Jessie James Grelle

Jessie James Grelle^[2] (/ˈɡriːli/, GREE-lee; born Joshua James Ervin Grelle) is an American voice actor and ADR script writer in English language dubs of Japanese anime. They^[a] are known for voicing numerous main characters in the harem genre. Major roles include Armin Arlert in Attack on Titan, Itsuki Takeuchi in Initial D, Fumikage Tokoyami in My Hero Academia, Byakuya Togami in Danganronpa, Teruhiko Yukimura in Classroom of the Elite, Nobuchika Ginoza in Psycho-Pass, Glenn Radars in Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor, Kenichi Shirahama in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, Mao Sadou / Demon King Satan in The Devil Is a Part-Timer! and Yuri Katsuki in Yuri on Ice!!!. Grelle has voiced lead characters Zen Wisteria in Snow White with the Red Hair, Kyohei Takano in The Wallflower, Komatsu in Toriko, Akihisa Yoshii in Baka and Test, Koichi Hayase in Linebarrels of Iron, Kazuya Aoi in Freezing, Tasuku Yamane in Trickster, Yuki "Yukiteru" Amano in The Future Diary, Atsushi Hatake in Big Windup!, Shido Itsuka in the Date A Live series, Futaro Uesugi in The Quintessential Quintuplets, Masamune in Masamune-kun's Revenge, Yamato Naoe in Majikoi!, Touya in In Another World With My Smartphone, Ichika Orimura in Infinite Stratos, 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, Phog from Xenoblade Chronicles X and Xbalanque from Smite.

Jessie James Grelle
Grelle in 2024
Born	Joshua James Ervin Grelle November 2[1]
Occupations	Voice actor ADR script writer VTuber (As Mimcubus)
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Joanna Beatty ​ (m. 2017)​

Personal life

Grelle has one younger brother.^[4] In 2017, Grelle married Joanna Grelle (née Beatty).^[5]

In March 2023, Grelle came out on social media as transgender, and stated that they use they or she pronouns.^[3]

Filmography

Anime

List of dubbing performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2019	7 Seeds	Mark Ibaraki
2017	Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor	Glenn Radars		[6]
2017	The Ancient Magus' Bride	Cartaphilius
2013	Another	Tomohiko Kazami		[7]
2019	Astra Lost in Space	Kanata Hoshijima		[8]
2014–24	Attack on Titan	Armin Arlert	Also Attack on Titan: Junior High	[9]
2010–11	Baka and Test	Akihisa Yoshii		[10]
2009	Big Windup!	Atsushi Hatake
2011	Black Butler	King Edward V		[11]
2017–21	Black Clover	William Vangeance		[12]
2013	Brothers Conflict	Azusa Asahina
2015	Danganronpa: The Animation	Byakuya Togami		[13]
2016	Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School	Byakuya Togami
2014–present	Date A Live	Shido Itsuka		[14]
2015	Death Parade	Harada	2 episodes
2019–present	Demon Lord, Retry!	Hakuto Kunai/Akira Ono		[15][16]
2013–present	The Devil Is a Part-Timer!	Mao Sadao/Demon King Satan		[17][18]
2013	Diabolik Lovers	Subaru Sakamaki		[19][20]
2019–present	Dr. Stone	Kinro
2018	Dragon Ball Super	Grand Minister		[21]
2016	Drifters	Toyohisa Shimazu		[22][23]
2014	Fairy Tail	Hughes		[24]
2013–18	Free!	Aichiro Nitori		[25]
2013	Freezing	Kazuya Aoi		[26]
2021	Full Dive	Bob		[27]
2013	Future Diary	Yukiteru Amano		[28]
2022	Given	Ritsuka Uenoyama		[29]
2016	Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash	Og	Episode: "Between Life and Death"	[30]
2019–22	Haikyu!!	Tendō Satori		[31][32]
2009–15	Hetalia: Axis Powers series	Lithuania		[33]
2015–present	High School DxD	Issei Hyodo	Season 3 - present, replaces Scott Freeman	[34]
2015	Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation	Trick		[35]
2017	In Another World With My Smartphone	Touya Mochizuki	Season 1	[36]
2020	ID - Invaded	Akihito Narihisago/Sakaido		[37]
2011–13	Infinite Stratos	Ichika Orimura		[38][39]
2010–11	Initial D	Itsuki Takeuchi	Funimation dub	[40]
2009	Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple	Kenichi Shirahama		[41]
2010	Linebarrels of Iron	Koichi Hayase		[42]
2011	Majikoi!	Yamato Naoe
2017–23	Masamune-kun's Revenge	Masamune Makabe		[43]
2015	Mikagura School Suite	Sadamatsu Minatogawa		[44]
2016–present	My Hero Academia	Fumikage Tokoyami
2019	My Roommate Is a Cat	Atsushi Kawase
2013	Mysterious Girlfriend X	Akira Tsubaki		[45]
2012	Princess Jellyfish	Kuranosuke Koibuchi		[46]
2014	Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they?	Izayoi Sakamaki		[47]
2014–15	Psycho-Pass	Nobuchika Ginoza		[48]
2016	Puzzle & Dragons X	Ace		[49]
2019	The Quintessential Quintuplets	Futaro Uesugi
2016	ReLIFE	Ryō Yoake
2011	Rideback	Kenji Ogata
2013	Shakugan no Shana	Yuji Sakai	Season 2 onwards	[50][51]
2016	Shimoneta	Tanukichi Okuma		[52]
2016	Snow White with the Red Hair	Zen Wisteria	Season 2 & OVA	[53]
2010	Soul Eater	Ox Ford	Also Soul Eater Not!	[54]
2019	Stars Align	Toma Shinjo		[55]
2018	Tada Never Falls in Love	Mitsuyoshi Tada
2013	Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar	Ceres Taito		[56]
2015	Tokyo Ravens	Tenma Momoe		[57]
2013	Toriko	Komatsu		[58]
2016	Trickster	Tasuku Yamane
2012	Tsuritama	Akira Yamada		[59]
2021–23	Vinland Saga	Canute	Sentai and Crunchyroll dubs	[60][61]
2024	Viral Hit	Woo Ji-hyuk		[62]
2016	The Vision of Escaflowne	Reeden	Funimation redub	[63]
2007	The Wallflower	Kyohei Takano		[64]
2015	Yona of the Dawn	Zeno
2016	Yuri on Ice	Yuri Katsuki, Stéphane Lambiel		[36]
2023	One Piece	Komatsu	Episode 590
2024	Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest	Wraith		[65]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2016–present	RWBY	Tyrian Callows		[66]

Film

List of voice performances in film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2013	Blood-C: The Last Dark	Shun Fujimura		[67]
2013	Shakugan no Shana the Movie	Yuji Sakai		[68]
2016	The Boy and the Beast	Jiromaru		[69]
2016	Psycho-Pass: The Movie	Nobuchika Ginoza		[70]
2018	My Hero Academia: Two Heroes	Fumikage Tokoyami		[71]
2020	My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising	Fumikage Tokoyami
2021	My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission	Fumikage Tokoyami
2021	The Stranger by the Shore	Shun Hashimoto		[72]
2022	The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie	Futaro Uesugi		[73]
2023	Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Crime and Punishment	Nobuchika Ginoza		[74]
2023	Psycho-Pass Providence	Nobuchika Ginoza		[75]
2024	Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle	Tendō Satori

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2011	Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi	Hero (Energetic)		[76]
2014	Neverending Nightmares	Thomas		[77]
2014	Tales of Xillia 2	Ludger Will Kresnik/Victor
2015	Dragon Ball Xenoverse	Demigra		[78]
2015	Xenoblade Chronicles X	Phog		[79]
2014	Smite	Xbalanque		[80]
2017	Paladins	Enforcer Fernando		[81]
2018	Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2	Demigra	Infinite History DLC	[82]
2022	Freedom Planet 2	Captain Kalaw		[83]

Notes

1. Grelle uses the pronouns they/them and she/her.^[3] This article uses they/them for consistency.

References

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External links

• Josh Grelle at CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
• Jessie James Grelle at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Jessie James Grelle at IMDb 
• Jessie James Grelle convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
• Jessie James Grelle on Twitter