Yoshinori Watanabe

was the vice president of Toei Company. He was involved in multiple productions of the Kamen Rider Series.
Watanabe's contribution to the Kamen Rider franchise is that he came up with an idea of selling Kamen Riders' belts in co-operation with a toy company, which was revolutionary in the 1970s and this method was proven successful and continues today with the DX and CSM toylines.
In honor of his contribution, he was credited at the end of Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer after he passed away in 2019.
==External links==
*Yoshinori Watanabe  at Japanese Wikipedia
Category:Deceased Cast and Crew