From the Official Johnny Y. Bosch Site

He was a martial artist, then a Power Ranger, and finally Vash the Stampede. Johnny Yong Bosch has been part of the hottest shows in North America, one which was a general-interest sensation and the other that remains a fan favorite (just count the Vash costumers at a convention). But to listen to Bosch, both prime roles just...happened. After Bosch filled an opening in the Power Rangers show, he did an independent martial arts film, and "For the stunts they had this guy who co-produced the movie and had connections with Pioneer. He said 'Hey, you've got this hero voice.' I really didn't think I had one, but he said it was cool. He said 'We're doing this show called Trigun, why don't you audition?'"

Bosch liked the look of the Japanese original, auditioned and got the lead role of Vash. A few months later, he found himself as the star in a wild and crazy show which turns out to have an unexpected serious edge, which Bosch had to interpret. Did he agonize over the performance? Not really. "I just take it as it is - that's cool," he said about playing Vash. "That was my first time to play animation stuff so it was tough. They gave me the first couple of episodes to watch, and Vash did a lot of screaming and high pitched voices...and he was crazy. I didn't really prepare, actually - I just went in to the booth."

The lack of over-preparation included Vash's signature phrase of "Love and Peace," which Bosch and the Trigun dub script took straight from the Japanese original. "It was so weird," recalled Bosch. "It was like putting a message on an answering machine." Bosch found that Vash and his performance had to take a serious direction as Trigun progressed. "In the beginning he was crazy and wild, and I wondered why he was so goofy. I eventually figured out he had this dark past and was putting on this facade. It wasn't hard for me to switch over." While Bosch claims not to prepare much, he also admits studio dubbing of anime is tougher than the live-action martial arts work he's done.


Name: Johnny Yong Bosch (NOTE: Johnny's real middle name is Jay. Not Yong. When Johnny got the role of Adam, Saban thought that Jay wasn't "oriental" enough, so they changed his middle name to Yong; his mother's first name.)

Birthdate: January 6th, 1976

Birthplace: Kansas City, MO

Raised In: Garland, Texas

Current Residence: L.A. area, Ca

High School: Garland High

Height: 5'8" (Since I've last seen him)

Weight: 180lbs (give or take a few pounds)

Siblings: An older sister (Cindy), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Diana). They all live back in Texas, except for Mike who now lives in Georgia.

Pets: Two dogs and a cat. "A German Shepard named Kato (Bruce Lee's character in the Green Hornet), and a Siberian Husky named Max, I had two cats, now just one. Her name is Jackie named after Jackie Chan because when she was little I thought SHE was a HE and she always jumped off tables and did cool stunts. Whispers ran away :-(

Hobbies: "Working out, coming up with new kicks, playing soccer, writing, reading the Bible, and making cheesy no-budget action/comedy/kung fu-films :-)"

Martial Arts: Shaolin Kung Fu. He largely taught himself from Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan movies.

Where it got him: Received the Purple Sash after only a year and a half of
training.

Life before becoming a Power Ranger: Has competed in numerous martial arts competitions. Has won a trophy in every one he entered. GO JOHNNY! All seven!

Darker Past: Used to be picked on a lot when he was young. Eventually led to his becoming a bully. Made a change for the better with the help of his Kung Fu instructor, James Clark, who also informed Johnny (several years later) of the Power Rangers auditions being held in Dallas.

Double duty on the set: He did his own stunts in the first movie; MMPR:TM, when his stuntman, Dan, broke his leg during practice on the trampoline.

Stunt that was cut: He was suppose to do a bungee jump in the second movie, "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie," where he was on top of the cliff looking down at the other rangers in the boat. Divatox threw her torpedos at a mermaid and Adam bungee jumped off the cliff and saved her. But the scene was taken out.

Stunts on his own: Sky Diving, Bungee Jumping, Scuba Diving (How I envy him!:o)

Best friends on the set: Jason Frank "We go to his apartment where there is this big patch of grass and we do kicks and stuff like that", Jason Narvy, and Nakia Burrise.

Goals: To keep working on films, give to the poor, the church, and make people smile.

Religion: Christian

Personal Influence: God

Professional Influence: Jackie Chan

Soccer: Played a defender in soccer when the opponent's team had a strong offense and played offense when the opponent's had a strong defense. He played all over the place in soccer!