Chumei Watanabe

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Chumei Watanabe
Native name 渡辺 宙明
Birth name Michiaki Watanabe
Born (1925-08-19)August 19, 1925
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Occupations Composer and arranger
Years active 1956–2022

Chumei Watanabe (渡辺 宙明わたなべちゅうめい Watanabe Chūmei?), born Michiaki Watanabe (渡辺 宙明 Watanabe Michiaki?),[1] (August 19, 1925 – June 23, 2022) was a Japanese film score and television score composer.[2] He has worked on various tokusatsu shows and mecha anime.[3]

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, "Mako Principal".

He died on June 23, 2022, at the age of 96.[4]

Awards

For his work on anime, Watanabe received an Award of Merit at the 8th Tokyo Anime Awards[5] and an Animation Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Japan Movie Critics Awards.[6]

References

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