Jessie James Grelle
Grelle at Animate Miami in 2015
Born
Joshua James Ervin Grelle

November 2[1]
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • ADR script writer
  • VTuber (As Mimcubus)
Years active2005–present
Spouse
Joanna Beatty
​
(m. 2017)​

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.

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]
2014–2024 Attack on Titan Armin Arlert Also Attack on Titan: Junior High [9]
2013 Baka and Test Akihisa Yoshii Also Season 2 and OVA [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 Demon Lord, Retry! Hakuto Kunai/Akira Ono [15]
2014–present The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Mao Sadao/Demon King Satan Also Season 2 [16][17]
2014 Diabolik Lovers Subaru Sakamaki Also Season 2 [18][19]
2019–present Dr. Stone Kinro
2018 Dragon Ball Super Grand Minister [20]
2016 Drifters Toyohisa Shimazu [21][22]
2014 Fairy Tail Hughes [23]
2015 Free! Aichiro Nitori Also Season 2 [24]
2012 Freezing Kazuya Aoi Also Season 2 [25]
2021 Full Dive Bob [26]
2013 Future Diary Yukiteru Amano [27]
2022 Given Ritsuka Uenoyama [28]
2016 Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash Og Episode: "Between Life and Death" [29]
2019–22 Haikyu!! Tendō Satori [30][31]
Hetalia: Axis Powers series Lithuania [32]
2015–present High School DxD Issei Hyodo Season 3 - present, replaces Scott Freeman [33]
2015 Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation Trick [34]
2017 In Another World With My Smartphone Touya Mochizuki Season 1 only [35]
2020 ID - Invaded Akihito Narihisago/Sakaido [36]
2011 Infinite Stratos Ichika Orimura Also Season 2 and OVAs [37][38]
2010–11 Initial D Itsuki Takeuchi Funimation dub [39]
2009 Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple Kenichi Shirahama [40]
2010 Linebarrels of Iron Koichi Hayase [41]
2011 Majikoi! Yamato Naoe
2017 Masamune-kun's Revenge Masamune Makabe Also Season 2 [42]
2015 Mikagura School Suite Sadamatsu Minatogawa [43]
2016–present My Hero Academia Fumikage Tokoyami
2019 My Roommate Is a Cat Atsushi Kawase [44]
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–present Vinland Saga Canute Sentai and Crunchyroll dubs [60][61]
2016 The Vision of Escaflowne Reeden Funimation redub [62]
2007 The Wallflower Kyohei Takano [63]
2015 Yona of the Dawn Zeno
2016 Yuri on Ice Yuri Katsuki, Stéphane Lambiel [35]
2023 One Piece Komatsu Episode 590

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source
2016–2020 RWBY Tyrian Callows (Volume 4-8) [64]

Film

List of voice performances in film
Year Title Role Notes Source
2013 Blood-C: The Last Dark Shun Fujimura [65]
2013 Shakugan no Shana the Movie Yuji Sakai [66]
2016 The Boy and the Beast Jiromaru [67]
2016 Psycho-Pass: The Movie Nobuchika Ginoza [68]
2018 My Hero Academia: Two Heroes Fumikage Tokoyami [69]
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 [70]
2022 The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie Futaro Uesugi [71]
2023 Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Crime and Punishment Nobuchika Ginoza [72]
2023 Psycho-Pass Providence Nobuchika Ginoza [73]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2011 Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi Hero (Energetic) [74]
2014 Neverending Nightmares Thomas [75]
2014 Tales of Xillia 2 Ludger Will Kresnik/Victor [76]
2015 Dragon Ball Xenoverse Demigra [77]
2015 Xenoblade Chronicles X Phog [78]
2014 Smite Xbalanque [79]
2017 Paladins Enforcer Fernando [80]
2018 Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Demigra Infinite History DLC [81]
2022 Freedom Planet 2 Captain Kalaw [82]

Notes

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

References

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