Tara Sands
Tara Jayne Sands is an American voice actress and co-host of Cartoon Network's Fridays from 2005 to 2007.[1] Sands has voiced in anime dubs and cartoons, including Bulbasaur in the Pokémon anime series, Spyler in I Spy, 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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Other names | Tara Jayne |
Alma mater | Hofstra University |
Occupation(s) | 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, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Digimon Adventure Tri, and Hunter x Hunter. She has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, Bang Zoom!, Funimation, TAJ Productions, NYAV Post, Studiopolis, Central Park Media, and VSI Los Angeles.
Sands has narrated over 300 audio books, including Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes series,[2] After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and two books in the Goosebumps series by R. L. Stine: Welcome to Dead House and One Day at HorrorLand.
In addition to providing voice-overs for commercials, Sands was co-host of Cartoon Network Fridays for over 100 episodes.
As of 2021, Sands provides the voice for "sidekick" Joan of Arc in the Forever Dog podcast Godcast.
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
- Digimon Adventure: - Biyomon
- 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)
- The God of High School - Sai, Sumi Yoo
- High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World - Winona
- Hunter × Hunter - Biscuit Krueger
- Isekai Cheat Magician - Lemia, Aerial
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Death 13, Old Hag (Bastet arc)
- Jujutsu Kaisen - Utahime Iori, Momo Nishimiya
- 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
- My Hero Academia - Curious
- Naruto Shippuden - Yota, Tamao, Young Kabuto (Ep. 335 and 336)
- No Guns Life - Anne
- One Piece - Miss Kaya (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
- 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)
- 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]
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon - Raita
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)
- Pinkfong Wonderstar - Jeni and Rachel
- Shadow of the Elves - Nayade, Rowan
- Supernormal - Buzz Girl, Eric's Mom
- Rainbow High (Youtube animated series) - Ruby Anderson, Ms. Pamela Morton
- Team Umizoomi - Horse
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) - Angel (Season 1-4), 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)
- The Orbital Children - Mina Misasa
- Time of Eve - Naoko Sakisaka
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions - Mokuba Kaiba
Video games
- Ape Escape 2 - Pipotchi
- 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]
- Pokémon Channel - Smoochum, Teddiursa[22]
- Scarlet Nexus - Additional voices[23]
- Singularity - Additional English Voice Talent[24]
- Valkyria Chronicles 4 - Teresa Leach, Rebecca Longhurst, Rosie[10]
- Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - Sonya[10]
- Fire Emblem Heroes - Sonya, Olwen (Righteous Knight)[10]
- Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Additional voices[25]
- Nier: Automata - Additional voices[26]
- Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... - Red-Bag Woman, additional voices[27]
- One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows - Child Emperor[10]
- Relayer - Additional voices[28]
- Resident Evil: Resistance - Becca Woolett
Podcasts
References
- "Tara Sands - Watch Reels". TaraSands.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011.
- "Talking with Wendelin Van Draanen". audiofile.com. October–November 2003. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- Tara Sands (July 21, 2012). "Lots of exciting stuff happening..." Tara Sands Blogspot.
- "Aniplex Of America Previews "Anohana" Dub". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- Terrace, Vincent (November 6, 2008). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486410. Retrieved November 1, 2016 – via Google Books.
- "Fighting Foodons". tvguide.com. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- "TARA SANDS (Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Shaman King) – Epoch Talent". epochtalent.com. Retrieved November 1, 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. April 9, 2001. Retrieved November 15, 2011. - "Pokemon was my first voice acting job"
- "Tara Jayne Sands (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 17, 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.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - "Tara Jayne Sands on Twitter". twitter.com. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 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. November 17, 2001. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- "My Kid Could Paint That - Press Kit" (PDF) (Press release). Sony Classics. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- "I'm allowed to announce I'll be playing Masaru in Danganronpa Another Episode! So fun!". Twitter.com. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- 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.
- Ambrella. Pokémon Channel. Nintendo. Scene: Ending credits, 7:25 in, Cast.
- "Scarlet Nexus (2021 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 12, 2021. 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.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - "Behind The Voice Actors – Singularity". Behind The Voice Actors. - role was confirmed using screenshots of closing credits
- "Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (2022 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- "Nier: Automata (2017 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 17, 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - Toylogic Inc. Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Square Enix. Scene: Ending credits, 25:39.
- Kadokawa Games. Relayer. Clouded Leopard Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 14:31 in, EN Other VOICE CAST.
- "Through the Cracks, Godcast, and 3 More Podcasts Worth Trying". www.msn.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Tara Sands at IMDb
- Tara Jayne at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Tara Sands convention appearances on AnimeCons.com