Johnny Yong Bosch

Johnny Yong Bosch (born January 6, 1976) is an American actor, voice actor, martial artist, and musician. He is best known for portraying Adam Park in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and being the English voice of Vash the Stampede in Trigun, as well as the voice of Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Itsuki Koizumi in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kiba in Wolf's Rain, Renton Thurston in Eureka Seven, Emil Castagnier in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Shotaro Kaneda in Akira, and Nero in Devil May Cry 4. He is also a two-time American Anime Award nominee.

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

Power Rangers
Bosch is best known for his role as Adam Park in the hit show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. During the second season, three of the actors who portrayed the Rangers (Austin St. John, Thuy Trang, and Walter Emanuel Jones) were in what is believed to have been a hold-out for more money. Instead of giving them the money they were holding out for, Saban replaced them with brand new actors. In the episode titled "The Power Transfer" (Parts 1 & 2), the three Power Rangers holding out were replaced (using old footage of the three and camera tricks so no one would realize they weren't actually in the episode). Bosch auditioned for the role of the second Black Ranger at KD Studio in July, 1994.

His most notable moment as the Black Ranger would come in the motion picture based on the TV show, called Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. The movie would go on to make over $30 million in the box office and, to this day, would be Bosch's biggest motion picture appearance. One of the most memorable lines in the film ("I'm a frog") was an ad lib on Bosch's part (legitimately disappointed that he was given powers of a frog, while others had "cooler" powers like the ape and the wolf). In this film, all the Power Rangers would gain the powers of Ninjetti, a theme that would continue on into the third season of the television show. Bosch was also one of the few actors to do his own stunts. In between the fourth and fifth season, another movie based on the TV show would be released, again having Bosch in the role of Adam. The movie, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, had the Zeo Rangers receive new powers for the upcoming 5th season, Power Rangers: Turbo. The movie was a box office disaster, because of a limited theatrical release, and went on to make only $8 million in the US. However, the video release of the film was one of the highest selling of 1997.

For Power Rangers: Turbo, Bosch was given more time and more lines then he had in the previous seasons, revealing more of his comedic and martial arts abilities. However, a few weeks into the filming of episodes, the cast caught a newspaper article searching for new Rangers for Power Rangers: Turbo.[1] This surprised the current cast, as they were unaware of the producers' decision to write them off. The cast agreed to leave the show mid-season. All four former Zeo Rangers would make their final performances of the season in the episode "Passing the Torch" (Parts 1 & 2), where each of the Rangers named a replacement to take over for them as they go off to college. Adam would choose Carlos Vallertes (played by Roger Velasco) to take on the powers of the Green Turbo Ranger.

Bosch would make another appearance on the show in an episode of Power Rangers: In Space. In "Always a Chance", Carlos was having doubts about his ability to be a Power Ranger after accidentally nearly killing his friend, Cassie Chan (played by Patricia Ja Lee), the Pink Ranger. Adam appeared to help his old friend find his lost confidence and to hone his skills. In the middle of this, a monster appeared and Carlos was still not ready to take him on. Adam then used an old Morpher and damaged Power Coin from his Mighty Morphin Power Ranger days to become the Black Ranger once again. This was short lived as the powers were unstable, but he was able to help Carlos and hold off a monster long enough for Carlos to get his confidence back and realize he was worthy of being a Power Ranger. Since this nearly killed him, though, Adam decided not to risk morphing into the Black Ranger again.

Bosch, at this point, would make his most recent appearance in the new series of Power Rangers, Operation Overdrive, in a two part special called "Once a Ranger" reprising his role as Adam the Mighty Morphin Black Power Ranger.

Due to the current practice of having a particular group of Rangers only lasting for one season in the more recent shows, Bosch's run of 3 1/2 seasons, two films, and two guest appearances is not surpassed by many others who were involved with Power Rangers. He is also one of the Rangers to make the most appearances with six different seasons as the same character. Jason David Frank is the one with the most, in his role of Tommy Oliver, with seven.

Post-Power Rangers career
After Power Rangers, Bosch became very active in voice work landing numerous lead roles. He got into voice acting through a movie flaw. After filming an entire movie, described by him as a "stunt action" film, all of his audio was lost. After overdubbing his lines, the producer told him he had a good "hero" voice. They had him audition for his first voice acting role, which turned out to be Vash the Stampede in Trigun. Bosch has most recently been working as an English voice actor for various Japanese anime television series, video games, and movies. His most notable roles are as Ichigo Kurosaki in BLEACH, Renton in Eureka Seven, Vash in Trigun, Kaneda in Akira, Kiba in Wolf's Rain, Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass, Claus in Last Exile, Clair in Heat Guy J, Sakaki in Witch Hunter Robin, Yuji "Saku" Sakurai in Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Guy in Tales of the Abyss for the PS2, and Nero in Devil May Cry 4 for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC,and the role of Itsuki Koizumi in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Rush Sykes in The Last Remnant for Xbox 360 and PC.

Bosch is also the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of his band Eyeshine.[2] He has an active Web site with videos, spoofs, and a forum that covers his band, Power Rangers, music, anime and a wide variety of subjects. In February 2006, the band released their first album, "How About That". The band released their full album, "Red Stripes White Lights", on April 10, 2008. The band's newest album, "Paper Kingdom" that came out in April 2009.

In 2002, Bosch appeared in Wicked Game (English: Extreme Heist) along with fellow Rangers actors Jason Narvy and Paul Schrier. The direct-to-video film is notable for its high-octane stunts (Bosch did all of his own stunts), culminating in a skydiving scene which took 57 jumps to perfect. During the film he cracked two ribs, twisted his ankle, and nearly got hit by a truck, yet he continued to film. In 2005, Bosch produced, wrote and directed a film called "Stray". The film's post-production has been on-hold, due to Bosch's busy work schedule and audio problems.

In 2006, Bosch combined once again with Koichi Sakamoto to work on the film Broken Path. The film promises to provide enough action to satisfy any fan while providing a decent script. Bosch reportedly split his head during one stunt causing him to receive 5 stitches. The scene has been edited into the film. In the film he stars alongside Daniel Southworth, who was the runner-up in 1994 auditions for the part of Adam on Power Rangers. He later became a PR actor himself as Eric Myers in Power Rangers Time Force. Broken Path has been completed for some time now, but its release is still unknown. In the summer of 2007, Bosch co-starred alongside Ray Park in a comic-book style action film called Hellbinders. In the film, Bosch shows off his lesser-known Kendo skills, as he plays a katana-wielding assassin.

Bosch 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 franchise, following stunt actor Reuben Langdon, who performed voice 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.

Eyeshine
Eyeshine is a four piece, "edge rock" band originating in West Hills, California. Eyeshine consists of members Bosch (vocals, guitar), Alex Orantes (bass, vocals), Maurice Salmin (drums, vocals) and Danny Lee (lead guitar). The four piece edge rock band is currently one of the most promising unsigned bands coming out of California playing shows all over the United States.[citation needed]

The origins of Eyeshine date back almost a decade when Bosch and Maurice Salmin began playing together in a church band. Eventually deciding to take a shot at writing and performing their own music, the band went through many incarnations before deciding on the name Eyeshine. Alex Orantes joined the band a year later, followed by Danny Lee who joined in the early months of 2007 after the release of the band's EP How About That? Their full length debut album Red Stripes/White Lights was released in the early spring of 2008. The band is recording new material for their CD Paper Kingdom. As of early March 2009, the band released four tracks from Paper Kingdom on their MySpace while updating fans on the new release date set for April 2009. Paper Kingdom was released on June 5, 2009. In addition to Paper Kingdom, Eyeshine will be releasing an all acoustic album entitled Afterglow and an untitled third CD in the near future.

On March 23, 2009, Bosch announced through the band's MySpace page that band members Danny Lee and Alex Orantes would be leaving. This is because Alex was getting more involved in a church band and Danny had a new wife. According to the bands MySpace they have found permanent replacements.

Bosch got the name "Eyeshine" from an episode of the Crocodile Hunter. Steve Irwin was rescuing crocodiles in the darkness and kept repeating that he could spot them by their 'eyeshine' from his lantern.

Anime
Akira: The Special Edition - Shotaro Kaneda (Animaze Dub)

Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad - Yuji "Saku" Sakurai

Bleach - Ichigo Kurosaki, Hollow Ichigo

Blue Dragon - Bishop

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo - Bo-Jiggler

Boys Be - Ueno [Episode 4]

Burst Angel - Akio [Episode 18]

Cardcaptor Sakura the Movie 2: The Sealed Card - Eriol Hiiragizawa

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - Lelouch Lamperouge

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 - Lelouch Lamperouge

Eureka Seven - Renton Thurston

Fafner of the Azure - Kazuki

Fullmetal Alchemist - Lujon [Episode 35]

Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - Albert de Morcerf (credited as Kevin Hatcher)

Gate Keepers - Reiji Kageyama

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - J.D. [Episode 9]

Gun Sword - Michael Garret

Gurren Lagann - Rossiu Adai

Hare+Guu - Chet (credited as Kevin Hatcher)

Heat Guy J - Clair Leonelli

Here is Greenwood - Kazuya Hasukawa

I'll CKBC - Hitonari Hiiragi

Kamichu! - Kenji Ninomiya

Karas - Reiji

Last Exile - Claus Valca

Mars Daybreak - Gram River

Lets Go Tamagotchi - KuroMametchi

Lucky Star - Boy Student [Episode 18], Daisuke Ono

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: Guradian of the Spirit - Sagum

Naruto - Genma Shiranui, Shigure, Genyuumaru, Sagi, Akio

Naruto Shippuden - Genma Shiranui, Sasori

Paradise Kiss - Hiroyuki Tokumori

Paranoia Agent - Yuichi Taira (credited as Kevin Hatcher)

Le Portrait de Petit Cossette - Eiri (credited as Kevin Hatcher)

Please Twins - Maiku Kamishiro

The Prince of Tennis - Shusuke Fuji

Samurai Champloo - Shinsuke and other various voices [Episode 7]; Jogger in the Forest [Episode 9]

Saiyuki Reload - Rampa [Episode 4]

Stellvia of the Universe - Kouta Otoyama (credited as Kevin Hatcher)

Suikoden V - Frey (Freyjadour), Voice 1/Battle Cries

Tales of the Abyss - Guy Cecil

Tales of Phantasia OVA - Cress Albane

Tenjho Tenge - Masataka Takayanagi (credited as Kevin Hatcher)

Texhnolyze - Takuto (credited as Kevin Hatcher)

Trigun - Vash the Stampede

Witch Hunter Robin - Haruto Sakaki

Wolf's Rain - Kiba

5 Centimeters Per Second - Takaki Tono

Non-anime roles
Three Delivery - Sid

Power Rangers

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – Adam Park / Black Mighty Morphin Ranger (in 1994 he was credited simply as John Bosch before being credited under his full name)

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers "Wild West Rangers, Part I" and "Wild West Rangers, Part II" – Abraham / Black Wild West Ranger Power Rangers: Zeo – Zeo Ranger IV

Power Rangers: Turbo – Green Turbo Ranger

Power Rangers In Space "Always A Chance" – Adam Park / Black Mighty Morphin Ranger (Guest)

Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive "Once A Ranger" – Adam Park/Black Mighty Morphin Ranger (Guest)

Video games
.hack//G.U. Vol.1//Rebirth - Kuhn (as Johnny Bosch)

.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)

Baten Kaitos Origins - Ven

Bleach: The Blade of Fate - Ichigo Kurosaki, Hollow

Bleach: Shattered Blade - Ichigo Kurosaki

Bleach: Dark Souls - Ichigo Kurosaki, Hollow

Devil May Cry 4 - Nero (motion capture and voice) (as Johnny Bosch)

Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII - Various WRO Soldiers, Incidental Characters

Dissidia Final Fantasy - Firion

Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice - Almaz von Almandine Adamant

Eternal Poison - Olifen

Eternal Sonata - Fugue, Phil

Galerians: Ash - Rion Steiner, Pat (older)

Grandia III - Yuki (uncredited)

Mega Man X: Command Mission - Shadow (uncredited)

Magna Carta II - Juto

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 - Genma

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4 - Genma

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 5 - Sasori (True Form)

Naruto Shippūden: Ninja Council 4 - Sasori (True Form)

Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2 - Sasori (True Form)

Naruto Shippūden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 - Sasori (True Form)

Naruto Shippuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising - Sasori (True Form)

Project Sylpheed - Yoji Kashiwazaki (uncredited)

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles - additional voices (uncredited)

Rune Factory Frontier - Raguna (uncredited)

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 - Protagonist, Tōru Adachi (uncredited), Additional Voices

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time - Richard Traydor (uncredited)

Summon Night: Twin Age - Aldo

Tales of the Abyss - Guy Cecil (uncredited)

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Emil Castagnier, Ratatosk, Aster

The Last Remnant - Rush Sykes

The Sword of Etheria - Fiel

Time Hollow - Ethan Kairos (uncredited)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Sideswipe

Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria - Kraad, Roland, Seluvia, Xehnon, and Masato (uncredited)

Warriors Orochi - Sanada Yukimura (uncredited)

Wild Arms 4 - Kresnik (uncredited)

Warriors Orochi 2 - Sanada Yukimura (uncredited)

Movie Roles
Bleach: Memories of Nobody - Ichigo Kurosaki

Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion - Ichigo Kurosaki

Bleach: Fade to Black, Goodbye Rukia-Ichigo Kurosaki

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie (Adam Park)

Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (Adam Park)

Wicked Games (Billy Ray Leung)

Devon's Ghost: Legend of the Bloody Boy (Josh)

Resident Evil: Degeneration (Additional Voices)

Stray (Brandon)

Broken Path (Jack)

Hellbinders (Ryu)

Documentaries
Adventures in Voice Acting (Himself)

Other
Death Trance (Ryu'en (English Dub) (Credited as Johnny Youg Bosch)

Host of AnimeTV video podcast

Host of Power Rangers Funniest Moments