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Johnny Yong Bosch (born John Jay Bosch; January 6,[1] 1976[2]) is an American actor. 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. As a voice actor, some of his most notable roles are Vash the Stampede in Trigun, Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Yu Narukami and Tohru Adachi in Persona 4, Nero in Devil May Cry, and Lelouch Vi Britannia in Code Geass.

Early life
Bosch was born John Jay Bosch on January 6, 1976 in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Garland, Texas.[3][4][5][6] Bosch was born to a Korean mother and an American father of Irish and German descent. He is the second of four children in his family.[7][4][8] 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.[4][5] He taught himself martial arts at first,[5] mimicking moves from Lee as well as Jackie Chan.[7] Bosch 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.[7][5]

Career
Power Rangers and other projects
Bosch auditioned for the Power Rangers show in Dallas after being informed of the audition by his martial arts instructor.[4] 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.[7] For the feature film Power Rangers: The Movie,[4] he did all of his stunts after his stuntman had broken his leg.[7] He also noted that among all the different animal characters the Rangers got to be associated, his was associated to a frog.[9][8] 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.[4] He played Adam in the second feature film Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie.[7][4] 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."[4] 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).[7] Bosch returned as Adam Park in the Power Rangers in Space episode "Always a Chance".[10] At the request of Power Rangers director Koichi Sakamoto, he had an additional guest appearance in the Power Rangers Operation Overdrive episode "Once A Ranger" in 2007 for the franchise's 15th anniversary, where he mentioned he got to go to New Zealand.[9] 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.[11][12]

In July 2019, a crowdfunding campaign for the film Legend Of The White Dragon, including Jason David Frank, Bosch, Jason Faunt, Ciara Hanna, Yoshi Sudarso, Chrysti Ane and Jenna Frank, was launched on kickstarter.[13] In 2020, he directed his first film, Ark Exitus, starring Jason Narvy.

In 2023, Bosch reprised the role of Adam Park in a 30th-anniversary special, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, which was released on Netflix in April of that year.