Veronica Taylor

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Veronica Taylor

Veronica Taylor was a voice actress for the English-language dub of the Pokémon animeuntil the ninth season.

She has also provided voice talent for movies, television and video games outside the world of Pokémon.

Biography

Taylor was born in 1978. She began acting in school plays when she was five years old. In college, she participated in plays and acting workshops, and continued her acting education through graduate school. She has also trained in voice acting and singing. Her first anime job came when her acting coach recommended her to the director. With reference to the interview with Veronica Taylor on YouTube, she appears to be embarrassed to voice Ash in public or in front of the camera, by covering her mouth when doing Ash's voice. She also revealed that she had to deepen her voice and do warm-ups and cool-downs in the process of voicing Ash in 4Kids.

Pokémon roles

Veronica Taylor's most famous roles in Pokémon were that of Ash Ketchum followed by Delia Ketchum and May. She played all three characters up until season nine.

Humans

Major

• Ash Ketchum (EP001-AG145)
• Delia Ketchum (EP001-AG145)
• May (AG001-AG145)
• Hun
• Cindy and Suzie (EP005)

Minor

• Gary's cheerleaders
• Erika's assistants
• Towa
• Madeleine

Pokémon

• Diglett

Musical appearances in Pokémon

• Under the Mistletoe
• It Takes Two
• I'm Giving Santa a Pikachu for Christmas
• Pokémon Christmas Bash
• Must Be Santa
• Christmas Medley

Famous non-Pokémon roles

• Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun (Slayers)
• Nico Robin, Bellemere, Young Sanji (One Piece)
• Botan (Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report)
• Yukino Miyazawa (His and Her Circumstances)
• Amy (Tama and Friends)
• Abby, Pexticide (Cubix)
• Alice Elliot (Shadow Hearts)
• April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003))
• Clawdia (Fighting Foodons)
• Emeraldas (Harlock Saga)
• Himeko Himejima (Legend of Himiko)
• Sheep (Word World)
• Narue Nanase (The World of Narue)
• Kisara (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Ms. Dorothy (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
• Ancient Fairy Dragon, Carly Carmine, Martha (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's)
• Max Taylor, Mrs. Taylor (Dinosaur King)
• Galaxina (Sonic X)
• Jody Summer (F-Zero: GP Legend)
• Ms. Rosbe (Mew Mew Power)
• Jimmy/Hikaru (Ape Escape 2; uncredited)
• Silica (Kirby: Right Back At Ya)

Trivia

• Veronica Taylor was interviewed in the special 10th anniversary issue of Beckett Pokémon Unofficial Collector.
• Her favorite Pokémon are Pikachu and Lapras
• On the Adventures in Voice Acting DVD, Veronica Taylor stated that after recording her lines as Ash for the pilot, she was fired, saying 4Kids wanted to hire a child instead. The idea was apparently rejected, since Veronica was rehired as Ash.

External links

• The Official Veronica Taylor Website

This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on voice actors in Pokémon animation and Pokémon games.