Chef Hisao Watanabe

Chef Hisao Watanabe is a traditional Japanese sushi chef who loves fishing, studying culinary arts, and singing karaoke. He is also the father of Jimmy Watanabe and uncle of Sachiko Watanabe. Throughout the MySims series, Hisao serves as the owner of sushi establishments, a health & education advisor, a minigame host, and a client for the Sim Protection Agency.

Game roles

• MySims (Console/PC)
• SimCity Creator (Wii)
• MySims Party (Wii)
• MySims Party (DS)
• MySims Racing (Wii)
• MySims Agents (Wii)

Appearance

Chef Watanabe has tan skin, short black hair, a wide, slight smile, and black, scalene triangle-shaped eyebrows with two slits on the outer end of each brow. He has pink circular blush and wrinkles on his forehead, glabella, chin, and around his mouth and eyes. His eyes are small, upside-down black triangles. Because of his crow's feet, his eyes almost look like two fish facing each other. He wears a blue jinbei with a white trim and fish scale details, a white waist apron with a profile of a red pufferfish, a sushi and rice-shaped hat which he claims is made from 15 pounds of real sashimi with a black chin-strap, and geta sandals.

Trivia

• In the MySims intro, Chef Watanabe's restaurant has a different door than the door given in the game.
  • He also has Chef Gino Delicioso's voice typeo, when he actually has Morcubus' voice in the actual game, as well as all the other games in which he appears.
• In MySims, Chef Watanabe and his son wear the same outfit. they are the only Commercial and Townie Sim to wear the same exact outfit.
• Chef Watanabe's sushi hat is made out of a real fish.
• In MySims, Rosalyn P. Marshall refers to him as "Old Man Watanabe". This is a reference to his first name, Hisao, which is a common Japanese name meaning "long-lived man."
• Although Chef Watanabe does not appear as a character in MySims Kingdom, he has a figurine, which can be obtained from fishing on Renée's Nature Preserve.
  • When Vic Vector is describing Watanabe's figurine, he states his first name is Hisao.
• Hisao, Jimmy, and Sachiko share their last name with Alan Watanabe, the repo-man from Sunset Valley in The Sims 3.

Gallery

• Cutouts
• Screenshots
• Artwork
• Residence

Chef Watanabe holding a knife.

Chef Watanabe doing the /afraid emotion.

A promotional render of Chef Watanabe as he appears on the cover of MySims Party.

A promotional render of Chef Watanabe holding a knife and a cutting board with sushi.

Character renders of all plot-related Sims in MySims Agents, including Chef Watanabe. Watanabe is the last Sim in the fifth column.

The April 2007 issue of Nintendo Power, showing Watanabe in a crowd of Sims.

Pre-release image.

Promotional image.

Player image.

Chef Watanabe sadly leaning on his counter.

Chef Watanabe on the official MySims Party poster.

Chef Watanabe hosting the "Hot Wasabi!" minigame in MySims Party (Wii).

Chef Watanabe in MySims Party (DS).

Early MySims concept artwork of various commercial Sims, including Chef Watanabe. Watanabe is the second from the left in the second row.

Early MySims concept artwork of various commercial Sims' building interiors, including Watanabe Sushi, which is the last interior in the first row.

Concept art of Watanabe's Sushi from MySims Racing (Wii).

Chef Watanabe's concept art, drawn by MySims concept artist Ben Seto.

The end credits' collage of Boardwalk images, including artwork of Watanabe that was cropped and used for his dialogue icon.

Chef Watanabe's "aged up" concept art by Tony Trujillo.

A promotional image of Watanabe Sushi in the MySims Prima Game Guide. The building's concept also appears in MySims Party (Wii), But looks slightly different.

Other languages

• Danish: Kok Watabane
• Dutch: Kok Wang
• English: Chef Hisao Watanabe
• French: Chef Watanabe
• German: Küchenchef Watanabe
• Japanese: ワタナベ板長
• Polish: Mistrz Watanabe
• Spanish: Chef Hisao Watanabe