) – Taiko

Television

• Tōyama no Kin-san (1992)
• Onihei Hankachō (1994)
• Ultraman Gaia (1998) – Commander Akio Ishimuro
• Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000) – Asano Yoshinaga
• Oyabun wa Jesus Sama (2000) – Jesus Christ
• GARO (2005-2006) – Taiga Saejima
• GARO: Beast of the White Night (2006) – Taiga Saejima
• LoveDeath (2006)
• Kamen Rider Den-O: I’m Born! (2007) – Kamen Rider Gaoh
• Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011)

Japanese dubbing

• Batman – Bruce Wayne
• Batman Returns – Bruce Wayne
• Top Gun – Maverick
• Cocktail – Brian Flanagan