Lisa Ortiz

From Sonic Retro

Lisa Ortiz is an American theatre and voice actress, best known for her roles in English anime adaptations. She is perhaps best known for the roles of the high-elf Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War, Lina Inverse in Slayers, and Tony-Tony Chopper in One Piece. Her extensive resumé also includes the role of Amy Rose in Sonic X and the newer Sonic the Hedgehog games (post-Sonic Heroes), and Shizuka Kawai in Yu-Gi-Oh!

Bilingual in English and Spanish, Ortiz is most recognized for her dialect voices. She holds a BFA in theatre from Hofstra University.

Voice roles (as Amy Rose)

• Sonic X
• Shadow the Hedgehog
• Sonic Riders
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Sonic and the Secret Rings
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
• Sonic Unleashed
• Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
• Sonic and the Black Knight

Trivia

• Ortiz credits her entry into voice acting to one of her brothers, who stole her car. During the search for it, she was accompanied by an animator for anime distributor Central Park Media, who let slip that the company was looking for voice actors. Ortiz went in and auditioned, and landed the role of Deedlit in Lodoss.
• Ortiz attended Otakon in 1998.
• Ortiz attended the CN Expo in 1998 & 1999.

External links

• Lisa Ortiz at IMDB
• The Official Lisa Ortiz Website (Link is dead)
• The Otakuman's Lisa Ortiz Shrine