Lisa Ortiz

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Lisa 'Liz' Ortiz
Lisa Ortiz Sound Cadence 2023.jpg
Ortiz in 2023 in Recording Studio
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • voice director
Years active1996–present
Website lisaortiz.com

Lisa Ortiz is an American voice actress and voice director. [1] She is best known for her roles in English anime adaptations, such as Lina Inverse in Slayers and Amy Rose in Sonic X . She voiced the latter character in the mainline and spin-off Sonic the Hedgehog video games from 2005 to 2010. [2] She has served as the voice director for the English dub of the Pokémon anime since 2016, in addition to performing various roles since the first season. In 2021, she reprised Tao Jun in the Netflix anime Shaman King . She also voices Serenity Wheeler in Yu-Gi-Oh duel monsters and Mindy in Yu-Gi-Oh GX.

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Career

Lisa has appeared in titles for SDI Media, NYAV Post, 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Headline Studios, TAJ Productions, and DuArt Film and Video. Her first major voice acting role was the Gym Leader Sabrina in the long running Pokémon anime series.

At the 2002 Katsucon in Baltimore, Maryland, Lisa admitted that her start in voice overs came from her brother stealing her car, which led to her meeting a friend to retrieve the car, who then invited her to a casting call for Record of Lodoss War .

Ortiz is the President of Noise of O Productions, [3] LLC, an audio post house and has directed for games and animation, including Modern Combat 5 and Super 4.

Filmography

Anime Dubbing

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1986 Gall Force: Eternal Story Eluza, Pony
1990–1991 Record of Lodoss War (OVA) Deedlit
1991–1992 Gall Force: New Era Garnet
1994–1996 The Irresponsible Captain Tylor Azalyn, Emi, Yumi Hanner
1996 Battle Arena Toshinden Ellis
1995 Battle Skipper Saori Tachibana
1995–2009 The Slayers Lina Inverse
1996 Twin Signal Kris Sign
1997 Rayearth OVA Fuu Hououji
Revolutionary Girl Utena Shiori Takatsuki
1998 Geobreeders Sanae
Virgin Fleet Hatsuki Fujiwara, Mari Sakisaka
1998–1999 Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight Deedlit
His and Her Circumstances Tsubasa Shibahime
1999 Legend of Himiko Koran
Magic User's Club Nanaka Nakatomi
Space Pirate Mito Mito, Ranban in Exo-suit
To Heart Tomoko Hoshina
1999–2000 Now and Then, Here and There LaLa Ru
1999–2003 One Piece Tony Tony Chopper 4kids dub
1999–2004 Magical DoReMi Patina, Penny
2000 Blue Gender Alicia Whistle
Boogiepop Never Laughs: Boogiepop Phantom Saki Yoshisawa
Descendants of Darkness Maria Wong
2000–2001 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Serenity Wheeler
2001 Animation Runner Kuromi Mikiko "Kuromi" Oguro
Comic Party Chisa Tsukamoto, Minami Makimura
Tama and Friends Chopin
2002 Arcade Gamer Fubuki Chizuru
Samurai Deeper Kyo Mika
Shaman King (2001 TV series) Jun Tao, Soumei Tao
2002–2003 Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy Roxanne
2003 Shadow Star Narutaru Jun Ezumi
The World of Narue Kiriri Kaibashira, Kyouko Kudo, Manaka Oatari/Magical Girl #4
2003–2005 Sonic X Amy Rose [2]
2004–2006 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Mindy, Linda, Yasmin, Maiden in Love, Elemental HERO Burstinatrix
2005 Kujibiki Unbalance Kaoruko Yamada
2005–2006 G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 Jinx [4] [5] [6]
Aria Ai Aino
2007–2010 Ikki Tousen Kaku Bunwa
2009 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Patty, Claire, Barbara
2009–2012 Queen's Blade Melona, EchidnaFor the role of Melona:
  • As Darla Chaney Seasons 1–2 and the OVA
  • As Trina Hilbe Season 3
2011–2024 Pokémon Oshawott, Korrina, Litten, others [2]
2012 Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL II Lotus Hanazoe
Zetman Tomomi, Swim TeacherEpisode 5
2017 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Natarle BadgiruelNYAV Post dub
2018 Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation Imai
2020 Arte Daphne [7]
2021 Battle Game in 5 Seconds Mion
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real Life! Queen Govern [8]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Prisoner [9]
Numberblocks TenUS Version
Shaman King (2021 TV series) Jun Tao, Soumei Tao
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Frey
2021–present My Hero Academia Burnin
2022 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie – Scarlet Bond Frey

Animation

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2001 Cubix: Robots for Everyone BabysixEnglish dub
2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Jhanna
2004–2007 Winx Club (4kids run) Musa, Icy, Digit, MitziSeason 1–3
2006 Padre Pio Additional voices
2006–2009 Viva Piñata Mrs. Whirlm, Betty Bunnycomb
2006–2010 Chaotic Lulu, Unda, Servant of Water
2007 The Little Cars 2: Rodopolis Adventures Cris Crash
Ratatoing Carol
2008 The Little Cars 3: Fast and Furious Cris Crash
2008–2011 Angel's Friends Miki, Cabiria
2009 Little & Big Monsters Amanda
2018 44 Cats Jumpy, Gaby, Astricat, Sandy, Ginny, others
2019 Winx Club (Nickelodeon revival) Griselda3Beep dub, season 8

Movies

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1998 Galaxy Express 999: The Eternal Fantasy MaetelEnglish dub
1999 Adolescence of Utena Shiori Takatsuki, Shadow Girl E-koEnglish dub
2006 Impy's Island Ping
2007 Exte: Hair Extensions Yuko MizushimaEnglish dub
2008Impy's WonderlandPing
2010 Time of Eve RinaEnglish dub
2011 Kikoriki. Team Invincible RosaEnglish dub
2019 The Fairy Princess & the Unicorn Ophira
2022 One Piece Film: Red Sunny-kunEnglish dub

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Pedestrian, Commercial Announcer
2004 Shaman King: Power of Spirit Tao JunEnglish dub
2005–2010 Sonic the Hedgehog Amy Rose [2] [9]
2006 Winx Club : Video Game (PC/PS2)Icy, Musa
2014 Smite Izanami, Divine Dragon Bellona (voice)
2011 PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond OshawottEnglish dub
2016 Street Fighter V NoembeluEnglish dub
2017 Fire Emblem Heroes EremiyaEnglish dub [2]
2018 Octopath Traveler DancersEnglish dub
2022 Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Additional voicesEnglish dub [10]
Path to Nowhere Bai Yi, JoanEnglish dub
Goddess of Victory: Nikke Ether, DollaEnglish dub

Live action

Web

Production credits

Voice director

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References

  1. Guillou, Justin (13 July 2017). "Gotta Voice 'Em All — A Talk with Lisa Ortiz". Oprainfall. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Official Website". Lisa Ortiz. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. "Lina and Deedlit Walk Into A Room: An Interview with Lisa Ortiz". Anime Herald. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  4. "G.I. Joe: Sigma 6: Cast". Yojoe.com. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  5. "Voice Cast Listing at Voice Chasers". Voicechasers.com. 2006-08-27. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  6. "G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 (TV Series 2005–2006) - IMDb". IMDb .
  7. "Arte". Sound Cadence Studios. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  8. "Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!". Sound Cadence Studios. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Lisa Ortiz (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2 October 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  10. "Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (2022 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  11. "Voice Actress Lisa Ortiz to Appear at Otakon 2016". Anime News Network. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
Preceded by
Jennifer Douillard
English Voice of Amy Rose (video games)
2005–2010
Succeeded by