Hiroyuki Watanabe

was a Japanese actor. He primarily acted in dramas, of which a handful are tokusatsu series. One of his latest roles was as Taiga Saejima in the tokusatsu series GARO. He also played Kamen Rider Gaoh in the Kamen Rider Den-O movie, Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!.

Life Watanabe was born on December 9, 1955, in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. He graduated from Takushoku University, Faculty of Commerce. During his studies at the university, he learned German while working for the German airline company Lufthansa. Watanabe also spoke English.

Watanabe began his career in entertainment by appearing in a Coca-Cola television commercial in 1980.

He married actress in 1994.

Watanabe was found dead at his private gym in the basement of his home on May 3, 2022, and his death was announced by his management agency on May 5. The cause of death was reportedly suicide by hanging. Shinjuku Outlaw (1994) Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) – Yutaka Hirose Cromartie High - The Movie (2005) - Freddie Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born! (2007) - Kamen Rider Gaoh Baton (2009) - Robot Guard (voice) Everly (2014) - Taiko Day and Night (2019) - Kazuyuki Akashi In Full Bloom (2020) - Tetsuro Tokugawa Iyashi no Kokoromi (2020) Labyrinth of Cinema (2020) A Dog Named Palma (2021) Nobutora (2021) - Oda Nobunaga Tears of Persephone (2022) Popran (2022) 1446: An Eternal Minute (2022) Sadako DX (2022, released posthumously) Tora no Ryūgi (2022, released posthumously) Tora no Ryūgi 2 (2022, released posthumously) Twilight Cinema Blues (2023, released posthumously)

Television Ai no Arashi (1986), adult Takeshi (Japanese adaptation of Wuthering Heights) Shōjo Commando Izumi (1987) - Rinichiro Ishizu Tōyama no Kin-san (1992) Onihei Hankachō (1994) Ultraman Gaia (1998) - Commander Akio Ishimuro Aoi (2000) - Asano Yoshinaga Oyabun wa Jesus Sama (2000) – Jesus Christ Toshiie and Matsu (2002) - Ikeda Tsuneoki GARO (2005-2006) – Taiga Saejima GARO: Beast of the White Night (2006) – Taiga Saejima LoveDeath (2006) Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011) No Side Manager (2019) - Saburō Tsuda

Japanese dubbing Batman – Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) Batman Returns – Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) Cocktail (1991 Fuji TV edition) – Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) Top Gun (1989 Fuji TV edition) – Maverick (Tom Cruise)