Johnny Yong Bosch

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Johnny Yong Bosch
Johnny Yong Bosch.jpg
Johnny Yong Bosch at Power Morphicon 2007
Born John Jay Bosch
(1976-01-06) January 6, 1976 (age 48)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Residence Los Angeles, California
Other names Kevin Hatcher
Occupation Actor, martial artist, voice actor, musician
Years active 1994–present
Children 2
Musical career
Genres Rock
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 2004–present
Associated acts Eyeshine
Website eyeshine.net

John Jay Bosch (born January 6, 1976),[1] known as Johnny Yong Bosch, is an American actor, martial artist, voice actor and musician. His first major role was portraying Adam Park, the second Black Power Ranger in the Power Rangers franchise, which led to roles in some martial arts television and feature films. He provides the English voices for a number of anime productions and video games, including Vash the Stampede in Trigun, Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Renton Thurston in Eureka Seven, Itsuki Koizumi in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Izaya Orihara in Durarara!!, Yukio Okumura in Blue Exorcist, and Noby in Doraemon. He is the front man of the band Eyeshine.[2] Bosch is located in Los Angeles and does most of his voice-over work at Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Animaze, New Generation Pictures, Studiopolis, and on some occasions travels to Dallas to record shows for Funimation.

Life and career

Bosch was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Garland, Texas.[3][4] 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.[3][4] He taught himself martial arts at first,[4] mimicking moves from Lee as well as Jackie Chan.[1] He 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.[1][4]


Power Rangers

Bosch auditioned for the Power Rangers show in Dallas when he was informed by his martial arts instructor.[3] In 1994, he landed the role of Adam Park, the new Black Power Ranger, 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 his mother's given name, at the request of Saban who thought his credited name needed to be more Asian.[1] For the feature film Power Rangers: The Movie,[3] he did all of his stunts after his stuntman had broken his leg.[1] He also noted that among all the different animal characters the Rangers got to be associated, his was associated to a frog.[5][6] 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.[3] He played Park in the second feature film Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie.[1][3] 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."[3] His best friends on the set included Jason Frank (who played Tommy Oliver), Jason Narvy (who played Skull) and Nakia Burrise (who played Tanya Sloan).[1] At the request of Power Rangers director Koichi Sakamoto, he had a guest appearance in the episode "Once A Ranger" 'in Power Rangers Operation Overdrive in 2007 for the franchise's 15th anniversary; where he mentioned he got to go to New Zealand.[5] 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.[7][8]

Voice acting

Bosch voiced Vash the Stampede in Trigun as his first job and for various Japanese anime, including notably Bleach as Ichigo Kurosaki and video games. In 2006, he worked once again with Koichi Sakamoto on the film Broken Path. In 2007, Bosch co-starred alongside Ray Park in a comic-book style action film, Hellbinders. Bosch also voiced "Izaya Orihara" in Durarara in 2011. Among video games, Bosch liked voicing Nero in Devil May Cry 4 as he got to visit Japan to do the motion capture.[3]

He voiced Final Fantasy game's character Firion in Dissidia: Final Fantasy, and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, Yang in Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, Zero of Mega Man X fame in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Tohru Adachi and the protagonist Yu Narukami in the Persona 4 games and anime adaptation, and host of AnimeTV, which started its second season on Revision3 In 2015, he voiced character Kung Jin, in the new Mortal Kombat X.

Eyeshine

File:Eyeshine KotoriCon 4.jpg
Bosch (left) with Eyeshine performing at KotoriCon

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."[3] His musical inspirations include The Beatles, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Oasis, Led Zeppelin and also movie soundtracks.[5]

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".[5]

Personal life

Bosch is of half Korean descent. He is the second oldest of four children in his family.[1] He has mentioned being a Christian in some of his interviews.[1][3][6] He is married,[3] and has a daughter named Novi and a son named Jetson.[9]


Filmography

Live-action roles

List of acting performances in film and television
Year Title Role Notes Source
1994–96 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Adam Park seasons 2–3 [3]
1995 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Adam Park [3][10]
1996 Power Rangers Zeo Adam Park [10]
1997 Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie Adam Park [3][10]
1997 Power Rangers Turbo Adam Park 19 episodes [10]
1998 Power Rangers in Space Adam Park 1 ep. Always a chance [3][10]
2001 Wicked Game
(Extreme Heist)		 Billy Ray Leung [8][10][11]
2007–present Anime TV Host Video podcast [12][13][14][15][16]
2011 Supah Ninjas Master Shin [5]
2012 Death Grip Torch direct-to-video release [17][18][19]
2014 Love Like Bullets [20]
2007 Power Rangers Operation Overdrive Adam Park Eps. "Once A Ranger", 2 episodes [5]


Voice roles

Anime

List of voice performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source
2001 Akira Shotaro Kaneda Pioneer dub [10]
2001 Gate Keepers Reiji Kageyama [10][21]
2003 Wolf's Rain Kiba [5]
2003 Last Exile Claus Valca [5]
2003 Trigun Vash the Stampede [3][10][21]
2003 Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card Eriol Hiragizawa [22]
2005–09 Naruto Sasori, others [5]
2006 Boys Be... Tsuyoshi Ueno Ep. 4, as Kevin Hatcher [23]
2006 Eureka Seven Renton Thurston [22]
2006–14 Bleach Ichigo Kurosaki [24]
2007 Gurren Lagann Rossiu Adai [25]
2007–10 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Itsuki Koizumi 2 seasons [26][27]
2007 5 Centimeters Per Second Takaki Tohno [28]
2008 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion series Lelouch Vi Britannia [29][30]
2008 Lucky Star Daisuke Ono [22]
2010–present Naruto Shippuden Sasori, others [5]
2010–present Durarara!! series Izaya Orihara Also x2 [31][32]
2010 Toradora! Yusaku Kitamura [33]
2011 The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Itsuki Koizumi [34]
2011 Trigun: Badlands Rumble Vash the Stampede [35]
2012 Blue Exorcist Yukio Okumura Also film [22][36]
2012 Persona 4: The Animation Yu Narukami [22]
2012 Sengoku Basara: The Last Party Sanada Yukimura [22]
2013 Fate/zero Ryunosuke Uryu [22][37]
2013 Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club Makoto Tachibana [38][39]
2014 Blood Lad Braz D. Blood [40]
2014 Expelled from Paradise Frontier Setter [41]
2014 K Saruhiko Fushimi [42]
2014 Doraemon Noby [43]
2014 Knights of Sidonia Nagate Tanikaze [44]
2015 Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine Nagate Tanikaze [44]
2015 Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Titus Alexius [45]
2015 Yo-kai Watch Nathan "Nate" Adams [46]
2015 Sailor Moon Artemis Viz dub [47]
2015 Sailor Moon Crystal Artemis [48]
2016 Ajin: Demi-Human Kei Nagai [49]
2016 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Orga Itsuka [50]


Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source
2008 Three Delivery Sid [22]
2015 DC Super Friends Robin [51]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2006–07 .hack//G.U. series Kuhn Rebirth, Reminisce, Redemption [22]
2006 Baten Kaitos Origins Ven [22]
2006 Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria Kraad, Masato, Roland, Seluvia, Xehnon [22]
2007 Eternal Sonata Fugue [22]
2008 Devil May Cry 4 Nero Also motion capture [3][22]
2008 Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice Almaz von Almandine Adamant [52]
2008 The Last Remnant Rush Sykes [53]
2009 Dissidia: Final Fantasy Firion [22]
2009 Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight Dragon Knight, Onyx [22]
2009 MagnaCarta 2 Juto, Elgar [22]
2010 Transformers: War for Cybertron Bumblebee [22]
2010 Super Street Fighter IV Yang [22]
2011 Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Firion [22]
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Torian Cadera [22][54]
2008–present Naruto series Genma Shiranui, Sasori, Yagura Including Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations, and Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 [22]
2012 Binary Domain Kurosawa [22]
2013 Marvel Heroes Daniel Rand / Iron Fist [55]
2013 B-Daman Crossfire Mysterious Boy [22]
2013 Killer Is Dead Tokio [22]
2014 Tenkai Knights: Brave Battle Guren Nash, Bravenwolf [22]
2014 Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Tohru Adachi [56]
2015 Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Additional voices [57]
2015 Mortal Kombat X Kung Jin [58]


Discography

A list of Eyeshine albums:[59]

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)
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

References

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