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Atsuko Tanaka at an event for Ghost in the Shell (2017)

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Atsuko Tanaka

  • Did the Japanese voice dubs for actresses Lisa Kudrow and Mia Kirshner.
  • Tanaka died after battling an undisclosed illness for over a year.
  • She was best known for her portrayal of Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell film and franchise.
  • Behind Francois Cadol in French, Atsuko Tanaka in Japanese is the 2nd longest running single Lara Croft dub voice actress from Tomb 2 (1997) to Tomb 6/AOD in 2003.
  • In 2012, a Biglobe poll named her the Voice Actress with the Sexiest Voice.
  • She also voiced Konan in Naruto, Caster in Fate/stay night, Lisa Lisa in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Chun-Li in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Claudette in Queen's Blade, Francis Midford in Black Butler, Karura in Utawarerumono, Bayonetta in the Bayonetta series, Hanami in Jujutsu Kaisen, and Kyrie Ushiromiya in Umineko no Naku Koro ni.
  • She first graduated from Maebashi Municipal Minami-Tachibana Junior High School, then went to the Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Girls' High School, and studied at the Ferris University , Faculty of Letters, Department of Japanese Literature.
  • Atsuko Tanaka was a Japanese voice actress and narrator associated with Mausu Promotion (formerly Ezaki Productions).
  • She attended the Tokyo Announcement Academy, where she studied voice training in 1991.

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