"A lot of the newer actors and actresses as of late, you can kinda tell when they're starting out and when they've been around for awhile because you can tell the people who've been around awhile; they like their stuff, but they don't seem to be in love with it. Erica Mendez is one of those people that started a couple years ago and is the biggest fan of her own work ever because she has a shelf of everything she's done..."
—Andrew, Dub Talk Podcast 049
on Erica Mendez while discussing the Hunter × Hunter (2011) English dub
on Erica Mendez while discussing the Hunter × Hunter (2011) English dub Ad Astra Abyssosque! Welcome to the TvTropes Guild.
Erica Mendez (born February 13, 1988) is a voice actor residing in Los Angeles. She had her breakout role as Aladdin as well as her roles as Ryuko Matoi, Pac-Man, White Lily Cookie and Black Pearl Cookie. She also worked in many video game and web animation works as well.
Here's her Ask.fm account. Has a Twitter account.
She also identifies as asexual.
Master Billy/Stephen, look at the list of my Notable voice roles:
Anime
- Aladdin in Magi: Labyrinth of Magic
- Assassin of Black & Roche Frain Yggdmillenia in Fate/Apocrypha
- Atsuko "Akko" Kagari in Little Witch Academia
- Avril Bradley in Gosick
- Ayane Yano in Kimi ni Todoke
- Beelzebub in I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
- Chiriko "Tsuruko" Tsurumi in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
- Cracker Griffon and Elgar in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
- Cyborg 001 / Ivan Whisky in Cyborg 009: Call of Justice
- Diane in The Seven Deadly Sins
- Doll/Anemona Rijndael in Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
- Emma in The Promised Neverland
- Flay Allster in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (HD Remaster)
- Fu Inubozaki in Yuki Yuna is a Hero
- Gon Freecss in Hunter × Hunter (2011 version)
- Young Gugu in To Your Eternity
- Hao Asakura in Shaman King (2021 anime)
- Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus and Reika Nishimura (and her monster form, Rikokeida) in Sailor Moon (Viz Media dub)
- Inko Amifumi in Aldnoah.Zero
- Itsuki Sumeragi in Kakegurui
- Kid Jean-Pierre Polnareff in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
- Jim Hawkins in the 1987 anime film Treasure Island
- Kaede Misawa in A.I.C.O. Incarnation
- Keine Kanzaki and Prince Akatsuki in High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World
- Kenya Kobayashi in ERASED
- Kouta Midorikawa/Cody in Smile PreCure! (Glitter Force)
- Kurena Kukumila in 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Leed in Delicious in Dungeon
- Lily in NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a
- Louisa May Alcott in Bungo Stray Dogs
- Mai Sakurajima in Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
- Makio in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Mametchi in Tamagotchi Friends
- Mash Kyrielight in Fate/Grand Order anime adaptations and Fate/Grand Order VR
- Megumin in KonoSuba and Isekai Quartet
- Melissa Shield in My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
- Momo Tanabe in Blue Reflection Ray
- Nagisa Shingetsu in Danganronpa 3
- Nico Yazawa in Love Live!
- Nomura in Charlotte
- Puck in Re:Zero
- Raphtalia in The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Regulatory T Cell in Cells at Work!
- Rena Minami in Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story
- Retsuko in Aggretsuko
- Rickert in Berserk (2016)
- Ryuko Matoi in Kill la Kill
- Shirase Kobuchizawa in A Place Further than the Universe
- Sonya in Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry
- Staz Charlie Blood (child) and Jasmine in Blood Lad
- The Teacher in Undead Unluck
- Towa Higurashi in Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
- Tsubaki Sawabe in Your Lie in April
- Uraume in Jujutsu Kaisen
- William G. Maryblood in The Faraway Paladin
- Wooloo in Pokémon: Twilight Wings
- Yukio Hidaka in Gundam Build Divers
- Yuuki Konno in Sword Art Online II
Eastern Animation (non-anime)
- Wang Ai Ling in Stitch & Ai
Video Games
- Al Astra/Hinata Morikubo in Death end re;Quest
- Amanda Blackstone in Detective Pikachu
- Annie, Girl of the Stars in Skullgirls
- Arle Nadja in Puyo Puyo from Puyo Puyo Tetris and onwards
- Ayaka Kamisatonote and Katheryne in Genshin Impact
- Bernadetta von Varley in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Fire Emblem Heroes, and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
- Black Pearl Cookie and White Lily Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom
- Brownie in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
- Clara in Guardian Tales
- Corbin in Dust: An Elysian Tail
- Deirdre in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Eleanor Hume in Tales of Berseria
- Eryn in Fairy Fencer F
- Esmyrelda Maximus in Cryamore
- Figue in Soul Hackers 2
- Fran Prendoll in Demon Gaze
- Hughette Bucklar in Triangle Strategy
- Hilda and Gardenia in Pokémon Masters
- Jupiter Celadon from Yousei
- Kanadeko in Omega Quintet
- Kasane Randall in Scarlet Nexus
- Leah in Unicorn Overlord
- Lianna in Fire Emblem Warriors
- Lularita and Additional Voices in Xenoblade Chronicles X
- The Zombie Maid unit in Disgaea 5
- Marielle L. Kenny in "Star Ocean: The Divine Force"
- Mia Karnstein in Code Vein
- Micie Sun Mussemburg in Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
- Mina Han and Spoon in Battle Chef Brigade
- Minamo Setouchi (adult) in Zanki Zero
- Naotora Ii in Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
- Nagisa Shingetsu in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
- Maki Harukawa in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
- Natsuno Minami in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
- Moru and Blossom Aisen/Blossa Aizen in Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart
- Noire/Black Heart in Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online and all games in the series onwards (replacing Erin Fitzgerald)
- Orie Ballardiae in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
- Pac in Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
- Pearl, Good Witch Pearl, Ruby, and Den Mother in Heroes of Newerth
- Phil in New Pokémon Snap
- Primal Huntress Artemis in Smite
- Rixia Mao in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II (replaced by Suzie Yeung in Reverie)
- Elie MacDowell in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV (reprised in Reverie)
- Ryo in Master Detective Archives: Rain Code
- Ryuko Matoi in KILL la KILL - IF
- Scarlett in Rune Factory 5
- Seong Mi-na in Soulcalibur VI
- Summer Rath in Undead Darlings
- Talus in Paladins
- Teddy in Punishing: Gray Raven
- Throneé Anguis in Octopath Traveler II
- Juliette in Omega Strikers
Web Video
- Kiel'ndia Vel'Vloz'ress in the official Drowtales animation Netherworld TV
- Hop's Wooloo in Pokémon: Twilight Wings
- Rainbow Dash in the Rainbow Dash vs Starscream episode of DEATH BATTLE!
Western Animation
- Cloud E in Lalaloopsy Girls: Welcome to LALA Prep School
- Black Strategy in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
- Lora in YooHoo to the Rescue
ADR staff:
ADR Director
- Carole & Tuesday (episodes 1-12)
- I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
- Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (episodes 5-10)
uhm, Senpai. Here is the list of my Tropes:
- Action Girl: This is one of her fortes. If she isn't voicing a young boy, many of her female characters definitely will lean towards this trope.
- Crossdressing Voices: She's capable of voicing young boy characters. However, she's been balancing this typecast by also playing female characters in addition to playing younger male characters.
- Genki Girl: Many of her female roles tend to be of this type, Akko being a standout example.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Many of her roles are of characters who are easily prone to anger, including, but not limited to, Ryuko, Phil, and Retsuko (despite ironically not voicing her death metal self).
- The Hero: Tends to be cast as the main character, particularly if it's as Action (like Ryuuko) and or Genki Girls (like Akko). She has also been cast as a couple of battle shounen heroes like Aladdin, Gon and Emma.
- I Am Not Spock: Ryuko was such an important role for Mendez that it's come to define her career, despite the fact that she's done much more than deep-voiced tomboys, something that she's acknowledged.
- When she's not voicing young boys, she often voices Action Girls with a tomboyish or "tough girl" personality, or even girls who can get irritated easily (like Nico).
- Playing Against Type:
- Has begun to play more feminine characters in recent years, such as Eleanor in Tales of Berseria, Deirdre in Fire Emblem Heroes, Lianna in Fire Emblem Warriors and Orie in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle.
- She also voices Bernadetta in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, who's a Shrinking Violet.
- While she also voices villains like Nagisa Shingetsu and Jack the Ripper/Assassin of Black, Hao Asakura marks the first time she voiced the Big Bad.
- Promoted Fangirl:
- She's a fan of Love Live! and it's pretty obvious that she enjoyed her work playing as Nico Yazawa, with her Twitter posts consisting of showing the figurines she's bought along with doing her iconic pose.
- She's also a huge fan of the Fate series, who eventually ends up casted for Mash Kyrielight.
- Star-Making Role: Aladdin helped put her in the voice acting spotlight within anime fans.
- Typecasting: Her primary forte (especially in the early stages of her career) seems to be young boy characters. In fact, according to her in a AMA, she has been cast as 7 boys and 1 girl, at least in Bang Zoom! Entertainment side of things.
- Woman of a Thousand Voices: In addition to her young boy roles, she's capable of voicing other characters. Case in point, she voiced three different characters (Pearl, Ruby, and Den Mother) in Heroes of Newerth where each character have their own distinct voice and personality. More specifically, she can go from gruff-voiced Action Girl types like Ryuko, to excitable characters like Akko, to high-pitched and cute like Eryn.
