Corinne Kaoru Amemiya Watanabe (born August 1, 1950) is an American judge from the state of Hawaii.
[4] Watanabe received her bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1971.
[6] One case she ruled on was Cobb v. State by Watanabe, which tested the resign-to-run laws.
[7] The ruling was that Article II, Section 7 of the Hawaii Constitution did not apply for federal office.
[8] Cobb ran in the 1986 Special election in Hawaii's 1st congressional district to replace Cecil Heftel, who resigned to run for governor.