Cara Jones (born Joan Cara Stein in 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, and a voice actor. Married name is Joan Dans.

Career

As a singer and songwriter, she has sold over 1.2 million physical copies of her songs in Japan. In the United States and elsewhere, her music can be heard on the popular syndicated television series ''

Dawson's Creek ''Dawson's Creek'' is an American teen drama television series about the lives of a close-knit group of friends in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, beginning in high school and continuing into college that ran from 1998 to 2003. T ...

'', as well as a number of feature films. As a voice talent, Cara is heard worldwide as the English voice of the

GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite sy ...

car navigation systems of the

Jaguar (car) Jaguar (, ) is the luxury vehicle brand of Jaguar Land Rover, a British multinational car manufacturer with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry, England. Jaguar Cars was the company that was responsible for the production of Jaguar cars ...

, models of the Cadillac,

Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a Mercedes-Benz Group subsidiary established in 2019) is headquartere ...

Land Rover Land Rover is a British brand of predominantly four-wheel drive, off-road capable vehicles, owned by multinational car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), since 2008 a subsidiary of India's Tata Motors. JLR currently builds Land Rovers ...

Ford Ford commonly refers to: * Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford * Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river Ford may also refer to: Ford Motor Company * Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company * Ford F ...

and more. She announced the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...

, voiced hundreds of commercials, as well as popular PlayStation and Sega games. In addition, Cara spent 7 years as a prime time DJ on Tokyo's popular FM station,

J-Wave J-Wave is a commercial radio station based in Tokyo, Japan, broadcasting on 81.3 FM from the Tokyo Skytree to the Tokyo area. J-Wave airs mostly music, covering a wide range of formats. The station is considered the most popular among FM broad ...

. Also helmed radio shows at

FM Yokohama FM Yokohama 84.7 is a radio station based in Yokohama, Japan owned by the Yokohama FM Broadcasting Company, a joint venture of Nippon Broadcasting System, Kanagawa Prefectural Government and Bank of Yokohama. This station was featured in the Xbox ...

, Bay FM (Japan), CBC Radio (Nagoya)

Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting is a regional radio and television service serving Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is majorly owned by the ''Chunichi Shimbun''. Its radio service is affiliated with the Japan Radio Network (JRN) and its television service affiliate ...

Personal life

She has one child, born in 2007, and one husband.

Voice talent

Games

* ''

Shenmue is an action-adventure game series created, produced and directed by Yu Suzuki. '' Shenmue'' (1999) and ''Shenmue II'' (2001) were developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega for Dreamcast. '' Shenmue III,'' developed by Suzuki's company Y ...

'': Hisaka Sawano, Mayumi Mishima, Lidia Bennett * ''

Tekken 3 is a fighting game, the third entry in the ''Tekken'' series. It was released to the arcades in 1997, before being ported for the PlayStation in 1998. The arcade version of the game was released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 as part of ''Tekke ...

'':

Julia Chang is a fictional character in the ''Tekken'' series of fighting games by Namco, where she was introduced in '' Tekken 3'' in 1997. She is the adopted daughter of part- Native American and part-Chinese fighter Michelle Chang, and her storyline typ ...

(1998 game) * ''

Einhänder ''Einhänder'' is a scrolling shooter developed by Square for the PlayStation console. It was released in Japan on November 20, 1997 and in North America on May 5, 1998. It was also re-released for the Japanese PlayStation Network on June 25, 20 ...

'': Hyperion's Computer Voice * ''

Arc the Lad II is a tactical role-playing video game developed by ARC Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation. The story continues from the first game, although the focus shifts from Arc to Elc. It expands fr ...

'': Shante's Singing Voice * ''

Fighting Vipers ''Fighting Vipers'' (ファイティングバイパーズ'' Faitingu Vaipāzu'') is a 3D fighting video game developed by Sega AM2. It uses the same game engine as AM2's ''Virtua Fighter 2'' but features enclosed arenas and an armor mechanic, and ...

'': Jane

Other

* Cara Jones announced the medalists of all outdoor events at the

at Nagano. * Cara Jones was the US English voice of the Denso GPS car navigation system of models of the Jaguar, Land Rover, Cadillac, and Mercedes Benz. * DJ at

81.3 FM in Tokyo on programs "Tokio Cold Cuts", "The Essential Love Collection", "Optune Midnight Faces", “Behind the Hits” * Got start in radio at

WHRB WHRB is a commercial FM radio station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It broadcasts at 95.3 MHz and is operated by students at Harvard College. The station is owned by Harvard Radio Broadcasting Co., Inc., a non-profit corporation independent o ...

at Harvard University. Hosted "Folkways" show. * Cara Jones voiced commercials or industrials for PNC, Pampers, Sony, Xerox, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Agnes B., Shick, Toyota, Phillip Morris, Japan Air Lines, Harry Winston, Volvo, Canon, Deutsche Telecom, Ansett Australia Airlines, Kirin Beer, Toshiba EMI, Coca-Cola, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Land Rover, Komatsu, Shiseido, Suntory, NHK, Panasonic, Paralympics, ANA Airlines, Hustler Casino, BBQs Galore, Planet Fitness, Time Warner. * ''

Chage and Aska were a Japanese popular music duo composed of male singer-songwriters from Fukuoka Prefecture: and . To date they have sold over 31 million albums and singles in Japan. History They were formed in the late 1970s at the suggestion of the A&R ...

'': Narrator on album "Yin & Yang". * Cara Jones wrote and co-hosted a weekly radio program with

Barry White Barry Eugene Carter (September 12, 1944 – July 4, 2003), better known by his stage name Barry White, was an American singer and songwriter. A two-time Grammy Award winner known for his bass voice and romantic image, his greatest success came ...

. * Cara Jones is known for radio interviews with Harry Connick Jr.; The Manhattan Transfer; Charlie Watts;

Shaggy (musician) Orville Richard Burrell CD (born October 22, 1968), better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae rapper, singer, and songwriter who scored hits with the songs " It Wasn't Me", " Boombastic", " In The Summertime", "Oh Ca ...

;

David Sanborn David William Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album ''Taking Off'' in 19 ...

;

Karla Bonoff Karla may refer to: People * Karla (name), a feminine given name * Petras Karla (1937–1969), Soviet Olympic rower Places * Karla, Kose Parish, a village in Harju County, Estonia * Karla, Rae Parish, a village in Harju County, Estonia * K ...

; Suzanne Vega;

Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin (born Shawna Lee Colvin, January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. While Colvin has been a solo recording artist for decades, she is best known for her 1998 Grammy Award-winning song " Sunny Came Home". Early ...

;

Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also call ...

; Jellyfish. * Cara Jones wrote the liner notes to the Japanese release of Fat City by

. * Cara Jones was asked to write original English lyrics to the classic Japanese song

Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o "Miagete goran yoru no hoshi wo" (見上げてごらん夜の星を "Look up at the stars in the night") is a 1963 hit song performed by a Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto. It was written by lyricist Rokusuke Ei and composer Taku Izumi. Izumi won th ...

by Rokusuke Ei and composer Taku Izumi. Her version was recorded by Jazz singer Harumi Kaneko and R&B singer Melodie Sexton. * Cara Jones wrote the lyrics for English-language versions of hits by Japanese rock band

The Yellow Monkey The Yellow Monkey, sometimes abbreviated as , is a Japanese rock band originally active from 1988 to 2001, before officially disbanding in 2004. They announced their reformation in 2016. The band's name was derived from the ethnic slur that J ...

, including "Bulb" and "Sugar Fix" (reached No. 18 on

Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in ...

chart). * Cara Jones sang the song "You Are My Sky" from "Pandora's Box" at the wedding of actress and singer

Yū Hayami is a Japanese singer and tarento. In 2011, the Japanese music television program '' Music Station'' listed her as the 50th all-time best-selling idol in Japan, with 2,850,000 records sold. Childhood and education Hayami was born in Atami, ...

. * Cara Jones is a Multilingual voiceover producer at Carasmatic Productions (www.carasmatic.com).

Singer-songwriter

TV – Film – Games

* ''

Dawsons Creek ''Dawson's Creek'' is an American teen drama television series about the lives of a close-knit group of friends in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, beginning in high school and continuing into college that ran from 1998 to 2003. T ...

'': The song "Spit It Out" was featured in episode No. 51
"Something Wild"
* ''

'': The singing voice of Shante on "Musicman"; lyricist on "Musicman" * ''Legend of Heroes IV'': Vocals and lyrics on "One Bead of Scarlet" * ''Tobe Pegasus!'': Lyrics on "The Simple Things" * '' Girl Play'' (2004 Feature Film): Original music, "Whisper Love" (music, lyrics, vocals) * ''Give or Take an Inch'' (2003 Short Film): Original music * ''Sugar Sweet'' (2001 Feature Film): Original music

Discography

Solo albums

Other Artists (highlights)

References

External links

Music Website: www.carajones.com

Voiceover Website
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iTunes

Spotify

BandCamp
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