Atsuko Sasaki

Atsuko Sasaki
Data
Type	Ally XIG Operator
Gender	Female
Age	21 (series)
Family	Ritsuko Sasaki (Older sister)
Affiliation	XIG
Portrayed by	Ai Hashimoto

Atsuko Sasaki was an XIG operator and one of the supporting characters in Ultraman Gaia.

History

Ultraman Gaia

As a child, Atsuko had a terrible childhood where she was always isolated by the society and found solace in arcade games. She even had once possessed a doll named Lilia which she lost it sometime later.

During her job in XIG, she befriended Georgie Leland , an American worker and operator of XIG. Initially, she had a favor with Katsumi Kajio from Team Lightning but quit after he has a relationship with her sister. Atsuko always give Gamu Takayama, XIG's analyser and new recruit a cold shoulder, although she did shows her warming side towards him, to the point where she broke her pen twice when sensing "something wrong" with Gamu while he was at Germany.

Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers

In this film, Atsuko was Gamu's co-worker whom supported him in his dreams. After Gamu's battle as Gaia along with Ultras against Black Shadow and their minions were over, Atsuko assisted him in creating Repulsorlift systems and converting a 150 year old ship monument had turned into a spaceship where everyone makes his way to M78.

Trivia

• Atsuko's personality towards Gamu is best described as Tsundere, meaning a person (commonly an anime character) who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing their warm side over time.
• Atsuko's doll, Lilia had reappeared again as a little girl by Psycho Mezard II in a plot to influence her. The monster's plan failed however, by her sister and Kajio's persuasion.
• In the end of episode 31 of Ultraman Gaia, Atsuko forced Gamu on a date with her after he was seen hanging out with Georgie at a restaurant in the beginning.
• Ai Hashimoto last reprise her role as Atsuko Sasaki is on Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers. 

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