Diana Torres is a Spanish singer and voice actress, dedicated predominately to anime. Working with animation distributor Arait Multimedia for most of her career, Diana is known for her fresh, young-sounding voice, which has got her especialized in playing children, cute creatures and characters who are often more badass than they look. In anime, she is fondly remembered for voicing Nami in One Piece, Tae Shimura in Gintama, and Conan Edogawa in Case Closed.
She was also the vocalist and main member of the indie music band Liquid Sun, having sung works both in English and Spanish languages. The group never really took off and went on hiatus twice in its history, but it had some good reviews and won several awards at its very debut. Due to her singing ability, Diana has sung insert, opening and/or ending themes for many series licensed in Spain.
Diana's father, Rafael Torres, is also an active voice actor.
Notable roles by Diana Torres:
Anime
- Nami in One Piece.
- Mokona in Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-.
- Conan Edogawa in Case Closed.
- Aiko Senoo in Ojamajo Doremi.
- Tae Shimura in Gintama.
- Digimon franchise:
- TK Takaishi and Biyomon in Digimon Adventure.
- TK Takaishi and Biyomon in Digimon Adventure 02.
- Alice in Digimon Tamers.
- Inazuma Eleven franchise:
- Lina Schiller/Kira Hitomiko in Inazuma Eleven.
- JP Lapin/Shinsuke Nishizono in Inazuma Eleven Go.
- Kicker in Transformers: Energon.
- Hamtaro in Hamtaro.
- Kennosuke Tsurugi in Ashita no Nadja
- Megaman in MegaMan NT Warrior.
- Rice and Kazutaka in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.
- Becky Wolf and Taro Myojin in The Law of Ueki.
- Mimmy in Hello Kitty's Paradise.
Western Animation
- Alex in Totally Spies!.
- Layla in Winx Club.
- Vidia in Disney Fairies.
- Raf Esquivel in Transformers: Prime.
- Marshall in PAW Patrol.
Live-Action TV
- Sadie Saxton in Awkward..
Videogames
- Fareeha "Pharah" Amari in Overwatch.
Tropes that apply to Diana Torres:
- Badass Adorable: Has voiced some.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Several of her characters are blondes and of the good-natured kind. Notably, Torres herself is blonde.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Mokona in Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- and the titular character in Hamtaro come to mind as major examples.
- Vocal Evolution: Though she is not quite a woman of 1000 voices, Diana did an awesome job voicing both the child and older version of TK Takaishi in their respective seasons of Digimon. Bear in mind that they are played respectively by a woman and a man in the original.