Biography
１９６０年東京生まれ。日本大学芸術学部卒。８４年入社。
大学在学中にCMとCM音楽の研究に没頭し音楽プロデューサーになることを決意する。読書好きでもあり山口瞳、開高健を読破、サントリーのCM音楽をつくることが目標であった。英語も堪能なことから入社２年目にしてロス・アンゼルスA&Mレコードにて海外初録音を行なう。以後ニューヨーク、ロンドン、パリ、ミラノなどの大都市は勿論、ジャカルタ、キューバ、メキシコ、カルカッタ、ムンバイ、敦煌、大連、桂林など、飛行機好きな性格も手伝い、世界を飛び回りながらボーダーレスに活躍中。
サントリーウーロン茶、キューピーマヨネーズで受賞歴多数。
Born in 1960 in Tokyo.Watanabe graduated from Japan University where he received an art degree. He joined Mr. Music in 1984.
While attending Japan University, He began researching commercials and commercial music, which led him to pursue a career as a music producer. His love of reading includes the complete works of Hitomi Yamaguchi and Takeshi Kaikou and in his career he has achieved his goal of producing commercial music for Suntory. In his second year with Mr. Music, His great English skills provided him an opportunity to visit Los Angeles and record at A&M Records. After the trip, he went on to New York, London, Paris, Milano, Beijin,Shanghai and all the other great cities. It didn’t stop there, his career and love for flying have also taken him to Jakarta, Cuba, Mexico, Calcutta, Mumbai, (Chinese city names). He has received numerous awards for his work on Suntory Oolong Tea and QP Mayonnaise.