Chūmei Watanabe
Chumei Watanabe, born Michiaki Watanabe, (August 19, 1925 – June 23, 2022) was a Japanese film score and television score composer. He worked on various tokusatsu shows and mecha anime.
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Chūmei Watanabe
- Name
- Chumei Watanabe
- Birth Name
- Michiaki Watanabe
- Born
- 19 August 1925
- Birthplace
- Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Died
- 23 June 2022
- Place of death
- Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- Composer, arranger
- Full name
- 渡辺 宙明.
- Nationality
- Japan and Empire of Japan.
- Fields
- J-pop and anime song.
- Education
- Eighth Higher School and University of Tokyo.
- Teachers
- Ikuma Dan, Saburō Moroi and Sadao Watanabe.
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Chumei Watanabe, born Michiaki Watanabe, (August 19, 1925 – June 23, 2022) was a Japanese film score and television score composer. He worked on various tokusatsu shows and mecha anime.
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Chūmei Watanabe (1925–2022) was a composer and music arranger, of Japanese and Japanese nationality. The composer was born 渡辺 宙明 in Nagoya and died in Shibuya. Chūmei Watanabe was educated at Eighth Higher School and University of Tokyo.
The work spans anime song and J-pop. Languages used include Japanese. Honours include Agency for Cultural Affairs Film Awards, Japan Movie Critics Award and Tokyo Anime Award.
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Chūmei Watanabe studied at Eighth Higher School and University of Tokyo. Training under Ikuma Dan, Saburō Moroi and Sadao Watanabe is recorded. The recorded working language is Japanese. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are J-pop and anime song. Distinctions recorded are Tokyo Anime Award, Japan Movie Critics Award and Agency for Cultural Affairs Film Awards.
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• Name — Chumei Watanabe • Birth Name — Michiaki Watanabe • Native Name — 渡辺 宙明 • Born — 19 August 1925 • Birthplace — Nagoya, Aichi, Japan • Died — 23 June 2022 • Place of death — Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — Composer, arranger • Years Active — 1956–2022
Personal life
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.
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Chūmei Watanabe was born in Nagoya.
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Chūmei Watanabe died in Shibuya.
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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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- 1.Homenick, Brett. HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES! Composer Chumei Watanabe on Scoring Japanese Films!. Vantage Point Interviews. 2019-02-27.
- 2.デイリースポーツ online.
- 3.Loveridge, Lynzee. 90-Year-Old Anime Composer Michiaki Watanabe Still Churning Out Soundtracks. Anime News Network. 28 September 2015.
- 4.dead. ja:作曲家 渡辺宙明さん死去 96歳「マジンガーZ」など手がける | NHK.
- 5.Gatchaman's Kuri, Ashita no Joe's Yamazaki Win Tokyo Anime Awards. Anime News Network. 26 December 2011.
- 6.The Boy and the Beast, Masakazu Hashimoto Win Japan Movie Critics Awards. Anime News Network. 27 May 2016.
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