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I, Johnny Yong Bosch, command you... DESCRIBE ME!

Happily, Your Highness! Born John Jay Bosch, Johnny Yong Bosch (Fan Abbreviation: JYB)is a former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers star (he was a frog) who has since moved on to Anime voice acting, starting as Vash the Stampede in Trigun, and has since moved on to other lead roles. This coincidentally pitted him as the star and hero for the only two new anime Adult Swim was running for a year and a half- this streak ended when Code Geass completed its run in May 2009. This plus the earlier run of Eureka Seven led many to call the starting anime block "The JYB Power Hour". When combined with his role as Ichigo in Bleach, Adult Swim meant two things: shows from Williams Street, and shows starring JYB. He is the vocalist for his own band, Eyeshine. Oh yeah... and he's also an accomplished martial artist and could kick your ass! And since Vic Mignogna got fired due to allegations of harassment, Bosch became the new voice of Broly from Dragon Ball.

His Japanese vocal equivalent is Masakazu Morita, their voices have identical ranges. His career path on the other hand, mirrors Masaya Matsukaze. Fans may sometimes compare him to Jun Fukuyama since he shares four roles with Jun (Albert Morcerf from Gankutsuou, Lelouch Lamperouge from Code Geass, Haruto Sakaki from Witch Hunter Robin, and Juto from Magna Carta).

Has a Twitter account.

No relation to Johnny Longbone.

Johnny Yong Bosch has performed in the following roles:

Adam Park (2nd Black Ranger/Green Zeo Ranger/1st Green Turbo Ranger) in Power Rangers
Cameraman in Drop Dead Gorgeous. "Fuckin' beauty queens, blowin' chunks everywhere. I-I've never seen anything like it before, and I live in L.A."
Vash the Stampede in Trigun, his first venture in voice acting.
Ichigo Kurosaki and Hollow Ichigo in Bleach
Renton Thurston in Eureka Seven
Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass
Emil Castagnier (both normal and Ratatosk Mode) in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Nero in Devil May Cry 4 (voice and mocap)
Rossiu Aday in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Genma Shiranui and Sasori in Naruto
Tohru Adachi and the few instances in which the Main Character speaks in Persona 4. The Protagonist sounds more like a Power Ranger (he calls out almost every Persona like he's saying "IT'S MORPHING TIME!").
A rare bit part: Chet in Haré+Guu, where he is credited as Kevin Hatcher
- Bosch also used the Hatcher pseudonym as Yuichi Taira in Paranoia Agent
Itsuki Koizumi in Haruhi Suzumiya
Daisuke Ono in Lucky Star (As a Shout-Out to him portraying Itsuki mentioned above, whom Ono had also previously voiced)
Almaz in Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
Albert de Morcerf in Gankutsuou
Guy Cecil in Tales of the Abyss
Gram River in Mars Daybreak
Rush Sykes in The Last Remnant
Syuusuke Fuji in Prince of Tennis
Firion in Dissidia Final Fantasy
Kuhn in .hack
Kaneda in Akira (the Animaze dub)
Kiba in Wolfs Rain
Haruto Sakaki in Witch Hunter Robin
Billy Ray Leung in Wicked Game, a live-action buddy-heist B-movie with fellow Power Rangers star Jason Narvy (Skull of Bulk and Skull), which mostly served to show off his martial arts and stunt skills.
Raguna in Rune Factory: Frontier
Sid in Three Delivery
Reiji Kageyama in Gate Keepers and Gate Keepers 21
Prince Sagum in Moribito Guardian of the Spirit
Claus Valca in Last Exile
Yuji "Saku" Sakurai in Beck
Kazuki Makabe in Fafner in The Azure Dead Aggressor
Masataka Takayanagi in Tenjou Tenge (credited as Kevin Hatcher)
Bumblebee in Transformers: War for Cybertron
Clair "Vampire" Leonelli in Heat Guy J
Shinjiro Taiga in Sakura Wars So Long My Love
Sanada Yukimura in Warriors Orochi and Samurai Warriors 3
- as well in Sengoku Basara (YOUR LORDSHIIIIIP!!!!!!!)
Bo-Jiggler in Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo
Juto in Magna Carta II
Seto in Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Sakura Kusa kabe in Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan (used a whiny type pitch similar to Renton Thurston from what this troper has been told)
Izaya Orihara from Durarara!!
Zero in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, standing in for Lucas Gilbertson (from Nero to Zero! ... wait, another Zero?)
Yang Lee in Super Street Fighter IV
Kazuma in Freedom Project
Kota Fugiki in Gods Eater Burst
Ryu in Hellbinders
Torian Cadera in Star Wars: The Old Republic
Xiba in Soul Calibur V
Kurosawa in Binary Domain
Yuusaku Kitamura in Toradora!

It's Tropin' Time!

Anti-Hero: Surprisingly, despite him constantly being typecast as hot blooded, hammy heroes, he is quite capable of voicing anti-heroes such as Lelouch Lamperouge
- Johnny Yong Bosch stated in his Myspace blog that anti-heroes is his personal preference.
Bishonen: He's voiced quite a few of them. Vash, Itsuki, Lelouch, and Sasori are a few examples.
- Hell, he's even one in real life.
But Not Too Foreign: Word of God, he's half-Korean [1].
Dumb Is Good: If a Bosch-character is good, he's generally not very bright; if a Bosch character is smart, he's generally not very good.
- Ichigo Kurosaki is an interesting aversion to this trope, because while he's got the Leeroy Jenkins thing down he's actually quite intelligent, both in school and in battle. This totally applies to Ichigo's Super-Powered Evil Side, though.
Full-Name Basis: A lot of people say his full name when talking about him. Even on this wiki.
- One exception was in the first few episodes of Power Rangers where he was introduced, when he was credited under John Bosch.
The Hero: His primary forte. As he once noted in an interview, it was his "perfect Hero Voice" that landed him his first anime voice acting role.
Hot-Blooded: Also part of his primary forte, though ironically in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (a series known for being a World of Ham) he voices Rossiu, The Spock amongst the cast.
Kid Hero: ever since his Playing Against Type role of Renton Thurston, he has been getting some roles where he uses a higher-pitch voice that casts him into younger characters. From Emil, Almaz, Sakura Kusakabe, and recently Xiba, they all have whiny higher pitch voice in stark contrast to the HotBloodedness hams he had like Vash the Stampede and Ichigo Kurosaki.
Large Ham: Most of his voice acting makes the characters larger than life to the point of Superlative Dubbing.
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: While he's capable of pulling off a high-pitch voice like Renton Thurston, he has yet played any role that involves pulling off an accent. That was until:
- He has spoken in a completely different language in a dub - Being Izaya's voice actor required him to speak in Russian for a few lines. It sounds near perfect compared to Izaya's original voice.
- Similarly, while still easily recognizable, he also attempted a Japanese accent in Binary Domain as Kurosawa. Seeing that he had worked a lot of anime titles in the past, it's no surprise he manage to pick this accent up quickly.
Pigeonholed Voice Actor: due to him being typecast either into the Bishonen or Hot-Blooded Hammy heroes
- He has range if you get past Shonen Jump and Adult Swim roles. Notably Claus, Renton, Adachi, Claire, Itsuki, and now Izaya.
Hey, It's That Voice!: Since his vocal range is limited due to typecasting, his voice acting is easily the most recognizable by many fans, even when he is supposed to be playing against the type.
- Subverted with the title character from Soul Eater, he was misattributed to this character before it was later announced that the newcomer Micah Solusod is voicing Soul. ^[1]
  - To hammer this example out, Micah Solusod's performance on Lizst in Ookami-san sounds exactly like Johnny Yong Bosch's performance as Itsuki. And to make this a Hilarious in Hindsight context, Micah will be replacing Johnny Yong Bosch's role as Kazuki in the recent Fafner film adaption dub.
- Likewise with Pit in Kid Icarus Uprising (actually Antony Del Rio). This case is interesting because it persisted even after Johnny stated that he did not voice Pit.
Playing Against Type: In addition to above mentioned roles, he has voiced a whiny Butt Monkey, Sakura Kusakabe, from Dokuro-chan.
- And as Rossiu in Gurren Lagann. Since he usually plays Hot-Blooded Large Hams, you'd think he'd be right at home in a series where more than half the cast fits that description...but he voices one who doesn't.
Relationship Voice Actor: Usually plays either alongside or opposite to Yuri Lowenthal.
- Also worked with Crispin Freeman in many of the voice acting work, either as a steadfast ally (or understudy) or overly smug rival.
  - As well as inferior.
- His characters also tend to get paired with those played by either Stephanie Sheh or Laura Bailey, the former especially so.

Tropes Associated with his band:

Album Title Drop: In "Silverstar" on Tone of Echoes.
Rockstar Song: "Let's Play Our Way"

THIS PAGE IS MADE OF LOVE AND PEACE!!!

↑ * It also didn't help to note the fact that Johnny Yong Bosch worked with FUNimation on several titles in the past. Justified, as he was raised in a town in Texas during his childhood years where it is located near Funimation's headquarters

[1] * It also didn't help to note the fact that Johnny Yong Bosch worked with FUNimation on several titles in the past. Justified, as he was raised in a town in Texas during his childhood years where it is located near Funimation's headquarters

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 [[Code Geass|I, Johnny Yong Bosch, command you...]] '''[[Large Ham|DESCRIBE ME!]]'''
-[[Running Gag|Happily, Your Highness!]] Born John Jay Bosch, '''[[Johnny Yong Bosch]]''' ([[Fan Nickname|Fan Abbreviation]]: JYB)is a former ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' star (he was [[Throw It In|a frog]]) who has since moved on to [[Anime]] voice acting, starting as Vash the Stampede in ''[[Trigun]]'', and has since moved on to other lead roles. This coincidentally pitted him as the star and hero for the ONLY TWO new anime [[Adult Swim]] was running for a year and a half- this streak ended when ''[[Code Geass]]'' completed its run in May 2009. This plus the earlier run of ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' led many to call the starting anime block "The JYB Power Hour". When combined with his role as Ichigo in ''[[Bleach]]'', Adult Swim meant two things: shows from Williams Street, and shows starring JYB. He is the vocalist for his own band, [[Music/Eyeshine|Eyeshine]]. Oh yeah... and he's also an accomplished martial artist and could [[Badass|kick]] [[I Know Karate|your ass]]!
+[[Running Gag|Happily, Your Highness!]] Born John Jay Bosch, '''[[Johnny Yong Bosch]]''' ([[Fan Nickname|Fan Abbreviation]]: JYB)is a former ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' star (he was [[Throw It In|a frog]]) who has since moved on to [[Anime]] voice acting, starting as Vash the Stampede in ''[[Trigun]]'', and has since moved on to other lead roles. This coincidentally pitted him as the star and hero for the ''only two'' new anime [[Adult Swim]] was running for a year and a half- this streak ended when ''[[Code Geass]]'' completed its run in May 2009. This plus the earlier run of ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' led many to call the starting anime block "The JYB Power Hour". When combined with his role as Ichigo in ''[[Bleach]]'', Adult Swim meant two things: shows from Williams Street, and shows starring JYB. He is the vocalist for his own band, [[Eyeshine]]. Oh yeah... and he's also an accomplished martial artist and could [[Badass|kick]] [[I Know Karate|your ass]]! And since [[Vic Mignogna]] got fired due to allegations of harassment, Bosch became the new voice of Broly from ''[[Dragon Ball]]''.
 His Japanese vocal equivalent is [[Masakazu Morita]], their voices have identical ranges. His career path on the other hand, mirrors [[Masaya Matsukaze]]. Fans may sometimes compare him to [[Jun Fukuyama]] since he shares four roles with Jun (Albert Morcerf from ''[[Gankutsuou]]'', Lelouch Lamperouge from ''[[Code Geass]]'', Haruto Sakaki from ''[[Witch Hunter Robin]]'', and Juto from ''[[Magna Carta]]'').
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 No relation to [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|Johnny Longbone]].
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-=== Notable Roles: ===
 * Adam Park ([[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|2nd Black Ranger]]/[[Power Rangers Zeo|Green Zeo Ranger]]/[[Power Rangers Turbo|1st Green Turbo Ranger]]) in ''[[Power Rangers]]''
 * [[One-Scene Wonder|Cameraman]] in ''[[Drop Dead Gorgeous (film)|Drop Dead Gorgeous]]''. "Fuckin' beauty queens, blowin' chunks everywhere. I-I've never seen anything like it before, and I live in L.A."
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 * Genma Shiranui and Sasori in ''[[Naruto]]''
 * Tohru Adachi and the few instances in which the Main Character speaks in ''[[Persona 4]]''. The Protagonist sounds more like a Power Ranger (he calls out almost every Persona like he's saying "IT'S MORPHING TIME!").
-* A rare bit part: Chet in ''[[Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu]]'', where he is credited as Kevin Hatcher
+* A rare bit part: Chet in ''[[Haré+Guu]]'', where he is credited as Kevin Hatcher
 ** Bosch also used the Hatcher pseudonym as Yuichi Taira in ''[[Paranoia Agent]]''
 * Itsuki Koizumi in ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]''
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 * Raguna in ''[[Rune Factory: Frontier]]''
 * Sid in ''[[Three Delivery]]''
-* Reiji Kageyama in ''[[Gate Keepers]]''
+* Reiji Kageyama in ''[[Gate Keepers]]'' and ''[[Gate Keepers 21]]''
 * Prince Sagum in ''[[Moribito Guardian of the Spirit]]''
 * Claus Valca in ''[[Last Exile]]''
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 * Xiba in ''[[Soul Calibur|Soul Calibur V]]''
 * Kurosawa in ''[[Binary Domain]]''
+* Yuusaku Kitamura in ''[[Toradora!]]''
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-=== [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|It's Tropin' Time!]] ===
+{{creatortropes|[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|It's Tropin' Time!]]}}
-* [[Anti-Hero]]: Surprisingly, despite him constantly being typecasted in hot blooded, hammy heroes, he is quite capable of voicing ''anti-heroes.'' such as Lelouch Lamperouge
+* [[Anti-Hero]]: Surprisingly, despite him constantly being typecast as hot blooded, hammy heroes, he is quite capable of voicing ''anti-heroes'' such as Lelouch Lamperouge
 ** Johnny Yong Bosch stated in his [https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view Myspace blog] that anti-heroes is his personal preference.
 * [[Bishonen]]: He's voiced quite a few of them. Vash, Itsuki, Lelouch, and Sasori are a few examples.
 ** Hell, he's [[Truth in Television|even one in real life]].
-* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: [[Word of God]], he's [[No Koreans in Japan|half-Korean]] [http://www.rangermania.com/johnnyyongbosch.htm\].
+* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: [[Word of God]], he's [[No Koreans in Japan|half-Korean]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092356/http://www.rangermania.com/johnnyyongbosch.htm].
 * [[Dumb Is Good]]: If a Bosch-character is good, he's generally [[Idiot Hero|not very bright]]; if a Bosch character is smart, he's generally [[Manipulative Bastard|not very good]].
 ** Ichigo Kurosaki is an interesting aversion to this trope, because while he's got the [[Leeroy Jenkins]] thing down he's actually quite intelligent, both in school and in battle. This totally applies to Ichigo's [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], though.
 * [[Full-Name Basis]]: A lot of people say his full name when talking about him. Even on this wiki.
-** One exception was in the first few episodes of Power Rangers where he was introduced, when he was credited under John Bocsh.
+** One exception was in the first few episodes of ''Power Rangers'' where he was introduced, when he was credited under John Bosch.
 * [[The Hero]]: His primary forte. As he once noted in an interview, it was his "perfect Hero Voice" that landed him [[Trigun|his first anime voice acting role]].
 * [[Hot-Blooded]]: Also part of his primary forte, though ironically in [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] (a series known for being a [[World of Ham]]) he voices Rossiu, [[The Spock]] amongst the cast.
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 ** He has spoken in a completely different language in a dub - Being [[Durarara!!|Izaya's]] voice actor required him to speak in Russian for a few lines. It sounds near perfect compared to Izaya's original voice.
 ** Similarly, while still easily recognizable, he also attempted a Japanese accent in ''[[Binary Domain]]'' as Kurosawa. Seeing that he had worked a lot of anime titles in the past, it's no surprise he manage to pick this accent up quickly.
-* [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]]: due to him being typecasted either into the [[Bishonen]] or [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Large Ham|Hammy]] [[The Hero|heroes]]
+* [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]]: due to him being typecast either into the [[Bishonen]] or [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Large Ham|Hammy]] [[The Hero|heroes]]
 ** He has range if you get past [[Shonen Jump]] and [[Adult Swim]] roles. Notably Claus, [[Kid Hero|Renton]], [[Police Are Useless|Adachi]], [[Psychopathic Manchild|Claire]], [[The Philosopher|Itsuki]], and now [[Affably Evil|Izaya]].
 * [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Since his vocal range is limited due to typecasting, his voice acting is ''easily'' the most recognizable by many fans, ''even when he is supposed to be playing against the type''.
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+[[Category:Describe Topic Here]]