Johnny Yong Bosch

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Johnny Yong Bosch

Johnny Yong Bosch at Power Morphicon 2007
Born John Jay Bosch
January 6, 1976 (1976-01-06) (age 36)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Other names John Bosch
Kevin Hatcher
Occupation Actor, voice actor, martial artist, musician
Spouse Amy Bosch, 1 child (2010)
Website
http://www.eyeshine.net
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Johnny Yong Bosch (born January 6, 1976, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American actor, voice actor, martial artist, and musician.

He may be best known for portraying Adam Park in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the English voice of Ichigo Kurosaki in the hit 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. He is also a two-time American Anime Award nominee.

He is also a lead singer in the band Eyeshine.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Bosch was born John Jay Bosch in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Garland, Texas. His mother is Korean, and his father is of German and Irish descent.[1]

[edit] Power Rangers

Bosch is best known for his role as Adam Park in the hit show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, for which he was cast at age 18. During the second season, three of the actors who portrayed the Rangers (Austin St. John, Walter Emanuel Jones, and Thuy Trang) were in what is believed to have been a hold-out for more money. Instead of giving them more money, Saban replaced them with new actors. In the episode "The Power Transfer" (Parts 1 & 2), the three Power Rangers holding out were replaced while they were traveling to Switzerland for a World Peace Conference. Bosch auditioned for the role of the second Black Ranger at KD Studio in July 1994.

The motion picture based on the TV show, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, went on to make over $30 million in the box office. 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 U.S. However, the video release of the film was one of the highest selling of 1997.[citation needed]

For Power Rangers: Turbo, Bosch was given more time and more lines than 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 Vallerte (played by Roger Velasco) to take on the powers of the Green Turbo Ranger; previously, Adam was coaching Carlos, the star player on the Angel Grove High School soccer team.[2]

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 almost 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 damaged Morpher 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.[citation needed]

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 3½ 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.[citation needed]

[edit] 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, Vash in Trigun, Kiba in Wolf's Rain, Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass, Guy in Tales of the Abyss, Nero in Devil May Cry 4, Renton Thurston in Eureka Seven, and the role of Itsuki Koizumi in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. also the role of Izaya Orihara in Durarara!!

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 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. In 2005, Bosch produced, wrote and directed a film, Stray, whose post-production has been on-hold, due to Bosch's busy work schedule and audio problems.[citation needed]

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. In 2007, Bosch co-starred alongside Ray Park in a comic-book style action film, Hellbinders.

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 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.[citation needed] Recently, he also voiced the Final Fantasy character Firion in the games Dissidia: Final Fantasy, and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, and Zero of Mega Man X fame in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. Also host of AnimeTV, which started its second season on Revision3.

[edit] Eyeshine

Eyeshine
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres Edge Rock, indie rock, alternative rock, pop
Years active 2004–Present
Website www.eyeshine.net
Members
Johnny Yong Bosch
Maurice Salmin
Crystal Mesina
Polo Yazaki
Past members
Ji Ho "Daniel" Lee
Eddie Colmenares
Tori Dozier
Alex Orantes
Chris Steinborn
Sean Cargo

Eyeshine is a four piece, "Edge Rock" band originating in West Hills, California.[3] Eyeshine currently consists of members Johnny Yong Bosch (lead vocals, rhythm guitar[3]), Maurice Salmin (drums, backing vocals, piano), Crystal Mesina (bass, backing vocals),[3][4] and Polo Yazaki (lead guitar).[5]

[edit] History

The origins of Eyeshine date back to 2002 when lead vocalist/guitarist Johnny Yong Bosch (who is known from the hit television series Power Rangers and is a well known voice actor) and drummer/backing vocalist/pianist Maurice Salmin began playing together in a church band. Eventually, the decided to take a shot at writing and performing their own music. The band went through many incarnations before deciding on the name Eyeshine. Bosch got the name "Eyeshine" from an episode of the 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.[6] Alex Orantes joined the band a year later, followed by Ji Ho "Daniel" Lee who joined in 2007 after the release of the band's EP How About That[4][5] Their debut studio album, Red Stripes White Lights,[4][5][6] was released April 30, 2008. Red Stripes White Lights took Eyeshine on the road with singles "Here Comes The End Again" and "Not Really Good" which helped garner a cult following. The album was also on a Nationwide Campaign by Planetary Group which featured the album on 350 radio stations.

In early March 2009, the band released four tracks from their upcoming sophomore album, My Paper Kingdom,[4][5][6][7] on their Myspace while updating fans on the new release date set for April 2009. Lead guiraitst Ji Ho "Daniel" Lee and bassist Alex Orantes left the band before the album's completion,[7] due to other commitments. My Paper Kingdom was ultimately released on June 5, 2009. It featured the track "Alone," which won best song for the Campus Music Fest's competition Social Justice.[8] "Alone" was also certified by the IAIRA (International Association of Independent Recording Artists) as being in the Top 15 Most played indie artist's songs.[9] Before long, Eddie Colmenares and Crystal Mesina joined the band as its new lead guitarist and bassist respectively.

Eyeshine released their third album, Tone of Echoes,[5] December 16, 2010, and released an acoustic album, titled Afterglow,[5][6] which featured Kimberly Freeman of One-Eyed Doll on the song "Tearing Away," on January 19, 2011. After releasing Tone of Echoes, Eyeshine was able to tour outside the United States going to New Zealand,[4] Puerto Rico, and Canada. With the album's release, the band was also able to get sponsorships/endorsements with various companies including: Egnater, Rocktron, GHS Strings, Asics Tiger, Dunlop, Vitamin Water, and Smart Water. The song "Hope Is So Far Away" had its music video sponsored by the Elfenworks Foundation. The band announced in March 2011 that they are currently working on an instrumental album, currently titled Sonosis which is to be released in the near future. The first song off the album, titled "Guide Me" was released as part of a teaser video for the album. On May 9, 2011, via the band's official website, Eddie Colmenares announced that he was leaving the band to pursue other musical interests. On May 16, the band announced that Ji Ho "Daniel" Lee would be returning to the band as its lead guitarist, and the band would have its next album finished by the end of the summer. On June 17, the band released their music video for the song "Stratosphere." The band digitally released a Christmas album titled Xmas on October 31, 2011, their instrumental album Sonosis on November 24, 2011, and a karaoke album titled Sansvox on December 24, 2011. It was also announced in December 2011 that Ji Ho Lee left the band in order to go back to school and help out his family.

[edit] Notable Achievements

  • Campus Music Fest - Los Angeles Finals 2009 (TOP 3 Finalists)
  • "Alone" Album My Paper Kingdom - The Elfenworks Social Justice Award 2009[8] (First Place)
  • Star 98.7 - Rockstar Finals 2009 (Top 5 Finalists)[10]
  • Star 98.7 - Rockstar Finals 2010 (Top 10 Finalists)
  • "Alone" Album My Paper Kingdom - Top 15 Most played indie artist's songs IAIRA[9]
  • Gimme the Gig @ Whisky a Go Go – Finals 2010 (Top 7 Finalists) Live on KTLA[11][12]
  • AMP Magazine's Unsigned Contest Winner[13]
  • KROQ-FM - Cabo Wabo Shot to Rock (Top 10 Finalists)[5]
Three band members including Johnny Yong Bosch on a stage
Eyeshine at KotoriCon 2012

[edit] Discography

Studio albums
  • Red Stripes White Lights (2008)
  • My Paper Kingdom (2009)
  • Tone of Echoes (2010)
  • Sonosis (2011, instrumental album)
  • Revolution Airwaves (2012)
Extended plays
  • How About That (2006)
Other albums
  • Afterglow (2011; acoustic album)
  • Xmas (2011; holiday album)
  • Sansvox (2011, karaoke album)
Music videos
Year Song Album Director
2006 "Sunday Flower" How About That
2008 "Here Comes the End Again" Red Stripes White Lights
2009 "Fighting"[7] My Paper Kingdom David Wald
2010 "Hope Is So Far Away"[4] Tone of Echoes
"Our Whole Lives Tonight"[4] Jason A. Narvy
2011 "Stratosphere"

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Anime roles

[edit] Non-Anime roles

[edit] Power Rangers

[edit] Video Games roles

[edit] Film roles

[edit] Documentaries

[edit] Other

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Ranger Mania
  2. ^ Power Rangers Turbo; "Passing the Torch, Part 2"
  3. ^ a b c "QC Anime-zing! Announces Johnny Yong Bosh, Eyeshine, Russell Lissau and Trevor Mueller". Anime News Network. 6 January 2011. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2011-01-06/qc-anime-zing-announces-johnny-yong-bosh-eyeshine-russell-lissau-and-trevor-mueller. Retrieved 20 February 2011. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Eyeshine Show - Johnny Yong Bosh and Eyeshine!". Armageddon Expo. http://www.armageddonexpo.com/nz/special-events/johnny-yong-bosch-and-the-full-eyeshine-band. Retrieved 20 February 2011. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Aguilar, Thomas (16 June 2011). "Cabo Wabo’s Your Shot To Rock Finalist: Eyeshine". KROQ-FM. http://kroq.radio.com/2011/06/16/cabo-wabos-your-shot-to-rock-finalist-eyeshine/. Retrieved 23 June 2011. 
  6. ^ a b c d "Mizucon Announces Johnny Yong Bosch and Eyeshine as Guests of Honor!!". Upcomingcons.com. 18 March 2010. http://www.upcomingcons.com/news_items/501-Mizucon-Announces-Johnny-Yong-Bosch-and-Eyeshine-. Retrieved 20 February 2011. 
  7. ^ a b c "Eyeshine's "Paper Kingdom" Built On Solid Ground!!". Bostonbastardbrigade.com. 6 May2010. http://www.bostonbastardbrigade.com/2010/05/eyeshines-paper-kingdom-built-on-solid-ground/. Retrieved 20 February 2011. 
  8. ^ a b "Overall Winner 2009 Elfenworks Social Justice Category". http://wp.elfenworksfoundation.org/campus-moviefest-2009. 
  9. ^ a b "Maurice's IAIRA Twitter Announcement". http://twitter.com/#!/MauriceSalmin/status/26233925416. 
  10. ^ "Eyeshine Rockstar Finals Annoucement". http://www.eyeshine.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6025. 
  11. ^ "Blogging Los Angeles". http://blogging.la/2011/02/15/gimme-the-gig-free-concert-at-the-whiskey-thursday-evening. 
  12. ^ "Eyeshine's Gimme the Gig Finals Facebook Event". http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185018844865195. 
  13. ^ "AMP Magazine". http://www.ampmagazine.com/14963/unsigned-contest-winner-eyeshine/. 

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