Jessie James Grelle (, ; born Joshua Grelle; November 2, 1985) is an American voice actor 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 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. In 2017, they married Joanna Grelle (née Beatty).

Jessie James Grelle

In March 2023, Grelle came out on social media as male to female transgender, and stated that they use they/them and she/her pronouns.

Jessie James Grelle

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Video games

Notes

References

External links

Josh Grelle at CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database

1985 births

Living people

American non-binary actors

American non-binary writers

LGBT people from Texas

Screenwriters from Texas

Writers from Dallas

21st-century American actors

Jessie James Grelle