Chief Watanabe

Yuri Watanabe
Production Information
First appearance:	Bring on the Bad Guys Part Four
Latest appearance:	The Cellar (Episode)
Voiced by:	Sumalee Montano
Character Information
Gender:	Female
Alignment:	Good
Full name:	Yuriko Watanabe
Other names:	Yuri Watanabe
Species:	Human
Age:	N/A
Family:	N/A
Friends:	Spider-Man
Occupation:	Chief of New York City Police
Residence:	New York City
Affiliation:	New York Police Department Spider-Man

Chief "Yuri" Watanabe is a recurring character in Marvel's Spider-Man. She is the police chief of New York, and while she doesn't approve of Spider-Man's vigilantism, she knows that he wants to see criminals behind bars as much as she does.

Personality

Chief Watanabe takes her role as a police officer seriously. She cares about the city and will do anything in her power to protect.

Relationships

Spider-Man

Chief Watanabe, while not a fan of his vigilantism, respects Spider-Man as a hero and knows that he wants to protect New York as much as she does.

J. Jonah Jameson

While Chief Watanabe respects Jameson, she doesn't appreciate it when he tells her how to do her job.

Trivia

• This is Chief Watanabe's first animated appearance.
  • Coincidentally, she would also make her debut in the unrelated Marvel's Spider-Man video game for the PlayStation 4 a month later.
  • Her voice actress, Sumalee Montano, was also Tatsu Yamashiro/Katana in the DC animated series, Beware The Batman, and Arcee in Transformers Prime.