Character Profile: Major Motoko Kusanagi
Fields | USA Info | Japanese Info | Image |
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Name | Major Motoko Kusanagi | Major Motoko Kusanagi (草薙 素子) |  |
Race | Full cyborg | Full cyborg | |
Gender | Female | Female | |
Age | Mid's 20's | Mid's 20's | |
Hair | Black | Black | |
Eyes | Blue | Blue | |
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Status | Head of the Army 501 Organization, later member of Special Services Section 9 | Head of the Army 501 Organization, later member of Special Services Section 9 | |
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Voice | Elizabeth Maxwell (a.k.a. Mimi Woods) | Maaya Sakamoto (坂本 真綾) | |
Debut | Episode 1, "Ghost Pain" | Episode 1, "Ghost Pain" | |
Anime | ARISE: Ghost in the Shell | ARISE: Ghost in the Shell | |
See Also | Major Motoko Kusanagi (from Ghost In the Shell) | Major Motoko Kusanagi (from Ghost In the Shell) | |
· · · | Major Motoko Kusanagi (from Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) | Major Motoko Kusanagi (from Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) |
Character Description: Major Motoko Kusanagi
A full cyborg, Major Motoko Kusanagi had served the Japanese army during a non-nuclear world war, then afterwards the army's 501 Organization, who also owns her prosthetic body. When her involvement with the organization ended – and ownership of her body became her own, she is recruited by Daisuke Aramaki, who was starting-up his own organization, Special Services Section 9. Kusanagi was also charged by Aramaki in selecting the members of her team, which over the course of months included Batou, Togasa, Pazu, Ishikawa and Bourma.
Mitoko Kusanagi, because of her army experience, is skilled in the use of firearms and hand-to-hand combat. She is also an expert hacker, and because of her cyborg body, can interface with any computer. She is also assigned a Logikoma armored robot drone, who often assists her.
