Chuumei Watanabe

This article is about a composer in the Super Sentai series.

Chuumei Watanabe
Born	August 19, 1925
Born In	Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Died	June 23, 2022
Died In	Tokyo, Japan
Jobs	Main Composer of Gorenger through Goggle-V and Zenkaiger

Chuumei Watanabe (渡辺宙明, Watanabe Chuumei), real name Michiaki Watanabe, was a composer for the Super Sentai franchise. He was noted for composing the music for every Sentai season from Gorenger through Goggle-V, as well as insert music for multiple seasons beyond these; he also shared duties on the soundtrack for Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie (with Kousuke Yamashita). He had returned to composing the main soundtrack for Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger, making him the oldest composer for a Sentai season.

His son, Toshiyuki Watanabe, is also a composer.

Watanabe died from heart failure in June 23, 2022 at 96 years old.

See Also

• Chuumei Watanabe on the Kamen Rider Wikia
• Chuumei Watanabe on the Metal Heroes Wikia