Watanabe
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Watanabe (渡辺 "cross border") is the fifth most common Japanese surname.
The first to be named Watanabe were kuge (court nobles), direct descendants of the Emperor Saga (786-842).
The most famous member of the family historically is the samurai Watanabe no Tsuna (953-1025), companion in arms of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (944-1021), and famous for his military exploits in a number of tales and legends.
The Watanabe of Hakata were daimyo of Hakata (province of Izumi) until the restoration of Meiji (1868).
The Watanabe of Ômura clan (province of Hizen) and the Watanabe of the Suwa clan (province of Shinano) were ranked among the Peers after 1868.
During the 16th century wars, the following samurai distinguished themselves:
Watanabe Hajime of the Môri clan at the battles of Gassan-Toda (1540), Miyajima (1555) and Moji (1561).
Watanabe Moritsuna (1542-1620) who joined Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1557, at the battles of Anegawa (1570), Mikatagahara (1573) and Nagashino (1575).
[edit] People
- Akeno Watanabe (voice actress)
- Akira Watanabe (National President of the Scout Association of Japan from 1974-2003)
- Chuck Watanabe (kayaker)
- Gedde Watanabe (A.K.A. Gary Watanabe, actor)
- Greg Watanabe (actor)
- Hiroshi Watanabe (animator)
- Hiroshi Watanabe (musician)
- Hiroshi Watanabe (photographer)
- Jiro Watanabe (boxer)
- José Watanabe (Peruvian poet)
- Junya Watanabe (fashion designer)
- Katsuaki Watanabe (President of Toyota Motor Corporation)
- Kazuki Watanabe (musician)
- Kazumi Watanabe (musician)
- Kazuro Watanabe (astronomer)
- Kazushi Watanabe (actor and director)
- Ken Watanabe (actor)
- Ken Watanabe (astrophysicist)
- Kinto Watanabe (painter)
- Kumiko Watanabe (voice actor)
- Marina Watanabe (entertainer)
- Michio Watanabe (politician)
- Miho Watanabe (entertainer)
- Misato Watanabe (musician)
- Matsuhiro Watanabe (war criminal)
- Osamu Watanabe (Olympic Gold medalist in freestyle wrestling)
- Sadao Watanabe (musician)
- Shinichi Watanabe (director)
- Shinichiro Watanabe (writer and director)
- Shunsuke Watanabe (baseball pitcher)
- Sylvia Watanabe, award-winning author
- Watanabe On (author)
- Watanabe Yoshinori (alleged yakuza)
- Yoko Watanabe (operatic soprano)
- Yuzo Watanabe (NoobToob Host)
[edit] Companies
- Racing Service Watanabe, commonly known as RS Watanabe (Japanese wheel manufacturer)
[edit] See also
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