"MAJOR" MOTOKO KUSANAGI: Security Police Section 9 The most daring agent in her section, military trained, her background is unknown. Being an expert on secret intelligence, unlawful activity and demolitions, Kusanagi was scouted by the Ministery of Home Affairs. She is the commander of Agent Bateau and Agent Togusa. With most of her body as cybernetic, she maintained part of her brain from her original human body. Her sub-brain can access any of Earth's computer network. With a body of a young woman in her mid twenties, still her age is not known. The knowledge of the Puppet Master has led her on her journey to explore her soul or her "ghost".

In Ghost In The Shell, Kusanagi is presented in a hypersexualized image-favorable to the male gaze. Her strength comes from her intelligence and her determination to link with the "Puppet Master". What makes Ghost In The Shell an anime masterpiece is Kusanagi's final transformation, where her brain is hosted by the body of a little girl, which challenges the notion of the hypersexualized female cyborg.