List of Famous people with last name Watanabe

Hisanobu Watanabe nicknamed "Nabe-Q", is the former baseball player who played in the Japanese professional leagues from 1984 to 1998. He also was manager of the Saitama Seibu Lions for most of his pitching career with the Lions.

Hideo Watanabe is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan and was a member of the House of Representatives and House of Councillors in the Diet from 1976 to 1993 and 1998 to 2010 respectively.

Kiyomi Watanabe , is a Japanese-Filipino judoka who has represented the Philippines in international competitions.

Masakazu Watanabe is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.

Akio Watanabe is a Japanese animator, illustrator, character designer, animation supervisor, anime director, and dōjin artist who is a member of the circle Pokopii (ぽこぴー). His pseudonym is Poyoyon♥Rock (ぽよよん♥ろっく). As an animator, he has been working with Akiyuki Shinbo for a long time before he became a mainstay at Shaft. His representative works include key animation for Popotan and character design for Nurse Witch Komugi, The SoulTaker, and the Monogatari series, for which he also served as chief animation director. His characters are often drawn wearing a translucent green bracelet.

Yui Watanabe is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is affiliated with Dandelion.

Chumei Watanabe , born Michiaki Watanabe , was a Japanese film score and television score composer. He worked on various tokusatsu shows and mecha anime.

Yoshiaki Watanabe is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Morinari Watanabe is a Japanese businessman who has served as president of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique since January 2017. Prior to his election in October 2016, he served as general-secretary of the Japan Gymnastics Association (2009–16) and was on multiple committees with the Japanese Olympic Committee.

Hiromichi Watanabe is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Matsudo City, Chiba he attended Waseda University as an undergraduate and received a master's degree from Meiji University. He was elected to the assembly of Chiba Prefecture in 1995 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He was appointed by Shinzo Abe as Minister of Reconstruction on 2 October 2018 and left the position on 11 September 2019. He was succeeded by Kazunori Tanaka.