Tara Sands

In the original eight seasons of Pokémon, Tara Sands played over 50 characters, including Bulbasaur, Oddish, Richie, Jasmine, Sammy Oak, Mudkip, and Tori. She returned in season 23 to play several new characters. She played Mokuba in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series and films and plays Kari in the Digimon Adventure Tri films, a role she has particularly enjoyed.

Some of her other recent roles include Hiroko in Digimon Story: Time Stranger, Kirio Hikifume in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Chitose, aka Curious, in season 5 of My Hero Academia, Momo, Utahime, and Young Panda in Jujutsu Kaisen, and Anna in Shaman King, both in the original dub and the new Netflix version of the show. She loved working on Hunter x Hunter as Biscuit Krueger, as well as playing Death 13/Mannish Boy and other roles in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Kyu in Bungo Stray Dogs, Namida in Boruto, Young Kabuto in Naruto: Shippuden, and Kilo and Bay in Goddess of Victory: Nikke.

Other favorites include Kombu Infinity in One Punch Man, Filia in Slayers, Circe in Generator Rex, Karla in Gundam Thunderbolt, Summer in Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse, and various roles in the Sailor Moon series. Additional credits include Young Ban in Seven Deadly Sins, Sonya in Fire Emblem (Heroes and Echoes), Ruby in Rainbow High, Cassandra Vole in Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, Genis Sage in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Masaru in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls, Jin in Dead Island, Becca in Resident Evil: Resistance, Rebecca Longhurst in Valkyria Chronicles 4, Leah in God Eater 2: Rage Burst, Bamo in Hyperdimension Neptunia Re 3: V Generation, and Pipotchi in Ape Escape 2.

Tara was also the on-camera host of “Fridays” on Cartoon Network for two years, where she introduced the cartoons airing on Friday nights, interviewed celebrities, and performed in sketches.

She hosts the podcast 4Kids Flashback, where she interviews the people who brought fans’ favorite anime to English-speaking audiences. Learn more at www.4kidsflashback.com.

Tara also has several new anime and game roles that she cannot announce yet, but she hopes to share them soon!