Tara Sands is an American voice actress and television host with a extensive career in anime dubbing, animation, and audiobook narration. Born on September 20, 1975, she was raised in New Jersey and studied theater at Hofstra University, beginning her voice acting work while still in high school. Since the late 1990s, she has built a substantial body of work, contributing to numerous major franchises across various dubbing studios, including 4Kids Entertainment, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, and NYAV Post.

Sands is likely best known for her long-standing association with the Pokémon franchise, where she has voiced multiple characters. Her most iconic role in this series is the Grass-type starter Pokémon Bulbasaur, a part she has played across various episodes and media. She has also voiced the Trainer Ritchie, the Gym Leader Jasmine, and many others. Her connection to the franchise extends to related projects, such as portraying Cynthia in Pokémon Generations and Kari Kamiya (known as Hikari Yagami) in the Digimon Adventure tri. films and Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna.

Another significant early role was as Mokuba Kaiba, the younger brother of the rival Seto Kaiba, in the immensely popular Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters series. During the same era, she lent her voice to the fiery and determined Anna Kyōyama in the 2001 Shaman King series, as well as the character Opacho. Her work with 4Kids also included the role of the wealthy Kaya in the company's adaptation of One Piece.

Her career has continued to flourish with prominent roles in contemporary, highly popular anime. In Jujutsu Kaisen, Sands voices two characters from the Kyoto Jujutsu High: the teacher Utahime Iori and the third-year student Momo Nishimiya, showcasing her ability to portray different personalities within the same series. In the isekai genre, she has taken on multiple roles, such as voicing both Lemia and Aerial in Isekai Cheat Magician, and playing Kuku in the cozy fantasy series I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level. She also voices the character Rikekuma in the romantic comedy Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It.

Sands' versatility is further demonstrated by roles like Administrator D, a mysterious and powerful god-like being in So I'm a Spider, So What?; Anne in the cyberpunk series No Guns Life; Yuka Tokitate in I'm Standing on 1,000,000 Lives; Mina Misasa in The Orbital Children; Rena Sayama in Ultraman; and a young Jinta "Jintan" Yadomi in the emotional drama Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day. Her filmography also includes a young Masaomi Kida in Durarara!!, Biscuit Krueger in Hunter x Hunter, and Seta Sōjirō in the Media Blasters dub of Rurouni Kenshin.

In addition to her anime work, Sands has had a notable presence in animation and on-camera television. She was the co-host of Cartoon Network's weekly programming block Fridays from January 2005 to February 2007. She has also appeared in live-action series such as Everybody Hates Chris. Her voice can be heard in animated series like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) and Generator Rex, as well as in video games including the Dead Island series, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, and multiple titles in the Saints Row franchise. Beyond acting, she has narrated over 300 audiobooks, including the Sammy Keyes series and works by authors like Taylor Jenkins Reid. In 2023, she began co-hosting the podcast 4Kids Flashback, which interviews former employees of 4Kids Entertainment about their experiences.