Tomio Watanabe

{{Short description|Japanese baseball player (born 1967)}}

{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|渡辺 智男|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Tomio Watanabe

| image =

| image_size = 250px

| team = Saitama Seibu Lions

| number = 98

| position = Pitcher / Coach

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|6|23}}

| birth_place = Takaoka District, Kōchi, Japan

| bats = Left

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate = June 2

| debutyear = 1989

| debutteam = Seibu Lions

| finalleague = NPB

| finaldate = October 30

| finalyear = 1997

| finalteam = Fukuoka Daiei Hawks

| statyear =

| statleague = NPB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=45–40

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.73

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=502

|stat4label=Saves

|stat4value=2

| teams =

As player

• Seibu Lions ({{npby|1989}}–{{npby|1993}}, {{npby|1998}})
• Fukuoka Daiei Hawks ({{npby|1994}}–{{npby|1997}})

As coach

• Saitama Seibu Lions ({{npby|2025}}–)

| highlights =

• 3× Japan Series champion (1990, 1991, 1992)
• NPB All-Star ({{npby|1990}})
• Pacific League ERA Champion ({{npby|1991}})

| medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport | Men's baseball }}

{{MedalCountry | {{flagu|Japan}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 1988 Seoul | Team }}

}}

{{Nihongo|Tomio Watanabe|渡辺 智男|Watanabe Tomio|born June 23, 1967}} is a former professional baseball player from Takaoka, Kōchi, Japan.{{cite web|url=https://npb.jp/bis/players/15113868.html|title=渡辺　智男（西武ライオンズ）|access-date=November 5, 2024}}