Johnny Yong Bosch

Template:Infobox actor**Johnny Yong Bosch** (born January 6, 1976 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American actor, voice actor, martial artist and musician. 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* franchise, which led to roles in some martial arts television and feature films.

He's best known for voicing Ichigo Kurosaki in *Bleach*, Itsuki Koizumi in *The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya*, Izaya Orihara in *Durarara!!*, Lelouch Lamperouge in *Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion*, Vash the Stampede in *Trigun*, Jonathan "JoJo" Joestar in *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*, Yu Narukami and Tohru Adachi in *Persona 4: The Animation* and the video games, Yukio Okumuta in *Blue Exorcist*, Sanada Yukimura in *Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings*, Hajime Hinata in *Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair*, Guren Nash in *Tenkai Knights* and Kei Nagai in *Ajin: Demi-Human*.

He's a two-time American Anime Award nominee and was also the lead singer in the band Eyeshine.

## Biography

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

Johnny Yong Bosch auditioned for *Power Rangers* in Dallas when he was informed 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 Park 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 (who played Tommy Oliver), Jason Narvy (who played Skull) and Nakia Burrise (who played Tanya Sloan). 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. 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.

Johnny Yong Bosch voiced Vash the Stampede in *Trigun* as his first dubbing job and for various Japanese anime, including notably *Bleach* as Ichigo Kurosaki. In 2006, he worked once again with Koichi Sakamoto on the film Broken Path. Among other works, Bosch also voiced Lelouch Lamperouge in *Code Geass* in 2008, Izaya Orihara in *Durarara!!* in 2011 and Jonathan "JoJo" Joestar in *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure* in 2012. Among video games, Bosch liked voicing Nero in *Devil May Cry 4* as he got to visit Japan to do the motion capture.

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*. He is also the voice of Zero from the *Mega Man X* series in the *Marvel vs. Capcom* series.

In the Viz Media dub 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 originally voiced the lead character Nate Adams for the first two seasons. He also voices Noby in the US release of *Doraemon*.

## Filmography

### Live-Action Dubbing

#### TV Series

* *Violetta* (2012-2015) - Napo Ferro, Tomás Heredia (singing voice)
* *Marseille* (2016-2018) - Eric
* *Money Heist* (2017-present) - Anibal Cortes/Rio (Spliced Bread Dub)
* *Dark* (2017-2020) - Kilian Obendorf, Additional Voices
* *Wild District* (2018-2019) - Alejandro, Lugo (ep. 20)
* *Kingdom* (2019-present) - Additional Voices
* *Always a Witch* (2019-2020) - Johnny Ki
* *La Línea: Shadow of Narco* (2020) - Pedro Garcia, Juan Rual Fernandez, Rafa, Additional Voices
* *The School Nurse Files* (2020) - Lee Ji-Hyeong
* *Sisyphus* (2021) - Additional Voices
* *Squid Game* (2021) - Additional Voices

#### Films

* *Death Trance* (2005) - Ryu'en
* *The Tower* (2012) - Lee Seon-woo
* *Bleach* (2018) - Ichigo Kurosaki
* *Illang: The Wolf Brigade* (2018) - Junggyeon Im
* *Time to Hunt* (2020) - Ki-Hoon
* *The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity* (2020) - Bo Ya
* *My Wonderful Life* (2021) - Additional Voices

#### Documentaries

* *That one word - Feyenoord* (2021) - Steven Berghuis, Additional Voices

### Animation Dubbing

#### Animated Series

* *The Idhun Chronicles* (2020-2021) - Kirtash

### Anime Dubbing

#### Anime

* *Sailor Moon* (1992-1993) - Artemis (Viz Dub)
* *Sailor Moon R* (1993-1994) - Artemis (Viz Dub)
* *Sailor Moon S* (1994-1995) - Artemis, Boy C (ep. 103) (Viz Dub)
* *Neon Genesis Evangelion* (1995-1996) - Tōji Suzuhara (Netflix Redub)
* *Sailor Moon SuperS* (1995-1996) - Artemis (Viz Dub)
* *Sailor Moon Sailor Stars* (1996-1997) - Artemis, Newsreader (ep. 169)
* *Trigun* (1998) - Vash the Stampede
* *One Piece* (1999-present) - Sabo
* *Gate Keepers* (2000) - Reiji Kageyama
* *The Prince of Tennis* (2001-2005) - Shūsuke Fuji (eps. 31-50)
* *Duel Masters* (2002-2006) - Jack
* *Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex* (2002-2003) - J.D. (ep. 9)
* *Heat Guy J* (2002-2003) - Claire Leonelli, Officer B (ep. 20)
* *Mirage of Blaze* (2002) - Kotaro Fuma
* *Naruto* (2002-2007) - Genma Shiranui, Shigure, Genyumaru, Sagi, Akio, Additional Voices
* *The Twelve Kingdoms* (2002-2003) - Kaname Takasato
* *Mobile Suit Gundam SEED* (2002-2003) - Dearka Elsman (NYAV Post Dub)
* *Fullmetal Alchemist* (2003-2004) - Lujon
* *Last Exile* (2003) - Claus Valca
* *Wolf's Rain* (2003) - Kiba
* *Stellvia* (2003) - Kōta Otoyama
* *Saiyuki Reload* (2003) - Rampa (ep. 4), Demon (ep. 7)
* *Planetes* (2003-2004) - Kyuutarou Hoshino
* *Mars Daybreak* (2004) - Gram River
* *Tenjho Tenge* (2004) - Masataka Takayanagi
* *Fafner* (2004) - Kazuki Makabe
* *Bleach* (2004-2012) - Ichigo Kurosaki, Hollow Ichigo
* *Burst Angel* (2004) - Akio (ep. 18)
* *Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo* (2004-2005) - Albert de Morcerf
* *Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny* (2004-2005) - Dearka Elsman (NYAV Post Dub)
* *Samurai Champloo* (2004-2005) - Shinsuke
* *Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan* (2005) - Sakura Kusakabe
* *Doraemon* (2005-present) - Noby Nobi
* *Eureka Seven* (2005-2006) - Renton Thurston
* *Paradise Kiss* (2005) - Hiroyuki Tokumori
* *Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion* (2006-2007) - Lelouch Lamperouge
* *Kekkaishi* (2006-2008) - Additional Voices
* *The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya* (2006) - Itsuki Koizumi
* *Blue Dragon* (2007-2008) - Bishop
* *Gurren Lagann* (2007) - Rossiu Adai
* *Lucky☆Star* (2007) - Daisuke Ono, Additional Voices
* *Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit* (2007) - Royal Spear, Hyoku, Sagum, Additional Voices
* *Naruto Shippūden* (2007-2017) - Sasori, Genma Shiranui, Yagura Karatachi (1st voice; eps. 200-329), Leo, Tanishi's Friend, Sand Ninja (ep. 31), Sand Ninja (ep. 32), Test Subject (ep. 91), Akane's Friend (ep. 180), Medic Ninja (ep. 183), Shoseki (ep. 184), Cat Guard (ep. 189), Allied Ninja (ep. 268), Nurui (ep. 289), Reincarnated Ninja (ep. 316), Yukai's Friend (ep. 320), Kakashi's Student (ep. 360), Uchiha Ninja (ep. 450)
* *Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2* (2008) - Lelouch Lamperouge
* *Toradora!* (2008-2009) - Yusaku Kitamura
* *Fairy Tail* (2009-2019) - Bandou (ep. 187), Eiji (ep. 187)
* *Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood* (2009-2010) - Additional Voices
* *Digimon Fusion* (2010-2012) - Dracomon, Turuiemon, Kokuwamon (ep. 35), Endigomon (ep. 44)
* *Durarara!!* (2010) - Izaya Orihara, Boy (ep. 26)
* *B-Daman Crossfire* (2011-2012) - Kamon Godai (ep. 26)
* *Blade* (2011) - Djalal (ep. 7)
* *Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day* (2011) - Additional Voices
* *Blue Exorcist* (2011) - Yukio Okumura
* *Fate/Zero* (2011-2012) - Ryūnosuke Uryū, Firefighter (ep. 7)
* *Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal* (2011-2014) - Yuma Tsukumo (Bang Zoom! Dub)
* *Persona 4: The Animation* (2011-2012) - Yu Narukami, Tohru Adachi
* *Lagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne* (2012) - Kirius
* *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure* (2012-2013) - Jonathan "JoJo" Joestar
* *Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199* (2013) - Susumu Kodai (Bang Zoom! Dub)
* *Blood Lad* (2013) - Braz D. Blood
* *Free! Iwatobi Swim Club* (2013) - Makoto Tachibana
* *Kill la Kill* (2013-2014) - Shinjiro Nagita (ep. 13), Shiro Byakko (ep. 14)
* *Magi: The Kingdom of Magic* (2013-2014) - Titus Alexius
* *Tenkai Knights* (2013-2014) - Guren Nash/Bravenwolf
* *Free! Eternal Summer* (2014) - Makoto Tachibana
* *Knights of Sidonia* (2014-2015) - Nagate Tanikaze
* *Sailor Moon Crystal* (2014-2016) - Artemis
* *Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement* (2014) - Sanada Yukimura
* *Sword Art Online II* (2014) - Spiegel/Kyoji Arakawa, Player (ep. 8)

* *Aldnoah.Zero* (2014-2015) - Operator (ep. 5)

* *Yo-kai Watch* (2014-2018) - Nate Adams (1st voice; eps. 1-76), Jason Forester, Spenp, Dimmy, Directator, Lie-In Heart, Venoct, Sam, Cynake (ep. 17), Watermelnyan (ep. 45), Poofessor (ep. 46), Ray O'Light (ep. 52), Angry Daiz (ep. 57), Additional Voices

* *The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan* (2015) - Itsuki Koizumi

* *Durarara!!x2* (2015-2016) - Izaya Orihara

* *Charlotte* (2015) - Male Student Amamiya (ep. 8)

* *The Asterisk War* (2015-2016) - Student B (ep. 3)

* *Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans* (2015-2017) - Orga Itsuka

* *Ajin: Demi-Human* (2016) - Kei Nagai

* *Bungo Stray Dogs* (2016-2019) - Shousaku Katsura (ep. 25)

* *Occultic;Nine* (2016) - Guy On The Street A (ep. 7), Zombie like citizan (ep. 7)

* *Kuromukuro* (2016) - Ryoto Akagi, Defense Ministry Operator C (ep. 2)

* *Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga* (2017) - Yukio Okumura

* *Black Clover* (2017-2021) - Zora Ideale, Male Ocean Dweller B (ep. 42)

* *Boruto: Naruto Next Generations* (2017-present) - Ryōgi

* *Children of the Whales* (2017) - Chakuro

* *B: The Beginning* (2018-present) - Minatsuki

* *Baki* (2018-2020) - Hector Doyle (Netflix Dub)

* *Devilman Crybaby* (2018) - Wam

* *Free! Dive to the Future* (2018) - Makoto Tachibana

* *Forest of Piano* (2018-2019) - Kai Ichinose

* *Hi Score Girl* (2018-2019) - Haruo Yaguchi

* *Last Hope* (2018) - Fau

* *Pop Team Epic* (2018) - Popuko (ep. 8b), Additional Voices

* *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba* (2019-present) - Giyu Tomioka, Additional Voices

* *Dino Girl Gauko* (2019-2020) - Drop, Toshio Hiraga, Bibilian (ep. 2), Cat (eps. 2, 4), Toshio-Bot (ep. 19)

* *Number24* (2020) - Seiichirou Shingyouji

* *Drifting Dragons* (2020) - Giraud

* *Cagaster of an Insect Cage* (2020) - Star (ep. 5), Additional Voices

* *Tower of God* (2020) - 25° Baam

* *Horimiya* (2021) - Akane Yanagi

* *High-Rise Invasion* (2021) - Mamoru Aikawa

* *Godzilla Singular Point* (2021) - Yun Arikawa

* *Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!* (2021) - Hiroshi Yūki

* *Yasuke* (2021) - Ranmaru, Additional Voices

* *Blue Period* (2021) - Yatora Yaguchi

#### Anime Shorts

* *Leave it to Kero!* (2000) - Eriol Harigazawa

* *Let's Go! Tamagotchi* (2007) - Kuromametchi

* *Sushi Ninja* (2014) - Ikura

#### OVAs & Specials

* *Here is Greenwood* (1991-1993) - Kazuya Hasukawa (Bang Zoom! Dub)

* *Eight Clouds Rising* (1997) - Takeo Nanachi

* *Le Portrait de Petite Cossette* (2004) - Eiri Kurahashi

* *Mirage of Blaze: Rebels of the River Edge* (2004) - Shintaro

* *Tales of Phantasia: The Animation* (2004-2006) - Cless Alvein

* *Karas* (2005-2007) - Reiji, Additional Voices

* *Freedom* (2006-2008) - Kazuma

* *Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas* (2009-2011) - Pisces Albafica
* *Code Geass: Akito the Exiled* (2012-2016) - Julius Kingsley
* *Pokémon Origins* (2013) - Brock (ep. 1)

#### Anime Films

* *Treasure Island: The Movie* (1987) - Adult Jim Hawkins, Richard Joyce
* *Akira* (1988) - Shōtarō Kaneda (Animaze Dub)
* *Patlabor: The Movie* (1989) - Fleeing Citizen, Labor 2 Driver (Bandai Dub)
* *Sailor Moon R: The Promise of the Rose* (1993) - Artemis (Viz Dub)
* *Sailor Moon S: Hearts in Ice* (1994) - Artemis (Viz Dub)
* *Sailor Moon Super S: Black Dream Hole* (1995) - Artemis (Viz Dub)
* *Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth* (1997) - Tōji Suzuhara (Netflix Redub)
* *Ah! My Goddess: The Movie* (2000) - Additional Voices
* *Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie 2: The Sealed Card* (2000) - Eriol Hiragizawa
* *5 Centimeters Per Second* (2007) - Takaki Toono (Bang Zoom! Dub)
* *Resident Evil: Degeneration* (2008) - Additional Voices
* *The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya* (2010) - Itsuki Koizumi
* *Expelled from Paradise* (2014) - Frontier Setter
* *Yo-kai Watch: The Movie* (2014) - Nate Adams, Hovernyan, Meganyan, Leggly, Nathaniel's Friend, Bully #2, Crowd
* *Digimon Adventure tri.* (2015-2018) - T.K. Takaishi
* *Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky* (2016) - Daryl Lorenz
* *Blame!* (2017) - Atsuji
* *Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution* (2017-2018) - Renton Thurston
* *Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower* (2017) - Daryl Lorenz
* *The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky* (2018) - Solaad
* *Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection* (2019) - Lelouch vi Britannia
* *My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising* (2019) - Nine
* *One Piece: Stampede* (2019) - Sabo
* *Promare* (2019) - Lio Fotia
* *A Whisker Away* (2020) - Kento Hinode
* *Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna* (2020) - T.K. Takaishi
* *Demon Slayer: Mugen Train* (2020) - Giyu Tomioka
* *Sailor Moon Eternal* (2021) - Artemis

### Video Game Dubbing

* *Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love* (2005) - Shinjiro Taiga
* *Eureka Seven vol.2: The New Vision* (2006) - Renton Thurston
* *The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky* (2006) - Joshua Astray
* *Summon Night: Twin Age* (2007) - Aldo
* *The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter* (2007) - Joshua Astray
* *The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd* (2008) - Joshua Astray
* *Avalon Code* (2008) - Ur
* *Eternal Poison* (2008) - Olifen
* *Rune Factory: Frontier* (2008) - Raguna
* *The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd* (2008) - Joshua Astray
* *MagnaCarta 2* (2009) - Juto/Elgar
* *God Eater Burst* (2010) - Kota Fujiki
* *Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel* (2010) - Tatsumi
* *Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland* (2010) - Peter Rietz, Iksel Jahnn
* *Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland* (2011) - Peter Rietz
* *Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds* (2011) - Zero
* *Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk* (2012) - Ranun Etts
* *Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair* (2012) - Hajime Hinata, Izuru Kamakura
* *Atelier Escha and Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky* (2013) - Awin Sidelet
* *Ace Combat: Infinity* (2014) - Additional Voices
* *Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star* (2014) - Delta Lanthanoir
* *Omega Quintet* (2014) - Takt
* *Ultra Street Fighter IV* (2014) - Yang
* *Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony* (2017) - Rantaro Amami, Hajime Hinata, Izuru Kamakura
* *Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite* (2017) - Zero
* *World of Final Fantasy: Maxima* (2018) - Firon
* *Shenmue III* (2019) - Additional Voices
* *Final Fantasy VII Remake* (2020) - Additional Voices
* *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles* (2021) - Giyu Tomioka

## External Links

* Johnny Yong Bosch at the Internet Movie Database
* Johnny Yong Bosch at the Anime News Network's encyclopedia