Michele Knotz

Michele Knotz
Michele Knotz
	Knotz in 2009
Born	New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Marywood University
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	2003–present
Twitch information
Channel	MicheleKnotz;
Years active	2024–present
Genre	Gaming
Followers	8.7K
YouTube information
Channel	@MicheleKnotz;
Years active	2011–present
Genres	Voice acting; Entertainment; Vlog; Gaming;
Subscribers	2.48K thousand
Views	151 thousand
Website	Official website

Michele Knotz is an American voice actress who works for New York City-based studios, including TAJ Productions, Headline Sound, and Central Park Media.

Career

Born in New Jersey, Knotz attended Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

In 2003, she won the Anime Idol voice acting contest held at the now-defunct Big Apple Anime Fest convention in New York City. She debuted in the role of Hajime Yagi in The World of Narue. In 2006, she was cast as the voices of Misty, May, Nurse Joy and Team Rocket's Jessie in the Pokémon anime series.

Filmography

Film

List of voice performances in films
Year	Title	Role
2007	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea	May, Jessie, Manaphy
2008	Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai	Jessie, Nurse Joy, Girl, Various Pokémon Creatures
2009	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	Jessie, Various Pokémon Creatures
2009	Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior	Jessie, Nurse Joy, Various Pokémon Creatures
2011	Pokémon: Zoroark - Master of Illusions	Jessie, Various Pokémon Creatures
2011	Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom
2012	Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice
2013	Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened
2014	Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
2015	Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
2016	Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
2017	One Piece Film: Gold	Carina
2017	Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!	Jessie, Nurse Joy, Piplup, Various Pokémon Creatures
2019	Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution	Misty, Jessie, Various Pokémon Creatures
2021	Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle	Jessie

Anime

List of voice performances in anime
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The World of Narue	Hajime Nagi
2006–2023	Pokémon	May, Misty, Jessie, Nurse Joy, others
2007	Tarchin and Friends	Tarchin, Crayons and others
2007	The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye	Cindy, Fairy, others
2009–2014	Ikki Tousen series	Shiryū Chō'un	starting from Dragon Destiny
2009–2010	Genshiken	Chika Ogiue
2010–2014	Queen's Blade series	Tomoe, Airi
2015	Holy Knight	Akira Sakamoto, Lilith's mother
2015	Ladies versus Butlers!	Sanae Shikikagami
2016	Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan	Sunday Mama Boss
2017	Rio: Rainbow Gate!	Queen
2018–2019	Aria series	Athena Glory
2021	Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle	Neo Alraune
	Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town	Rol Calcife
	Full Dive	Hiro (young)
2025	Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider	Tojima (young)

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Refs
2025	Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl	Miss

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Refs
2008	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Pokémon Trainer, Squirtle, others	Grouped under Character Voice
2009	PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure	Various characters
2012	PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond	Various characters
2012	Street Fighter X Tekken	Alisa Bosconovitch, Roll		Facebook
2013	The Guided Fate Paradox	Lilliel Saotome
2014	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U	Various Pokémon characters	Grouped under Character Voice
2014	Smite	The Sparrow Nike
2019	YIIK: A Postmodern RPG	Avril Eggleston, Candy Mancer
2020	KartRider Rush+	Bazzi
2020	Pokémon Masters	Jessie	Jessie originally lacked voice lines as the COVID-19 pandemic made recording difficult. Knotz later recorded voice lines.
2021	Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs	Signy
2024	Kitsune Tails	Yumi (Mom), Ice Guardian		Credits

References

↑ "Michele Knotz Interview". AnimeCons. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
↑ Knotz, Michele [@AnimeNEXT] (April 9, 2015). "@MicheleKnotz , a NJ native & fan favorite, is excited to meet all of her fans, new and old as well as have a blast with all of you #anext15" (Tweet). Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Twitter.
↑ Knotz, Michele [@MicheleKnotz] (November 9, 2016). "GO MY HOME STATE OF NEW JERSEY! :)" (Tweet). Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Twitter.
1 2 "Animated Shorts: Adventures in Voice Acting". Newsarama. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Resumes and profiles:
- "Resume". Michele Knotz Voice Actor. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- "Michele Knotz - Hire voice actor for your voice over project". voice123.com. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Michele Knotz (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
↑ "One Piece Film: Gold Theatrical Trailer". IGN. Ziff Davis. December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
↑ "Sword Dancer". The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye. Episode 1. Nozomi Entertainment. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Cast – via YouTube.
↑ "Funimation Unveils Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians' Dub Cast". Anime News Network. October 11, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
↑ "Media Blasters Casts Michele Knotz, Melanie Ehrlich, More in Holy Knight OVA". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
↑ Beveridge, Chris (August 12, 2015). "Final 'Ladies Versus Butlers' Anime Cast Adds Bryn Apprill, Cheryl Li and Michele Knotz". The Fandom Post. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
↑ "Media Blasters Announces Full Juden-chan Anime Dub Cast". Anime News Network. June 6, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
↑ "Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle". Sound Cadence Studios. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
↑ "Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies moved to a starter town?". Sound Cadence Studios. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
↑ "Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!". Sound Cadence Studios. Archived from the original on November 11, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
↑ "Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider, Spy×Family Season 3 Anime Reveal English Dub Casts, October 18 Debut". Anime News Network. October 17, 2025. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
↑ Ramphele, Naledi (April 20, 2025). "Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to Be a Magical Girl: A Love Letter to Magical Girl Anime". GameRant. Archived from the original on April 22, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2026.

External links

Michele Knotz at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Michele Knotz at IMDb
Michele Knotz convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
Michele Knotz on Facebook
Michele Knotz on Instagram
Michele Knotz on Twitch
Michele Knotz's channel on YouTube

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[1] "Michele Knotz Interview". AnimeCons. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2013.

[2] Knotz, Michele [@AnimeNEXT] (April 9, 2015). "@MicheleKnotz , a NJ native & fan favorite, is excited to meet all of her fans, new and old as well as have a blast with all of you #anext15" (Tweet). Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Twitter.

[3] Knotz, Michele [@MicheleKnotz] (November 9, 2016). "GO MY HOME STATE OF NEW JERSEY! :)" (Tweet). Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Twitter.

[Newsarama-4] 1 2 "Animated Shorts: Adventures in Voice Acting". Newsarama. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2013.

[resume-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resumes and profiles:
"Resume". Michele Knotz Voice Actor. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

"Michele Knotz - Hire voice actor for your voice over project". voice123.com. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

[mwAlY] "Resume". Michele Knotz Voice Actor. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

[mwAl8] "Michele Knotz - Hire voice actor for your voice over project". voice123.com. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

[btva-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Michele Knotz (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. Retrieved November 8, 2019.

[7] "One Piece Film: Gold Theatrical Trailer". IGN. Ziff Davis. December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.

[8] "Sword Dancer". The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye. Episode 1. Nozomi Entertainment. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Cast – via YouTube.

[Ikki_Tousen-9] "Funimation Unveils Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians' Dub Cast". Anime News Network. October 11, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2016.

[10] "Media Blasters Casts Michele Knotz, Melanie Ehrlich, More in Holy Knight OVA". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

[11] Beveridge, Chris (August 12, 2015). "Final 'Ladies Versus Butlers' Anime Cast Adds Bryn Apprill, Cheryl Li and Michele Knotz". The Fandom Post. Retrieved April 17, 2016.

[12] "Media Blasters Announces Full Juden-chan Anime Dub Cast". Anime News Network. June 6, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.

[13] "Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle". Sound Cadence Studios. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.

[14] "Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies moved to a starter town?". Sound Cadence Studios. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.

[15] "Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!". Sound Cadence Studios. Archived from the original on November 11, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.

[16] "Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider, Spy×Family Season 3 Anime Reveal English Dub Casts, October 18 Debut". Anime News Network. October 17, 2025. Retrieved October 17, 2025.

[ramnal2025-17] Ramphele, Naledi (April 20, 2025). "Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to Be a Magical Girl: A Love Letter to Magical Girl Anime". GameRant. Archived from the original on April 22, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2026.