Atsuko Tanaka

An earlier seiyuu which gained very substantial fame due to her role as Major Motoko Kusanagi, the anime ur-Action Girl, as well as her impersonation of video game icon Lara Croft. Atsuko Tanaka is well known for her cool, deep, sometimes very alluring voice, which usually lands her roles of strong, professional women. However, this can be twisted, and she does evil villainesses just as well. She's still active to this day.

Her Western equivalent may be Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, who's dubbed four of her roles to date including Motoko Kusanagi.

Notable roles by Atsuko Tanaka:

 * Lara Croft in Tomb Raider (2-6. The first was done by Megumi Ogata and 7 was done by Takako Honda.)
 * Major Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in The Shell (all incarnations)
 * Claudette in Queens Blade
 * Professor Kiyama Harumi of To Aru Kagaku no Railgun.
 * Trish in Devil May Cry the Animated Series
 * This contiues to Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
 * Mika Ayanokouji in Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora
 * Chun Li and Poison in Street Fighter III: Third Strike and Namco X Capcom. She also did Regina of Dino Crisis' fame in the latter.
 * Poison in Street Fighter X Tekken.
 * Opera Vectra in Star Ocean: Second Evolution (succeeding Yuko Nagashima)
 * Viletta Vadim in Super Robot Wars Alpha and Super Robot Wars Original Generation series
 * Slan in Berserk
 * Caster in Fate Stay Night (Notable that she's usually on Atsuko's usual style of mystery and mature. But then in Carnival Phantasm, she turns it around and made her utterly Moe, complete with super cute sound. Yes, she does Moe just fine.)
 * Ultimecia in Dissidia Final Fantasy
 * Haku Kaen aka Soi from Fushigi Yuugi
 * Eleanor Varrot in Valkyria Chronicles
 * Kyrie Ushiromiya in Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
 * Along with her sister, Kasumi Sumadera (but not in the PS 3 remake, where she is voiced by Sumi Shimamoto)
 * Astrid in Atelier Rorona
 * Azami (Lucy) and Aloe (Lenora) in Pokémon
 * Konan in Naruto
 * Nyamses in Nyan Koi (Hence the character's Fan Nickname of "The Major Cat")
 * Kaine in NieR Replicant
 * Michelle Peng in Juken Sentai Gekiranger
 * Jagara in Wolfs Rain
 * Yuri Nikaido in The World God Only Knows
 * Nina Williams in Tekken Blood Vengeance
 * Serene Haze/Kasumi Sumika in Armored Core for Answer
 * Adelina Esperanza in Granado Espada
 * Impa in The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword