"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 x Hunter (2011) English dub
on Erica Mendez while discussing the Hunter x Hunter (2011) English dubErica Mendez (born February 13, 1988) is a voice actress residing in Los Angeles. She has gotten a lot of popularity thanks to her breakout role as Aladdin as well as her role as Ryuko Matoi. She also worked in many video game and web animation works as well.
Here's her website, Facebook, Twitter, and Ask.fm accounts. Not to be confused with a singer of the same name.
Master Billy, look at the list of my Notable voice roles:
Anime
- Aladdin in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
- Assassin of Black & Roche Frain Yggdmillenia in Fate/Apocrypha
- Atsuko "Akko" Kagari in Little Witch Academia
- Avril Bradley in Gosick
- Chiriko "Tsuruko" Tsurumi in Ano Hana 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
- Emma in The Promised Neverland
- Fu Inubozaki in Yuki Yuna is a Hero
- Gon Freecss in Hunter × Hunter (2011 version)
- 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
- Kenya Kobayashi in ERASED
- Louisa May Alcott in Bungo Stray Dogs
- Mametchi in Tamagotchi Friends
- Mash Kyrielight in Fate/Grand Order: First Order
- Megumin in Konosuba and Isekai Quartet
- Melissa Shield in My Hero Academia: The Two Heroes
- Nagisa Shingetsu in Danganronpa 3
- Nico Yazawa in Love Live!
- Nomura in Charlotte
- Puck in Re:Zero
- Rapthalia in The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Regulatory T Cell in Cells at Work!
- Retsuko in Aggretsuko
- Rickert in Berserk (2016)
- Ryuko Matoi in Kill la Kill
- Sonya in Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry
- Tsubaki Sawabe in Your Lie in April
- Yuuki Konno in Sword Art Online II
Eastern Animation (non-anime)
- Wang Ai Ling in Stitch & Ai
Video Games
- Amanda Blackstone in Detective Pikachu
- Annie, Girl of the Stars in Skullgirls
- Arle in Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Bernadetta von Varley in Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- 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
- Fran Prendoll in Demon Gaze
- Hilda in Pokémon Masters
- Jupiter Celadon from Yousei
- Lianna in Fire Emblem Warriors
- Lularita and Additional Voices in Xenoblade Chronicles X
- The Zombie Maid unit in Disgaea 5
- Micie Sun Mussemburg in Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
- Mina Han and Spoon in Battle Chef Brigade
- 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
- Moru and Blossom Aisen/Blossa Aizen in Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart
- Noire and Black Heart in Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online (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
- Primal Huntress Artemis in Smite
- Ryuko Matoi in KILL la KILL - IF
- Seong Mi-na in Soulcalibur VI
- Talus in Paladins
- Rixia Mao in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
Web Video
- Kiel'ndia Vel'Vloz'ress in the official Drowtales animation Netherworld TV
- Rainbow Dash in the Rainbow Dash vs Starscream episode of Death Battle
Western Animation
- Black Strategy in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
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: Like Mona Marshall, Amanda Céline Miller, and Marianne Miller, she's one of the few voice actresses who is 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.
- Gotta Catch Them All: As mentioned above, she has a merch collection of roles she's played.
- The Hero: Tends to be cast as the main character, particularly if it's as Action and or Genki Girls.
- 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.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: 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.
- 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, and Lianna in Fire Emblem Warriors.
- She also voices Bernadetta in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, who's a Shrinking Violet.
- Star-Making Role: Aladdin helped put her in the voice acting spotlight within anime fans.
- 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.
