Takeshi Watabe (渡部 猛, Watabe Takeshi, March 21, 1936 – December 13, 2010) was a Japanese actor and voice actor.

Other major roles included Inspector Takao Arizuka in the You're Under Arrest franchise, Naoyuki Kamikurata in Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution, Colonel John Kowen in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, and Director Yachio Tokugawa in Strawberry Eggs.

[1] He also wrote an instructional book about voice acting, Seiyū Naritai.

Watabe was being treated for lung cancer when he died of pneumonia at the age of 74.

Hadashi no Princess21エモン 宇宙いけ！ 裸足のプリンセス || Gargano || || [3] |- He was sometimes paired up with Kaoru Shinoda.