Lisa Ortiz
Lisa Ortiz (born December 11, 1974) is an American voice actress, and current voice director, for the English-language dub of the Pokémon anime.
Biography
Ortiz first became interested in voice acting when one of her brothers took her car and she went to search for it. An employee of Central Park Media accompanied her during the search and casually mentioned the company was searching for voice actors during the ride. She subsequently auditioned for and landed the role of Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War.
Ortiz later became one of the original voice actresses on Pokémon. She provided voices for the anime until the end of the eighth season, when Pokémon USA and TAJ Productions took over the dubbing and distribution of the series. She later returned to the anime in Hungry for the Good Life!. She mostly provides voices for minor characters, but gained a more important role in Pokémon the Series: Black & White, providing the voice of Ash's Oshawott. She served as an assistant voice director starting in Black and White, before succeeding Theresa Buchheister as the English dub's primary voice director during the nineteenth season.
She appeared in the Vanity Fair video "How Pokémon Is Dubbed From Japanese to English", where Sarah Natochenny explained how the anime is dubbed.
Pokémon roles
Anime
Humans
Major
Minor
- Neesha
- Luisa
- Satsuki
- Luka
- Shauna
- Sandra
- Rachel
- Flora
- Lara Laramie
- Cassandra
- Marina
- Miki
- Chigusa
- Charmaine
- Wendy
- Lily
- Madeleine
- Mrs. Otter
- Terri
- Sabrina's mother
- Monica
- Narissa
- Chris
- Mona
- Kanto Fair host
- Molly
- Delilah
- Clarice
- Miles
- Journalist (XY002)
- Manager (SM020)
- Team Science Speed A
- Agatha (M20)
- Celadon Gym Referee (M20)
- Female Trainer (M20)
- Pink Coat Girl (SM060)
- Risa's Female Friend B
- Researcher 2 (M21)
- Phossa Molybdenum
Pokémon
Major
- Ash's Totodile (SM042-present)
- Ash's Larvitar (JN132)
- Ash's Oshawott
- Ash's Fletchling and Fletchinder
- Ash's Litten and Torracat
- Ash's Poipole and Naganadel
- Burgundy's Dewott
- Cameron's Samurott
- Aria's Aromatisse
- Valerie's Spritzee
- Spinel's Umbreon
- Tapu Fini (anime)
- Naganadel (anime)
- Poipole (anime)
- Team Rocket's Rotom Phone
- Kangaskhan (JN001)
Minor
- Clarice's Fletchling
- Leeku's Samurott
- Toby's Marra, Racca and Tussy
- Chris's Larvitar
- Halsey's Dewott
- Cadbury's Dewott (Caesar)
- Chester's Fletchling
- Nico's Fletchinder
- Ally Alomomola
- Cerah's Ninetales
- Clarice's Fletchling
- Leeku's Samurott
- Toby's Maractus (Marra, Racca, and Tussy; ×3)
- Chris's Larvitar
- Halsey's Dewott
- Chester's Fletchling
- Nico's Fletchinder
- Ally Alomomola
- Toren's Vileplume
- Jessie's Chewtle
- Team Rocket's Natu
- Alex's Fidough
- Teddiursa
- Larvitar
- Dewott
- Maractus
- Deino
- Deerling (Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening)
- Phantump
- Fletchling
- Alomomola
- Wishiwashi
- Female Samurott
- Gloom (SM042)
- Ninetales (SM042)
- Vileplume (SM042)
- Vaporeon (M20, SM065)
- Dewpider D & E (SM071)
- Mareep (M21)
- Venonat (M21)
- Falinks
Other animation
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Animated Shorts
Video games
Pokémon Puzzle League
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U
Other non-Pokémon roles
- Amy Rose (Sonic X and all Sonic games; 2005-2009)
- Nimue (Sonic and the Black Knight)
- Serenity Wheeler (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters)
- Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) (4Kids dub)
- Lina Inverse (Slayers)
- Tsubasa Shibahime (His and Her Circumstances)
- Emi Hanner, Yumi Hanner, Azalyn (The Irresponsible Captain Tylor)
- Patina/Majorika (Magical DoReMi)
- Nanaka Nakatomi (Magic User's Club)
- Ai Aino (Ari)
- Deedlit (Record of Lodoss War)
- Shiori Takatsuki (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
- Musa, Icy, Mitzi, Digit (Winx Club) (4Kids version)
- Musa/Icy (Winx Club: Video Game) (Season 1)
- Tao Jun (Shaman King) (Original and Reboot)
- Lisa Brilliant, Mrs. Arrowlsal (F-Zero GP Legend)
- Cherie (Winx Club) (DuArt Film & Video) (Season 7)
- Imai (Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation)
- Burnin (My Hero Academia)
- Tamami Yanagida (Battle Athletes Victory ReSTART!)
Trivia
- In 2017, Ortiz founded a non-profit organization called Voices for Fosters following the dub of One Journey Ends, Another Begins... with Sarah Natochenny.
- She is bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish.
External links
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