Motoko Kusanagi (草薙素子) is a main character in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002). She stands 168 cm (5'6") tall. She is voiced by Atsuko Tanaka in Japanese and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn in English.
Motoko Kusanagi quick facts
- Full name
- Motoko Kusanagi
- Japanese name
- 草薙素子
- Also known as
- Shousa (少佐), Major
- Gender
- Female
- Height
- 168 cm (5'6")
- First anime
- Ghost in the Shell (1995)
- First manga
- The Ghost in the Shell (1989)
Who is Motoko Kusanagi?
Motoko Kusanagi is the mysterious, even enigmatic woman who has led a group of SpecOps for years and was recruited by Aramaki to work for Section 9. Almost nothing is known about her, her origins, birthdate, etc. She could not be older than 60 or so since the widespread use of full cyborgization was not in use until then. She was fully cyborged at a very young age and as she "grew" she went through a series of artificial bodies. This, more than anything, likely contributed to her great ease at controlling cyborg bodies of various types, even multiple at the same time. More mysterious is her incredible ability as a hacker, as she is equally at ease in a cyborg body as she is without one while diving the net; she is also officially registered as a Super Wizard Class Hacker. Her romantic life does not officially involve anybody in the Stand Alone Complex series; however, in the original manga she is bisexual and dates the leader of Section 1 for some time.
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Who voices Motoko Kusanagi?
Japanese
Atsuko Tanaka
田中敦子
Maaya Sakamoto
坂本真綾
English
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Alison Matthews
Mimi Woods
Other dubs
- French
- Hélène Bizot, Cécile Marmorat
- German
- Christin Marquitan, Sarah Brückner, Luise Brings
- Hungarian
- Lili Horváth, Andrea Kerekes, Márta Talmács
- Italian
- Stefania Patruno, Silvia Avallone, Alessandra Korompay
- Korean
- Mi-Sook Jeong
- Portuguese
- Samira Fernandes, Noeli Santisteban, Flora Paulita
- Spanish
- Carmen Calvell, Paola Navalón, Rosalba Sotelo
- Thai
- Vipada Jatuyosporn
Motoko Kusanagi in anime
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