Johnny Tolbert

Johnny Tolbert is a combat medic who traveled the world much like Eric Tyson, who he saw in Africa during a Civil War & had an Automatic Colt Pistol bullet stuck in his brain after being shot which causes him great pain at times. When he comes back to America he is hired by the Ness Foundation to be the user of the Birth Rider system as well as the first one to use it. He takes up the job as the Birth Rider so to earn $900000 for the surgery to remove the said bullet. The bullet causes him greater pain over time & starts to affect his performance in battle. After taking up Dr. Leach's offer to work for the Greedemon with a bribe, he reveals that he was doing so at Ness's behest, which would earn him the amount of money enough to afford his surgery. He was later wounded on the job to the point where he can no longer fight effectively & resigned his position from the Ness Foundation, obtaining his money & leaves the country to get his surgery done with Lucas succeeding him. Later, he returns after recuperating from his surgery & becomes the user of the Prototype Version of Birth Rider to fight against the Greedemon.

Personality
Johnny is a happy-go-lucky young man who hates reading manuals & has a tendency in shortening names (he often calls Blazephyr as "Blaze"). Despite this, he enjoys getting his job done perfectly & believes risking big in order to win big, thus proclaiming that he'll be taking all the Cell Coins from here on out. Johnny is a people person, admitting his own desire, yet he makes it a personal rule of his to not use others to reach his goal, as well as not doing anything that will make him cry. He is also somewhat reckless, getting Blazephyr in a line of fire while fighting the Beetle & Stag Yummies. Johnny is also known to love eating fried seafood (specifically crab cakes), even making crab cakes in Kieran Leach's research lab, while at the same time taking up residence & making a big mess out of it, much to Leach's ire. He has taken a liking to Lucas Hargrave, training him in order to take up the mantle of Birth Rider once his job is over. He has a big brother-little brother/father-son dynamic with Lucas & he is always happy to see the latter grow. When he comes back to America after his surgery & sees how his "brother" has now become his own man & doing better than he was before, he exclaimed that he was happy. Before a battle, Johnny tends to say "Now, let's start earning". In the battle with the Unicorn Yummy, he has shown difficulty in the battle that may be involved with a bullet that is lodged in his brain.

His fighting style as Birth Rider is a combination of mixed martial arts & pro wrestling techniques, as shown in particular against the Parrot & Unicorn Yummies. Due to his dislike for reading manuals, his use of the Birth Rider system tends towards the "learn as you go" approach & as such, he is not as effective as Lucas when it comes to using the exosuit & its armaments.

Medicine
Johnny is a skilled combat medic with years of experience under his belt. He is able to treat people's wounds with whatever he has on him & figure out the best way possible to treat them.

Devices

 * Birth Belt: Transformation belt
 * Candroid: Birth Rider can-like support robots
 * Cell Coin: Uses to transform or access weapons

Weapons

 * Birth Blaster: Birth Rider's personal sidearm
 * Birth CLAWs: Birth Rider's armor system

Vehicles

 * Power Bike: Birth Rider's Rider Machine

Portrayal
Johnny Tolbert is portrayed by Andrew Gray. Gray previously portrayed Troy Burrows ((Super) Megaforce Red) in Power Rangers Megaforce & Power Rangers Super Megaforce.