Sarah Natochenny

Sarah Natochenny (born September 20, 1987 in Forest Hills, Queens) is an American theater and voice actress. She is currently voicing the lead role of Ash Ketchum in the Pokémon USA/TAJ Productions English dubbing of the Pokémon anime metaseries, which started airing on Cartoon Network September 8, 2006. She also voiced Medicham and the baby Kangaskhan on the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out Of The Gate! special that aired the same night. Sarah also has voiced the lead role Alicia on the Xbox 360 videogame Bullet Witch, released on February 27, 2007. Currently attending Hunter College in New York City, Sarah attended the Lee Stradberg Theatre Institute from 2000-2004 and is learning how to speak German. In addition to her voice acting work, she played the head rose in a 2003 school production of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Bottom in a 2004 school production of William Shakespere's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Controversy

Many Pokemon fans still dislike the way she plays Ash as it sounds nothing like Veronica Taylor. She has stated in an interview that she is trying to make Ash be and sound more like herself and less like Veronica Taylor. She admitted that when auditioning as Ash, she thought that she was so bad that she knew that she wasn't going to get the job. Of course, she got the job anyway. Many fans also believe that she is not consistent with her voice as Ash. For example, at the beginning of one line, she makes Ash sound feminine and by the end of the line it sounds much more masculine as if another person is talking.

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TV

• Pokémon: Battle Frontier/Diamond & Pearl (2006) - Ash Ketchum (Season 9-present); Buneary (Season 10 - present); Referee (Battle of the Serpentine); Corina (Strategy Tomorrow, Comedy Tonight!)Ryan (The Champ Twins-present) Rhonda of Sinnow Now (The Champ Twins!-present)

Video Games

• Bullet Witch (Xbox 360) (2007 ) - Alicia

External links

• Sarah's MySpace