Donna Burke


























































Donna Burke
Born
Donna Margaret Burke


(1964-12-12) December 12, 1964 (age 54)

Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Residence
Tokyo, Japan
Other names Donnna Burke
Occupation
Singer, voice actress, narrator, businesswoman, teacher
Years active 1997–present[1]
Spouse(s) Bill Benfield
Website
donnaburke.com
Musical career
Genres
Pop, jazz
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1987–present
Labels Dag Music
Associated acts Ganime Jazz

Donna Burke (born 12 December 1964 in Perth, Australia)[2] is an Australian singer, voice actress and businesswoman.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Voice work


  • 3 Filmography


    • 3.1 Anime


    • 3.2 Video games




  • 4 Solo discography


  • 5 Other discography


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Biography


Burke graduated from Edith Cowan University. Her education included "operatic voice, speech and drama"[2] and she received classical voice training for ten years.[3]


From 1989 to 1995 Burke taught Media, English and Religious Education to senior students at Chisholm Catholic College. She moved to Japan in 1996 and initially worked as a teacher of English before obtaining some recording work.[2][4]


Burke married Bill Benfield,[when?] a British former teacher. In 2004, Burke and Benfield started a record label, Dagmusic, which catered for foreign artists. Burke released her debut album, Lost and Found, through Dagmusic.[2][5][6]


Burke has worked as a freelance announcer at NHK since 1999. She also is the lyricist for numerous Japanese TV commercials, anime songs and J-pop group tunes.


Burke created Hotteeze in 2004,[7] a company she created to export Japanese heat pads worldwide.



Voice work


Burke's voice has been used in Japan since 2005 for announcements on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train system. Her voice is also used in Narita Airport Delta lounges and in English language guidance for the Emperor Showa Memorial Museum.


In 2007,[citation needed] Burke narrated a documentary titled Climate in Crisis - Part 1, which won the 2007 silver medal for Environment/Ecology at the New York Television Festival and the 2007 Earth Vision Award at the Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival.



Filmography



Anime

























































Year Title Role Notes
2002 Voices of a Distant Star Operator of the Lysithea
2003 Trip Trek Catherine, Bee #2

2004–present
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series		 Raising Heart [8]
2010 Little Charo 2 Kanon [9]

2014–2017		 Fastening Days Anna, Kelly (ep. 2) [10]
2016 Princess Sesame Queen [8]
Mainichi Kaasan Grandmother [8]
Strange Dawn Yuko Miyabe


Video games































































































































































Year Title Role Notes
2000 Shenmue Others
2001 Virtua Fighter 4 Vanessa Lewis [1]
2001 Silent Hill 2 Angela Orosco Original and HD Collection releases [8]
2002 Shenmue II Additional Voices PC, PS4, Xbox, Xbox One versions
2003 Silent Hill 3 Claudia Wolf Original release only[11]
2003 Dino Crisis 3 Sonya Hart Motion capture
2003 F-Zero GX Mrs. Arrow [11]
2003 Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand Hel
2003 Bloody Roar 4 Uranus [11]
2004 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Storytelling Narrator [8]
2004 Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django Lady, Dvalinn
2004 Rumble Roses Anesthesia / Dr. Cutter
2005 Virtua Quest Vanessa Lewis
[1][12]
2006 Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice Norah [8]
2007 Lunar Knights Ursula
2010 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces Raising Heart
2011 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Gears of Destiny Raising Heart
2012 Lumines Electronic Symphony Announcer [13]
2012 Diabolical Pitch Christina
2014 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes iDROID [11]
2015 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain iDROID [11]
2016 NightCry Jessica, Angie, Maria, Kelly [14]
2016 Let It Die Various [8]
2017 Arms Dr. Coyle [15]
2018 Fitness Boxing Laura [16]


Solo discography




  • Lost and Found (with Bill Benfield) (2000)[6]


  • Éirí na Gréine (2001)


  • Donna Burke with the David Silverman Quartet (2002)


  • Goodbye Nakamura EP (2004)


  • Blue Nights (1 June 2005)[17]



Other discography




  • The Yamaha Educational Children's Songs CDs - Various Artists (1997-2003 - vocals for several tracks)


  • Para Para Panic CDs - Volumes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 / Various Artists (2000 - vocals for several tracks)


  • Elebits - "The Smile of You" (2006 - in collaboration with Naoyuki Satō)


  • ABBA Ibiza Caliente Mix - ABBA, Sabu (2001 - vocals for several tracks)


  • The Bleep Brothers (2001 - vocals for three tracks)[4]


  • Vandread: Original OVA Soundtrack 1 - Yasunori Iwasaki, Various Artists (2001 - vocal for "What a Wonderful World")


  • Vandread: Original OVA Soundtrack 2 - Yasunori Iwasaki, Various Artists (2001 - vocal and lyrics for "Somedays")


  • Strange Dawn - "To The Sky" (2002)


  • Turn A Gundam: Original Movie Soundtrack - "Wakusei no Gogo, Bokura wa Kisu wo Shita" - Yoko Kanno (2002 - vocal for "After All")

  • "Seven" - V6 (2002 - lyrics for "One")


  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - "Morning Sky" and "Moonless Starry Night"


  • Haibane Renmei: Original OVA Soundtrack 1 - "Hanenone (ハネノネ)" - Kow Otani, Masumi Sakaue (2003 - vocal and lyrics for "Wondering")


  • Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova - "Star Gate Heaven" and "Star Gate Heaven (FUTURE LOVE Mix)" - Various Artists (2006 - in collaboration with Sōta Fujimori)


  • Tokimeki Memorial 2 Substories: Dancing Summer Vacation - "Hero ~Dancing Summer Mix English Ver.~"


  • OutRun 2 - "Life Was a Bore"


  • The Last Remnant - "Journey's End"


  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers - "Kuule tää unelmain" and "Ephemeron"


  • God Eater - "God and Man"


  • Tales of Legendia - "Hotarubi" and "My Tales" with Gab Desmond


  • Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - "Heavens Divide"


  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - "Sins of the Father"


  • Metal Gear Solid Vocal Tracks (2015 - vocals for several tracks)[18]


  • Tokyo Ghoul √A - "Glassy Sky"


  • Implosion - Never Lose Hope - "Way in the Dark"[19]



References





  1. ^ abc Kemps, Heidi (31 December 2014). "Interview: Donna Burke, veteran singer and voice actor". Gaming.moe. Retrieved 24 March 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ abcd Kato, Mariko (16 February 2010). "Instinct Key for Singer-Entrepreneur". The Japan Times. Toshiaki Ogasawara. Retrieved 16 January 2014.


  3. ^ "Japan-Australia Music Artist Exchange in Roppongi". Year of Exchange (Japan Australia Cultural Exchange Association). August 2006. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006. Retrieved 16 January 2014.


  4. ^ ab Nibayashi, Maki. "Life in Japan: Donna Burke". Metropolis (341). Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2014.


  5. ^ "Lost and Found – Donna Burke". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 January 2014.


  6. ^ ab Burke, Donna; Benfield, Bill (2000), Lost and Found, Dag Music. National Library of Australia, retrieved 16 January 2014


  7. ^ "About Us – Hotteeze International". hotteeze.com.


  8. ^ abcdefg "ドナ・バークとは ?". donnaburke.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 June 2018.


  9. ^ Burke, Donna [@db_singer_actor] (1 November 2011). "Tomorrow November 3rd 9.00-9.45 I'll be interviewed on a Channel 3 NHK show about Little Charo 2 my role as Kanon" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 July 2017 – via Twitter.


  10. ^ "YKK presents "FASTENING DAYS"". ykkfastening.com. Retrieved 7 April 2016.


  11. ^ abcde "Donna Burke | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 27 January 2016. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.


  12. ^ "Virtua Quest voice cast". Album on Imgur. Retrieved September 8, 2018.


  13. ^ Burke, Donna [@db_singer_actor] (August 25, 2017). "no hang on I'm confusing this with something else...i have absolutely no memory of recording this but it is definitely me..!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 7, 2017 – via Twitter.


  14. ^ "English Voice Cast Announced For NightCry ｜ Rely on Horror". Rely on Horror. 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2016-03-11.


  15. ^ Burke, Donna [@db_singer_actor] (December 25, 2017). ""I'm Unstoppable!" I'm Doctor Coyle!!!! #ARMS #Nintendo #AussieVoiceActress Hope you enjoy it! #soproud #lovemyjob !!!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 25, 2017 – via Twitter.


  16. ^ Burke, Donna [@db_singer_actor] (December 18, 2018). "I'm in this game! Laura, the Aussie #Fitboxing sensei!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 19, 2018 – via Twitter.


  17. ^ "Blue Nights – Donna Burke". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 January 2014.


  18. ^ "METAL GEAR SOLID VOCAL TRACKS". Konami. Retrieved 17 December 2015.


  19. ^ Burke, Donna [@db_singer_actor] (8 April 2015). "Donna Burke - Way in the Dark ("Implosion - Never Lose Hope" Theme Song) - Single - (link: itun.es/i6L62Xt) itun.es/i6L62Xt #iTunes" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 July 2017 – via Twitter.




External links




  • Donna Burke discography at MusicBrainz


  • Donna Burke on IMDb


  • Donna Burke at Anime News Network's encyclopedia









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