Donna Burke is an Australian voice actress, singer, narrator and businesswoman. She is also known for her vocal work on songs produced for video game series such as ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Biography

Burke graduated from

Edith Cowan University Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a public university in Western Australia. It is named in honour of the first woman to be elected to an Parliaments of the Australian states and territories, Australian parliament, Edith Cowan, and is the only Aust ...

. Her education included "operatic voice, speech and drama" and she received classical voice training for ten years. 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. 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. Burke has worked as a freelance announcer at

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since 1999. She is also the lyricist for numerous Japanese TV commercials, anime songs and J-pop group tunes. Burke created Hotteeze in 2004, 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,

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, and

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bullet train system. Her voice is also used in

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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

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and the 2007 Earth Vision Award at the Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival.

Filmography

Anime

Video games

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)

Other discography

* ''The Yamaha Educational Children's Songs'' CDs - Various Artists (1997–2003 - vocals for several tracks) * ''Automne'' - Various Artists (1998 - vocals for "

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," vocals and lyrics for other tracks) * ''Para Para Panic'' CDs - Volumes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 / Various Artists (2000 - vocals for several tracks) * ''

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'' - "The Smile of You" (2006 - in collaboration with Naoyuki Satō) * ''ABBA Ibiza Caliente Mix'' -

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, Sabu (2001 - vocals for several tracks) * ''The Bleep Brothers'' (2001 - vocals for three tracks) * '' 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") * ''

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'' - "To The Sky" (2002) * '' Turn A Gundam: Original Movie Soundtrack'' - "Wakusei no Gogo, Bokura wa Kisu wo Shita" -

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(2002 - vocal for "After All") * "Seven" - V6 (2002 - lyrics for "One") * ''

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'' - "Morning Sky" and "Moonless Starry Night" * ''Haibane Renmei: Original OVA Soundtrack 1'' - "Hanenone (ハネノネ)" -

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, Masumi Sakaue (2003 - vocal and lyrics for "Wondering") *

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2004 television commercial campaign - "

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" (with Dennis Gunn) *

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2006 television commercial campaign - "Again" (with Nello Angelucci, based on the

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) * ''

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'' - "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.~" * ''

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'' - "Life Was a Bore" * ''

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'' - "Journey's End" * '' Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers'' - "Kuule tää unelmain" and "Ephemeron" * ''

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'' - "God and Man" * ''

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'' - "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) * ''

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'' - "Glassy Sky" * ''Implosion - Never Lose Hope'' - "Way in the Dark" * ''

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'' - "A Moment of My Nightmare"

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)

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