Watanabe
Watanabe is a family name that may refer to:
A.
- Akane Watanabe (* 1991), Japanese hammer thrower
- Akira Watanabe (Shogi player) (* 1984), Japanese Shogi player
- Aoi Watanabe (* 1999), Japanese short tracker
- Arata Watanabe (* 1995), Japanese football player
- Atsuo Watanabe (* 1974), Japanese football player
C.
- Chikako Watanabe , Japanese Assyrologist
- Chitetsu Watanabe (1907-2020), Japanese supercentenarian
D.
- Daigō Watanabe (* 1984), Japanese football player
E.
- Emi Watanabe (* 1959), Japanese figure skater
- Eriko Watanabe (* 1955), Japanese actress, theater director and playwright
F.
- Fumio Watanabe (1929-2004), Japanese actor
G
- Gedde Watanabe (born 1955), American actor
- Watanabe Gentai (1749-1822), Japanese painter
H
- Watanabe Hidemaro (1924-2011), Japanese football player
- Hidetoyo Watanabe (* 1971), Japanese football player
- Hinata Watanabe (* 1986), Japanese welterweight kickboxer
- Hiroaki Watanabe (* 1991), Japanese ski jumper
- Hirofumi Watanabe (* 1987), Japanese football player
- Hirofumi Watanabe (cross-country skier) (* 1968), Japanese cross-country skier
- Hiroshi Watanabe (photographer) (* 1951), Japanese photographer
- Hiroshi Watanabe (director) , Japanese anime director
- Hiroshi Watanabe (chemist) , Japanese chemist
- Hiroshi Watanabe (musician) (* 1971), Japanese musician
I.
- Ippei Watanabe (* 1969), Japanese football player
J
- Jirō Watanabe (* 1955), Japanese boxer
- Jolene Watanabe-Giltz (* 1968), American tennis player
- José Watanabe (1946–2007), Peruvian poet
- Watanabe Jōtarō (1874–1936), Japanese general
- Jun'ichi Watanabe (1933-2014), Japanese writer
- Jun'ichi Watanabe (soccer player) (born 1973), Japanese soccer player
- Jun'ya Watanabe (* 1961), Japanese fashion designer
K
- Kanako Watanabe (* 1996), Japanese swimmer
- Katsuaki Watanabe (* 1942), Japanese manager
- Watanabe Kazan (1793–1841), Japanese painter
- Kazuhiro Watanabe (1950–2007), Japanese comic artist
- Kazuhito Watanabe (* 1986), Japanese football player
- Kazuki Watanabe (swimmer) (* 1987), Japanese swimmer
- Kazuki Watanabe (racing driver) (* 1990), Japanese motorcycle racer
- Kazuma Watanabe (* 1986), Japanese football player
- Kazumi Watanabe (* 1953), Japanese fusion guitarist
- Kazumi Watanabe (marksman) (1947–1996), Japanese marksman
- Kazunari Watanabe (* 1983), Japanese track cyclist
- Kazurō Watanabe (* 1955), Japanese amateur astronomer
- Kazushi Watanabe (* 1976), Japanese director and actor
- Keiji Watanabe (* 1985), Japanese football player
- Keita Watanabe (* 1992), Japanese short tracker
- Ken Watanabe (born 1959), Japanese actor
- Kenji Watanabe (1969-2017), Japanese swimmer
- Kennosuke Watanabe (* 1980), Japanese cross-country skier and biathlete
- Kiiko Watanabe (* around 1935), Japanese table tennis player
- Kōdai Watanabe (* 1986), Japanese football player
- Kōichirō Watanabe (* 1944), Japanese politician
- Kōta Watanabe (* 1998), Japanese football player
- Kumiko Watanabe (* 1965), Japanese voice actress
M.
- Makoto Watanabe (* 1980), Japanese football player
- Mamiko Watanabe (* 1980), Japanese jazz musician
- Manabu Watanabe (* 1986), Japanese football player
- Manjiro Watanabe (1891–1980), Japanese mineralogist
- Masaki Watanabe (* 1986), Japanese football player
- Masashi Watanabe (1936–1995), Japanese football player
- Masayoshi Watanabe (* 1954), Japanese chemist and university professor
- Watanabe Michio (1923–1995), Japanese politician
- Mikio Watanabe (* 1954), Japanese graphic artist and mezzotint artist
- Mina Watanabe (* 1985), Japanese judoka
- Misako Watanabe (born 1932), Japanese actress
- Mitsuki Watanabe (* 1987), Japanese football player
- Mitsuo Watanabe (* 1953), Japanese football player
- Mitsuteru Watanabe (* 1974), Japanese football player
- Moriaki Watanabe (* 1933), Japanese specialist in theater and French literature
- Moriyuki Watanabe , Japanese agronomist
- Mutsuhiro Watanabe (1918-2003), Japanese soldier
N
- Natsuhiko Watanabe (* 1995), Japanese football player
- Nobuyuki Watanabe (* 1930), Japanese aikido teacher
O
- Osamu Watanabe (* 1940), Japanese wrestler
R.
- Rikako Watanabe (* 1964), Japanese organist and composer
- Roberto Tadashi Watanabe (* 1972), Brazilian chess player
- Ryō Watanabe (* 1996), Japanese football player
- Ryōma Watanabe (* 1996), Japanese football player
- Ryōta Watanabe (* 1991), Japanese football player
S.
- Sadao Watanabe (graphic artist) (1913–1996), Japanese graphic artist
- Sadao Watanabe (musician) (born 1933), Japanese jazz saxophonist
- Satomi Watanabe (* 1999), Japanese squash player
- Seiichi Watanabe (* around 1970), Japanese badminton player
- Watanabe Shikō (1683–1755), Japanese painter
- Shimon Watanabe (* 1990), Japanese football player
- Shin'ichi Watanabe (director) (born 1964), Japanese director
- Shin'ichi Watanabe (athlete) (born 1976), Japanese athlete
- Shin'ichirō Watanabe (* 1965), Japanese anime director and screenwriter
- Shinzō Watanabe (* 1935), Japanese mathematician
- Watanabe Shōzaburō (1885–1962), Japanese publisher of colored woodblock prints
- Suehiko Watanabe († 2012), Japanese violinist
- Watanabe Sumiko (1916-2010), Japanese sprinter and long jumper
- Susumu Watanabe (* 1973), Japanese football player
T
- Tadashi Watanabe (* 1944), Japanese computer architect
- Taiki Watanabe (* 1999), Japanese soccer player
- Takamasa Watanabe (* 1977), Japanese football player
- Takashi Watanabe (* 1957), Japanese director
- Watanabe Takeshi (Bank Manager) (1906-2010), President of the Asian Development Bank
- Takeshi Watanabe (bank manager) (1906-2010), Japanese bank manager
- Takeshi Watanabe (musician) (born 1952), Japanese drummer
- Takeshi Watanabe (soccer player) (born 1972), Japanese soccer player
- Takehiro Watanabe (* 1993), Japanese Nordic combined skier
- Taku Watanabe (* 1971), Japanese football player
- Takumi Watanabe (* 1982), Japanese football player
- Tamae Watanabe (* 1938), Japanese mountaineer
- Thomas Watanabe-Vermorel (* 1978), French politician (Parti Pirate)
- Tsuyoshi Watanabe (born 1997), Japanese football player
Y
- Watanabe Yanosuke , Japanese football goalkeeper
- Yasuhiro Watanabe (* 1992), Japanese football player
- Yasunori Watanabe (1974-2010), Japanese rugby player
- Yasutomo Watanabe († 2012), Japanese painter
- Yoko Watanabe (1953-2004), Japanese singer (soprano)
- Yoshiichi Watanabe (* 1954), Japanese football player
- Yoshimi Watanabe (* 1952), Japanese politician
- Yoshinori Watanabe (1941–2012), Yakuza and fifth Kumicho by Yamaguchi-gumi
- Yoshitaka Watanabe (* 1973), Japanese football player
- Yoshitomo Watanabe (* 1976), Japanese manga artist
- Watanabe Yōji (1923-1983), Japanese architect
- Yūga Watanabe (* 1996), Japanese football player
- Yukari Watanabe (* 1981), Japanese speed skater
- Yumi Watanabe (* 1970), Japanese soccer player