Tara Sands
Tara Sands | |
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Other names | Tara Jayne |
Alma mater | Hofstra University |
Occupation | Voice actress, television host |
Years active | 1998–present |
Website | www |
Tara Jayne Sands 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]
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] 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 the on-camera 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
- 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
- Naruto Shippuden - Yota, Tamao, Young Kabuto (Ep. 335 and 336)
- No Guns Life - Anne
- 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)
- 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, 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)
- 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]
- 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]
- Nier: Automata - Additional voices[25]
- Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... - Red-Bag Woman, additional voices[26]
- One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows - Child Emperor[10]
Podcasts
References
- ^ "Tara Sands - Watch Reels". TaraSands.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "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. ISBN 9780786486410. 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "The Trials, Trevails, and Bitterness of Voice Acting: Straight Talk with Tara Jayne". . 2001-04-09. Retrieved 2011-11-15. - "Pokemon was my first voice acting job"
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Tara Jayne Sands (visual voices guide)". 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.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
- ^ "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.
- ^ Ambrella. Pokémon Channel. Nintendo. Scene: Ending credits, 7:25 in, Cast.
- ^ "Scarlet Nexus (2021 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 12 July 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.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
- ^ "Behind The Voice Actors – Singularity". Behind The Voice Actors. - role was confirmed using screenshots of closing credits
- ^ "Nier: Automata (2017 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 17 May 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.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
- ^ Toylogic Inc. Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Square Enix. Scene: Ending credits, 25:39.
- ^ "Through the Cracks, Godcast, and 3 More Podcasts Worth Trying". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
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
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Audiobook narrators
- American voice actresses
- American television hosts
- American television actresses
- American video game actresses
- Actresses from Los Angeles
- Actresses from New Jersey
- Hofstra University alumni
- Living people
- People from New Jersey
- American women television presenters