| “ | Hey Nintendo fans, I'm JWittz! | ” |
―TheJWittz | ||
Joshua Robert "Josh" Wittenkeller (born: October 25, 1990), better known online as TheJWittz (or simply JWittz), is an American YouTuber known for his gaming-related videos and vlogs.
Personal life[]
Joshua Robert Wittenkeller was born on October 25, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois. Late elementary and middle school was hard on him, he was frequently bullied by his other classmates. Yet in high school, he found many new opportunities that helped him fit in. During a school dance, his friend Renae RenaeCollects, Renae Antonelli asked him. After a few years of dating, the two got married and went on a honeymoon in Hawaii in 2015. When they both moved into a house together, Renae brought her dog Zoey with her, and they also have a pet turtle called Tortimer, based off of the character in the Animal Crossing series with the same name.
In 2016, Josh and Renae left Illinois and moved to San Francisco since Josh got a job at Twitch. He left the job later in 2016, and they moved to Seattle, where they lived until 2020, where they moved back to the Midwest. In 2018, they got another dog, who is named Chewy. Josh's family also have two cats, Kiki & Totoro, named after the Studio Ghibli characters. Josh and Renae's first child, Lincoln was born on May 1, 2021.
History[]
Prof-It series[]
On November 9, 2009, Josh started his YouTube debut after starting a series known as Prof-it. The series was mainly about the Pokémon trading card game. This mainly consisted of facts and skits about the trading card game. In January 2011 he decided to expand his channel from mainly Prof-It episodes to a new series, known as Fact Of The Day.
Fact Of The Day series[]
Early January 2011, Josh had decided to try a new series on his channel. He started with a video on Imakuni and how he tied in with the Pokémon trading card game. After hitting over 500,000 views, he decided to continue making facts. His channel really hit it off when he made Banned Pokémon Episodes, another Fact Of The Day video, featuring over 10 banned episodes, and the reason for they were never aired. Hitting over 11,000,000 views, he knew he needed to continue what he was doing. Another kind of popular videos he made was his "Top __ Weird/Creepy Pokemon Entries.", in which he told of weird or creepy Pokedex entries.
King Of The Nerds show[]
Josh was a featured contestant in the second season of the TBS show King Of The Nerds. His channel got much more publicity during the period when the show aired. The Pokemon Master was his title, on the show. Yet he was sent into the Nerd Off in the second episode when the other team Titans Of Rigel along with Zachary Zack Storch. Zack defeated him, making Josh go home, but not without getting a lot of publicity from the show.
Content expansion[]
After New Years, Josh announced he would be yet again expanding his channel. He went from all things pokemon, to all things Nintendo. With starting that, his subscriber mark has skyrocketed. Since then, Josh has kept his promise, his videos have a large variety of Nintendo related videos.
Around 2019, Josh started uploading videos about Yu-Gi-Oh and video games in general, while still uploading Nintendo and Pokemon content alongside it.
WittzLife channel[]
In January 2013, Josh and Renae launched a vlog channel called "WittzLife", where they would generally vlog about what they were doing that day, such as going on a trip somewhere or just staying home, along with opening BarkBoxes with the dog, Zoey. They would also participate in "V.E.D.A." (Vlog Everyday Day (In) April/August) every year. The channel became updated less frequently in mid-2015, before being abandoned after November 1, 2015. In February 2021, all of the videos were deleted from the channel.
Trivia[]
- The name TheJWittz came from his first name, Josh, and the beginning of his last name, Witt, then adding the and z, making TheJWittz. The name was first used when he was in high school, it was a name he used on a beatboxing CD he made with a couple of friends.
- He is 6'4" (193 cm) in height