Hikaru Tanaka announced on August 20, 2024 via his Twitter account that seiyuu Atsuko Tanaka Voice Actress passed away on Tuesday, after battling an unspecified illness for almost a year. She was 61 years old. In the message he posted, Hikaru Tanaka does not reveal Atsuko Tanaka’s illness, in accordance with her wishes. However, he states that she lived a serious, dignified, and somewhat playful life during the period she battled her illness. As Anime News Network recalls , Atsuko and Hikaru’s mother-son relationship had never been revealed in public. In his message, Hikaru says that it is with great regret that he must reveal their relationship in this way. He also thanks Atsuko’s fans who loved her, as well as everyone in the industry who cared for her. He also asks people to not forget the works and characters that Atsuko put so much love into, and to not forget the seiyuu that is Atsuko Tanaka.
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Born on November 14, 1962, Atsuko Tanaka Voice Actress started working as an office worker for almost six years and then decided to change professions because she wanted to find a job that she could keep until the end of her life. She then planned to move towards theater and dance, which she already practiced before the end of her studies. But later, although it was not what she originally planned to do, she was inspired to become a seiyuu and so attended the Tokyo Announcement Academy . Among her first roles was Juca Mellasch in Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (her colleague Tomokazu Seki had also started his career with the same anime). She has played many characters in anime, animated films, drama CDs and video games, such as Bayonetta in the eponymous series, Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell , Kyrie Ushiromiya in Umineko When They Cry , Caster in Fate/stay night , Kainé in NieR , Lisa Lisa in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure , Frances Midford in Black Butler , Karura in Utawarerumono , Hanami in Jujutsu Kaisen , Konan in Naruto , Alice in Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward , Gabby / Black Samurai in Shin Megami Tensei IV , Poison in the Street Fighter series , Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn , and Claudette in Queen’s Blade .
In addition to the works cited, in video games, Atsuko Tanaka Voice Actress also lent her voice to Chun-Li in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike , Saori in Boku no Natsuyasumi , Yoshana in Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 , Opera Vectra in Star Ocean: Second Evolution , Eleanor Varrot in the Valkyria Chronicles series , Tsubaki Amamiya in God Eater , Ultimecia in the Dissidia Final Fantasy saga , Reina in Yakuza Kiwami , Astrid Zxes in Atelier Rorona and Meruru , Gabriel in El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron , Arecia Al-Rashia in Final Fantasy Type-0 , Flavia in Fire Emblem Awakening , Hisoka Kurosawa in Project Zero: The Priestess of the Black Waters , Yennefer in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt , Trish in the Devil May Cry series , the avatar in Xenoblade Chronicles, and the avatar in Xenoblade Chronicles . Chronicles X , Medea , Jing Ke and Carmilla in Fate/Grand Order , Yodogimi in Nioh , Azusa Kasuga in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir , Almeidrea Kaineris in Tales of Arise , Layla Hassan in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey , Assassin’s Creed Origins and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla , Jerri in Persona 5 Tactica and Kayo Tohyama in Persona 5: The Phantom X.
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On the anime side, his roles were also very numerous in addition to the works mentioned above. She is found in the roles of Karen Korosky in Lupin III: Voyage to Danger , Flamme in Frieren , Omurasaki no Omae in Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master , Atsuko Tanaka Voice Actress, Slan in Berserk , Claire in Trigun , Coffee in Cowboy Bebop , Sayoko Nanamori in RahXephon , Jagara in Wolf’s Rain , Margot Langer in Monster , Konomi Kuwata / Black Queen in Black Jack , Kaoru in Lupin III: Angel Tactics , Cicciolina in Lupin III: A Woman Named Fujiko Mine , Fumiko in Gintama’ , Aloé in the Pokémon Black and White anime , Reika Nagase in Kokoro Connect , Samari Ittan in Knights of Sidonia , Wilmit Zenam in Gundam Reconguista in G , Yuriko Ochiai in Your Lie in April , Ryoko Tamiya in Parasyte -the maxim- , Mary Sera and Chihaya Hagiwara in Detective Conan as well as Mary Sera in the film The Scarlet Bullet , Tahamine in The Chronicles of Arslan , Silenus in Devilman Crybaby , Elena Gotti in Lupin the Third , Amida Arca in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans , the narrator in Thunderbolt Fantasy , Mauve in ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. , Rose in The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic , or Kunusin Brave Bang Bravern! . She will also be seen in the anime #Compass 2.0: Combat Providence Analysis System in 2025, with the role of Violetta Noire .
She also specialized in film dubbing and lent her voice to many heroines originally played by Nicole Kidman , Kate Beckinsale , Rachel Weisz , Gwyneth Paltrow , Jennifer Lopez , and Monica Bellucci . Additionally, she was the Japanese voice of Lara Croft in five games in the Tomb Raider series .
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