Tara Sands
Tara Jayne Sands (born September 20, 1975) is an American voice actress and a former co-host of the Cartoon Network's weekly block, Fridays.[1] Sands has voiced in anime dubs and cartoons, including Bulbasaur in the Pokémon anime series, Kari Kamiya in Digimon Adventure tri., Anna Kyoyama in Shaman King, Mokuba Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, as well as Chase on Fighting Foodons and Filia Ul Copt in Slayers. She also provides narration on audio books.[2]
Tara Sands | |
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Sands at the Florida Supercon in 2016 | |
Born | Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | September 20, 1975
Other names | Tara Jayne |
Alma mater | Hofstra University |
Occupation | Voice actress, television host |
Years active | 1998–present |
Website | www |
Biography
Much of Sands' work is in anime dubbing, with multiple roles in franchises such as Pokémon, Slayers, Yugioh, Digimon Adventure Tri, and Hunter x Hunter.
Sands has narrated over 200 audio books, including Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes series.[2]
In addition to providing voice-overs for commercials, Sands was the on-camera co-host of Cartoon Network Fridays for over 100 episodes.
Filmography
Live action
- Disjointed - Sadie, Plants (voice)
- Fridays (Cartoon Network) - Co-Host
- Everybody Hates Chris - Hotel Clerk, Waitress
- The Fresh Beat Band - Interviewer
- The Sarah Silverman Program - Campaign Manager
- The Newsroom - Secretary[3]
Anime
- Agent Aika - Ria
- Angel Sanctuary - Sara Mudo
- Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - Jinta "Jintan" Yodomi (Child)[4]
- Beyblade Burst Turbo - Tobisuke
- Descendants of Darkness - Princess Tsubaki
- Dinosaur King - Michelle
- Domain of Murder - Keita Toyama
- Durarara!! - Masaomi Kida (Young), Additional Voices
- Fencer of Minerva - Diana
- Fighting Foodons - Chase[5][6][7]
- Geobreeders - Eiko Rando
- Ghost Talker's Daydream - Anzai
- Girls Bravo - Nanase Koh Haruka, Reporter (Ep. 21)
- Hunter × Hunter - Biscuit Krueger
- Isekai Cheat Magician - Lemia, Aerial
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Death 13, Old Hag (Bastet arc)
- Jungle Emperor Leo - Lune/Rune
- Knights of Ramune - PQ
- Kirby: Right Back at Ya! - Fololo, Falala (4Kids Version)
- Legend of Himiko - Tadami
- Little Witch Academia - Woodward, Lotte's Mother, Party Guest
- Maze - Solude Schfoltzer
- Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt - Karla Mitchum
- Mew Mew Power - Additional Voices
- Naruto Shippuden - Yota, Tamao, Young Kabuto (Ep. 335 and 336)
- No Guns Life - Ann
- One Piece - Miss Kaya, Nojiko, Makino, Young Luffy (4Kids dub)
- One Punch Man - Kombu Infinity[8]
- Patlabor: The Mobile Police - Takeo Kumagami
- Photon - Aun Freya[9]
- Pokémon (anime) - multiple characters (seasons 1-8) including Bulbasaur,[9] Phanpy, Larvitar, Clefairy, Bugsy, Jasmine, Cissy, Ritchie
- Pokémon 4Ever: Celebi, the Voice of the Forest - Sam
- Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias - Bianca
- Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys - Tory Lund
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal - Kotono Sarashina (Eps. 15 and 18)
- Rayearth - Hikaru Shidou
- Rent-A-Girlfriend - Imai[10]
- Revolutionary Girl Utena - Tokiko Chida
- Rurouni Kenshin - Seta Sōjirō, Osamu Masukami (as Tara Jayne)
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Yuzuriha[11]
- Samurai Deeper Kyo - Santera
- The Seven Deadly Sins - Luigi
- Shaman King - Anna Kyoyama, Opacho
- Shamanic Princess - Tiara[9]
- Shrine of the Morning Mist - Tadahiro Amatsu (Child), Tama Hieda
- Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos - Kesshomaru/Shiori
- Sailor Moon - Yumemi Yumeno (Ep. 28, Viz Media dub)[12]
- Slayers Try - Filia Ul Copt (as Tara Jayne)
- Sonic X - Additional Voices
- Spirit Warrior - Asura
- Stitch! - Audrey
- Tiger & Bunny - Ms. Violet[13]
- Time Bokan - Ohana, Yatterman (1&2)
- To Heart - Multi
- Ultraman - Rena Sayama[14]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - Mokuba Kaiba[15]
Animation
- Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse - Summer
- Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures - Dreamhouse Door
- Danger Rangers - Additional Voices
- Electric City - Roger Moore
- Enchantimals: Tales of Everwilde - Danessa Deer, Larissa Lemer
- Generator Rex - Circe
- I Spy (HBO animated series) - Spyler (as Tara Jayne)
- Phineas and Ferb - Danielle
- Shadow of the Elves - Nayade, Rowan
- Supernormal - Buzz Girl, Eric's Mom
- Rainbow High (Youtube animated series) - Ruby Anderson
- Team Umizoomi - Horse
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) - Angel, Tyler
- Valt the Wonder Deer - Trika
- Welcome to Eltingville - Jane
Films
- Ah! My Goddess: The Movie - Chrono
- Digimon Adventure tri. - Kari Kamiya (Hikari Yagami), Homeostasis
- Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna - Kari Kamiya (Hikari Yagami), Ayaka, Newswoman
- Ice Age: Continental Drift - Additional Voices
- My Kid Could Paint That - Voice Over Talent[16]
- Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright - Nancy
- Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie - Queen Badiane (Viz Media/Studiopolis Dub)
- Time of Eve - Naoko Sakisaka
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions - Mokuba Kaiba
Video games
- Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls - Masaru Daimon[17]
- Dead Island - Jin, Various Characters[18]
- Final Fantasy Type-0 - Additional Voices[19]
- Infamous Second Son - Activist[20]
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Additional Voices[21]
- Singularity - Additional English Voice Talent[22]
- Valkyria Chronicles 4 - Teresa Leach, Rebecca Longhurst, Rosie[23][24]
- Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - Sonya[25]
- Fire Emblem Heroes - Sonya, Olwen (Righteous Knight)[25]
References
- "Tara Sands - Watch Reels". TaraSands.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
- "Talking with Wendelin Van Draanen". audiofile.com. Oct–Nov 2003. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- Tara Sands (2012-07-21). "Lots of exciting stuff happening..." Tara Sands Blogspot.
- "Aniplex Of America Previews "Anohana" Dub". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- Terrace, Vincent (6 November 2008). "Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed". McFarland. Retrieved 1 November 2016 – via Google Books.
- "Fighting Foodons". tvguide.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "TARA SANDS (Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Shaman King) – Epoch Talent". epochtalent.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "One-Punch Man Is Coming to Toonami!". Viz Media. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- "The Trials, Trevails, and Bitterness of Voice Acting: Straight Talk with Tara Jayne". Akadot. 2001-04-09. Retrieved 2011-11-15. - "Pokemon was my first voice acting job"
- Sands, Tara [@TaraSandsLA] (September 5, 2020). "Soooo episode 2 of the #RentAGirlfriend dub is up on @Crunchyroll & I had so much fun being directed by @LucienDodge as the voice of Imai. Enjoy! #anime #Crunchyroll" (Tweet). Retrieved October 7, 2020 – via Twitter.
- "Tara Jayne Sands on Twitter". twitter.com. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- "An Artful Attack". Sailor Moon (BD/DVD). Episode 28. Viz.
- "The Sky's the Limit". Tiger & Bunny. Episode 15.
- "A Power That Shouldn't Be On This Earth". Ultraman 2019. Episode 1. USA: Netflix. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Language Cast.
- "Mokuba Kaiba". yugioh.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "My Kid Could Paint That - Press Kit" (PDF) (Press release). Sony Classics. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- "I'm allowed to announce I'll be playing Masaru in Danganronpa Another Episode! So fun!". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- Techland. Dead Island. Deep Silver. Scene: Credits, 4:35 in, US Voice Talents.
- Square Enix. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD. Scene: Closing credits, 1:54 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
- Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous: Second Son. Sony Computer Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 3:43 in, Additional Voice Talent.
- Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
- "Behind The Voice Actors – Singularity". Behind The Voice Actors. - role was confirmed using screenshots of closing credits
- "Tara Jayne Sands on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- "Tara Jayne Sands on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- "Tara Jayne Sands". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 17 December 2020. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tara Sands. |
- Official website
- Tara Sands at IMDb
- Tara Jayne at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Tara Sands convention appearances on AnimeCons.com