Jessie James Grelle (, ; born Joshua James Ervin Grelle) is an American

voice actor Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animation, animated, ...

and ADR script writer in English language dubs of Japanese anime. They are known for voicing numerous main characters in the harem genre. Major roles include Nobuchika Ginoza in ''

Psycho-Pass ''Psycho-Pass'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese cyberpunk psychological thriller anime television series produced by Production I.G. It was co-directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Gen Urobuchi, wi ...

'', Armin Arlert in ''

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to a ...

'', Itsuki Takeuchi in ''

Initial D is a Japanese street racing manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 volumes. The ...

'', Fumikage Tokoyami in ''

My Hero Academia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2014 to August 2024, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Set in a wor ...

'', Byakuya Togami in ''

Danganronpa is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike). The series primarily surrounds various groups of apparent high-school students who are forced into murdering each oth ...

'', Teruhiko Yukimura in Classroom of the Elite, Glenn Radars in ''

Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor is a Japanese light novel series written by Tarō Hitsuji and illustrated by Kurone Mishima. Fujimi Shobo has published twenty-four volumes from July 19, 2014, to November 17, 2023, under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. A manga adaptati ...

'', Kenichi Shirahama in '' Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple'', Mao Sadou / Demon King Satan in ''

The Devil Is a Part-Timer! is a Japanese light novel series written by Satoshi Wagahara, with illustrations by Oniku (written as 029). ASCII Media Works has published the series in Japan, while Yen Press has published it in North America. The story follows Satan ...

'' and Yuri Katsuki in '' Yuri on Ice!!!''. Grelle has voiced lead characters Zen Wisteria in ''

Snow White with the Red Hair is a Japanese '' shōjo'' fantasy romance manga series written and illustrated by Sorata Akiduki. It was originally serialized in Hakusensha's bi-monthly ''shōjo'' manga magazine '' LaLa DX'' from August 2006 to August 2011, and was moved t ...

'', Kyohei Takano in '' The Wallflower'', Komatsu in ''

Toriko is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from May 2008 to November 2016, with its chapters collected into 43 volumes. The seri ...

'', Akihisa Yoshii in ''

Baka and Test , also known as ''Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Kenji Inoue with illustrations by Yui Haga. The series revolves around Akihisa Yoshii, the titular Baka (Japanese word), baka (idiot) and ...

'', Koichi Hayase in '' Linebarrels of Iron'', Kazuya Aoi in ''

Freezing Freezing is a phase transition in which a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. For most substances, the melting and freezing points are the same temperature; however, certain substances possess dif ...

'', Tasuku Yamane in ''

Trickster In mythology and the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story (god, goddess, spirit, human or anthropomorphisation) who exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge and uses it to play tricks or otherw ...

'', Yuki "Yukiteru" Amano in '' The Future Diary'', Atsushi Hatake in ''

Big Windup! , often shortened to , is a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Asa Higuchi. It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' since September 2003, with its chapters collected in 37 vo ...

'', Shido Itsuka in the ''

Date A Live is a Japanese light novel series written by Kōshi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. Fujimi Shobo published 22 volumes from March 2011 to March 2020 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. Yen Press holds the license to publish the ...

series'', Futaro Uesugi in ''

The Quintessential Quintuplets is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Negi Haruba. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2017 to February 2020, with its chapters collected into fourteen volumes. The series follows th ...

'', Masamune in '' Masamune-kun's Revenge'', Yamato Naoe in '' Majikoi!'', Touya in '' In Another World With My Smartphone'', Ichika Orimura in ''

Infinite Stratos ''Infinite Stratos'', also written as , is a Japanese light novel series by Izuru Yumizuru with illustrations provided by Okiura (original MF novels) and (new Overlap novels). As of October 2013, seven volumes have been published by ...

'', and Issei Hyodo in '' High School DxD: BorN'' and the 4th season, titled ''Hero''. In video games, they have voiced Ludger Kresnik in ''

Tales of Xillia 2 is an action role-playing game for the PlayStation 3 released on November 1, 2012, in Japan. It is the twenty-third core product in the ''Tales'' series and was developed and published by Bandai Namco Games. The game was localized for North Ame ...

'', Phog from ''

Xenoblade Chronicles X ''Xenoblade Chronicles X'' is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The game is part of the ''Xenoblade Chronicles'' series, itself forming part of the wider ''Xeno (series), Xeno'' ...

'' and Xbalanque from '' Smite''.

Personal life

Grelle has one younger brother. In 2017, Grelle married Joanna Grelle (née Beatty). In March 2023, Grelle came out on social media as

transgender A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes perso ...

, and stated that they use they or she pronouns.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Video games

Notes

References

External links

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