Ken Watabe

Ken Watabe
Native name 渡部 建
Born (1972-09-23) 23 September 1972
Hachiōji, Tokyo
Nationality Japanese
Education
Occupation
  • Comedian
  • television presenter
Years active 1994–
Agent Production Jinrikisha
Style Conte (tsukkomi)
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Television
  • Hirunandesu!
  • Academy Night Q
  • Love music
  • Gyōretsu no dekiru Hōritsusōdansho
  • FNS uta no Natsu matsuri
  • FNS Music Festival
  • FNS uta no Haru matsuri
  • Moshimo no Nedan
  • Semason
  • Geinin Hōdō
  • Moshimo no Simulation Variety: Otameshika'!
  • Shinobu Sakagami no Seichō Man!
Spouse(s) Nozomi Sasaki (m. 2017)
Partner(s) Kazuya Kojima

Ken Watabe (渡部 建, Watabe Ken, born 23 September 1972, in Hachiōji, Tokyo)[1] is a Japanese comedian and television presenter. He performs tsukkomi in the comedy duo Unjash.

Watabe is represented with Production Jinrikisha.

Biography

Watabe has an older brother and sister and is the youngest of the three. He graduated from Hachiōji Municipal Katakura Stand Elementary School, Hachiōji Tatsunaka Mountain Junior High School, Tokyo Metropolitan Hino High School and Kanagawa University Faculty of Economics.

In 1993, when he was in his second year in university Watabe was invited from his high school classmate Kazuya Kojima to say that he "will not laugh with you" or "have only you". They later formed the comedy duo Unjash. Watabe was told from his partner that he was the fifth member. (According to Arashi no Shukudai-kun, aired on Monday, 14 January 2008)

He graduated from the second year of Jinrikisha Comedy School JCA. Watabe entered a half a year late, and had hardly received classes.

Filmography

TV programmes

Current

Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2011 Hirunandesu! NTV Tuesday MC
2013 Aiba Manabu TV Asahi
2015 Academy Night Q TBS MC
Gyōretsu no dekiru Hōritsusōdansho NTV Quasi-regular
Love music Fuji TV Presenter [2]
Tokyo Extra TBS MC [3]
FNS uta no Natsu matsuri Fuji TV Presenter
FNS Music Festival
2016 FNS uta no Haru matsuri

Former

Year Title Network Notes
2011 Onegai! TV Asahi "Yūji no buccha ke Heya, Home Watanabe no Sugo i Ranking"
Kyawakore TV Tokyo MX MC
Hashigoman
2013 10-Biki no Kobuta-chan: Yasegaman shinai TV Fuji TV
Moshimo no Nedan
AnoHito-tachi no Tsukurikata: Naze kō natta!? Factory
Semason NTV
2014 Kore Kangaeta Hito, Tensai ja ne!? Ima sugu Yakudatsu Seikatsu no Chie, Atsumemashita TV Tokyo First MC
News na Bansan-kai Fuji TV MC
2015 Suiyō Kayō-sai
Geinin Hōdō NTV Quasi-regular
Shinobu Sakagami no Seichō Man! TV Asahi
Cream Quiz Miracle 9

Radio

Current

Year Title Network Notes
2012 Gold Rush J-Wave Navigator

Former

Year Title Network Notes
2007 Platon J-Wave Navigator
2011 Circus Circus

TV dramas

Year Title Role Network Notes
2007 Hataraki Man Makoto Chiba NTV Episode 9
2012 Saiko no Jinsei Host TBS Episode 3
2016 Funassyi Tantei Fuji TV Narration

Internet

Year Title Website Ref.
2012 Shūkan Otoko Jishin Bee TV
2016 Watabe no Arukkata Hulu [4]

Dubbing

Year Title Role
2010 Clash of the Titans Graeae's witch

Stage

Year Title Role
2006 Renai Gikyoku Masaya Mukai

Advertisements

Year Title Ref.
2015 Suntory Precious "Onagokai with Watabe: Hokkaidō-ban", "Onagokai with Watabe: Futatabi Hokkaidō-ban" [5][6]

Bibliography

Books

Year Title ISBN Ref.
2009 Escape! ISBN 978-4344017085
2012 Home Watabe no "Homeru Gijutsu" 7 ISBN 978-4833420082
2014 Geinō-kai no Athend-ō ga Oshieru: Saikyō no Mise 77-ken ISBN 978-4163901343
2016 Watabe Kōkō Yakyū no Mikatadesu.
Watanabe-ryū: Ī Mise no Mitsuke-kata Oshiemasu. Subete Shinmise: Ubudashi 80-ken [7]

Serials

Title
Men's Non-no "Renai Shinri Naika Watabe Clinic"
Hōchi Kōkō Yakyū "Ken Watabe no Kandō gochisōsama!!"

Screenplay

Title Notes Ref.
Glay "Eternally" Music video; Co-writer [8]

References

  1. ↑ "アンジャッシュ". Production Jinrikisha (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 Jan 2017.
  2. ↑ "森高&渡部の新音楽番組『Love music』10・16スタート". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 2 Oct 2015. Retrieved 10 Jan 2017.
  3. ↑ "ＴＢＳ新番組 地上波放送と同時にＹｏｕＴｕｂｅで英語版配信". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 5 Oct 2015. Retrieved 10 Jan 2017.
  4. ↑ "アンジャッシュ渡部、テレビ意識せずに美食旅「本当にやりたかった」新番組". Owarai Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 21 Oct 2016. Retrieved 10 Jan 2017.
  5. ↑ "中村アンらの女子会に渡部建が乱入!". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 5 Apr 2015. Retrieved 10 Jan 2017.
  6. ↑ "広告紹介 ｜ サントリープレシャス" (in Japanese). Suntory. Retrieved 10 Jan 2017.
  7. ↑ "アンジャッシュ渡部が隠れた名店紹介するグルメ本刊行、店選びのコツも伝授". Owarai Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 28 Oct 2016. Retrieved 10 Jan 2017.
  8. ↑ "「Eternally」ミュージックビデオ解禁(GLAY NEWS & INFO 2013.05.15)" (in Japanese). Glay official site. Retrieved 10 Jan 2017.
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