Johnny Yong Bosch (born January 6, 1976) is an American actor, musician, singer, and martial artist. His first major role was the portrayal of Adam Park, the second Black Power Ranger and later, the Green Zeo Ranger and first Green Turbo Ranger in the ''
Power Rangers
''Power Rangers'' is an entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise '' Super Sentai''. Produced first by Saban Entertainment, second by BVS E ...
'' franchise, which led to roles in some martial arts television and feature films. Bosch is located in Los Angeles and does most of his voice-over work at
Bang Zoom! Entertainment,
Animaze,
New Generation Pictures,
NYAV Post,
Studiopolis and on some occasions travels to
Dallas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...
to record shows for
Funimation. As a voice actor his most notable roles were as
Vash the Stampede
is the protagonist of ''Trigun'', a manga series created by Yasuhiro Nightow in 1995. Set on the planet No Man's Land/Gunsmoke, Vash is the most feared outlaw who has earned a bounty of $$60 billion ("double dollar") on his head and the nickn ...
from ''
Trigun'',
Ichigo Kurosaki from ''
Bleach
Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color (whitening) from a fabric or fiber or to clean or to remove stains in a process called bleaching. It often refers specifically, to ...
'', Sabo from ''
One Piece
''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chap ...
'' and
Lelouch Vi Britannia from ''
Code Geass''.
Life and career
Bosch was born in
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the List of United States cities by populat ...
and raised in
Garland, Texas, as John Jay Bosch.
His father was a soldier in the Army and met his mother while stationed in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. 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
Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...
.
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.
''Power Rangers'' and others projects
Bosch auditioned for the ''
Power Rangers
''Power Rangers'' is an entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise '' Super Sentai''. Produced first by Saban Entertainment, second by BVS E ...
'' 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
Jason David Frank (September 4, 1973 – November 19, 2022) was an American actor and martial artist. He was known for his role as Tommy Oliver in ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and other '' Power Rangers'' series.
Early life
Frank was born ...
(who played
Tommy Oliver),
Jason Narvy (who played
Skull
The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain. The skull is composed of four types of bone i.e., cranial bones, facial bones, ear ossicles and hyoid bone. However two parts are more prominent: the cranium and the mandible. In humans, th ...
) and
Nakia Burrise (who played
Tanya Sloan
''Power Rangers Zeo'' is a television series and the fourth season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the 19th Super Sentai series ''Chouriki Sentai Ohranger''. It is the continuation of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', which aired in ...
).
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.
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.
Voice acting
Bosch made his voice acting debut as main character
Kaneda from the cult classic anime film ''
Akira''. In 2001, His other most famous voice over role was the main character of
Vash the Stampede
is the protagonist of ''Trigun'', a manga series created by Yasuhiro Nightow in 1995. Set on the planet No Man's Land/Gunsmoke, Vash is the most feared outlaw who has earned a bounty of $$60 billion ("double dollar") on his head and the nickn ...
in the title show
Trigun, he worked once again with Koichi Sakamoto on the film ''
Broken Path''. In the same year, Bosch was also cast as the lead role of
Ichigo Kurosaki in the hit shonen anime ''
Bleach
Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color (whitening) from a fabric or fiber or to clean or to remove stains in a process called bleaching. It often refers specifically, to ...
''. In 2007, Bosch co-starred alongside
Ray Park in a comic-book style action film, ''Hellbinders''. 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
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kaiju anime series, ''
Godzilla Singular Point
is a Japanese anime television series co-produced by the animation studios Bones and Orange. Licensed by Netflix and directed by Atsushi Takahashi, the series premiered on March 25, 2021 on Netflix in Japan, and on Tokyo MX and other channel ...
''.
In video games, Bosch has voiced Firion, the protagonist of ''
Final Fantasy II
*
is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1988 for the Family Computer as the second installment of the '' Final Fantasy'' series. The game has received numerous enhanced remakes for the WonderSwan Color, th ...
'', in the crossover games ''
Dissidia: Final Fantasy'' and ''
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy.'' In 2011, he voiced Yang in ''
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
''Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition'' is an update to ''Super Street Fighter IV'', originally released in 2010 for the Arcade game, arcades. It has been ported in 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 and in 2017, the Xbox ...
'', Tohru Adachi and the protagonist
Yu Narukami in the ''
Persona 4
released outside of Japan as ''Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4'', is a 2008 role-playing video game by Atlus. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the ''Persona'' series, itself a part of the larger '' Megami Tensei'' franchise, and wa ...
'' 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
VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ M ...
's redub of ''
Sailor Moon
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 52 individual chapters were published in 18 volumes. The se ...
'' 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
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and
Sabo for the
Funimation dub of the ''
Dragon Ball
is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The Dragon Ball (manga), initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 individual chapters colle ...
'' and ''
One Piece
''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chap ...
'' 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
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
,
Foo Fighters,
Nirvana
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,
Oasis,
Led Zeppelin
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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 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.
He married Amy Bosch on March 21, 2003. He has a daughter named Novi and a son named Jetson.
Filmography
Voice over roles
Anime
* ‘ ‘
Bleach : Thousand Year Blood War’’ — Ichigo Kurosaki
Film
Animation
Video games
Dubbing of foreign shows in English
Live-action roles
* ‘’
Ichigo”
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
Karaoke (; ; , clipped compound of Japanese ''kara'' "empty" and ''ōkesutora'' "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to recorded music using a microphone. The music is ...
album
* ''Like Yesterday'' (2012)
* ''Sansvox II: Acoustic'' (2014) – karaoke album
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
American male actors of Korean descent
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male video game actors
American male voice actors
American musicians of Korean descent
American people of German descent
American people of Irish descent
American people of South Korean descent
Male actors from Kansas City, Missouri
Male actors from Los Angeles
People from Garland, Texas
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors