Johnny Yong Bosch

Johnny Yong Bosch
Johnny Yong Bosch at Power Morphicon 2007
Born	John Jay Bosch (1976-01-06) January 6, 1976 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Other names	Johnny Bosch John Bosch
Occupation	Actor/Martial artist/musician
Spouse(s)	Amy Bosch
Children	Novi (born 2010)
Family	Cindy Bosch (sister) Michael Bosch (brother) Diana Bosch (sister)
Website
http://www.eyeshine.net

Johnny Yong Bosch (born January 6, 1976) is an American actor, voice actor,martial artist, and musician who is best known for portraying Adam Park in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the English voices of Ichigo Kurosaki in the anime series Bleach, Itsuki Koizumi in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vash the Stampede in Trigun and Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, a two-time American Anime Award nominee, and is also a lead singer in the band Eyeshine.

Personal life

John Jay Bosch was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Garland, Texas. His mother is Korean, and his father is of German and Irish descent.

Career

Power Rangers

Bosch is best known for his role as Adam Park in the show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, for which he was cast in July 1994. In 1997 during Power Rangers Turbo he was kicked off the show due to Jason David Frank and Catherine Sutherland wanting to leave the show in addition to Saban's decision to retire Bosch's and Nakia Burrise's characters. At the request of Koichi Sakamoto, he appeared in an episode of Power Rangers in Space in 1998 and later returned for two episodes (celebrating 15 years of the franchise) in Power Rangers Operation Overdrive in 2007.

Voice acting

Bosch voiced Vash the Stampede in Trigun as his first job and for various Japanese anime 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. He does the motion capturing and voice of Nero in Devil May Cry 4, making him the third actor involved with Power Rangers to have a role in the Devil May Cry series, after Reuben Langdon, who voices and motion capture for Dante in Devil May Cry 3 (and DMC4), and Daniel Southworth, who voiced and did motion capture for Vergil, also in DMC3, and for Credo, in DMC4.^{[citation needed]} Recently, 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.

Filmography

Anime

• 5 Centimeters Per Second – Takaki Tohno
• Akira: The Special Edition – Shotaro Kaneda (Animaze Dub)
• Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad – Yuji "Saku" Sakurai
• Bleach – Ichigo Kurosaki, Hollow Ichigo
• Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan – Sakura Kusakabe'
• Blue Dragon – Bishop
• Blue Exorcist – Yukio Okumura
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo – Bo-Jiggler
• Boys Be... – Tsuyoshi Ueno (Ep. 4)
• Burst Angel – Akio (Ep. 18)
• Cardcaptor Sakura the Movie 2: The Sealed Card – Eriol Hiiragizawa
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion series – Lelouch Vi Britannia
• Durarara!! – Izaya Orihara
• Darker than Black: Gaiden – Shichi/Claude
• Eureka Seven – Renton Thurston
• Fafner of the Azure – Kazuki Makabe
• Fate/zero – Ryunosuke Uryu
• Freedom Project – Kazuma
• Fullmetal Alchemist – Lujon (Ep. 35)
• Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo – Albert de Morcerf
• Gate Keepers – Reiji Kageyama
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – J.D. (Ep. 9)
• Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG – Section 4 helicopter pilot (Ep. 24)
• Gun Sword – Michael Garret
• Gurren Lagann – Rossiu Adai
• Hare+Guu – Chet, Couple-Man
• Heat Guy J – Clair Leonelli
• Here is Greenwood – Kazuya Hasukawa
• I'll CKBC – Hitonari Hiiragi
• K - Saruhiko Fushimi
• Kamichu! – Kenji Ninomiya
• Karas – Reiji
• Kekkaishi – Shouki (Ep. 38)
• Mars Daybreak – Gram River
• Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne – Kirius
• Last Exile – Claus Valca
• Let's Go! Tamagotchi – KuroMametchi
• Lucky Star – Boy Student (Ep. 18), Daisuke Ono
• Marvel Anime: Blade – Djalal (Ep. 7)
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Itsuki Koizumi
• The Melody of Oblivion – Monster King Solomon III a.k.a. Solo
• Mirage of Blaze – Kotaro Fuma
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit – Sagum
• Naruto/Naruto Shippuden – Yagura (Three Tails Jinchūriki, Fourth Mizukage), Genma Shiranui, Shigure, Gen'yumaru, Sagi, Akio, Sasori, misc. filler characters.
• Paradise Kiss – Hiroyuki Tokumori
• Paranoia Agent – Yuichi Taira
• Persona 4: The Animation - Yu Narukami, Tohru Adachi (uncredited)
• Le Portrait de Petit Cossette – Eiri
• Please Twins! – Maiku Kamishiro
• The Prince of Tennis – Shusuke Fuji
• Samurai Champloo – Shinsuke (Ep. 7), Jogger in the Forest (Ep. 9)
• Stellvia of the Universe – Kouta Otoyama
• Tales of Phantasia OVA – Cress Albane
• Tenjho Tenge – Masataka Takayanagi (credited as Keven Hatcher)
• Texhnolyze – Takuto
• Trigun – Vash the Stampede
• Twelve Kingdoms – Taiki/ Kohri
• Witch Hunter Robin – Haruto Sakaki
• Wolf's Rain – Kiba

Films

• Akira – Shotaro Kaneda
• Bleach: Memories of Nobody – Ichigo Kurosaki
• Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion – Ichigo Kurosaki
• Bleach: Fade to Black – Ichigo Kurosaki
• Bleach: Hell Verse - Ichigo Kurosaki
• Blue Exorcist: The Movie – Yukio Okumura
• Broken Path – Jack
• Death Grip – Torch
• Devon's Ghost: Legend of the Bloody Boy – Josh
• The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya – Itsuki Koizumi
• Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers – Renton Thurston
• Hellbinders – Ryu
• Hit Somebody – Simmons
• Love Like Bullets
• Resident Evil: Degeneration – Additional Voices
• Rise And Fail – Torch
• Stray – Brandoni
• Trigun: Badlands Rumble – Vash the Stampede
• Wicked Games – Billy Ray Leung

Non-Anime

• Secret Millionaires Club - Bohai
• Three Delivery – Sid
• NFL Rush Zone: Sea­son of the Guardians – Troy

Power Rangers

• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – Adam Park / Black Mighty Morphin Ranger
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers "Wild West Rangers, Part I and II" – Abraham / Black Wild West Ranger
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie – Adam Park / Black Mighty Morphin Ranger
• Power Rangers Zeo – Adam Park / Green Zeo Ranger
• Power Rangers Turbo – Adam Park / Green Turbo Ranger #1 (19 episodes)
• Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie – Adam Park / Green Turbo Ranger
• Power Rangers In Space – Adam Park / Black Mighty Morphin Ranger (1 episode)
• Power Rangers Operation Overdrive – Adam Park / Black Mighty Morphin Ranger (2 episodes)

Video Games

• .hack//G.U. Vol.1//Rebirth – Kuhn
• .hack//G.U. Vol.2//Reminisce – Kuhn
• .hack//G.U. Vol.3//Redemption – Kuhn
• Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War – Hans Grimm (uncredited)
• Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War – Patrick James "PJ" Beckett (uncredited)
• Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel – Tatsumi (uncredited)
• Atelier Rorona: Alchemist of Arland – Iksel
• Atelier Totori: Alchemist of Arland 2 – Iksel, Peter
• Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland - Peter
• Avalon Code – Ur
• Baten Kaitos Origins – Ven
• Binary Domain – Kurosawa (writer)
• Bleach – Ichigo Kurosaki, Hollow Ichigo
• Catherine – Archie, Aloof Man
• Devil May Cry 4 – Nero (motion capture and voice)
• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII – Various WRO Soldiers, Incidental Characters
• Dissidia: Final Fantasy/Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy – Firion
• Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice – Almaz von Almandine Adamant (uncredited)
• Dynasty Warriors 8 – Zhang Bao
• Eternal Poison – Olifen (uncredited)
• Eternal Sonata – Fugue, Phil
• Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon – Seto, Additional Voices
• Galerians: Ash – Ash, Pat (older)
• Gods Eater Burst – Kota
• Grandia III – Yuki (uncredited)
• Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (video game) – Kamen Rider Dragon Knight/Kamen Rider Onyx
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky – Joshua Bright
• Magna Carta II – Juto
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - Zero
• Mimana Iyar Chronicles – Crais Sewell (uncredited)
• Naruto series – Genma Shiranui (Sound Test), Sasori (True Form), Yagura (Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3)
• Persona 4: Arena – Yu Narukami
• Project Sylpheed – Yoji Kashiwazaki (uncredited)
• Ragnarok Online 2: Legend of the Second – Male Voice 3, Additional Voices
• Red Faction: Armageddon – Additional Voices
• Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles – Brad Vickers (uncredited)
• Rune Factory Frontier – Raguna (uncredited)
• Saints Row: The Third – Additional Voices
• Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love – Shinjiro Taiga (uncredited)
• Samurai Warriors 3 – Sanada Yukimura (uncredited)
• Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes – Sanada Yukimura
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked – Additional Voices
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 – Protagonist (Yu Narukami), Tōru Adachi (uncredited)
• Soulcalibur V – Xiba
• Star Ocean: Till the End of Time – Richard Traydor (uncredited)
• Star Wars: The Old Republic – Torian Cadera
• Suikoden V – Frey (Freyjadour), Voice 1/Battle Cries
• Summon Night: Twin Age – Aldo
• Super Street Fighter IV – Yang
• Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together – Vice Bozeg
• Tales of the Abyss – Guy Cecil (uncredited)
• Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World – Emil Castagnier, Ratatosk, Aster (uncredited)
• The Last Remnant – Rush Sykes
• The Sword of Etheria – Fiel
• Time Hollow – Ethan Kairos (uncredited)
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky – Joshua Bright
• Transformers: War for Cybertron – Bumblebee
• Unchained Blades – Joshua
• Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria – Kraad, Roland, Seluvia, Xehnon, Masato (uncredited)
• Warriors Orochi – Sanada Yukimura, Kojiro Sasaki (uncredited)
• Wild Arms 4 – Kresnik (uncredited)V

Other

• Adventures in Voice Acting - Himself
• Supah Ninjas as Master Shin
• Death Trance (Ryu'en) (English Dub) (Credited as Johnny Youg Bosch)
• Host of AnimeTV video podcast
• Host of Power Rangers Funniest Moments
• Cameo on the Miss Hannah Minx YouTube Channel
• The First Noel with Vic Mignogna
• 3009 with Kimberly Freeman

Production

Bosch had been cast as the English voice of five characters for voice actor Jun Fukuyama:

• Viscount Albert d'Morcerf in Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
• Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
• Juto in MagnaCarta II
• Yukio Okumura in Blue Exorcist
• Haruto Sakaki in Witch Hunter Robin

In addition, he had been cast as the English voice of four characters for voice actor Tomokazu Seki:

• Masataka Takayanagi in Tenjou Tenge
• Sagi in Naruto
• Gram River in Mars Daybreak
• Reiji Kageyama in Gate Keepers

Bosch has voiced three characters which Funimation voice actor Micah Solusod later voices over:

• Kazuki Makabe in Fafner Dead Agressor: Heaven and Earth
• Claus Valca in Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing
• Sanada Yukimura in Mini Sengoku Basara

External links

• Eyeshine.net, the official site of Bosch's rock band
• Johnny Yong Bosch at the Internet Movie Database
• Johnny Yong Bosch at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Johnny Yong Bosch convention appearances on AnimeCons.com