Jad Saxton (born September 27, 1979 in Dallas, Texas) is an American voice actress and ADR director who works in Funimation (and later on, Sentai Filmworks) for anime. She is frequently cast as young girls.
Her ex-husband, Nick Haley, is an actor in his own right. Her name is pronounced "Jade".
Notable roles by Jad Saxton:
- Adele von Granzreich in The Royal Tutor
- Adélie in Space☆Dandy
- Akane Segawa in And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?
- Akatsuki in Log Horizon
- Akita Toushirou in Touken Ranbu - Hanamaru
- Alfreed in The Heroic Legend of Arslan
- Ami Asai in Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! (One of two roles shared with Ayana Taketatsu)
- Arnett McMillan in Freezing
- Astaroth in Seven Mortal Sins
- Carla in Fairy Tail
- Chika Fujiwara in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
- Chika Takami in Love Live! Sunshine!!
- Colonel Choline Sterase in Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town
- Conviction in Arknights
- Elena Peoples in Eureka Seven AO
- Eri Hanae in Shomin Sample
- Eve Genoard in Baccano!
- Fam Fan Fan in Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing
- Faris Nyannyan in Steins;Gate
- Fran in Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina
- Garnet in Puzzle & Dragons X
- George Glooman in SPY×FAMILY
- Guri in Love Tyrant
- Hakase in Nichijou
- Hana "Hatchin" Morenos in Michiko & Hatchin
- Haruna in Is This A Zombie?
- Ichika Tsumura in Smile Down the Runway
- Itsuka "Battle Fist" Kendo in My Hero Academia
- Jacqueline O. Lantern Dupré in Soul Eater
- Jean Rowe in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled
- Jeanne D'Arc in Rage of Bahamut: Genesis
- Kaiko Mikuniyama in A Sister's All You Need
- Kanna Kamui in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
- Karin Ishida in Shangri-La
- Kikko Hoshino in Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou
- Kiyoko Ino in Juni Taisen: Zodiac War
- Komoe Tsukuyomi in A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun
- Koneko Toujou in High School D×D (One of two roles shared with Ayana Taketatsu)
- Konoha Hoshinomori in Gamers! (2015)
- Kotone Fujisaki in Keijo!!!!!!!!
- Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra in Overlord
- Lashara Earth XXVIII in Tenchi Muyo: War on Geminar
- Linnea in The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar
- Lin Zhen in Link Click
- Lisa Mishima in Terror in Resonance
- Logicoma in Ghost in the Shell: Arise
- Ludmila Lourie in Lord Marksman and Vanadis
- Maeve (and all but two of her subsequent skins) in Paladins
- Mana Hiiragi in Blood-C: The Last Dark
- Manako in Monster Musume
- Marie in Dies Irae
- Mary in Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
- Masako Hara in Ghost Hunt
- Maury in Victory Belles
- Mayu Miyano in B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time
- Megumi Tadokoro in Food Wars!
- Miku Izayoi in Date A Live
- Miku Manabe in Ga-Rei -Zero-
- Mimi Usami in Ōkami-san and Her Seven Companions
- Mira Yurizaki in Dimension W
- Misaki Sakurada in Castle Town Dandelion
- Misuzu Gundou in Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
- Momiji Mochizuki in New Game!
- Momo in Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card
- Momoka Sagara in Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid
- Naka in KanColle
- Natsu Iwashimizu in 7 Seeds
- Nell in Dragon Goes House-Hunting
- Noe Kazama in D-Frag!
- Nona in Death Parade
- Olivia in Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs
- Onikiri in Kamisama Kiss
- Otone Fujishiro in Mikagura School Suite
- Perinne H. Clostermann in Strike Witches
- Regina Berry in the anime adaptation of Ace Attorney
- Ramiris in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
- Reki in Aria the Scarlet Ammo
- Rem Galleu in How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
- Ringo Kinoshita in No-Rin
- Rinne Ohara in Island
- Risa Shiramine/Sally in Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.
- Roroa Amidonia in How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
- Ruruka Andou in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
- Saki Hanajima in Fruits Basket (2019 adaptation)
- Sakura in Konohana Kitan
- Sena Kashiwazaki in Haganai
- Senri in Chaos;Child
- Seri Tatekami in Fafner: Heaven and Earth (replacing Megan Hollingshead)
- Shinju Inui in My Dress-Up Darling
- Shiori in Zombie Land Saga
- Sophie in Izetta: The Last Witch
- Succyun in Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
- Suzuka Dairenji in Tokyo Ravens
- Suzuna Ayuzawa in Maid-Sama! (Sentai Filmworks Dub)
- Sword Master in Goblin Slayer
- Taki in Hero Tales
- Tamaki Kotatsu in Fire Force
- Tanya Swedgewood in Sunday Without God
- Touko Ichinose in Taboo-Tattoo
- Tsukumo in Karneval
- Ximena in GARO: The Animation
- Yoriko Kosaka in Tokyo Ghoul
- Young Robin in One Piece
- Yui Saikawa in The Detective is Already Dead
- Yukari in the first episode of The Vision of Escaflowne (Funimation dub)
- Yuki (Older) in Wolf Children
- Yun in Toriko
- Yuri Flostre is Sky Wizards Academy
Jad Saxton and her works provide examples of:
- Cat Girl: Some of her roles were either associated with cats or a literal one. Perrine, Carla, Koneko, Maeve and Farrris are some of the more well-known examples. She also owns a cat in real life named Granger.
- Typecasting: Jad usually gets cast as a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing (Suzuka and Miku), a Cat Girl (see above), a Shrinking Violet (her roles in Sentai Filmworks-licensed anime come off as this with the exceptions of Akatsuki and Sena), Tsundere, and a Nice Girl.