Sarah Natochenny (born September 20th, 1987) is a Russian-American voice actress based in New York. Best known for her work as Ash Ketchum in Pokémon (taking over from Veronica Taylor), starting with Pokémon: Battle Frontier as her first major voice acting credit in the series. She's also gone on to work on other projects since her voice acting debut.
Animation
- 44 Cats as Lampo, Igor, Dampo, and Punky
- Apollo's Tall Tales as Betty Bee
Anime
- Girls und Panzer das Finale as Klara
- Pokémon: The Series as Ash Ketchum (2006-present)
- Tokyo Revengers as Yuzuha Shiba
- Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V as Aura
Film
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Mini Stay-Puft Marshmallow Men (uncredited)
- Seal Team as Shark
Video Games
- Bullet Witch as Alicia
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as Chansey
- Victory Belles as Leningrad
- White Day: A Labyrinth Named School as Han So-young
Western Animation
- Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood as Marian
- World of Winx as Silke
Tropes, I choose you!
- Acting for Two: Sometimes. See below in Woman of a Thousand Voices.
- Ascended Fangirl: She grew up on the Pokémon games during the Turn of the Millennium before being cast as Ash herself.
- Creator's Favorite: Natochenny has made it no secret that Ash Ketchum has been her favorite voice acting role.
- Cross-Dressing Voice: Considering who she's best known for, this shouldn't come as a surprise.
- Vocal Evolution: Her tenure as Ash has changed considerably. She initially was trying to channel Veronica Taylor's Ash voice, resulting in what people often called 'chain smoker Ash'. Starting around Pokémon the Series: Black & White she would start to use more of her own natural tone, which in turn made Ash start to sound more natural and less strained.
- Woman of a Thousand Voices: Besides Ash, just in Pokémon alone, she's also voiced Delia, Skyla, and Solidad among many other minor or supporting characters in the series.
