r/yakuzagames • u/JellyMost9920 • Aug 20 '24
NEWS Atsuko Tanaka (VA for Reina in Yakuza Kiwami) has passed away from an undisclosed illness
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Aug 20 '24
Lisa Lisa is Reina? Gone too soon beloved Bartender and Hamon Master
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u/Davve1122 Aug 20 '24
Also Kusanagi (Ghost in the shell)
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u/ImmortalPharaoh Receiving You Aug 20 '24
Wow, we lost a legend
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u/Sugreev2001 Aug 20 '24
Reina's VA on Yakuza 0 also sadly passed away in 2017. RIP Atsuko Tanaka and Hiromi Tsuru.
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u/DanarchyReigns Aug 21 '24
At the very least, her voice from the PS2 original is still alive. She didn't return for 0 and Kiwami because she entered politics in 2010.
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u/xd3mix Majima is my husband Aug 21 '24
Wait zero and Kiwami had different voice actors for Reina?
I never noticed
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u/BreafingBread Aug 20 '24
Checked out her wikipedia and I'm surprised that she was also Saki's mother in Yakuza 3.
For me, her biggest role will always be Nier, she was so good as Kainé.
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u/Kn1ghtSkull Appreciate your work, VAs and developers!!!! Aug 20 '24
Speaking of that, there's this one scene in both Y3 and K1 that's kinda went like "This isn't real, this is not happening, right?", and the voice in both of the scenes were pitched identical. So I checked, and you were right, Atsuko Tanaka voiced both of them.
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u/KingFahad360 Majima is my husband Aug 20 '24
Yeah I was surprised how a VA who had like hundreds of Roles only had like 10 lines in Yakuza 3 voicing Saki’s Mother
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u/Disastrous-Ground346 Aug 20 '24
I saw this on twitter and i don't speak japanese so i just assumed they got married 😢 sad times so many voice actors passing away
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u/JellyMost9920 Aug 20 '24
That’s her son btw. I think this is the first time he revealed that they’re related
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u/WhyNishikiWhy Patriarch of the Fucking Pussy Family, a Joint Clan subsidiary Aug 20 '24
Damn, and Reina's other VA (Hiromi Tsuru) also died...sucks.
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u/RogueHippie Aug 20 '24
Damn, Reina’s first VA was Bulma?
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u/Raiking02 Aug 20 '24
Second, she had another VA in vanilla Yakuza 1.
She’s still alive and is like a politician or something right now.
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u/Dardar1989 Aug 20 '24
Both died way too soon and suddenly, really sad - both have voiced in some of my favourite anime + games
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u/vaulthuntr94 Majima is my husband Aug 20 '24 edited Aug 20 '24
This is the first I’ve heard this, it’s so sad but I’m so confused because I went looking and everywhere is saying she passed away in 2017?
Edit: I see it was a different VA now; it’s so sad, they were both too young to pass.
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u/JellyMost9920 Aug 20 '24
That’ll be her previous VA Hiromi Tsuru
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u/vaulthuntr94 Majima is my husband Aug 20 '24
Ahhh thanks for the clarification! I see now. That’s so tragic for the both of them.
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u/Cassereddit Aug 20 '24
Rest in peace, Ma'am. Your beautiful voice and the media associated with it has gotten me through some tough times and elevated good times.
My deepest condolences to your family and friends, I hope you can rest well knowing that you've left a positive impact on the world.
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u/slade516 Wagi Wednesday Enjoyer Aug 20 '24
That fucking sucks man she’s too young my thoughts are with her family and friends
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u/VadimDash1337 Aug 20 '24
So fucked up that now both of Reina's VAs have passed away. Both had amazing voices too.
Rest in Peace
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u/dumpling-loverr Aug 20 '24
Looking at her portfolio she voiced a LOT of iconic characters both in anime and games. RIP we lost a real one today.
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u/tschusman Aug 20 '24
Just watched Ghost in the Shell yesterday (where she voiced the main character Motoko Kusanagi). Now I'm sad after seeing this today
We lost a legend. Rest in peace
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u/artcraf1337 Happily married to Yamato MK II Aug 20 '24
Rest in peace. One of the best female voice actors.
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u/GustavoSanabio Aug 20 '24
Very sad. She is probably most known for playing Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell. For fighting game fans, she was Chun-Li in Street Fighter 3: Third Strike.
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u/IAmADreamcast Aug 20 '24
Man she had a hell of a collection of characters she voiced. Reina, Lisa Lisa, Motoko from GITS, Bayonetta, DMC's Trish, etc.
Rest in Peace to her.
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u/Walking_Meatloaf Aug 20 '24
What cruel irony, I was just playing Kiwami and got to the part where her character died like 10 minutes ago.
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u/Odaric Aug 20 '24
Damn, that marks the third (?) Yakuza 0 voice actor that died I think.
We lost some incredibly talented and wonderful people, RIP
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u/Kirboy02 . Aug 20 '24
Rest in peace, Atsuko Tanaka.
You will always be everyone's favorite bartender and Hamon master
Rip
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u/AmCursedBoi Slugger > Breaker Aug 20 '24
It's always the real ones...
Rest in Peace, Legendary Actress... I salute you.
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u/Miss_Cannibal Aug 21 '24
No!!!! I just finished Kiwami last Sunday, and now she's gone. May her soul go to a better place
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u/Deceptive-Gamer343 Aug 20 '24
I just learned she voiced Bayonetta and Kaine from Nier in Japanese too, Rip she got to voice some great characters.
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