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[[File:Sarah Natochenny.jpg|thumb|250px|Sarah Natochenny]]
[[File:Sarah Natochenny.jpg|thumb|250px|Sarah Natochenny]]
'''Sarah Natochenny''' is an American actress, voice actress, and film editor. She has been the voice of [[Ash Ketchum]] and many others for the English-language dub of the [[Pokémon anime]] since 2006.
'''Sarah Natochenny''' is an American actress, voice actress, and film editor. She has been the voice of [[Ash Ketchum]] and many others for the English-language [[dub]] of {{aniseries|PTS}} since 2006. She has also voiced several characters for {{aniseries|HZ}} since 2024.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Natochenny lives in Manhattan, New York City, New York. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. As an actress, film editor and fashion model, she has appeared in international magazine editorials, done several independent films, done a weekly improv show in New York, and walked in NY Fashion Week shows in fall 2008. She speaks fluent Russian, and is learning German and French.
Natochenny lives in Manhattan, New York City, New York. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. As an actress, film editor and fashion model, she has appeared in international magazine editorials, done several independent films, done a weekly improv show in New York, and walked in NY Fashion Week shows in fall 2008. She speaks fluent Russian, and is learning German and French.


Natochenny joined the {{pkmn|anime}} starting with the redub of [[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]], replacing [[Kayzie Rogers|Jamie Peacock]] (and by extension [[Veronica Taylor]]) as {{Ash}}. Since then, she has also voiced numerous other roles in the series.
Natochenny joined {{aniseries|PTS}} starting with the redub of [[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]], replacing [[Kayzie Rogers|Jamie Peacock]] (and by extension [[Veronica Taylor]]) as {{Ash}}. Since then, she has also voiced numerous other roles in ''Pokémon the Series''. She also voices characters in {{aniseries|HZ}}.


When she first auditioned for the dub, she feared the [[Pokémon USA recasting controversy|backlash]] of her replacement as Ash and living up to Taylor's performance, especially since she herself "has the utmost respect for her" and thinks "she's really fantastic at what she does".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0sinWx2FE?t=16m58s</ref>
When she first auditioned for the dub, she feared the [[Pokémon USA recasting controversy|backlash]] of her replacement as Ash and living up to Taylor's performance, especially since she herself "has the utmost respect for her" and thinks "she's really fantastic at what she does".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0sinWx2FE?t=16m58s</ref>


She was featured in the ''{{wp|Vanity Fair}}'' video "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B35E8QleVhg How Pokémon Is Dubbed From Japanese To English]", posted in March 2020, where she explained how the anime is dubbed.
She was featured in the ''{{wp|Vanity Fair}}'' video "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B35E8QleVhg How Pokémon Is Dubbed From Japanese To English]", posted in March 2020, where she explained how the {{pkmn|animated series}} is dubbed.


Her favorite Pokémon are {{p|Mew}} and {{p|Pikachu}}, and her favorite character to voice is {{TP|Dawn|Buneary}}.
Her favorite Pokémon are {{p|Mew}} and {{p|Pikachu}}, and her favorite character to voice is {{TP|Dawn|Buneary}}.


==Pokémon roles==
==Pokémon roles==
===Anime===
===Animation===
====Humans====
===={{aniseries|PTS}}====
=====Major=====
=====Humans=====
* [[Ash Ketchum]] ([[AG146]]-Present, [[M09]]-Present, [[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]] redub)
======Major======
* [[Delia Ketchum]] ([[AG192]]-Present, [[M20]], [[M23]])
* [[Ash Ketchum]] ([[AG146]]-[[JN147]]), [[M09]]-[[M19]], [[M22]], [[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]] redub)
* [[Delia Ketchum]] ([[AG192]]-[[JN147]])
* {{Brocksib|Cindy}} ([[AG177]])
* {{Brocksib|Cindy}} ([[AG177]])
* [[Solidad]]
* [[Solidad]]
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* [[Skyla]]
* [[Skyla]]
* [[Mirror Ash]]
* [[Mirror Ash]]
* [[Alternate World Ash]]
* [[Alternate World Ash]]
* [[Ash Ketchum (M20)]]


=====Minor=====
======Minor======
* [[Corina]]
* [[Corina]]
* [[Ryan and Bryan|Ryan]]
* [[Ryan and Bryan|Ryan]]
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* {{tc|Madame}} ([[SM007]])
* {{tc|Madame}} ([[SM007]])


====Pokémon====
=====Pokémon=====
=====Major=====
======Major======
* {{AP|Ash's Starly, Staravia and Staraptor|Staraptor}}
* {{AP|Ash's Starly, Staravia and Staraptor|Staraptor}}
* [[Dawn's Buneary]]
* [[Dawn's Buneary]]
* [[Nurse Joy's Chansey]] ([[AG174]]-[[DP016]], [[M20]])
* [[Nurse Joy's Chansey]] ([[AG174]]-[[DP016]])
* {{DL|Toren|Chansey|Toren's Chansey}}
* [[Nurse Joy's Blissey]] ([[SM004]]-[[SM068]])
* [[Nurse Joy's Blissey]] ([[SM004]]-[[SM068]])
* [[Drew's Roselia]] ([[AG162]]-[[AG187]])
* [[Drew's Roselia]] ([[AG162]]-[[AG187]])
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* [[Lusamine's Clefable]] ([[SM085]]-[[SM112]])
* [[Lusamine's Clefable]] ([[SM085]]-[[SM112]])
* {{DL|Forsythia|Roserade|Forsythia's Budew, Roselia and Roserade}}
* {{DL|Forsythia|Roserade|Forsythia's Budew, Roselia and Roserade}}
* {{p|Medicham}} ([[Team Meanies]])
* {{p|Wigglytuff}} ([[Wigglytuff (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)|Wigglytuff's Guild]])
* {{DL|Acerola|On hand|Mimikins}}
* {{DL|Acerola|On hand|Mimikins}}


=====Minor=====
======Minor======
* {{DL|Paul|Starly|Paul's Starly}}
* {{DL|Paul|Starly|Paul's Starly}}
* {{DL|Gardenia|Roserade|Gardenia's Roserade}}
* {{DL|Gardenia|Roserade|Gardenia's Roserade}}
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* {{p|Diglett}}
* {{p|Diglett}}
* {{p|Wingull}} ([[SM001]])
* {{p|Wingull}} ([[SM001]])
* Baby {{p|Kangaskhan}} (''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!]]'')
* {{p|Larvitar}} ([[AG188]])
* {{p|Larvitar}} ([[AG188]])
* {{p|Chinchou}} ([[SM062]])
* {{p|Chinchou}} ([[SM062]])


====Other====
=====Other=====
* [[Narrator]] ([[PK27]])
* [[Narrator]] ([[PK27]])


===Other animation===
====[[I Choose You! trilogy|''I Choose You!'' trilogy]]====
====[[Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer]]====
=====Humans=====
* [[Ash Ketchum]] ([[M20]], [[M21]], [[M23]])
* [[Delia Ketchum]] ([[M20]], [[M23]])
 
=====Pokémon=====
* [[Nurse Joy's Chansey]] ([[M20]])
* {{DL|Toren|Chansey|Toren's Chansey}}
 
===={{aniseries|HZ}}====
* [[Mollie's Chansey]]
* [[Dot's Tinkatink]]
* {{p|Caterpie}}<ref>https://twitter.com/sarahnatochenny/status/1765870197133508896</ref> ([[HZ004]]-[[HZ006]])
* {{DL|Shine|Brambleghast|Shine's Bramblin}}
* {{DL|Old man (HZ043)|Wiglett|Old man's Wiglett}}
* {{p|Swinub}}
* {{p|Sandygast}}
* {{p|Wiglett}}
* {{p|Sandile}}
* {{p|Krokorok}}
 
====[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series#List of animated episodes and short films|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon episodes]]====
=====Major=====
* {{p|Medicham}} ([[Team Meanies]])
* {{p|Wigglytuff}} ([[Wigglytuff (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)|Wigglytuff's Guild]])
=====Minor=====
* Baby {{p|Kangaskhan}} (''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!]]'')
 
====[[Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer]]====
* [[Elesa]]
* [[Elesa]]


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* Additional voices (''{{wp|List of games using Havok|Gangstar Vegas}}'' video game)
* Additional voices (''{{wp|List of games using Havok|Gangstar Vegas}}'' video game)
* Additional voices (''World of Winx'', spin-off)
* Additional voices (''World of Winx'', spin-off)
* Yuzuha Shiba (''{{wp|Tokyo Revengers}}'')
* Alisa "Alya" Mikhailovna Kujou (''{{wp|Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian}}'')
* Mila Masaryk / Unicorn ( ''{{wp|Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man}}''<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/DFd8BGaSA6L/?img_index=1</ref>)


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* In 2017, Natochenny founded a non-profit organization called [https://www.voicesforfosters.org/ Voices for Fosters] following the dub of ''[[SM021|One Journey Ends, Another Begins...]]'' with [[Lisa Ortiz]].
* In 2017, Natochenny founded a non-profit organization called [https://www.voicesforfosters.org/ Voices for Fosters] following the dub of ''[[SM021|One Journey Ends, Another Begins...]]'' with [[Lisa Ortiz]]. <ref>https://youtu.be/Sl5S5vJ2-SU INTRODUCING: VOICES FOR FOSTERS</ref>
* Natochenny's overall favorite Pokémon battle in the anime is the [[Lily of the Valley Conference]] battle between Ash and [[Paul]].<ref>https://twitter.com/sarahnatochenny/status/1605916849987760130</ref>
* Natochenny's overall favorite Pokémon battle in {{aniseries|PTS}} is the [[Lily of the Valley Conference]] battle between Ash and [[Paul]].<ref>https://twitter.com/sarahnatochenny/status/1605916849987760130</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 21:23, 5 February 2025

Sarah Natochenny

Sarah Natochenny is an American actress, voice actress, and film editor. She has been the voice of Ash Ketchum and many others for the English-language dub of Pokémon the Series since 2006. She has also voiced several characters for Pokémon Horizons: The Series since 2024.

Biography

Natochenny lives in Manhattan, New York City, New York. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. As an actress, film editor and fashion model, she has appeared in international magazine editorials, done several independent films, done a weekly improv show in New York, and walked in NY Fashion Week shows in fall 2008. She speaks fluent Russian, and is learning German and French.

Natochenny joined Pokémon the Series starting with the redub of The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon, replacing Jamie Peacock (and by extension Veronica Taylor) as Ash. Since then, she has also voiced numerous other roles in Pokémon the Series. She also voices characters in Pokémon Horizons: The Series.

When she first auditioned for the dub, she feared the backlash of her replacement as Ash and living up to Taylor's performance, especially since she herself "has the utmost respect for her" and thinks "she's really fantastic at what she does".[1]

She was featured in the Vanity Fair video "How Pokémon Is Dubbed From Japanese To English", posted in March 2020, where she explained how the animated series is dubbed.

Her favorite Pokémon are Mew and Pikachu, and her favorite character to voice is Buneary.

Pokémon roles

Animation

Pokémon the Series

Humans
Major
Minor
Pokémon
Major
Minor
Other

I Choose You! trilogy

Humans
Pokémon

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon episodes

Major
Minor

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer

Video games

Pokémon Learning League

PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure

PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond

Pokémon Masters EX

Other non-Pokémon roles

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0sinWx2FE?t=16m58s
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/sarahnatochenny/status/1765870197133508896
  3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DFd8BGaSA6L/?img_index=1
  4. ↑ https://youtu.be/Sl5S5vJ2-SU INTRODUCING: VOICES FOR FOSTERS
  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/sarahnatochenny/status/1605916849987760130

External links


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