, born , (August 19, 1925 – June 23, 2022) was a Japanese

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and television score composer. He worked on various

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shows and

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Personal life

His son,

Toshiyuki Watanabe Toshiyuki Watanabe (渡辺俊幸 ''Watanabe Toshiyuki'') (born February 3, 1955, in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese musician and composer who has scored multiple films and anime. His most notable works are the Mothra trilogy in the 1990s and the awar ...

, 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.

Awards

For his work on anime, Watanabe received an Award of Merit at the 8th

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and an Animation Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th

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* * 1925 births 2022 deaths Japanese film score composers Japanese male film score composers University of Tokyo alumni People from Nagoya {{japan-film-bio-stub