Image via the official Ghost in the Shell website The son of voice actor Atsuko Tanaka announced on his X (formerly Twitter) account that his mother passed at the age of 61 on August 20, with Mausu Promotion also announcing the news on the same day. Tanaka’s son, fellow voice actor Hikaru Tanaka, noted that she did not want to reveal the name of the disease but revealed she had been battling the condition for the past year. Atsuko Tanaka is best known as the voice of Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, Bayonetta in the Bayonetta games, Lisa Lisa in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , Hanami in Jujutsu Kaisen , Konan in Naruto and many more. Here is the message from Hikaru Tanaka along with a translation: To all of you who have always been a part of our lives, On August 20, 2024, my mother Atsuko Tanaka, a voice actor, passed away.
- 8/20/2024
- by Daryl Harding
- Crunchyroll
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