Atsuko Tanaka

Atsuko Tanaka (田中 敦子, Tanaka Atsuko, born November 14, 1962), is a Japanese voice actress and narrator associated with Mausu Promotion (formerly Ezaki Productions). Her most-known voice role is Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell film and franchiseand Konan in the Naruto series. She also voices Caster in the Fate/stay night series, Lisa Lisa in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Claudette in Queen's Blade, Francis Midford in Black Butler, and Karura in Utawarerumono, Bayonetta in the Bayonetta: Bloody Fate film adaptation and Bayonetta 2 and Kyrie Ushiromiya from Umineko no Naku Koro ni. She attended the Tokyo Announcement Academy where she studied voice training in 1991. In 2012, a Biglobe poll named her the voice actress with the sexiest voice.

Tanaka is married and has a sister. She also considers Kikuko Inoue to be her best friend. Overseas and on home soil in Japan, Atsuko is well known for being cast in semi-mature female action roles, noted for playing the Japanese dub voice of Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider franchise for five games in a row, before being succeeded by Takako Honda.