Atsuko Tanaka

Atsuko Tanaka

Known for
Acting
Born
November 14, 1962
Died
August 20, 2024 (aged 61)
Birthplace
Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Biography

Atsuko Tanaka (田中 敦子, Tanaka Atsuko, November 14, 1962 – August 20, 2024) was a Japanese voice actress and narrator. Born in Maebashi, she became interested in acting during her youth, and while educated at Ferris University, worked as a background extra at Shochiku. After spending years working as an office lady for a Tokyo executive, she enrolled in the Tokyo Announcement Academy and joined the talent agency Mausu Promotion, with whom she was affiliated at the time of her death. She was best known for her portrayal of Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell film and franchise, and 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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Ogenki Clinic Adventures poster

Ogenki Clinic Adventures

Movie · as Feeling Good Girl

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Sacrée frousse ! poster

Sacrée frousse !

Movie · as Lady Emerald (second segment) (voice)

2025
#COMPASS2.0 ANIMATION PROJECT poster

#COMPASS2.0 ANIMATION PROJECT

TV · as Violetta (voice) · 12 eps

2024
The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic poster

The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

TV · as Rose (voice) · 13 eps

2024
YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master poster

YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master

TV · as Ōmurasaki no Omae (voice) · 20 eps

2024
Brave Bang Bravern! poster

Brave Bang Bravern!

TV · as Kunus (voice) · 2 eps

2023
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Saigo no Ningen poster

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Saigo no Ningen

Movie · as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

2023
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End poster

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

TV · as Flamme (voice) · 5 eps

2023
MAKE MY DAY poster

MAKE MY DAY

TV · as Cathy Beck (voice) · 8 eps

2022
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer poster

Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer

TV · as Muu (voice) · 24 eps

2021
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War poster

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War

Movie · as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

2021
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet poster

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet

Movie · as Mary Sera (voice)

2021
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Alibi poster

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Alibi

Movie · as Mary Sera (voice)

2021
Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars poster

Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars

Movie

2021
Kimi to Fit Boxing poster

Kimi to Fit Boxing

TV · as Laura (voice) · 12 eps

2021
The Way of the Househusband poster

The Way of the Househusband

TV · as Hibari Torii (voice) · 5 eps

2021
Ganbare! TEAM NACS poster

Ganbare! TEAM NACS

TV · 1 ep

2020
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. - Regards poster

ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. - Regards

Movie · as Mauve (voice)

2020
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 poster

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045

TV · as Motoko Kusanagi (voice) · 24 eps

2020
Listeners poster

Listeners

TV · as Kim (voice) · 12 eps

2020
The Gymnastics Samurai poster

The Gymnastics Samurai

TV · as Mari Aragaki (voice) · 11 eps

2020
JUJUTSU KAISEN poster

JUJUTSU KAISEN

TV · as Hanami (voice) · 9 eps

2019
Detective Conan: The Scarlet School Trip poster

Detective Conan: The Scarlet School Trip

Movie · as Mary Sera (voice)

2019
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie I: Go! Core Fighter poster

Gundam Reconguista in G Movie I: Go! Core Fighter

Movie · as Wilmit Zenam (voice)

2018
Usuzumizakura: GARO poster

Usuzumizakura: GARO

Movie · as Akira (voice)

2018
Batman Ninja poster

Batman Ninja

Movie · as Poison Ivy / Pamela Isley (voice)

2018
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas poster

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

Movie · as Haruki's Mother (voice)

2018
A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- poster

A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-

TV · as Akiko Nanbara (voice) · 12 eps

2018
Cutie Honey Universe poster

Cutie Honey Universe

TV · as Inspector Genet / Sister Jill (voice) · 12 eps

2018
Today's Menu for the Emiya Family poster

Today's Menu for the Emiya Family

TV · as Caster (voice) · 13 eps

2018
Devilman Crybaby poster

Devilman Crybaby

TV · as Sirene (voice) · 3 eps

2018
Queen's Blade UNLIMITED poster

Queen's Blade UNLIMITED

TV · 2 eps

2017
3-Nen D-Gumi Glass no Kamen: Tobidase Watashitachi no Victory Road poster

3-Nen D-Gumi Glass no Kamen: Tobidase Watashitachi no Victory Road

Movie · as Chigusa Tsukikage (voice)

2017
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage Flower poster

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage Flower

Movie · as Caster (voice)

2017
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic poster

Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic

Movie · as Francis Midford (voice)

2017
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. poster

ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.

TV · as Mauve (voice) · 7 eps

2017
GARO -VANISHING LINE- poster

GARO -VANISHING LINE-

TV · as Sister (voice) · 24 eps

2016
Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn poster

Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn

TV · as Uzal Delilah (voice) · 12 eps

2016
Thunderbolt Fantasy poster

Thunderbolt Fantasy

TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 13 eps

2016
The Glass Mask Year 3 Class D poster

The Glass Mask Year 3 Class D

TV · as Chigusa Tsukikage (voice) · 13 eps

2016
SUPER LOVERS poster

SUPER LOVERS

TV · as Haruko Kaidou (voice) · 20 eps

2015
Chieri and Cherry poster

Chieri and Cherry

Movie · as Lady Emerald (voice)

2015
Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn poster

Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn

Movie · as Uzal Delilah (voice)

2015
Knights of Sidonia: The Movie poster

Knights of Sidonia: The Movie

Movie · as Samari Ittan (voice)

2015
Hifuu Club Activity Record ~ The Sealed Esoteric History poster

Hifuu Club Activity Record ~ The Sealed Esoteric History

TV · 5 eps

2015
God Eater poster

God Eater

TV · as Tsubaki Amamiya (voice) · 11 eps

2015
THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls poster

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

TV · as Executive Director Mishiro (voice) · 10 eps

2015
The Heroic Legend of Arslan poster

The Heroic Legend of Arslan

TV · as Tahamenay (voice) · 33 eps

2014
Sleep Tight My Baby, Cradled in the Sky poster

Sleep Tight My Baby, Cradled in the Sky

Movie · as Yuri Aoshima

2014
Knights of Sidonia poster

Knights of Sidonia

TV · as Ittan Samari (voice) · 24 eps

2014
Your Lie in April poster

Your Lie in April

TV · as Yuriko Ochiai (voice) · 9 eps

2014
Parasyte -the maxim- poster

Parasyte -the maxim-

TV · as Ryoko Tamiya (voice), Reiko Tamura (voice) · 3 eps

2014
The Irregular at Magic High School poster

The Irregular at Magic High School

TV · as Virginia Balance (voice) · 4 eps

2014
Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] poster

Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]

TV · as Caster (voice) · 9 eps

2013
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate poster

Bayonetta: Bloody Fate

Movie · as Bayonetta (voice)

2013
Glitter Force Doki Doki poster

Glitter Force Doki Doki

TV · as Marmo (voice) · 49 eps

2012
Bread of Happiness poster

Bread of Happiness

Movie

2012
Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure poster

Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure

Movie · as Professor Kelly (voice)

2012
Campione! poster

Campione!

TV · as Lucretia Zola · 13 eps

2012
Tari Tari poster

Tari Tari

TV · as Naoko Takakura (voice) · 11 eps

2012
Kokoro Connect poster

Kokoro Connect

TV · as Reika Nagase (voice) · 13 eps

2012
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure poster

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

TV · as Lisa Lisa (voice) · 26 eps

2012
Ozma poster

Ozma

TV · as Binas · 6 eps

2012
Little Busters! poster

Little Busters!

TV · as Announcer (voice) · 3 eps

2011
TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance poster

TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance

Movie · as Nina Williams (voice)

2011
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Special OVA poster

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Special OVA

Movie · as Alice (voice)

2011
Carnival Phantasm: Illya's Castle poster

Carnival Phantasm: Illya's Castle

Movie

2011
Mazinkaiser SKL poster

Mazinkaiser SKL

TV · as Aira (voice) · 3 eps

2010
Halo Legends poster

Halo Legends

Movie · as Dr. Halsey (segment "The Package")

2010
Halo Legends poster

Halo Legends

TV · as Dr. Halsey · 1 ep

2009
God Eater Prologue poster

God Eater Prologue

Movie · as Tsubaki Amamiya

2009
The River's Light poster

The River's Light

Movie · as 蓝

2009
Umineko: When They Cry poster

Umineko: When They Cry

TV · as Kasumi Sumadera · 26 eps

2009
A Certain Scientific Railgun poster

A Certain Scientific Railgun

TV · as Harumi Kiyama (voice) · 35 eps

2009
Beyond the Heavens poster

Beyond the Heavens

TV · as Bian Linglong · 26 eps

2009
Queen's Blade poster

Queen's Blade

TV · as Claudette (voice) · 36 eps

2009
Nyan Koi! poster

Nyan Koi!

TV · as Nyamsus · 12 eps

2009
Princess Lover! poster

Princess Lover!

TV · as Josephine (voice) · 12 eps

2009
Aoi Bungaku Series poster

Aoi Bungaku Series

TV · as Madam · 4 eps

2008
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 poster

Ghost in the Shell 2.0

Movie · as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

2008
Amatsuki poster

Amatsuki

TV · 2 eps

2008
The Hill Dyed Rose Madder poster

The Hill Dyed Rose Madder

TV · as Nagase (Mother) · 12 eps

2008
The Daughter of Twenty Faces poster

The Daughter of Twenty Faces

TV · as Seiji Tamiya (voice) · 22 eps

2008
Black Butler poster

Black Butler

TV · as Francis Midford (voice) · 1 ep

2007
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society poster

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society

Movie · as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

2007
Juken Sentai Gekiranger: Gyun-Gyun! Fist Sage Great Athletic Meet poster

Juken Sentai Gekiranger: Gyun-Gyun! Fist Sage Great Athletic Meet

Movie · as Michelle Peng (voice)

2007
The Piano Forest poster

The Piano Forest

Movie · as Namie Amamiya (voice)

2007
Devil May Cry poster

Devil May Cry

TV · as Trish (voice) · 12 eps

2007
Shattered Angels poster

Shattered Angels

TV · as Mika Ayanokōji (voice) · 12 eps

2007
Naruto Shippūden poster

Naruto Shippūden

TV · as Konan (voice) · 320 eps

2007
Juken Sentai Gekiranger poster

Juken Sentai Gekiranger

TV · as Michelle Peng (Voice) · 49 eps

2006
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven poster

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven

Movie · as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

2006
Phoenix: Earthkeepers poster

Phoenix: Earthkeepers

Movie · as The Phoenix (voice)

2006
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple poster

Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple

TV · as Freya (voice) · 7 eps

2006
Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry poster

Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry

TV · as Captain Vivian Medlock · 13 eps

2006
Utawarerumono poster

Utawarerumono

TV · as Karurauatsuurei · 26 eps

2006
Le Chevalier D'Eon poster

Le Chevalier D'Eon

TV · as Queen Elizabeth of Russia · 24 eps

2006
Ergo Proxy poster

Ergo Proxy

TV · as Lacan (voice) · 12 eps

2006
Fate/stay night poster

Fate/stay night

TV · as Caster (voice) · 8 eps

2006
Hataraki Man poster

Hataraki Man

TV · as Maiko Kaji (voice) · 11 eps

2005
Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics poster

Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics

Movie · as Kaori (voice)

2005
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man poster

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man

Movie · as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

2005
Noein: To Your Other Self poster

Noein: To Your Other Self

TV · as Miyuki Gotou (voice) · 24 eps

2005
Gallery Fake poster

Gallery Fake

TV · as Fei Cui · 37 eps

2005
Mahou Sentai Magiranger poster

Mahou Sentai Magiranger

TV · as Gorgon (Voice) · 49 eps

2005
Prayers poster

Prayers

TV · 2 eps

2005
Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation poster

Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation

TV · as Viletta Badim (voice) · 3 eps

2004
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence poster

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Movie · as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

2004
Phoenix: Robe of Feathers poster

Phoenix: Robe of Feathers

Movie

2004
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden poster

Destiny of the Shrine Maiden

TV · as アメノムラクモ / Ame no Murakumo · 1 ep

2004
Tweeny Witches poster

Tweeny Witches

TV · as Atelia (voice) · 22 eps

2004
Monster poster

Monster

TV · as Margot (voice) · 4 eps

2004
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple

TV · as Miss Lemon (voice) · 39 eps

2003
Heart Cocktail Again poster

Heart Cocktail Again

Movie

2003
Hoop Days poster

Hoop Days

TV · 26 eps

2003
Maburaho poster

Maburaho

TV · as Maika Kazetsubaki · 24 eps

2003
Wolf's Rain poster

Wolf's Rain

TV · as Jagara (voice) · 26 eps

2003
Battle Programmer Shirase poster

Battle Programmer Shirase

TV · as Kotoe Amano (voice) · 15 eps

2002
Patlabor WXIII the Movie poster

Patlabor WXIII the Movie

Movie · as Saeko Misaki (voice)

2002
The Cat Returns poster

The Cat Returns

Movie · as Additional Voices (voice)

2002
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex poster

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

TV · as Motoko Kusanagi (voice) · 52 eps

2002
RahXephon poster

RahXephon

TV · as Sayoko Nanamori (voice) · 26 eps

2001
Salaryman Kintaro poster

Salaryman Kintaro

TV · as Misuzu Suenaga (voice) · 20 eps

2000
Reign: The Conqueror Movie poster

Reign: The Conqueror Movie

Movie · as Cassandra

2000
Gravitation poster

Gravitation

TV · as Kaoruko (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Kindaichi Case Files : Deep Blue Massacre poster

Kindaichi Case Files : Deep Blue Massacre

Movie · as Yurie Aizawa (voice)

1999
BuBu ChaCha poster

BuBu ChaCha

TV · as Mom · 52 eps

1999
Angel Links poster

Angel Links

TV · as Valeria Vertone (voice) · 13 eps

1999
Reign: The Conqueror poster

Reign: The Conqueror

TV · as Cassandra (voice) · 13 eps

1999
Legend of Himiko poster

Legend of Himiko

TV · as Fujina · 12 eps

1998
Fancy Lala poster

Fancy Lala

TV · as Yumi Haneishi (voice) · 26 eps

1998
AWOL -Absent Without Leave- poster

AWOL -Absent Without Leave-

TV · 12 eps

1998
Brain Powerd poster

Brain Powerd

TV · as Shiela Glass (voice) · 26 eps

1998
Super Doll★Licca-chan poster

Super Doll★Licca-chan

TV · as Puru · 52 eps

1998
Master Keaton poster

Master Keaton

TV · 1 ep

1998
Cowboy Bebop poster

Cowboy Bebop

TV · as Coffy (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Hermes - Winds of Love poster

Hermes - Winds of Love

Movie · as Mermaid Delmone (voice)

1997
Eikou e no Spur: Igaya Chiharu Monogatari poster

Eikou e no Spur: Igaya Chiharu Monogatari

Movie

1997
Psycho Diver: Soul Siren poster

Psycho Diver: Soul Siren

Movie · as Angelica (voice)

1997
Master of Mosquiton '99 poster

Master of Mosquiton '99

TV · as Wolf Lady · 26 eps

1997
Speed Racer X poster

Speed Racer X

TV · 34 eps

1997
Variable Geo poster

Variable Geo

TV · as Miranda Jahana · 3 eps

1997
AIKa poster

AIKa

TV · as Nena Hagen (voice) · 7 eps

1996
Advancer Tina poster

Advancer Tina

Movie · as Tina Owen (voice)

1996
Advancer Tina poster

Advancer Tina

TV · as Tina Owen (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Magic User's Club OVA poster

Magic User's Club OVA

TV · 6 eps

1995
Ghost in the Shell poster

Ghost in the Shell

Movie · as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

1995
Princess Minerva poster

Princess Minerva

Movie · as Yurisis Cheloria (voice)

1995
Macross 7: The Galaxy Is Calling Me! poster

Macross 7: The Galaxy Is Calling Me!

Movie · as Margarita (voice)

1995
Virtua Fighter poster

Virtua Fighter

TV · 35 eps

1994
Yamato Takeru poster

Yamato Takeru

TV · as Shaman (voice) · 37 eps

1994
Mahoujin Guru Guru poster

Mahoujin Guru Guru

TV · 45 eps

1994
My Sexual Harassment poster

My Sexual Harassment

TV · as Yumi Mayakawa (voice) · 3 eps

1993
Lupin the Third: Voyage to Danger poster

Lupin the Third: Voyage to Danger

Movie · as Karen Korinsky (voice)

1993
Black Jack poster

Black Jack

TV · as Abumaru (voice) · 1 ep