Donna Burke Explained

}Donna Burke is an Australian actress, singer, and businesswoman. She voiced Angela Orosco in Silent Hill 2 (2001), which is considered one of the greatest games ever made. She also voiced Claudia Wolf in Silent Hill 3 (2003), and has performed songs for the Metal Gear and Final Fantasy video game series.

Biography

Burke graduated from Edith Cowan University. Her education included "operatic voice, speech and drama"^[1] and she received classical voice training for ten years.^[2]

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.^{[1] [3]}

Burke married Bill Benfield, 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.^{[1] [4]}

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

Burke created Hotteeze in 2004,^[5] 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, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train system.^[6] Her voice is also used in Narita Airport Delta lounges and in English language guidance for the Emperor Showa Memorial Museum.

In 2007, 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
	Strange Dawn	Yuko Miyabe	^[7]
	Voices of a Distant Star	Operator of the Lysithea
	Trip Trek	Catherine, Three Bee
–present	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series	Raising Heart	^[8]
	Little Charo 2	Kanon	^[9]
–2017	Fastening Days	Anna, Kelly (ep. 2)	^[10]
	Princess Sesame	Queen
	Mainichi Kaasan	Grandmother

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
	Shenmue	Others
	Silent Hill 2
	Virtua Fighter 4		^[11]
	Shenmue II	Additional Voices	PC, PS4, Xbox, Xbox One versions
	Silent Hill 3		Original release only^[12]
	Dino Crisis 3	Sonya Hart	Motion capture
	F-Zero GX	Mrs. Arrow
		Hel
	Bloody Roar 4	Uranus	Credited as Donnna Burke
	Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles	Storytelling Narrator
		Lady, Dvalinn
	Rumble Roses	Anesthesia / Dr. Cutter
	Virtua Quest	Vanessa Lewis	^[13]
		Norah
	Lunar Knights	Ursula
		Boy, Maylee
	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces	Raising Heart
	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Gears of Destiny	Raising Heart
	Lumines Electronic Symphony	Announcer	^[14]
	Diabolical Pitch	Christina	^[15]
		iDROID
		iDROID
	NightCry	Jessica, Angie, Maria, Kelly	^[16]
	Let It Die	Various
	Arms	Dr. Coyle	^[17]
	Fitness Boxing	Laura	^[18]
	Homestar VR Special Edition	Narrator	^[19]
	Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition	Narrator
	Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and Exercise	Laura
	Evotinction	Annabel	^[20]

Solo discography

• Lost and Found (with Bill Benfield) (2000)
• Éirí na Gréine (2001)
• Donna Burke with the David Silverman Quartet (2002)
• Goodbye Nakamura EP (2004)
• Blue Nights (1 June 2005)^[21]

Other discography

• The Yamaha Educational Children's Songs CDs - Various Artists (1997–2003 - vocals for several tracks)
• Automne - Various Artists (1998 - vocals for "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet," vocals and lyrics for other 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)^[3]
• 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")
• Honda Legend 2004 television commercial campaign - "The Phantom of the Opera" (with Dennis Gunn)
• JR Central 2006 television commercial campaign - "Again" (with Nello Angelucci, based on the Polovtsian Dances)
• 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"
• - "Kuule tää unelmain" and "Ephemeron"
• God Eater - "God and Man"
• Tales of Legendia - "Hotarubi" and "My Tales" with Gab Desmond
• - "Heavens Divide"
• - "Sins of the Father"
• Metal Gear Solid Vocal Tracks (2015 - vocals for several tracks)^[22]
• Tokyo Ghoul √A - "Glassy Sky"
• Implosion - Never Lose Hope - "Way in the Dark"^[23]
• Girls' Frontline - "A Moment of My Nightmare"^[24]
• Evotinction - "A Normal Life"

Lyricist

• Final Fantasy 15 XP - "Choosing Hope" (2017)
• Implosion - "Way in the Dark" (2015)
• Resident Evil - "At the End of a Long Escape" (2013)
• Square Enix DISSIDIA012 - "Final Fantasy" (2011)
• The Last Ranker - "Born to Survive" (2010)
• Bandai Games - "God Eater" (2010)
• NHK Little Charo 2 - "Sayonara" (2010)
• Capcom - "Bio Hazard Dark Side Chronicles" (Sleeping Beauty) (2009)
• Capcom - "Last Ranker" (2009)
• Bandai Namco Games God Eater - "God and Man" (2009)
• Square Enix Last Remnant - "Journey’s End" (2008)
• Square Enix Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - "Moonless Starry Night", "Morning Sky" (2003)
• Haibanae Renmei - "Wondering" (2007)
• Konami Elebits - "The Smile Of You" (2006)
• Konami - "Star Gate Heaven" (2004)

Notes and References

1. News: Donna Burke.
2. Web site: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060824140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/55678/20060825-0000/www.yoe.australia.or.jp/english/events/216/index.html . Japan-Australia Music Artist Exchange in Roppongi . Year of Exchange (Japan Australia Cultural Exchange Association) . 24 August 2006 . August 2006 . 16 January 2014 .
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20090302181018/http://metropolis.co.jp/lifeinjapan/344/lifeinjapaninc.htm . Life in Japan: Donna Burke . Nibayashi . Maki . Metropolis . 2 March 2009 . 341 . 16 January 2014 .
4. Web site: [{{AllMusic | pure_url=yes | class=album | id=r1050104 }} ''Lost and Found'' – Donna Burke ]. . 16 January 2014 .
5. Web site: About Us – Hotteeze International . hotteeze.com .
6. Web site: Ashcraft . Brian . Metal Gear Singer's Other Gig? The Voice Of The Bullet Train . Kotaku . November 2019 . 4 February 2022.
7. Web site: Strange Dawn - Review - Anime News Network . animenewsnetwork.com . Macdonald . Christopher . 6 February 2002 . 24 January 2019.
8. Web site: Acting & Narration | Donna Burke . donnaburke.com . 2 September 2024.
9. 131556229901320192 . 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 . Donna . Burke . TheDonnaBurke . 1 November 2011 . 28 July 2017.
10. Web site: YKK presents "FASTENING DAYS". ykkfastening.com. 7 April 2016.
11. Web site: Interview: Donna Burke, veteran singer and voice actor . Kemps . Heidi . Gaming.moe . 31 December 2014 . 24 March 2015 .
12. Web site: Donna Burke (visual voices guide) . Behind The Voice Actors . 27 January 2016 . . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information..
13. Web site: Virtua Quest voice cast. Album on Imgur. September 8, 2018.
14. 900992228998299648 . no hang on I'm confusing this with something else...i have absolutely no memory of recording this but it is definitely me..! . Donna . Burke . TheDonnaBurke . August 25, 2017 . September 7, 2017.
15. . Closing credits, Voice Actors . . Microsoft Studios.
16. Web site: English Voice Cast Announced For NightCry ｜ Rely on Horror . Rely on Horror . 2015-12-30 . 2016-03-11.
17. 945251346847997952 . "I'm Unstoppable!" I'm Doctor Coyle!!!! #ARMS #Nintendo #AussieVoiceActress Hope you enjoy it! #soproud #lovemyjob !!! . Donna . Burke . TheDonnaBurke . December 25, 2017 . December 25, 2017.
18. 1074964675912130562 . I'm in this game! Laura, the Aussie #Fitboxing sensei! . Donna . Burke . TheDonnaBurke . December 18, 2018 . December 19, 2018.
19. Web site: 特別仕様版『ホームスターVR SPECIAL EDITION』 - 株式会社ポケット . pckt.co.jp . December 6, 2019 . ja.
20. 1834382102395236567 . I'm singing and acting in a new game! "A Normal Life, for #Evotinction, a tactical stealth game from @SpikewaveGames inspired a little bit by @Kojima_Hideo and #MetalGearSolid And voice acting for Annabel. What a thrill!! . Donna . Burke . TheDonnaBurke . September 12, 2024 . September 13, 2024.
21. Web site: [{{AllMusic | pure_url=yes | class=album | id=r1050107 }} ''Blue Nights'' – Donna Burke ]. Allmusic . 16 January 2014 .
22. News: METAL GEAR SOLID VOCAL TRACKS. Konami. 17 December 2015.
23. 585970833773891585 . Donna Burke - Way in the Dark ("Implosion - Never Lose Hope" Theme Song) - Single - (link: https://itun.es/i6L62Xt) itun.es/i6L62Xt #iTunes . Donna . Burke . TheDonnaBurke . 8 April 2015 . 28 July 2017.
24. News: Girls Frontline and Vanguard-sound announcements on Bilibili.