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.
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 the anime 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 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 anime is dubbed.
Her favorite Pokémon are Mew and Pikachu, and her favorite character to voice is Buneary.
Pokémon roles
Anime
Humans
Major
- Ash Ketchum (AG146-JN147), M09-M23, The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon redub)
- Delia Ketchum (AG192-JN147), M20, M23)
- Cindy (AG177)
- Solidad
- Johanna
- Rhonda (DP029)
- Cheryl
- Holly
- Skyla
- Mirror Ash
- Alternate World Ash
- Ash Ketchum (M20)
Minor
Pokémon
Major
- Ash's Starly, Staravia and Staraptor
- Dawn's Buneary
- Nurse Joy's Chansey (AG174-DP016, M20)
- Toren's Chansey
- Nurse Joy's Blissey (SM004-SM068)
- Drew's Roselia (AG162-AG187)
- Nando's Budew, Roselia and Roserade
- Zoey's Shellos
- Barry's Staraptor
- Barry's Roserade
- Fantina's Misdreavus and Mismagius
- Cheryl's Burmy
- Lusamine's Clefable (SM085-SM112)
- Forsythia's Budew, Roselia and Roserade
- Medicham (Team Meanies)
- Wigglytuff (Wigglytuff's Guild)
- Mimikins
- Mollie's Chansey
- Caterpie[2] (HZ004-HZ006)
Minor
- Paul's Starly
- Gardenia's Roserade
- Cher's Roserade
- Orson's Starly
- Orson's Staravia
- Orson's Staraptor
- Elma's Roserade
- Lilia's Buneary
- DJ Leo's Diglett
- Lusamine's Mismagius
- Cynthia's Roserade
- Starly
- Staravia
- Staraptor
- Sunkern
- Roselia
- Roserade
- Mismagius
- Luxio
- Luxray
- Lopunny
- Espurr
- Meowstic
- Diglett
- Wingull (SM001)
- Baby Kangaskhan (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!)
- Larvitar (AG188)
- Chinchou (SM062)
Other
Other animation
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer
Video games
Pokémon Learning League
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond
Pokémon Masters EX
Other non-Pokémon roles
- Alicia (Bullet Witch)
- Bellatrix Lestrange (Lego Harry Potter: Years 5–7)
- Aura Sentia (Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V)
- Lady Sif (Thor: The Dark World - The Official Game)
- Various characters (The Dark Knight Rises video game)
- Additional voices (Littlest Pet Shop video game)
- Additional voices (Gangstar Vegas video game)
- Additional voices (World of Winx, spin-off)
Trivia
- In 2017, Natochenny founded a non-profit organization called Voices for Fosters following the dub of One Journey Ends, Another Begins... with Lisa Ortiz.
- Natochenny's overall favorite Pokémon battle in the anime is the Lily of the Valley Conference battle between Ash and Paul.[3]
References
External links
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