Tara Jayne Sands
Tara Jayne (born Tara Sands, September 20, 1975) is an American voice actress who was one of the original voice actresses for the English-language dub of the Pokémon anime. She is occasionally credited as Tara Jane. Aside from her work on Pokémon, she was also the co-host of Fridays on Cartoon Network until 2007. Jayne currently lives in Los Angeles, working independently.
Pokémon roles
Jayne was one of the series' original voice actors. She had provided the voices of many characters of the day until the end of the seventh season. After her departure, stock footage was subsequently used to voice all Bulbasaur in the anime until Michele Knotz took over. Her most prominent roles on Pokémon are that of Ritchie and Ash's Bulbasaur.
Humans
Major
Minor
- Princess Sara
- Melanie
- Jeanette Fisher
- Assunta
- Marissa
- Ralph
- Ephraim
- Lokoko
- Keegan
- Ranger Mason
- Andrea
- Krystal
- Koume
- Dayton
- Chuck's wife
- Christopher
- Mariah
- Calista
- Satchel
- Marius
- Maren
- Malachi
- Benny Demario
- Max
Pokémon
Major
- Ash's Bulbasaur (EP010-AG133)
- Ash's Phanpy (EP230-SS014 and AG147)
- Ash's Larvitar
- May's Wurmple
- May's Bulbasaur
- Jessie's Wurmple
Minor
- Clefairy
- Oddish
- Smoochum
- Teddiursa
- Bulbasaurtwo (The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin)
Video Games
Super Smash Bros.
Pokémon Snap
Pokémon Stadium
Pokémon Puzzle League
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Famous non-Pokémon roles
- Mokuba Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters seasons 1-4)
- Genis Sage (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World)
- Hikaru Shidou (Magic Knight Rayearth OVA)
- Princess Kaya, Nojiko, Young Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece 4Kids Entertainment dub)
- Lune (Jungle Emperor Leo)
External links
- Tara Jayne's Official website
- Tara Jayne's Facebook page
- Tara Jayne on Twitter
- Tara Jayne's LinkedIn profile
This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each voice actor of the Pokémon anime. |