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Joseph Edward Zieja (Born born January 16, 1985) is an American voice actor, author, and former United States Air Force captain. Zieja grew up in New Jersey and graduated from the United States Air Force Academy. He served as an intelligence officer for over a decade, attaining the rank of captain. Zieja's voice acting career spans video games, animation, and commercials. In 2013, while still in a government role, he began taking on small voiceover projects, and by 2014 had transitioned to full-time voice acting, recording from his home studio before relocating to Los Angeles. According to Zieja, he turned to voice acting after his military intelligence job burned him out, calling that work "a lot of PowerPoints." Within eight months, his client list had grown long enough that he needed to quit his day job and focus on voice acting full-time. He has voiced Fox McCloud in the animated short Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins (2016), Claude von Riegan in Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) and related titles such as Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (2022) and Fire Emblem Heroes, Bumblebee in the Netflix series Transformers: War for Cybertron trilogy (2020–2021), Achilles in the English dub of Fate/Apocrypha, and Wriothesley in the video game Genshin Impact (2023). He plays the male version of the protagonist, Wolf, in Destiny: Rising (2025). Zieja is the author of the Epic Failure Trilogy, published by Simon & Schuster's Saga Press. The series includes: - Mechanical Failure (2016) - Communication Failure (2017) - System Failure (2019) According to Zieja, the novels satirize the bureaucracy of life in the armed forces with a comedic tone. He also narrated the audiobook editions of his works.
Several decades ago, mysterious gates opened across Japan, leading to an alternate dimension known as "Mato". Two notable things were discovered within: malicious creatures known as "Shuuki", who are hostile towards humans, and Peaches, which grant superhuman powers to those who eat them. Since only women can gain powers by eating peaches, gender inequality was flipped and the world became matriarchal. To combat the Shuuki and establish a presence in Mato, the Japanese government took control of the portals and established the Mato Defense Force, a special paramilitary unit under the Japan Self-Defence Forces, tasked with protecting humanity and operating within the dimension. In 2020, high school senior Yuuki Wakura is set to graduate and enter the workforce when he accidentally wanders through an open portal into Mato and is attacked by a horde of Shuuki. Kyouka Uzen, commander of the Mato Defense Force's 7th Squad, rescues him, but they are both cornered by increasing numbers of Shuuki. Kyouka offers to place Yuuki under her power, so he can fight on her behalf as a combat slave so they can survive. After the battle, Kyouka is forced to reward Yuuki for his efforts fighting the Shuuki, which, in his case, involve kissing and intimate physical contact. Recognizing Yuuki's potential, Kyouka offers him a job with their unit after he graduates. Eager to become a hero and avenge his missing older sister, Yuuki accepts. The story follows Yuuki's service in the Mato Defense Force as Kyouka's combat slave and base caretaker, while he explores Mato and discovers its mysteries. At the same time, the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, arrive in this unknown world, encounter a horde of Shuuki, and take them out before eventually meeting the 7th Squad led by Kyouka Uzen.
