Motoko "Major" Kusanagi

Motoko Kusanagi

Animeography
Koukaku Kidoutai
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Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex
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Innocence
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Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
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Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Tachikoma na Hibi
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Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
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Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
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Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
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Koukaku Kidoutai 2.0
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Koukaku Kidoutai Arise: Ghost in the Shell - Border:1 Ghost Pain
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Koukaku Kidoutai Arise: Another Mission
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Koukaku Kidoutai Arise: Ghost in the Shell - Border:2 Ghost Whispers
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Koukaku Kidoutai Arise: Ghost in the Shell - Border:3 Ghost Tears
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Koukaku Kidoutai Arise: Ghost in the Shell - Border:4 Ghost Stands Alone
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Koukaku Kidoutai Nyuumon Arise
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Koukaku Kidoutai: Shin Movie
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Koukaku Kidoutai Arise [.jp]
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Koukaku Kidoutai Arise: Alternative Architecture
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Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045
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Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 Season 2
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Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 - Jizoku Kanou Sensou
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Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 - Saigo no Ningen
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Koukaku Kidoutai (TV)
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Mangaography
Koukaku Kidoutai: The Ghost in the Shell
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Koukaku Kidoutai 2: Manmachine Interface
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Koukaku Kidoutai 1.5: Human-Error Processer
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Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex
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Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex
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Koukaku Kidoutai: Arise - Sleepless Eye
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Koukaku Kidoutai Shousetsu Anthology
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Koukaku Kidoutai: The Human Algorithm
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Motoko Kusanagi (草薙 素子)

Height: 5'6"

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.


Whatever her age, Major Kusanagi now prefers the body of a 20-something woman. She is most often identifiable by her short violet hair and violet eyes in her Stand Alone Complex design. Her Arise design features her with short, indigo hair and blue eyes and features the Major at a younger age as she fights for her autonomy from Unit 501 of the Army.

Voice Actors
Sakamoto, Maaya
Japanese
Tanaka, Atsuko
Japanese
McGlynn, Mary Elizabeth
English
Bizot, Hélène
French
Matthews, Alison
English
Woods, Mimi
English
Patruno, Stefania
Italian
Marquitan, Christin
German
Santisteban, Noeli
Portuguese (BR)
Zsigmond, Tamara
Hungarian
Jeong, Mi Sook
Korean
Kwan, Andrea
English
Calvell, Carmen
Spanish
García Valero, Concha
Spanish
Maxwell, Elizabeth
English
Willer, Gaby
Spanish
Korompay, Alessandra
Italian
Avallone, Silvia
Italian
Trifol, Nuria
Spanish
Bau, Eva
Spanish
Brückner, Sarah
German
Brings, Luise Charlotte
German
Gaube, Kathrin
German
Fernandes, Samira
Portuguese (BR)
Torrens, Tania
French
Ortiz, Jessica
Spanish
Dubos, Mélody
French
Alfonso, Nerea
Spanish


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