Lisa Jai Yamanaka (born June 16, 1983 in Toronto, Ontario), also credited as Lisa Boynton or Lisa Jai, is a Canadian actress, poet, and social advocate of Japanese descent.
Lisa Yamanaka has appeared many times in film, television, animation, theatre, and video games, but is best known for the roles she held as a child, most notably providing the voice of Wanda Li on The Magic School Bus and Yoko on Timothy Goes to School. She is also known for voicing Sherry Birkin in Resident Evil 2 and Paula Morton in Dino Crisis 2.
Notable Roles
- Mandy in 6teen
- Lisa in Apartment Manager (in the episode "Unit 4")
- Flora in the first 2 seasons of Babar and Isabelle in the last 3 seasons
- Jasmine Matsumoto in Balance Of Power
- Asia in Creed
- Paula Morton in Dino Crisis 2
- A Narrator in Freaky Stories ("The Gift", "Hanging by a Thread", "The Resurrection of Fluffy")
- Ellen in George Shrinks
- Nonny and Tater in Little Rosey
- Louise in Lost Angels
- Gwendolyn in Mirabelle And Me
- Wanda Li in The Magic School Bus
- Wanda's Mother in The Magic School Bus Rides Again
- Erika Amazake in Medabots
- Megan in My Secret Identity (in the episode "You've Got a Friend")
- The Childlike Empress and Junior Rockbiter in The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux
- Spirit in Pillars Of Freedom
- Patty in The Raccoons (in the episode "Endless Summer!")
- Sherry Birkin in Resident Evil 2
- Ashley in Stickin' Around
- Kim in T. and T. (in the episode "Family Honour")
- Becky in Tales From The Cryptkeeper (in the episode "Nature")
- Shawn in This Is My Life
- Yoko in Timothy Goes to School
- Holly in Trail Mix (in the episode "The Trail Mix Crew")
- Fizz in the US version of Tweenies
- Georgia in Twice in a Lifetime (in the episode "Pride and Prejudice"
- A News Anchor in The Window
- Additional Voices in Monster Force
