Tara Sands

Tara Jayne Sands is an American voice actress and a former co-host of the Cartoon Network's weekly block, Fridays. She has voiced in a number of anime dubs and cartoons, including Bulbasaur in Pokémon, 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.

Biography
Sands was raised in New Jersey and studied theater at Hofstra University. She has been involved with voice acting since high school. Much of her work is in anime dubbing, with multiple roles in such franchises as Slayers and Pokémon. She also voiced Tiara in Shamanic Princess, and Hikaru Shidou in the OVA 'remake' of Magic Knight Rayearth, among others.

Sands has narrated numerous audio books, including Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes series and Ellen Potter's Olivia Kidney series.

In addition to providing voice-overs for commercials, Sands has appeared on-camera in commercials, including as the 'Office Cheerleader' in a series for Lipton's Cup-a-Soup and television series including Everybody Hates Chris and The Newsroom.

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

Anime

 * Agent Aika - Ria
 * Angel Sanctuary - Sara Mudo
 * Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - Jinta "Jintan" Yodomi (Child)
 * 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
 * Geobreeders - Eiko Rando
 * Ghost Talker's Daydream - Anzai
 * Girls Bravo - Nanase Koh Haruka, Reporter (Ep. 21)
 * Hunter × Hunter - Biscuit Krueger
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Death 13
 * 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)
 * One Piece - Kaya (4Kids Version)
 * One Punch Man - Kombu Infinity
 * Patlabor: The Mobile Police - Takeo Kumagami
 * Photon - Aun Freya
 * Pokémon (anime) - multiple characters (seasons 1-8) including Bulbasaur, Phanpy, Larvitar, Clefairy, Tori Lund, Bugsy, Jasmine, Ritchie
 * Pokémon 4Ever - Sam
 * Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal - Kotono Sarashina (Eps. 15 and 18)
 * Rayearth - Hikaru Shidou
 * ''Revolutionary Girl Utena - Tokiko Chida
 * Rurouni Kenshin - Seta Sōjirō, Osamu Masukami (as Tara Jayne)


 * Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Yuzuriha
 * Samurai Deeper Kyo - Santera
 * The Seven Deadly Sins - Luigi
 * Shaman King - Anna Kyoyama, Opacho
 * Shamanic Princess - Tiara
 * 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)
 * Slayers Try - Filia Ul Copt (as Tara Jayne)
 * Sonic X - Additional Voices
 * Spirit Warrior - Asura
 * Stitch! - Audrey
 * Tiger & Bunny - Ms. Violet
 * Time Bokan - Ohana, Yatterman (1&2)
 * To Heart - Multi
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - Mokuba Kaiba

Animation

 * Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse - Summer
 * Danger Rangers - Additional Voices
 * Electric City - Roger Moore
 * 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
 * Team Umizoomi - Horse
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) - Angel, Tyler
 * Welcome to Eltingville - Jane
 * Enchantimals - Danessa Deer

Films

 * Ah! My Goddess: The Movie - Chrono
 * Digimon Adventure tri. - Kari Kamiya (Hikari Yagami), Homeostasis
 * Ice Age: Continental Drift - Additional Voices
 * My Kid Could Paint That - Voice Over Talent
 * 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
 * Dead Island - Jin, Various Characters
 * Final Fantasy Type-0 - Additional Voices
 * Infamous Second Son - Activist
 * Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Additional Voices
 * Singularity - Additional English Voice Talent
 * Valkyria Chronicles 4 - Teresa Leach, Rebecca Longhurst, Rosie