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. He taught himself martial arts at first, mimicking moves from Lee as well as Jackie Chan. 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.
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. 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. For the feature film Power Rangers: The Movie, he did all of his stunts after his stuntman had broken his leg. He also noted that among all the different animal characters the Rangers got to be associated, his was associated to a frog. 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. He played Adam in the second feature film Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. 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." 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). Bosch returned as Adam Park in the Power Rangers in Space episode "Always a Chance". 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. 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.
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. He would also return to voice Adachi in the 2027 remake Persona 4 Revival. 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." His musical inspirations include The Beatles, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Oasis, Led Zeppelin and also movie soundtracks.
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".
The band gave their final performance at Yama-Con in December 2017.
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 + List of dubbing performances in anime Year Title Role Notes Source Trigun Vash the Stampede Gate Keepers Reiji Kageyama 2002Witch Hunter RobinHaruto Sakaki Last Exile Claus Valca 2004 Wolf's Rain Kiba Le Portrait de Petit CossetteEiri KurahashiHeaven and EarthMasataka Takayanagi As Kevin Hatcher2005GankutsuouAlbert de MorcerfSamurai ChamplooShinsukeEpisode 7 Fullmetal Alchemist Lujon Episode 35 –2009 Naruto Genma Shiranui 2006 Boys Be... Tsuyoshi Ueno Ep. 4, as Kevin Hatcher Eureka Seven Renton Thurston –2007 Haré+Guu Chat As Kevin Hatcher –2014 Bleach Ichigo Kurosaki, Zangetsu/Hollow Ichigo –2010 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Itsuki Koizumi 2 seasons 2008 Gurren Lagann Rossiu Adai Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion series Lelouch vi Britannia Lucky Star Daisuke Ono –2019 Naruto: Shippuden Sasori –2016 Durarara!! series Izaya Orihara Also Durarara!!×2 2012Blade 2012 Djalal Episode 7 Persona 4: The Animation Yu Narukami, Tohru Adachi –present Blue Exorcist series Yukio Okumura Blue Exorcist: The Movie and Kyoto Saga 2013 Pokémon Origins Brock Eureka Seven: AO Renton Thurston Fate/Zero Ryunosuke Uryu K Saruhiko Fushimi also Return of Kings and Movie 2014 Blood Lad Braz D. Blood Doraemon Noby/Nobita Toradora! Yusaku Kitamura 2014–2015 Knights of Sidonia Nagate Tanikaze 2015 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Jonathan Joestar Phantom Blood Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club Makoto Tachibana Also Eternal Summer and Dive to the Future Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Titus Alexius 2015–2017 Yo-kai Watch Nathan "Nate" Adams, Hovernyan also The Movie Sailor Moon Crystal Artemis –2019 Sailor Moon Artemis Viz Media dub 2016 Ajin: Demi-Human Kei Nagai Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School Hajime Hinata / Izuru Kamukura Despair Arc, Future Arc, and Hope ArcCyborg 009 VS DevilmanCyborg 009 aka Joe ShimamuraKuromukuroRyoto Akagi –2018 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Orga Itsuka 2017 Code Geass: Akito the Exiled Lelouch vi Britannia / Julius Kingsley Children of the WhalesChakuroIt was the Entirety of Our Precious World".Children of the Whales. Episode 1. Germany: Netflix. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Language Cast. 2018B: The BeginningMinatsukiDevilman CrybabyWam MiniseriesI Need You". Devilman Crybaby. Episode 1. January 5, 2018. Event occurs at Closing credits, English version. Netflix.Pop Team EpicPopuko, Chomp Chomp BaconEpisode 8bViolet EvergardenAiden FieldEpisode 11Twin Star ExorcistsShimon IkarugaLegend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue TheseMannTurning MecardTanatosSaint Seiya: The Lost CanvasPisces AlbaficaForest of PianoKai Ichinose2018–2020Hi Score GirlHaruo Yaguchi2018–2019Bungo Stray DogsShousaku Katsura2 episodes2018–presentBakiHector DoyleNetflix 2019Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Dearka Elsman NYAV Post dub 2019–2020Black CloverZora Ideale2019Inazuma Eleven: AresTrevor CookMarvel Future AvengersDanny Rand / Iron FistNeon Genesis EvangelionToji SuzuharaNetflix dub2019–2024Kengan AshuraRyo Inaba, Takeshi Wakatsuki2019Boruto: Naruto Next GenerationsRyogi2019–2024Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaGiyu Tomioka2019Teasing Master Takagi-san Hamaguchi Season 2 2020 Drifting Dragons Jiro 2020–presentTower of God Bam Lead role 2020Dorohedoro 13 2020–present One Piece Sabo Funimation dub High-Rise Invasion Mamoru Aikawa Godzilla Singular Point Yun Arikawa Full Dive Hiroshi Yūki Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan Hanabee Kikaku Blue Period Yatora Yaguchi Lead role 2022–present Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Ichigo Kurosaki Trigun Stampede Vash the Stampede 2024Code Geass: Rozé of the RecaptureL. L.ONA 2025Solo Leveling: Arise from the ShadowTae-Gyu LimSynduality: NoirAlba Kuze2026Trigun StargazeVash the StampedeLead role
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