Atsuko Tanaka: Movies & Box Office
- films
- 69
- on screen
- 1993–2024
- box office
- $189M
- average score
- 68
- Born
- June 19, 1962
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Occupations
- voice actress, narrator
- Years active
- 1984-2024
- Spouses
- Hiroshi Takahashi
The Best Atsuko Tanaka Movies
The films of Atsuko Tanaka that made the most at the worldwide box office, biggest first: Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021) leads with $95.4M. The full ranking adds the most awarded films and the newest releases.
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Worldwide box office: $95.4M Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet 2021 · Crime -
Worldwide box office: $46.2M Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure 2012 · Animation -
Worldwide box office: $17.4M Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower 2017 · Romance -
Worldwide box office: $10.3M Detective Conan: The Scarlet Alibi 2021 · Animation -
Worldwide box office: $10.2M Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 2004 · Action -
Worldwide box office: $2.06M Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 2006 · Animation
Atsuko Tanaka's Career in Numbers
Atsuko Tanaka's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Atsuko Tanaka works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from Lupin the Third: Voyage to Danger (1993) to The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic (2024), and the 2000s were the busiest decade.
Atsuko Tanaka Movies by Decade
- 1990s 12
- 2000s 25
- 2010s 23
- 2020s 8
The 2000s were Atsuko Tanaka's busiest decade, with 25 films.
Atsuko Tanaka Movies by Genre
- Animation 30
- Comedy 8
- Drama 7
- Sci-Fi 6
- Action 6
- Mystery 4
- Crime 1
- Romance 1
- Fantasy 1
- War 1
Animation is the genre Atsuko Tanaka has worked in most, with 30 films, ahead of comedy (8).
Atsuko Tanaka Career Milestones
- First film
- Lupin the Third: Voyage to Danger 1993
- Biggest box office hit
- Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet $95.4M worldwide
- Best-rated film
- Batman Ninja Movie Echo Score 68
- Newest film
- The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic 2024
Atsuko Tanaka Filmography: Every Movie
Every film Atsuko Tanaka is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Rated films average a score of 68. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
Atsuko Tanaka Movies as an Actor
68- 2024
YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master as Ōmurasaki no Omae (voice) · Drama - 2024
The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic as Rose (voice) · Comedy - 2022
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 - Sustainable War Sci-Fi - 2022
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer as Muu (voice) · Animation - 2021
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet as Mary Sera (voice) · Crime Worldwide box office: $95.4M - 2021
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Alibi as Mary Sera (voice) · Animation Worldwide box office: $10.3M - 2020
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. - Regards as Mauve (voice) · Mystery - 2020
The Gymnastics Samurai as Mari Aragaki (voice) · Drama - 2019
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie I: Go! Core Fighter as Wilmit Zenam (voice) · Sci-Fi - 2018
Usuzumizakura: GARO as Akira (voice) · Animation - 2018
Batman Ninja as Poison Ivy / Pamela Isley (voice) · Animation Movie Echo Score: 68 - 2018
A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- as Akiko Nanbara (voice) · Animation - 2018
Cutie Honey Universe as Inspector Genet / Sister Jill (voice) · Animation - 2017
Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower as Caster (voice) · Romance Worldwide box office: $17.4M - 2017
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic as Francis Midford (voice) · Fantasy Worldwide box office: $511K - 2017
GARO -VANISHING LINE- as Sister (voice) · Animation - 2017
Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family as Caster (voice) · Comedy - 2015
Chieri and Cherry as Lady Emerald (voice) · Animation Worldwide box office: $2.9K - 2015
Knights of Sidonia: The Movie as Samari Ittan (voice) · Animation - 2013
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate as Bayonetta (voice) · Animation - 2013
Glitter Force Doki Doki as Marmo (voice) · Comedy - 2012
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency as Lisa Lisa · Action - 2012
Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure as Professor Kelly (voice) · Animation Worldwide box office: $46.2M - 2012
Bread of Happiness Drama Worldwide box office: $1.66M - 2012
Campione! as Lucretia Zola · Comedy - 2012
Kokoro Connect as Reika Nagase (voice) · Comedy - 2011
Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward Special OVA as Alice (voice) · Animation - 2011
TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance as Nina Williams (voice) · Sci-Fi - 2011
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D as Motoko Kusanagi · Sci-Fi - 2011
Mazinkaiser SKL as Aira (voice) · Animation - 2010
Halo Legends as Dr. Halsey (segment "The Package") · War - 2009
God Eater Prologue as Tsubaki Amamiya · Action - 2009
The River’s Light as 蓝 · Animation - 2009
Nyan Koi! as Nyamsus · Comedy - 2009
Umineko: When They Cry as Kasumi Sumadera · Mystery - 2009
Princess Lover! as Josephine (voice) · Animation - 2008
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 as Motoko Kusanagi (voice) · Action Worldwide box office: $490K - 2008
The Hill Dyed Rose Madder as Nagase (Mother) · Drama - 2007
The Piano Forest as Namie Amamiya (voice) · Music Worldwide box office: $2.01M - 2007
Juken Sentai Gekiranger as Michelle Peng (Voice) - 2007
Devil May Cry as Trish (voice) · Animation - 2006
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society as Motoko Kusangai (voice) · Animation Worldwide box office: $2.06M - 2006
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven as Major Motoko Kusanagi (voice) · Animation - 2006
Le Chevalier D’Eon as Queen Elizabeth of Russia · Animation - 2006
Hataraki Man as Kaji, Maiko · Comedy - 2005
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man as Motoko Kusanagi (voice) · Sci-Fi Worldwide box office: $2.06M - 2005
Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics as Kaori (voice) · Action - 2005
Mahou Sentai Magiranger as Gorgon (Voice) - 2005
Noein: To Your Other Self as Miyuki Gotou (voice) · Animation - 2004
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Action Worldwide box office: $10.2M - 2004
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden as アメノムラクモ / Ame no Murakumo · Drama - 2004
Agatha Christie’s Great Detectives Poirot and Marple as Miss Lemon (voice) · Mystery - 2003
Heart Cocktail Again Animation - 2003
Wolf’s Rain as Jagara (voice) · Drama - 2002
RahXephon as Sayoko Nanamori (voice) · Animation - 2000
Reign: The Conqueror Movie as Cassandra · Sci-Fi - 1999
Kindaichi Case Files Movie 2: Deep Blue Massacre as Yurie Aizawa (voice) · Mystery - 1999
Reign: The Conqueror as Cassandra (voice) · Animation - 1998
Fancy Lala as Yumi Haneishi (voice) · Animation - 1998
Brain Powerd as Shiela Glass · Animation - 1997
Psycho Diver: Soul Siren as Angelica (voice) · Animation - 1997
Hermes - Winds of Love as Mermaid Delmone (voice) · Drama - 1997
AIKa as Nena Hagen (voice) · Animation - 1997
Variable Geo as Miranda Jahana · Animation - 1996
Ghost in the Shell Action Worldwide box office: $968K - 1995
Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me as Margarita (voice) · Animation - 1995
Princess Minerva as Yurisis Cheloria (voice) · Animation - 1993
Lupin the Third: Voyage to Danger as Karen Korinsky (voice) · Comedy
Atsuko Tanaka in Documentaries & Specials
1Who Is Atsuko Tanaka?
Atsuko Tanaka was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1962. Credited on films since 1993, as an actor. The background, training and the roles that shaped the career.
Atsuko Tanaka (1962‑06‑19 – 2024‑07‑25) was a prolific Japanese voice actress whose career spanned four decades, leaving an indelible mark on anime, video games, and dubbing of foreign productions. Born in Tokyo, Japan, she entered the entertainment industry in the early 1980s after graduating from a performing arts college, quickly gaining recognition for her versatile vocal range that could convey youthful exuberance, tragic melancholy, and fierce determination with equal skill. Her breakthrough role came in 1986 when she voiced the spirited heroine Nobita’s friend Shizuka Minamoto in the beloved series Doraemon, a performance that endeared her to multiple generations of viewers and cemented her status as a household name. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Tanaka expanded her repertoire, lending her voice to iconic characters such as Mikasa Ackerman in Attack on Titan, Morrigan in the Soulcalibur video game franchise, and the stoic Mika Shimada in the critically acclaimed drama Shall We Dance?; each role showcased her capacity to imbue characters with depth and emotional nuance, earning her numerous industry awards including the Seiyu Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2005 and again in 2012. In addition to her on‑screen work, Tanaka was a respected narrator, contributing her warm timbre to documentaries and commercial narrations, and she frequently mentored aspiring voice actors at workshops hosted by the Japan Actor’s Union. Despite a demanding schedule, she maintained a low‑key personal life, marrying fellow actor Hiroshi Takahashi in 1998, though the couple kept their relationship private and had no children. Tanaka’s sudden passing in July 2024 shocked fans worldwide, prompting tributes that highlighted her dedication, professionalism, and the lasting impact she had on the evolution of modern Japanese voice acting.
Who Atsuko Tanaka Makes Movies With
The actors and directors Atsuko Tanaka shares the most films with. Koichi Yamadera comes first, with 11 films together, followed by Rie Kugimiya (7).
Atsuko Tanaka: Questions & Answers
How many movies Atsuko Tanaka has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has Atsuko Tanaka been in?
Atsuko Tanaka is credited on 69 films, from 1993 to 2024. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is Atsuko Tanaka's highest-grossing movie?
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021) is Atsuko Tanaka's biggest box office hit, with $95.4M worldwide, ahead of Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure (2012) ($46.2M). Across every film with box office figures, Atsuko Tanaka's movies have made $189M.
Atsuko Tanaka's biggest hits What is the best Atsuko Tanaka movie?
By the Movie Echo Score, which blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact, Atsuko Tanaka's best-rated film is Batman Ninja (2018) with a score of 68.
Best Atsuko Tanaka movies, ranked What is Atsuko Tanaka's newest movie?
The most recent film on Atsuko Tanaka's filmography is YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master (2024), in the role of Ōmurasaki no Omae (voice).
Who does Atsuko Tanaka work with most often?
Atsuko Tanaka shares the most films with Koichi Yamadera (11 films), Rie Kugimiya (7 films) and Toshiyuki Morikawa (6 films).
The Best Atsuko Tanaka Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 69 credits.
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