List of Famous people with last name Watanabe

Shunsuke Watanabe is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher.

Miho Watanabe is a Japanese actress, presenter and former idol. She is a former second generation member of the idol group Hinatazaka46.

Shu Watanabe is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Numazu, Shizuoka and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the national newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun from 1987 to 1999. He was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Shizuoka Prefecture in 1991 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He is an assenter of "The Truth about Nanjing(movie)."

Rika Watanabe is a member of the female Japanese idol group Sakurazaka46. She also serves as a regular model for the female fashiom magazine LARME since July 2017 and an exclusive model for the female fashion magazine Ray since November 2017. Like other members, Watanabe is represented by Sony Music Labels.

Kanako Watanabe is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. She competed in the 2012 London Olympics at the age of 15 for the 200m Women's Breaststroke event. She again competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro.

Miyuki Watanabe is a former member of multiple Japanese idol girl groups. She is a former member of NMB48's Team BII, and a former member of SKE48's Team S. She was also on AKB48 Team B.

Tetsu Watanabe is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1989.

Kumiko Watanabe is a Japanese voice actress. She is affiliated with Sigma Seven. She played Sergeant Keroro in Sgt. Frog, Shippo in InuYasha, Mother in Atashin'chi, Klonoa in Kaze no Klonoa, and Regina in DokiDoki! PreCure. She married Kōji Tsujitani in 2012.

Yuta Watanabe is a badminton player from Japan. He was a member of the Nihon Unisys team, and national team A representative. Watanabe has collected three bronze medals at the World Junior Championships, and also four bronze at the Asian Junior Championships. Watanabe was selected to join the Japanese mixed team compete at the 2017 Sudirman Cup in Gold Coast, Australia, winning a gold medal in the qualification to Gold Coast at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the team finished in the semi-final round, took the bronze medal. The left-handed Watanabe won the maiden Super 1000 tournament at the 2018 All England Open in the mixed doubles event partnered with Arisa Higashino.

Naoto Watanabe is a Japanese former professional baseball player who is currently a coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He previously played for the Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Saitama Seibu Lions of the NPB.