Kara Edwards facts for kids

Kara Edwards is an American voice actress born on February 17, 1977. She is famous for lending her voice to English versions of Japanese anime shows. She was also a popular radio host in the Charlotte, North Carolina area for many years.

Kara Edwards' Early Career in Radio

Kara Edwards started her career in broadcasting right after high school. She got a job at Radio Disney in Dallas, Texas. She worked there as an intern for about eight months. After that, she got more permanent jobs as a writer, producer, voice actress, and even a director for children's voices.

Becoming a Radio Show Host

In July 1997, Kara became a co-host for the Squeege and Kara Show. This show was broadcast on Radio Disney and she hosted it with her friend and fellow voice actor, Kyle Hebert.

Kara also did voice-over work for commercials. She voiced ads for big companies like Blockbuster, Levi Strauss & Co., and Clinique.

Moving into Anime Voice Acting

While working at Radio Disney, Kara Edwards also started voicing characters in English versions of Japanese anime series for Funimation. Her most famous voice roles are the child version of Goten and Videl in the popular show Dragon Ball Z.

In March 2002, Kara moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. She was hired as a producer and sometimes a "sidekick" for the Sander Walker in the Morning radio show on WSSS 104.7 FM.

Changes in Radio Shows

Kara worked at WSSS until October 31, 2003. After that morning's show, the entire team was told that the radio station was changing its music format to Christmas songs all day. Everyone on the show was let go.

But Kara didn't stay off the air for long! In February 2004, she became the co-host of the Jeff Roper Morning Show. This show was broadcast from WSOC 103.7 FM, also in Charlotte.

In January 2005, Jeff Roper left WSOC. Kara then became a co-host with Rob Tanner for a new show called Tanner in the Morning. This show was very popular in the Charlotte area for its mix of local humor and funny parodies. Kara continued to co-host this show for almost two years.

Focusing on Voice Acting

Even though Kara enjoyed her radio work, she started to feel a strong passion for voice acting. In August 2006, Kara and other voice actors like Sean Schemmel, Christopher Sabat, and Jason Liebrecht went to a big event called the Wizard World Comics Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

At this event, Dragon Ball fans waited in line for up to five hours just to get Kara's autograph. This made Kara seriously think about making voice acting her full-time job.

"I decided then, you know what? This is my passion in life. I always thought radio was the place I should be and pursued it and pursued it. Now I think this is the place I should be."

A few weeks later, Kara told the WSOC management that she wanted to leave her radio job to become a full-time voice actress. WSOC and the Tanner show staff understood her decision, and she left on good terms.

Since then, Kara Edwards has lived in Dallas. She does voice-over work for commercials and documentaries. She also often returns to Funimation to voice her Dragon Ball characters and other anime roles.

Kara Edwards' Personal Life

Kara Edwards met Chris Suchan, who was a meteorologist for WBTV in Charlotte. They got married in April 2006 but later divorced. Kara had a child in August 2015.

In November 2020, Kara married fellow voice actor Zach Bolton.

Kara Edwards' Voice Roles

Kara Edwards has voiced many characters in different types of media.

Anime Dubbing

• .hack//Quantum – Asta
• A Certain Magical Index series – Vento
• A Certain Scientific Railgun – Tsuzuri Tesso
• A Certain Scientific Railgun S – Tsuzuri Tesso, Febrie
• Aharen-san Is Indecipherable (season 2) – Riku
• Aquarion Evol – Aika
• Aquarion Logos – Okazaki
• Azur Lane – Yorktown
• Ben-To – Kyo Sawagi
• Boogiepop and Others – Additional Voices
• The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows – Til
• Cat Planet Cuties – Arisa Oshiro (credited as Janét Mason)
• Chaos;Head – Kozue Orihara
• Chrome Shelled Regios – Countia Varmon Farness
• Dance in the Vampire Bund – Nanami Shinonome (credited as Janét Mason)
• Danganronpa: The Animation – Chihiro Fujisaki, Alter Ego
• Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor – Mina Hazuki
• Dragon Ball Daima – Goten, Gotenks
• Dragon Ball Z – Goten, Gotenks (Goten-half), Videl (as well as Kai: The Final Chapters series), various
• Dragon Ball Super – Goten, Gotenks, Videl
• Fairy Tail – Ultear Milkovich (Child, Ep. 116)
• Fruits Basket (2019) – Kana Soma
• Guilty Crown – Kyo (Eps. 4–6), Miyabi Herikawa (Eps. 16, 18)
• Haganai – Akari Fujibayashi (Ep. 2)
• Heaven's Lost Property series – Nymph
• Hetalia: The Beautiful World – Female Russia
• High School DxD – Aika Kiryuu
• I Shall Survive Using Potions! – Eunice
• I'm in Love with the Villainess – Lene
• Is This a Zombie? – Eucliwood Hellscythe (Fantasy Voice, Ep. 13 OVA)
• Is This a Zombie? of the Dead – Eucliwood Hellscythe (Fantasy Voice, Eps. 9–10)
• Kaguya-sama – Moeha Fujiwara
• Kamisama Kiss 2 – Mizutama
• Last Exile -Fam, The Silver Wing – Teddy
• Linebarrels of Iron – Yuriko Moritsugu (Ep. 21)
• My Hero Academia – Kaoruko Awata
• New Saga – Ceraia
• Nobunagun – Watanabe
• Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions – Himeno Shirayuki (Eps. 9–10)
• One Piece – Lil Accino, Lily Enstomach(Eps. 590)
• Plunderer – Greengrocer Lady (Eps. 4, 22, 24)
• The Rolling Girls – Banko (Eps. 3, 5)
• The Sacred Blacksmith – Patty Baldwin
• Sekirei series – Chiho Hidaka (credited as Janét Mason)
• Shakugan no Shana – Brigid (season 3)
• Shiki – Shihori Maeda (Ep. 21.5)
• SoltyRei – Celica Yayoi
• Soul Eater – Fairy (Ep. 9)
• Soul Eater Not! – Eternal Feather
• SSSS.Dynazenon – Mujina
• Strike Witches 2 – Junko Takei (Eps. 1, 3, 12)
• Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun – Sakura Nanamine
• Yu Yu Hakusho – Murugu
• YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of the World – Kaori Asakura

Film Roles

• Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming – Goten, Videl
• Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly – Goten
• Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn – Goten, Videl
• Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon – Goten, Videl
• Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods – Goten, Videl
• Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' – Videl
• Dragon Ball Super: Broly – Goten
• Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero - Videl
• Mass Effect: Paragon Lost – Christine

Live-action Appearances

• Barney & Friends – Riff (Singing)
• Victorious – Woman

Video Game Voices

• Battleborn – Shayne
• Borderlands 3 – Adi
• Dragon Ball series – Goten (Child), Videl, various
• The Gunstringer – Additional Voices
• Orcs Must Die! 3 – Kelsey
• SMITE – Athena, Aphrodite (Beach Babe)
• Squinkies – Princess
• Squinkies 2: Adventure Mall – Narrator

See also

In Spanish: Kara Edwards para niños