Johnny Yong Bosch (born John Jay Bosch; January 6,[1] 1976[2]) is an American actor. His first major role was the portrayal of Adam Park, the second on-screen Black Power Ranger and later, the Green Zeo Ranger and first Green Turbo Ranger in the Power Rangers franchise, which led to roles in some martial arts television and feature films. As a voice actor, some of his most notable roles are Vash the Stampede in Trigun, Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Yu Narukami and Tohru Adachi in Persona 4, Nero in Devil May Cry, and Lelouch Vi Britannia in Code Geass.
Johnny Yong Bosch | |
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 Bosch at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2024 | |
| Born | John Jay Bosch January 6, 1976 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Other names | Kevin Hatcher |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse |
Amy Bosch (m. 2003) |
| Children | 2 |
| Musical career | |
| Instruments |
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| Member of | Where Giants Fall |
| Formerly of | Eyeshine |
| Website | eyeshine |
Early life
Bosch was born John Jay Bosch on January 6, 1976 in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Garland, Texas.[3][4][5][6] Bosch was born to a Korean mother and an American father of Irish and German descent. He is the second of four children in his family.[7][4][8] His father was a soldier in the Army and met his mother while stationed in South Korea. He was interested in martial arts at an early age, inspired by martial arts movies and Bruce Lee.[4][5] He taught himself martial arts at first,[5] mimicking moves from Lee as well as Jackie Chan.[7] Bosch said he was ridiculed a lot when he was young and became a bully, but made a change for the better after studying Kung Fu. In addition to training in martial arts, in which he won several competitions, he also played soccer.[7][5]
Career
Power Rangers and other projects
Bosch auditioned for the Power Rangers show in Dallas after being informed of the audition by his martial arts instructor.[4] In 1994, he landed the role of Adam Park, the new Black Power Ranger, replacing Walter Emanuel Jones in the second season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Bosch said that when he got the part, he changed his middle name to Yong, which was part of his mother's given name, at the request of Saban who thought his credited name needed to be more Asian.[7] For the feature film Power Rangers: The Movie,[4] he did all of his stunts after his stuntman had broken his leg.[7] He also noted that among all the different animal characters the Rangers got to be associated, his was associated to a frog.[9][8] In Power Rangers Zeo, Bosch's character became a Green Ranger. His final regular stint in the franchise was in Power Rangers Turbo, where his character passes his Green Turbo Ranger powers to a new member.[4] He played Adam in the second feature film Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie.[7][4] In looking back at his acting for the show, Bosch said that "Power Rangers was a lot of fun but it was a kid's show and very cheesy because of it, which made getting work after that really hard. Plus, I didn't know squat about acting then."[4] His best friends on the set included Jason David Frank (who played Tommy Oliver), Jason Narvy (who played Skull) and Nakia Burrise (who played Tanya Sloan).[7] At the request of Power Rangers director Koichi Sakamoto, he had a guest appearance in the Power Rangers Operation Overdrive episode "Once A Ranger" in 2007 for the franchise's 15th anniversary, where he mentioned he got to go to New Zealand.[9] He and Narvy also starred in the film Wicked Game, also known as Extreme Heist, which was directed by Sakamoto and features several other Power Rangers alumni.[10][11]
In July 2019, a crowdfunding campaign for the film Legend Of The White Dragon, including Jason David Frank, Bosch, Jason Faunt, Ciara Hanna, Yoshi Sudarso, Chrysti Ane and Jenna Frank, was launched on kickstarter.[12] In 2020, he directed his first film, Ark Exitus, starring Jason Narvy.
In 2023, Bosch reprised the role of Adam Park in a 30th-anniversary special, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, which was released on Netflix in April of that year.[13]
Voice acting
Bosch made his voice acting debut as Shōtarō Kaneda in the cult classic anime film Akira. In 2001, he voiced main character Vash the Stampede in the anime Trigun, and later reprised the same role as Vash in the 2010 movie Trigun: Badlands Rumble as well as in the 2023 ongoing anime reboot called Trigun Stampede. He worked once again with Koichi Sakamoto on the film Broken Path. Also in 2001,[citation needed] Bosch was also cast as the lead role of Ichigo Kurosaki in the hit shonen anime Bleach. Among other works, Bosch also voiced Lelouch in Code Geass in 2008, and Izaya Orihara in Durarara in 2011. Johnny voiced Yun Arikawa in the 2021 Netflix kaiju anime series, Godzilla Singular Point.
In video games, Bosch has voiced Firion, the protagonist of Final Fantasy II, in the crossover games Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. In 2011, he voiced Yang in Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, the protagonist Yu Narukami as well as the antagonist Tohru Adachi in the Persona 4 games and its anime adaptation. In 2014, Bosch also voiced main character Hajime Hinata from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. In 2015, he voiced Kung Jin in Mortal Kombat X. Among video games, Bosch liked voicing Nero in Devil May Cry 4 as he got to travel to Japan to do the motion capture. He reprise his role of voicing Nero in its following Devil May Cry 5. In the same year, Bosch landed the role of Artemis in Viz Media's redub of Sailor Moon as well as Sailor Moon Crystal. Bosch also voiced lead character Nate Adams from Yo-kai Watch which has aired on Disney XD in the US.[14]
On July 4, 2017, he voiced Broccoli Punch in Cartoon Network's Mighty Magiswords, recording with fellow Power Rangers actor Paul Schrier.[15] He reprised his role as Broccoli Punch, as well as playing the Giant Monster and Whiney, in the second season two-part episode "The Incredible Tiny Warriors".
In 2019, Bosch replaced Vic Mignogna as the voice of Broly and Sabo for the Funimation dub of the Dragon Ball and One Piece franchises respectively, due to the sexual harassment allegations against Mignogna.[16]
Music
Bosch got involved in music by teaching himself how to play guitar. In his band Eyeshine, he provides vocals, songwriting, and guitar. He describes the type of music he plays as "Edge Rock. We're somewhere on the edge of sounding like grunge, alt. rock, punk and pop."[4] His musical inspirations include The Beatles, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Oasis, Led Zeppelin and also movie soundtracks.[9]
The band released an instrumental album called Sonosis. Bosch described the album as "something you could just listen to and could move you to feel something" and that "the titles were a reflection of the emotions we felt as we wrote the songs".[9]
The band gave their final performance at Yama-Con in December 2017.[17]
In 2018, Johnny formed a new band with former Eyeshine guitarist Masataka "Polo" Yazaki called Where Giants Fall.[18] They released their first self-titled studio album on November 25, 2021.[19]
Personal life
Bosch married Amy Bosch on March 21, 2003. He has a daughter named Novi and a son named Jetson.[4][20][21][22]
Filmography
Voiceover roles
Anime
Film
Animation
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Three Delivery | Sid | [27] | |
| 2010 | Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville | Magic | ||
| 2012–14 | NFL Rush Zone | Troy Kang | [27] | |
| 2014–18 | Space Racers | Raven, RoboCoach XL-5, Mini-Bots | Episode "The Haunted Asteroid" | [96] |
| 2015 | DC Super Friends | Robin | [97] | |
| 2016 | Mighty Magiswords | Broccoli Punch, Brock L. Doccoli, Gruntion 1, Whiney, Giant Monster | [98][99] | |
| Rainbow Ruby | Ling Ling | |||
| 2017 | Mecard | Tanatos | ||
| 2018 | Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures | Whittaker Reardon, Mr. Guerrero, Bad Guy in Movie #2 | [27] | |
| 2019 | The Lion Guard | Tompok | ||
| 2022 | Lego Monkie Kid | Ne Zha | ||
| 2025 | Devil May Cry | Dante | Leading role | [100] |
Video games
Dubbing of foreign shows in English
| Year | Title | Country | Dubbed from | Role | Live Actor | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Violetta | Argentina | Spanish | Napo | Rodrigo Velilla | [citation needed] |
| 2016 | Marseille | France | French | Eric | Guillaume Arnault | [117] |
| 2020 | The Idhun Chronicles | Spain | Spanish | Kirtash | Sergio Mur | [citation needed] |
| 2023 | Ultraman Blazar | Japan | Japanese | Gento Hiruma | Tomoya Warabino | [118] |
| 2024 | Like a Dragon: Yakuza | Japan | Japanese | Akira Nishikiyama | Kento Kaku | [119] |
Live-action roles
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers | Adam Park | Seasons 2–3 | [4][120] |
| 1994 | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Alpha's Magical Christmas | Video short | ||
| 1995 | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie | [4][23] | ||
| 1996 | Power Rangers Zeo | [23] | ||
| 1997 | Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie | [4][23] | ||
| Power Rangers Turbo | Episodes
1–19 (Shift into Turbo), (Passing the Torch) |
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| 1998 | Power Rangers in Space | Episode 25 (Always a Chance) | ||
| 1999 | Power Rangers: The Lost Episode | Special episode (archival footage) | ||
| 2005 | Devon's Ghost: Legend of the Bloody Boy | Josh | Also director | |
| 2007 | Power Rangers Operation Overdrive | Adam Park | Episodes 20–21 (Once a Ranger) | [9] |
| 2007–11 | Anime TV | Host | Video podcast | [121][122][123][124][125] |
| 2008 | Broken Path | Jack Ellis/Hikori | ||
| 2010 | Hellbinders | Ryu | [126] | |
| 2011 | Supah Ninjas | Master Shin | [9] | |
| 2012 | Death Grip | Torch | Direct-to-video release | [127][128][129] |
| 2023 | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always | Adam Park | 30th anniversary special | |
| TBA | Hellfire | Zeke | Post-production |
Discography
- Studio albums
- Red Stripes White Lights (2008)
- My Paper Kingdom (2009)
- Tone of Echoes (2010)
- Sonosis (2011)
- Revolution Airwaves (2012)
- Fall Seven Times, Stand Up Eight (2013)
- Sidewalk Dreams and Chalk Dust (2015)
- Gone Tomorrow (2017)
- Where Giants Fall (2021)
- EPs
- How About That (2006)
- I'm Dreaming On (2015)
- Compilation albums
- Afterglow (2011)
- Xmas (2011)
- Sansvox (2011) – karaoke album
- Like Yesterday (2012)
- Sansvox II: Acoustic (2014) – karaoke album
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Work/Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | Best Voice Artist Performance (English) | Bam (Tower of God) | Nominated | [130] |
| 2024 | 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War) | Nominated | [131] | |
References
External links
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