Haru's biological mother and the one who found and adopted Ren.

A high school boy named Haru and his mother are living overseas. His mother orders him to take care of and "civilize" his adoptive brother Ren, a wild young boy who dislikes talking with other people. While their relationship is adversarial at first, they grow closer as they begin to understand one another.
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Atsuko Satou, known professionally as Atsuko Tanaka, was a Japanese voice actress and narrator.

Her most-known roles are [Medea](https://anilist.co/character/3440/) in [Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works](anilist.co/anime/19603/), [Motoko Kusanagi](https://anilist.co/character/1795/) in the [Ghost in the Shell](https://anilist.co/anime/43/) franchise, [Lisa Lisa](https://anilist.co/character/21960/) in [JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure](https://anilist.co/anime/14719/) and [Konan](https://anilist.co/character/3179/) in [Naruto: Shippuden](https://anilist.co/anime/1735/). In video games, she voiced title characters Lara Croft in the Japanese dub of the Tomb Raider games, Bayonetta in the Bayonetta: Bloody Fate film adaptation and Bayonetta 2 and Kyrie Ushiromiya from Umineko no Naku Koro ni. She attended the Tokyo Announcement Academy where she studied voice training in 1991. In 2012, a Biglobe poll named her the voice actress with the sexiest voice.

Tanaka was married and had a sister. She also considered [Kikuko Inoue](https://anilist.co/staff/95195/) to be her best friend. Mother of voice actor [Hikaru Tanaka](https://anilist.co/staff/168156/Tanaka-Hikaru).

On August 20, 2024, it was announced that Tanaka passed away at the age of 61.

While spending summer with his mother, Haru meets Ren, a boy newly adopted by his mother. Getting along with Ren isn't easy as Haru's goal is to "civilize" him by the time summer ends. Their relationship slowly improves as Haru spends more time with Ren and in return Ren steadily warms up to him. Can they really become a "family" at the end of summer!?<br><br>

(Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Haruko Kaidou