Jessie James Grelle (pronounced "gree-lee"), previously credited for RWBY as Josh Grelle, is the voice actor for Tyrian Callows in RWBY.[1] She is also transfeminine and uses she/they pronouns.
She is a well-known voice actress in various fields of entertainment, including voicing Armin Arlert in Attack on Titan, Mao Sadou in The Devil is a Part-timer, Fuutarou Uesugi in The Quintessential Quintuplets, Issei Hyoudou in High School DxD, Fumikage Tokoyami in My Hero Academia, Yukiteru Amano in The Future Diary, and various characters in the One Piece franchise.
On October 18th, 2022, Jessie announced that she refused to reprise her role as Tyrian Callows, as she didn't wish to be associated with Rooster Teeth after learning of cases of homophobia against Kdin Jenzen before she also left the company.[2]
In March 2023, Jessie came out on social media as transgender and stated that she uses they/them and she/her pronouns.[3] Grelle also identifies as a lesbian.
On July 5th, 2024, Jessie expressed willingness to reprise her role as Tyrian after RWBY was acquired by VIZ Media.[4]