Tara Jayne Sands

Tara Jayne (born Tara Sands, 20 September, 1975) was a voice actress 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.

Pokémon roles

Jayne was one of the series' original voice actors. She was known for playing the voices of young boys, as well as various Pokémon. In the middle of Advanced Challenge, Jayne left the series after playing Princess Sara. Her voice was used in as stock footage for May's Bulbasaur.

She is probably most famous for playing Ritchie and Ash's Bulbasaur.

Humans

Major

• Ritchie
• Tory Lund
• Sammy Oak
• Bugsy
• Jasmine
• Cissy

Minor

• Princess Sara
• Melanie
• Tyra
• Jeanette Fisher
• Assunta
• Marissa
• Ralph
• Maisy
• Ephraim
• Lokoko
• Keegan
• Ranger Mason
• Andrea
• Krystal
• Koume
• Dayton
• Chuck's wife
• Christopher
• Mariah
• Calista
• Satchel
• Marius
• Maren
• Malachi
• Benny Demario
• Max (AG049)

Pokémon

Major

• Ash's Bulbasaur
• Ash's Phanpy
• Ash's Larvitar
• May's Wurmple
• May's Bulbasaur
• Jessie's Wurmple

Minor

• Clefairy

Famous non-Pokémon roles

• Mokuba Kaiba (Seasons 1-4) from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
• Genis Sage (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World)
• Hikaru Shidou (Magic Knight Rayearth OVA)
• Princess Kaya, Nojiko and Young Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) (4Kids dub)

External links

• Tara Jayne's Official Web Site
• Interview with Tara Jayne

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