About Chūmei Watanabe
Lived 1925 – 2022 (aged 96). Chūmei Watanabe was a Japanese composer and music arranger.
, born , (August 19, 1925 – June 23, 2022) was a Japanese film score and television score composer. He worked on various tokusatsu shows and mecha anime.
Personal life His son, Toshiyuki Watanabe, is a musician and composer, who also has scored films and anime series and his granddaughter Mako Watanabe is part of the idol duo Namakopuri where she goes under the stage name.
He died on June 23, 2022, at the age of 96.
Awards For his work on anime, Watanabe received an Award of Merit at the 8th Tokyo Anime Awards and an Animation Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Japan Movie Critics Awards.
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Who was Chūmei Watanabe?
Japanese composer (1925–2022)
When was Chūmei Watanabe born?
Chūmei Watanabe was born on 19 August 1925 in Nagoya.
When did Chūmei Watanabe die?
Chūmei Watanabe died on 23 June 2022 in Shibuya.
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Chūmei Watanabe was a composer and music arranger.
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Chūmei Watanabe was Japanese.
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