Ken Watanabe Autographs
Ken Watanabe (渡辺 謙, Watanabe Ken; born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese actor. He is best known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, Watanabe has won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for The Unbroken. He is also known for his roles in Christopher Nolan's films Batman Begins and Inception, as well as Memoirs of a Geisha, and Pokémon Detective Pikachu.
In 2014, he starred in the reboot Godzilla as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa, a role he reprised in the sequel, Godzilla: King of the Monsters. He lent his voice to the fourth and fifth installments of the Transformers franchise respectively, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight, as Decepticon-turned-Autobot Drift. In 2022, he starred in the HBO Max crime drama series Tokyo Vice.
He made his Broadway debut in April 2015 in Lincoln Center Theater's revival production of The King and I in the title role. In 2015, Watanabe received his first Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical at the 69th Tony Awards for his role as The King. He is the first Japanese actor to be nominated in this category. Watanabe reprised his role at the London Palladium in June 2018, earning a Laurence Olivier Award nomination.
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Current items with a signature of Ken Watanabe
These are the most current items with a signature of Ken Watanabe that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 2003 The Last Samurai Movie Program Cast Signed By 10 Tom Cruise Ken Watanabe | $500.00 |  |
| 2003 The Last Samurai Movie Program Cast Signed By 10 Tom Cruise Ken Watanabe | $500.00 | |
Traded items with a signature of Ken Watanabe
The most expensive item with a signature of Ken Watanabe (m19 Animation Art Ken Watanabe Signed Photo Flaming Eboshi Japanese Movie Taiga) was sold in November 2025 for $675.51 while the cheapest item (KEN WATANABE / GODZILLA / SIGNED 8X10 CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPH) found a new owner for $2.99 in July 2021. The month with the most items sold (3) was June 2021 with an average selling price of $75.00 for an autographed item of Ken Watanabe. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2015 with $300.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.99 was July 2021. In average, an autographed item from Ken Watanabe is worth $107.45.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ken Watanabe were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | ACTOR Ken Watanabe autograph, IP signed photo | $135.85 |  |
| ACTOR Ken Watanabe autograph, IP signed photo | $135.85 | |
| Godzilla /Ken Watanabe Last Samurai Signed Autograph Japanese Card Authentic | $34.00 | |
| Godzilla /Ken Watanabe Last Samurai Signed Autograph Japanese Card Authentic | $34.00 | |
| Godzilla actor Ken Watanabe Signed Japanese Autograph Marquee Card Authentic | $45.00 | |
| Godzilla actor Ken Watanabe Signed Japanese Autograph Marquee Card Authentic | $45.00 | |
| GODZILLA! KEN WATANABE SIGNED/AUTOGRAPHED 8 x 10 PHOTO W/COA | $49.63 | |
| GODZILLA! KEN WATANABE SIGNED/AUTOGRAPHED 8 x 10 PHOTO W/COA | $49.63 | |
| Ken Watanabe & Kelli O'Hara signed King & I 11x14 Photo In Person. Exact Proof | $132.00 | |
| Ken Watanabe & Kelli O'Hara signed King & I 11x14 Photo In Person. Exact Proof | $132.00 | |
| Ken Watanabe & Kelli O'Hara signed The King & I 11x14 Photo - Exact Proof | $132.00 | |
| Ken Watanabe & Kelli O'Hara signed The King & I 11x14 Photo - Exact Proof | $132.00 | |
| Ken Watanabe Hand Signed Photo Autograph Inception Japanese actor | $139.99 | |
| Ken Watanabe Hand Signed Photo Autograph Inception Japanese actor | $139.99 | |
| KEN WATANABE SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 11x14 PHOTO LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA BECKETT BAS | $165.00 | |
