# Tetsuya Watari

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Japanese actor (1941–2020)

Tetsuya Watari 渡 哲也 Watari in 1965 Born Michihiko Watase (渡瀬 道彦)[1] (1941-12-28)December 28, 1941[1] Awaji, Hyōgo, Japan[1] Died August 10, 2020(2020-08-10) (aged 78)[2][3] Tokyo, Japan[2] Occupation Actor Years active 1964–2020 Relatives Tsunehiko Watase (brother)

**Tetsuya Watari** (渡 哲也, *Watari Tetsuya*) born **Michihiko Watase** (渡瀬 道彦, *Watase Michihiko*) (December 28, 1941 – August 10, 2020)[2][3] was a Japanese [film](/source/Film), [stage](/source/Theater), and [television](/source/Television) [actor](/source/Actor).

## Life

He graduated from [Aoyama Gakuin University](/source/Aoyama_Gakuin_University). Watari belonged to the karate club at university.[4] He made his screen debut in 1964, in [Isamu Kosugi](/source/Isamu_Kosugi)'s *[Abare Kishidō](/source/Abare_Kishid%C5%8D)*, and received one of the [Elan d'or Awards](/source/Elan_d'or_Awards).[5][1] At Nikkatsu, Watari starred in such films as [Seijun Suzuki](/source/Seijun_Suzuki)'s *[Tokyo Drifter](/source/Tokyo_Drifter)* and [Toshio Masuda](/source/Toshio_Masuda_(director))'s [Outlaw series](/source/Outlaw%3A_Gangster_VIP).[5]

Watari was mentored at [Nikkatsu](/source/Nikkatsu) by [Yujiro Ishihara](/source/Yujiro_Ishihara). When Nikkatsu shifted to focusing on [Roman Porno](/source/Roman_Porno) films in the early seventies, Watari was one of many actors who left the studio.[6]

Watari was due to play the main role in [Kinji Fukasaku](/source/Kinji_Fukasaku)’s film *[Battles Without Honor and Humanity](/source/Battles_Without_Honor_and_Humanity_(film))*, but because of illness he was not able to appear.[7][8] In 1974, he was forced to step down from the lead role of [Katsu Kaishū](/source/Katsu_Kaish%C5%AB) in the [Taiga drama](/source/Taiga_drama) *[Katsu Kaishū](/source/Katsu_Kaish%C5%AB_(Taiga_drama))* on NHK, again because of illness, after appearing in only nine episodes.[9] In 1976, Watari won best actor of [Blue Ribbon Award](/source/Blue_Ribbon_Awards) for his role in [Kinji Fukasaku](/source/Kinji_Fukasaku)`s film *[Yakuza Graveyard](/source/Yakuza_Graveyard)*.[5]

In Japan, Watari is probably still best known for his role as Keisuke Daiomon in the detective series "[Seibu Keisatsu](/source/Seibu_Keisatsu)" on [TV Asahi](/source/TV_Asahi). He also appeared in the popular detective drama "[Taiyō ni Hoero!](/source/Taiy%C5%8D_ni_Hoero!)" as a replacement for [Yujiro Ishihara](/source/Yujiro_Ishihara) in 1986.[10]

Watari became the president of [Ishihara Promotion](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ishihara_Promotion&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E5%8E%9F%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3)] after Yujiro's death in 1987[11] but in 2011 he resigned due to his declining health.[5]

On June 10, 2015 he was hospitalised after suffering a [heart attack](/source/Heart_attack) and underwent [surgery](/source/Surgery). Seven days later it was announced that he was in rehabilitation and would be discharged from hospital in about a month.

He had a younger brother, [Tsunehiko Watase](/source/Tsunehiko_Watase), who was also an actor.[12] As a singer, Watari is known for his hit song "Kuchinashi no Hana" [13] and he appeared in the [Kōhaku Uta Gassen](/source/K%C5%8Dhaku_Uta_Gassen) in 1974 and 1993.

He died of pneumonia on August 10, 2020, at the age of 78.[14]

## Selected filmography

### Films

Year Title Role Other notes Ref. 1965 Abare Kishidō (あばれ騎士道) Tetsuya Lead role Nakaseruze [ja] 1966 Tokyo Drifter Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo Lead role [15] Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea is Bright Red as the Color of Love Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo Lead role The Hearth of Hiroshima Lead role 1967 Kurenai no Nagareboshi Lead role 1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP Gorō Fujikawa Lead role [16] Moeru Tairiku Keiichi Isomura Lead role Higashi Shinakai Naoyuki 1969 The Wild Sea Yōji Kitami Lead role Daikanbu Nagurikomi Tetsu Lead role Savage Wolf Pack Asai Tetsuya Lead role 1970 Shinjuku outlaw: Step On the Gas Yuji Nishigami (Shinigami) Lead role Fuji sanchō 1971 Kantō Exile Lead role 1973 Gokiburi Keiji Detective Narugami Lead role Za Gokiburi Detective Narugami Lead role Ningen Kakumei Kumichō Shimatani 1975 Graveyard of Honor Rikio Ishikawa Lead role 1976 Yakuza Graveyard Detective Kuroiwa Lead role 1986 Tokei – Adieu l'hiver Special appearance 1993 Kinchan no Cinema Jack "Minato" 1996 Waga Kokoro no Ginga Tetsudō Miyazawa Kenji Monogatari Seijirō 1997 Yūkai Inspector Tsunami Lead role 1998 Diary of Early Winter Shower Lead role 2000 Nagasaki Burabura bushi Gakusha (Koga, Jûjirô) Lead role 2001 Brother Jinseikai Kumichō 2002 Shura no Mure Old Hiroyuki Inahara [17] 2004 Lady Joker Seizo Monoi Lead role [18] 2005 Yamato Vice-Admiral Seiichi Itō [19]

### Television

Year Title Role Other notes Ref. 1971 Daichūshingura Horibe Yasubei 1974 Katsu Kaishū Katsu Kaishū Lead role, Taiga drama [20] 1976–1979 Daitokai Series Raisuke Kuroiwa Lead role 1978 Haguregumo Kumo Lead role 1979–1984 Seibu Keisatsu Keisuke Daimon Lead role 1986 Taiyō ni Hoero! Hyōgo Tachibana 1996 Hideyoshi Oda Nobunaga Taiga drama [21] 1998 Shinsengumi Keppūroku Isami Kondō Lead role 2004 Seibu Keisatsu Special Keisuke Daimon 2005 Yoshitsune Taira no Kiyomori Taiga drama [22] 2009–2011 Clouds Over the Hill Tōgō Heihachirō [23] 2013 No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 Yukinobu Asada [24]

### Video games

Year Title Role Other notes Ref. 2005 Ryū ga Gotoku Shintaro Kazama 2006 Ryū ga Gotoku 2 Shintaro Kazama 2009 Ryū ga Gotoku 3 Jōji Kazama Known as "Joji Fuma" in Western PS3 release 2015 Ryū ga Gotoku 0: Chikai no Basho Shintaro Kazama 2016 Ryū ga Gotoku: Kiwami Shintaro Kazama 2017 Ryū ga Gotoku: Kiwami 2 Shintaro Kazama

## Honours

- [Medal with Purple Ribbon](/source/Medals_of_Honor_(Japan)) (2005)

- [Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette](/source/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun) (2013)

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## External links

- [Tetsuya Watari Official web site](http://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/actor/watari/index.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210116214827/https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/actor/watari/index.html) 2021-01-16 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (in Japanese)

- [Tetsuya Watari](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913911/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

Awards for Tetsuya Watari v t e Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor So Yamamura (1950) Toshiro Mifune (1951) Hisaya Morishige (1955) Keiji Sada (1956) Frankie Sakai (1957) Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1958) Hiroyuki Nagato (1959) Rentarō Mikuni (1960) Toshiro Mifune (1961) Tatsuya Nakadai (1962) Nakamura Kinnosuke (1963) Keiju Kobayashi (1964) Toshiro Mifune (1965) Hajime Hana (1966) Bunta Sugawara (1975) Tetsuya Watari (1976) Ken Takakura (1977) Ken Ogata (1978) Tomisaburo Wakayama (1979) Tatsuya Nakadai (1980) Toshiyuki Nagashima (1981) Kiyoshi Atsumi (1982) Ken Ogata (1983) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1984) Kin'ya Kitaōji (1985) Kunie Tanaka (1986) Takanori Jinnai (1987) Hajime Hana (1988) Rentarō Mikuni (1989) Yoshio Harada (1990) Naoto Takenaka (1991) Masahiro Motoki (1992) Hiroyuki Sanada (1993) Eiji Okuda (1994) Hiroyuki Sanada (1995) Koji Yakusho (1996) Koji Yakusho (1997) Takeshi Kitano (1998) Ken Takakura (1999) Yūji Oda (2000) Mansai Nomura (2001) Kōichi Satō (2002) Toshiyuki Nishida (2003) Akira Terao (2004) Hiroyuki Sanada (2005) Ken Watanabe (2006) Ryo Kase (2007) Masahiro Motoki (2008) Shōfukutei Tsurube II (2009) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2010) Yutaka Takenouchi (2011) Hiroshi Abe (2012) Kengo Kora (2013) Tadanobu Asano (2014) Yo Oizumi (2015) Kenichi Matsuyama (2016) Sadao Abe (2017) Hiroshi Tachi (2018) Kiichi Nakai (2019) Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (2020) Junichi Okada (2021) Kazunari Ninomiya (2022) Ryunosuke Kamiki (2023) Makiya Yamaguchi (2024) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2025) v t e Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor Chishū Ryū (1951) Daisuke Katō (1952) Eitarō Shindō (1953) Eijirō Tōno (1954) Daisuke Katō (1955) Jun Tatara (1956) Kōji Mitsui (1957) Nakamura Ganjirō II (1958) Shoichi Ozawa (1959) Masao Oda (1960) So Yamamura (1961) Yūnosuke Itō (1962) Chōichirō Kawarasaki (1963) Kō Nishimura (1964) Takahiro Tamura (1965) Katsuo Nakamura (1966) Yoshio Harada (1975) Hideji Ōtaki (1976) Tomisaburo Wakayama (1977) Tsunehiko Watase (1978) Rentarō Mikuni (1979) Tetsurō Tamba (1980) Masahiko Tsugawa (1981) Akira Emoto (1982) Kunie Tanaka (1983) Kaku Takashina (1984) Takeshi Kitano (1985) Kei Suma (1986) Toshiro Mifune (1987) Tsurutaro Kataoka (1988) Eiji Bandō (1989) Toshirō Yanagiba (1990) Masatoshi Nagase (1991) Hideo Murota (1992) George Tokoro (1993) Atsuo Nakamura (1994) Masato Hagiwara (1995) Tetsuya Watari (1996) Masahiko Nishimura (1997) Ren Osugi (1998) Shinji Takeda (1999) Teruyuki Kagawa (2000) Tsutomu Yamazaki (2001) Kanji Tsuda (2002) Tarō Yamamoto (2003) Joe Odagiri (2004) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2005) Teruyuki Kagawa (2006) Tomokazu Miura (2007) Masato Sakai (2008) Eita (2009) Renji Ishibashi (2010) Yūsuke Iseya (2011) Arata Iura (2012) Pierre Taki (2013) Sosuke Ikematsu (2014) Masahiro Motoki (2015) Lily Franky (2016) Yūsuke Santamaria (2017) Tori Matsuzaka (2018) Ryo Yoshizawa (2019) Ryo Narita (2020) Taiga Nakano (2021) Kazuki Iio (2022) Kōichi Satō (2023) Takao Osawa (2024) Jiro Sato (2025) v t e Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Actor Kiyoshi Atsumi (1988) Eiji Okuda (1989) Yoshio Harada (1990) Rentarō Mikuni (1991) Yoshio Harada (1992) Toshiyuki Nishida (1993) Kōichi Satō (1994) Hiroyuki Sanada (1995) Koji Yakusho (1996) Tetsuya Watari (1997) Akira Emoto (1998) Masahiro Motoki (1999) Akira Terao (2000) Naoto Takenaka (2001) Hiroyuki Sanada (2002) Kiichi Nakai (2003) Takeshi Kitano (2004) Ichikawa Somegorō VII (2005) Ken Watanabe (2006) Takuya Kimura (2007) Masahiro Nakai (2008) Shōfukutei Tsurube (2009) Satoshi Tsumabuki (2010) Kenichi Matsuyama (2011) Ken Takakura (2012) Ryuhei Matsuda (2013) Junichi Okada (2014) Kengo Kora (2015) Kōichi Satō (2016) Masaki Suda (2017) Tori Matsuzaka (2018) Sosuke Ikematsu (2019) Shun Oguri (2020) Hidetoshi Nishijima (2021) Hiroshi Abe (2022) Ryohei Suzuki (2023) Makiya Yamaguchi (2024) Ryo Yoshizawa (2025) v t e Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Hideji Ōtaki (1976) Takeshi Katō (1977) Tsunehiko Watase (1978) Rentarō Mikuni (1979) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1980) Katsuo Nakamura (1981) Akira Emoto (1982) Juzo Itami (1983) Kaku Takashina (1984) Tomokazu Miura (1985) Kei Suma (1986) Masahiko Tsugawa (1987) Tsurutaro Kataoka (1988) Yoshio Harada (1989) Renji Ishibashi (1990) Hiroshi Kanbe (1991) Takehiro Murata (1992) Ittoku Kishibe (1993) Kiichi Nakai (1994) Etsushi Toyokawa (1995) Tetsuya Watari (1996) Masahiko Nishimura (1997) Ren Osugi (1998) Kippei Shiina (1999) Tadanobu Asano (2000) Tsutomu Yamazaki (2001) Ryo Ishibashi (2002) Hiroyuki Miyasako (2003) Yoshio Harada (2004) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2005) Teruyuki Kagawa (2006) Shirō Itō (2007) Masato Sakai (2008) Eita (2009) Akira Emoto (2010) Denden (2011) Mirai Moriyama (2012) Pierre Taki (2013) Masahiko Tsugawa (2014) Masahiro Motoki (2015) Go Ayano (2016) Koji Yakusho (2017) Kazunari Ninomiya (2018) Ryo Narita (2019) Gen Hoshino (2020) Ryohei Suzuki (2021) Ryusei Yokohama (2022) Hayato Isomura (2023) Eiji Okuda (2024) Jiro Sato (2025) v t e Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor Masayuki Mori (1947) Chishū Ryū (1948) Takashi Shimura (1949) Shin Saburi (1950) Chishū Ryū (1951) Shin Saburi (1952) Ken Uehara (1953) So Yamamura (1954) Hisaya Morishige (1955) Keiji Sada (1956) Toshiro Mifune (1957) Keiju Kobayashi (1958) Eiji Funakoshi (1959) Keiju Kobayashi (1960) Tatsuya Nakadai (1961) Taiji Tonoyama (1962) Keiju Kobayashi (1963) Kō Nishimura (1964) Rentarō Mikuni (1965) Shoichi Ozawa (1966) Kunie Tanaka (1967) Minori Terada (1968) Kiyoshi Atsumi (1969) Hisashi Igawa (1970) Shintaro Katsu (1971) Takeo Chii (1972) Tetsurō Tamba (1973) Rentarō Mikuni (1974) Shin Saburi (1975) Tetsuya Watari (1976) Ken Takakura (1977) Ken Ogata (1978) Tomisaburo Wakayama (1979) Tatsuya Nakadai (1980) Takahiro Tamura (1981) Kō Nishimura (1982) Ken Ogata (1983) Tsutomu Yamazaki (1984) Kin'ya Kitaōji (1985) Eiji Okuda (1986) Masahiko Tsugawa (1987) Hajime Hana (1988) Rentarō Mikuni (1989) Masato Furuoya (1990) Masatoshi Nagase (1991) Kyōzō Nagatsuka (1992) Gorō Kishitani (1993) Eiji Okuda (1994) Koji Yakusho (1995) Koji Yakusho (1996) Yoshio Harada (1997) Masahiro Motoki (1998) Keiju Kobayashi (1999) Tadanobu Asano (2000) Tatsuya Mihashi (2001) Hiroyuki Sanada (2002) Toshiyuki Nishida (2003) Takeshi Kitano (2004) Tadanobu Asano (2005) Kōichi Satō (2006) Taichi Kokubun (2007) Hiroshi Abe (2008) Kenichi Matsuyama (2009) Shinichi Tsutsumi (2010) Mirai Moriyama (2011) Isao Natsuyagi (2012) Ryuhei Matsuda (2013) Go Ayano (2014) Shinya Tsukamoto (2015) Masahiro Motoki (2016) Masaki Suda (2017) Tasuku Emoto (2018) Ryo Narita (2019) Mirai Moriyama (2020) Takeru Satoh (2021) Kenji Sawada (2022) Ryohei Suzuki (2023) v t e Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer 1950s Shin Saburi (1950) Rentarō Mikuni (1951) Yoshitarō Nomura (1953) So Yamamura (1954) Tsuneo Kobayashi (1955) Kōji Nanbara (1955) Yoshirō Kawazu (1956) Yūjirō Ishihara (1957) Shohei Imamura (1958) 1960s Nagisa Ōshima (1960) Shima Iwashita (1961) Kirio Urayama (1962) Junya Sato (1963) Mako Midori (1964) Kei Kumai (1965) Tetsuya Watari (1966) 1970s Tomokazu Miura (1975) Shinobu Otake (1975) Mieko Harada (1976) Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977) Toshiyuki Nagashima (1978) Kenichi Kaneda (1979) 1980s Daisuke Ryu (1980) Kōichi Satō (1981) Jun Miho (1982) Tomoyo Harada (1983) Shōji Kaneko (1983) Kōji Kikkawa (1984) Yuki Saito (1985) Narimi Arimori (1986) Masahiro Takashima (1987) Naoto Ogata (1988) Ayako Kawahara (1989) 1990s Riho Makise (1990) Joji Matsuoka (1990) Hikari Ishida (1991) Yuki Sumida (1992) Gorō Kishitani (1993) Kyōko Tōyama (1993) Sawa Suzuki (1994) Makiko Esumi (1995) Ninety-nine (1996) Kōki Mitani (1997) Hitomi Satō (1997) Rena Tanaka (1998) Ryuhei Matsuda (1999) 2000s Tatsuya Fujiwara (2000) Ko Shibasaki (2001) Nakamura Shidō (2002) Manami Konishi (2002) Satomi Ishihara (2003) Anna Tsuchiya (2004) Mirai Moriyama (2004) Mikako Tabe (2005) Muga Tsukaji (2006) Rei Dan (2006) Yui Aragaki (2007) Yuriko Yoshitaka (2008) Lily Franky (2008) Masaki Okada (2009) Daisaku Kimura (2009) 2010s Toma Ikuta (2010) Nanami Sakuraba (2010) Mana Ashida (2011) Makita Sports (2012) Haru Kuroki (2013) Fuka Koshiba (2014) Anna Ishii (2015) Izumi Okamura (2016) Shizuka Ishibashi (2017) Sara Minami (2018) Nagisa Sekimizu (2019) 2020s Daiken Okudaira (2020) Yuumi Kawai (2021) Kōki (2022) Sōya Kurokawa (2023) Ikoi Hayase (2024) Ryuta Shibuya (2025) v t e Nikkan Sports Film Award for Special Award Hibari Misora (1989) Yūsaku Matsuda (1989) Seiko Matsuda (1990) Tadashi Imai (1991) Kinichi Hagimoto (1993) Nobuko Otowa (1995) Kiyoshi Atsumi (1996) Akira Kurosawa (1998) Shohei Imamura (2006) Hisaya Morishige (2009) Kaneto Shindo (2012) Ken Takakura (2014) Tetsuya Watari (2020) Toshiyuki Nishida (2024)

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