is a retired Japanese racing driver.
Racing career Watanabe first began competing in 1975 in the Fuji Freshman Race. He is a noted touring car racing specialist, winning multiple championships in Super Taikyu and the Civic Inter Cup. He competed in a round of the 1988 Japanese Formula 3 Championship at Sendai Hi-Land Raceway but failed to qualify; he would be replaced by Hisashi Wada for the next round.
Watanabe first competed in Super GT in 1985 but did not race full-time until 1998; in that year, he drove a Toyota Cavalier for KRAFT. He last competed in Super GT in 2007. After retiring from active motorsports, Watanabe drove the medical car in Super GT and is still involved with the medical team in some way.
Racing record Complete JSPC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points 1985 Tokico Mazda RX-7 254 BSUZFUJDNSFUJRetSUZRetFUJFUJ NC 0
Complete Japanese Formula 3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points 1988 Choro-Q Racing Team Meiju Reynard 873 Volkswagen GX 2.0 I4 SUZ TSU FUJ SUZ SUG TSU SENDNQ SUZ NIS SUZ NC 0
Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points1992Team Over TakeBMW M3 Sport Evolution (E30)JTCｰ2TAIAUTSUG7SUZMINTSURetSEN6FUJ26th10 1995 Trans GlobalBMW 318i (E36) JTCCFUJ1FUJ2SUG1SUG2TOK1TOK2SUZ1SUZ2MIN1MIN2TAI1TAI2SEN1SEN2FUJ1FUJ2 NC 0
Complete Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 1998 KRAFT Toyota Cavalier GT300SUZFUJSEN10FUJ11MOT12MIN7SUG9 24th 7 2000 Team Daikokuya Porsche 911 RSR GT300MOTFUJSUGFUJRetTAIMINSUZ10 30th 1 2001 Porsche 911 GT3-R GT300TAIRetFUJ7SUGFUJRetMOT16SUZMIN 20th 4 Cars Tokai Dream28 Honda NSXTAIFUJSUGFUJMOTSUZ13MIN 2002 GT300TAI9FUJ14SUG4SEP8FUJ10MOTRetMINRetSUZ9 16th 22 2003 GT300TAI5FUJRetSUG5FUJ21FUJ9MOT19AUT13SUZ8 14th 22 2004 GT300TAI18SUGRetSEP17TOK17MOT14AUT20SUZ22 NC 0 2005 Verno Tokai Dream28 Vemac RD320R GT300OKA14FUJ13SEP14SUG9MOT6FUJRetAUT14SUZ6 14th 12 2006 Team Mach GT300SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZ18MOTAUTFUJ NC 0 2007 Ebbro Team Nova Vemac RD350R GT300SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZ6MOTAUTFUJ 23rd 5
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