Lisa Ortiz (born December 11, 1974, New York), is a 4Kids voice actress. She was most prominently known as the previous voice of Amy Rose as of Sonic X and all games starting with Shadow the Hedgehog, replacing Jennifer Douillard in 2005. She also provided the voice of Sophia, a lady-in-waiting of Princess Elise, in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). She was replaced by Cindy Robinson as the voice of Amy in 2010.

ReceptionEdit

Her reception with Sonic fans is mostly positive. Like most of the 4Kids actors, Ortiz started off a with mixed reaction, but eventually gained a highly positive reception for her role as Amy Rose. Fans have praised her performance for being youthful, energetic, and showing emotion perfectly (especially when Amy gets angry or shows her feelings for Sonic) as opposed to Jennifer Douillard, whom many fans claimed had no emotion in her voice, and in comparison to Cindy Robinson, whose high pitched performance has gained a lot of negative reception.

Notable rolesEdit

AnimeEdit

• Animation Runner Kuromi - Mikiko "Kuromi" Oguro
• Arcade Gamer Fubuki - Chizuru
• Battle Arena Toshinden (anime) - Ellis
• Battle Skipper - Saori Tachibana
• Blue Gender - Alicia Whistle
• Boogiepop Phantom - Saki Yoshisawa
• Chaotic: Secrets of the Lost City - Unda, Servant of Water
• Comic Party - Chisa Tsukamoto, Minami Makimura
• Descendants of Darkness - Maria Wong
• Dinosaur King - Sophia
• Fighting Foodons - Coco Chanel
• F-Zero: GP Legend (anime) - Lisa Brilliant, Mrs. Arrowlsal
• Gall Force: Eternal Story - Captain Eluza, of the Solnoid Battlecarrier Star Leaf
• Gall Force: New Era - Garnet
• Geobreeders 2 - Sanae
• His and Her Circumstances - Tsubasa Shibahime
• Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny - Kaku Bunwa (Credited as Trina Hilbe)
• Kirby: Right Back at Ya! - Lovely, Additional Voices
• Kujibiki Unbalance - Kaoruko Yamada
• Legend of Himiko - Koran
• Maetel Legend - Maetel
• Magical DoReMi - Patina, Penny
• Magic User's Club - Nanaka Nakatomi
• Mask of Zeguy - Miki
• Mew Mew Power - Additional Voices
• Now and Then, Here and There - LaLa Ru
• One Piece - Tony Tony Chopper (brain boost and speed boost), Rika
• Pokémon - Sabrina (Pokémon), Oshawott, Cassandra, Flannery, Daisy, Mars, Liza, Miki, Aya, Additional Voices
• Queen's Blade - Melona (Credited as Darla Chaney), Echidna (Credited as Trina Hilbe)
• Magic Knight Rayearth - Fuu Hououji
• Record of Lodoss War - Deedlit
• Revolutionary Girl Utena - Shiori Takatsuki
• Sailor Moon - Princess Diamond (ep. 18)
• Samurai Deeper Kyo - Mika
• Shadow Star Narutaru - Jun Ezumi
• Shaman King - Tao Jun
• Slayers - Lina Inverse
• Slayers Next - Lina Inverse
• Slayers Try - Lina Inverse
• Slayers Revolution - Lina Inverse
• Slayers Evolution-R - Lina Inverse
• Sonic X - Amy Rose, President's Secretary (Season 2)
• Space Pirate Mito - Mito
• Tama and Friends - Chopin
• The Irresponsible Captain Tylor - Azalyn
• ToHeart (anime) - Tomoko Hoshina
• Twin Signal - Kris Sign
• Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy - Roxanne
• The World of Narue - Kiriri Kaibashira; Kyoko Kudo; Manaka Oatari/Magical Girl #4
• Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime) - Serenity Wheeler
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Mindy, Blair Flannigan, Linda, Yasmin, Maiden in Love, Elemental HERO Burstinatrix
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Patty, Claire, Barbara

Non-AnimeEdit

• Adventures in Voice Acting - Herself
• Angel's Friends (TV series) - Miki, Cabiria
• Cubix: Robots for Everyone - Babysix
• Chaotic (TV series) - Lulu
• Ratatoing - Carol
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) - Jhanna, Additional Voices
• Tara Duncan - Sparrow, Sandra Leylocke
• Viva Piñata (TV series) - Mrs. Whirlm, Betty Bunnycomb
• Winx Club - Icy, Mitzi, Digit, Musa

MoviesEdit

• Pokémon: The First Movie - Neesha
• Pokémon 3: The Movie - Lisa
• Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys - Rebecca
• Pokémon Heroes - Bianca, Oakley
• Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie - Additional Voices
• Madea Goes to Jail - Hyundai Elantra driver (unseen)
• Adolescence of Utena - Shiori Takatsuki, Shadow Girl E-ko

Video GamesEdit

• Eternal Sonata - March, Salsa (credited as Amy Rose)
• Silent Hill 4: The Room - Cynthia Velasquez
• Sonic the Hedgehog - Amy Rose (2005-2010), Sophia
• PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond - Oshawott

TriviaEdit

• Ortiz credits her entry into voice acting to one of her brothers, who stole her car. During the search for it, she was accompanied by an animator for anime distributor Central Park Media, who let slip that the company was looking for voice actors. Ortiz went in and auditioned, landing the role of Deedlit in Lodoss.
• Outside of the Sonic series, Ortiz is best known for her role as Lina Inverse from the anime series Slayers.
• Ortiz attended Otakon in 1998 and 2011.
• Ortiz attended the CN Expo in 1998 and 1999.
• Lisa Ortiz is also a former wife of the famous WWE superstar, Edge.
• Amy Rose was also the alias Ortiz was credited as for her voice role of March and Salsa from the game Eternal Sonata.
• Amy Rose was one of her favorite roles to do voice work for.