Johnny Yong Bosch

Johnny Yong Bosch (born John Jay Bosch; January 6, 1976 ) is an American actor.

His first major role was the portrayal of Adam Park, the second Black Ranger in the Power Rangers franchise, which led to roles in 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, Jonathan Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Lelouch vi Britannia in Code Geass, and Orga Itsuka in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.

Early life Bosch was born John Jay Bosch on January 6, 1976 in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Garland, Texas. 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. 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. At the request of Power Rangers director Koichi Sakamoto, he had an additional 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.

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. 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.

Voice acting

Bosch made his voice acting debut as Shotaro 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, 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 in 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 reprised 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.

On July 4, 2017, he voiced Broccoli Punch in Cartoon Network's Mighty Magiswords, recording with fellow Power Rangers actor Paul Schrier. 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.

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."

In 2018, Johnny formed a new band with former Eyeshine guitarist Masataka "Polo" Yazaki called Where Giants Fall. They released their first self-titled studio album on November 25, 2021.

Personal life Bosch married Amy Bosch on March 21, 2003. He has a daughter named Novi and a son named Jetson.

Filmography Voiceover roles Anime

Video games

Dubbing of foreign shows in English + List of English-language dubbings of foreign language shows Year Title Country Dubbed from Role Live Actor Source 2013 Violetta Argentina Spanish Napo Rodrigo Velilla 2016 Marseille France French Eric Guillaume Arnault 2020 The Idhun Chronicles Spain Spanish Kirtash Sergio Mur 2023 Ultraman Blazar Japan Japanese Gento Hiruma Tomoya Warabino 2024 Like a Dragon: Yakuza Japan Japanese Akira Nishikiyama Kento Kaku

Live-action roles + List of acting performances in film and television Year Title Role Notes Source 1994–95 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Adam Park Seasons 2–3 1994 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Alpha's Magical Christmas Video short Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie 2008Broken PathJack Ellis/Hikori Hellbinders Ryu Supah Ninjas Master Shin Death Grip Torch Direct-to-video release 2023 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always Adam Park 30th anniversary special 2026 Hellfire Zeke SpadesDetective James BishopAlso director, writer, & executive producer

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 2021 5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards Best Voice Artist Performance (English) Bam (Tower of God) 2024 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War)