Johnny Yong Bosch

Johnny Yong Bosch
Johnny Yong Bosch at Power Morphicon 2007
Born	John Jay Bosch January 6, 1976 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Other names	Kevin Hatcher
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, martial artist, musician
Years active	1994–present
Notable credit(s)	Bleach as Ichigo Kurosaki Power Ranger as Adam Park Yo-kai Watch as Nate Adams Musical career
Genres	Rock
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1994–present
Associated acts	Eyeshine
Website	eyeshine.net
Children	2

John Jay Bosch (born January 6, 1976),^[1] known as Johnny Yong Bosch, is an American actor, martial artist and musician of Korean descent. His first major role was portraying Adam Park, the second Black Power Ranger and later, the Green Zeo Ranger and the first Green Turbo 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 Shotaro Kaneda in Akira, 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, Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamukura in the Danganronpa Series. 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. In the Viz Media dubbing of Sailor Moon and the newer Sailor Moon Crystal, he voices Artemis, and on Yo-kai Watch he voices the lead character Nate Adams.

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 David 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] He is cast in the upcoming sci-fi action movie The Order, which features many former Power Rangers actors.^[9]

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, 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.

In the Viz Media dubbing of Sailor Moon and the newer Sailor Moon Crystal, he voices Artemis. On the anime show Yo-kai Watch which has aired on Disney XD in the U.S., he voices the lead character Nate Adams.^[10]

Eyeshine

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.^[11]

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	74 Episodes	[3]
1995	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie	Adam Park		[3][12]
1996	Power Rangers Zeo	Adam Park	50 Episodes	[12]
1997	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Adam Park		[3][12]
1997	Power Rangers Turbo	Adam Park	19 Episodes	[12] -->
2001	Wicked Game (Extreme Heist)	Billy Ray Leung		[8][12][13]
2007	Power Rangers Operation Overdrive	Adam Park	2 Episodes	[5]
2007–present	Anime TV	Host	Video podcast	[14][15][16][17][18]
2011	Supah Ninjas	Master Shin		[5]
2012	Death Grip	Torch	direct-to-video release	[19][20][21]
2014	Love Like Bullets			[22]
2017	The Order			[9]

Voice roles

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2001	Akira	Shotaro Kaneda	Pioneer dub	[12]
2001	Gate Keepers	Reiji Kageyama		[12][23]
2003	Trigun	Vash the Stampede		[3]
2003	Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card	Eriol Hiragizawa		[24]
2003	Last Exile	Claus Valca		[5]
2004	Wolf's Rain	Kiba		[5]
2005	Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan	Sakura Kusakab
2005–09	Naruto	Sasori, others		[5]
2006	Boys Be...	Tsuyoshi Ueno	Ep. 4, as Kevin Hatcher	[25]
2006	Eureka Seven	Renton Thurston		[24]
2006–14	Bleach	Ichigo Kurosaki		[26]
2007–10	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya	Itsuki Koizumi	2 seasons	[27][28]
2008	Gurren Lagann	Rossiu Adai		[29]
2008	5 Centimeters Per Second	Takaki Tohno		[30]
2008	Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion series	Lelouch Vi Britannia		[31][32]
2008	Lucky Star	Daisuke Ono		[24]
2009–present	Naruto Shippuden	Sasori, others		[5]
2011–16	Durarara!! series	Izaya Orihara	Also x2	[33][34]
2014	Toradora!	Yusaku Kitamura		[35]
2011	The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya	Itsuki Koizumi		[36]
2011	Trigun: Badlands Rumble	Vash the Stampede		[37]
2012–present	Blue Exorcist series	Yukio Okumura	Also film and Kyoto Saga	[24][38]
2012	Persona 4: The Animation	Yu Narukami, Tohru Adachi		[24]
2012	Sengoku Basara: The Last Party	Sanada Yukimura		[24]
2013	Fate/Zero	Ryunosuke Uryu		[24][39]
2015	Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club	Makoto Tachibana	Also Eternal Summer	[40][41]
2014	Blood Lad	Braz D. Blood		[42]
2014	Expelled from Paradise	Frontier Setter		[43]
2013	K	Saruhiko Fushimi		[44]
2014	Doraemon	Noby		[45]
2014	Sword Art Online II	Shinkawa Kyouji		[46]
2015	Magi: The Kingdom of Magic	Titus Alexius		[47]
2015-present	Yo-kai Watch	Nathan "Nate" Adams, Hovernyan	also Movie	[48]
2015	Sailor Moon	Artemis	Viz dub	[49]
2015	Sailor Moon Crystal	Artemis		[50]
2016	Ajin: Demi-Human	Kei Nagai		[51]
2016	Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans	Orga Itsuka		[52]
2016	Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School	Hajime Hinata		[53]
2016	Digimon Adventure tri.	Takeru "T.K." Takaishi		[54]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2008	Three Delivery	Sid		[24]
2015	DC Super Friends	Robin		[55]
2016	Mighty Magiswords	Additional Voices		[56] - recording session

• NFL Rush Zone – Troy Kang
• Secret Millionaires Club – Bohai
• Space Racers – Raven^[57]

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Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2006–07	.hack//G.U. series	Kuhn	Rebirth, Reminisce, Redemption	[24]
2006	Baten Kaitos Origins	Ven		[24]
2006	Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria	Kraad, Masato, Roland, Seluvia, Xehnon		[24]
2007	Eternal Sonata	Fugue		[24]
2008	Devil May Cry 4	Nero	Also motion capture	[3][24]
2008	Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice	Almaz von Almandine Adamant		[58]
2008	The Last Remnant	Rush Sykes		[59]
2008	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4	Protagonist (Yu Narukami), Tohru Adachi
2011	Dissidia: Final Fantasy	Firion		[24]
2009	Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight	Dragon Knight, Onyx		[24]
2009	MagnaCarta 2	Juto, Elgar		[24]
2010	Transformers: War for Cybertron	Bumblebee		[24]
2010	Super Street Fighter IV	Yang		[24]
2011	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Firion		[24]
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Torian Cadera		[24]
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	[24]
2012	Binary Domain	Kurosawa		[24]
2012	Persona 4 Golden	Protagonist (Yu Narukami), Tohru Adachi
2013	Marvel Heroes	Daniel Rand / Iron Fist		[60]
2013	Killer Is Dead	Tokio		[61]
2014	Tenkai Knights: Brave Battle	Guren Nash, Bravenwolf		[24]
2014	Persona 4 Arena Ultimax	Yu Narukami, Tohru Adachi		[62]
2015	Final Fantasy Type-0 HD	Additional voices		[63]
2015	Mortal Kombat X	Kung Jin		[64]
2015	Yo-kai Watch	Nathan "Nate" Adams
2016	Yo-kai Watch 2	Nathan "Nate" Adams

Discography

A list of Eyeshine albums:^[65]

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

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    • Stelman257 (June 23, 2014). "@johnnyyongbosch Yo just curious, how'd you voice Adachi in Persona 4 Ultimax? More game-like or higher and raspy like the anime?" (Tweet). Retrieved March 3, 2016 – via Twitter.
    • Johnny Yong Bosch [johnnyyongbosch] (June 23, 2014). "@Stelman257 closer to the game" (Tweet). Retrieved March 3, 2016 – via Twitter.
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64. Brian Chard [bcharred] (April 14, 2015). "Huge thanks to the stellar MKX voice actors: Troy @TroyBakerVA (Shinnok/EBlack/Fujin), Ronald M. Banks (Quan Chi); Ashly Burch (Cassie)..." (Tweet). Retrieved April 21, 2015 – via Twitter.
    Brian Chard [bcharred] (April 14, 2015). "... Steve Blum (SubZero/Reptile/Bo'RaiCho); Johnny Yong Bosch (Kung Jin); Andrew @AndrewSBowen (Johnny/Smoke/Rain); Greg Eagles (Jax/Baraka)" (Tweet). Retrieved April 21, 2015 – via Twitter.
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External links

• Eyeshine.net, the official site of Bosch's rock band
• Johnny Yong Bosch at Behind The Voice Actors
• 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