Donna Burke
BIOGRAPHY
Donna Burke is an actress, singer, writer and entrepreneur known for video games Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill 2 and 3 and for being the English announcer on the Tokyo to Osaka Shinkansen bullet train.
Yep, that’s still what she’s most famous for.
Donna is beloved by anime and game geeks worldwide, performing her iconic songs with symphonic orchestras in Paris, Tokyo, Osaka, New York and LA with Konami endorsed Metal Gear in Concert.
Donna is active on YouTube and Spotify with Glassy Sky from anime Tokyo Ghoul racking over 70 million views and 20,000 covers- one of which Eminem sampled for his Kamikaze album in 2018.
Donna has narrated many documentaries for NHK Japan, including the 2017 International Emmy nominated, “The Phone of the Wind. Whispers to Lost Families”.
Despite singing and acting in dystopian horror stealth games, Donna’s brand is cheerful, funny and warm, which makes sense as she is also the inventor of Hotteeze, Japanese heat pads endorsed by the Australian Physiotherapy Association.
When she is not trying to eliminate the world from back pain, Donna writes YA, comedy and romcoms featuring fish out of water stories. Which is what she was when she arrived in Tokyo back in 1996.
Donna has proudly jujitsued painful high school taunts of her “loving the sound of your own voice” into a successful international career spanning game, anime, television and… rail.
“Spectacular vocalist.”
“Beautiful...just beautiful!”
“Hugely captivating!”
As a Recording Artist
2020 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Opening and Ending Theme songs
2019 “Hanging by a Thread” Unofficial MGS movie theme
2018 Ganime Jazz “Game+Anime=“ CD
2015 Konami MGS The Phantom Pain “Sins of the Father” 7.5 MILLION VIEWS YOUTUBE
2015 Konami MGS Vocal CD, “Quiet’s Theme“, “The Best Is Yet To Come“, “Love’s Theme“, “Can’t Say Goodbye to Yesterday“ & “Snake Eater“
2015 Tokyo Ghoul 2 “Glassy Sky” 19 MILLION VIEWS YOUTUBE
2015 Rayark Implosion Theme song “Way in the Dark” NHK Little Charo 2 Sayonara
2010 Konami Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker “When Heaven’s Divide” 4.6 MILLION VIEWS YOUTUBE
2009 BandaiNamcoGamesGodEater“GodandMan”489KVIEWS
2008 Square Enix Last Remnant “Journey’s End”
2003 Square Enix, Final Fantasy, “Crystal Chronicles“, “Moonless Starry Night“, “Morning Sky“
2001 Turn a Gundam“AfterAll”
As a Lyricist
2020 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles "Morning Sky", "Moonless Starry Night"
2017 Final Fantasy 15 XP “Choosing Hope”
2015 Implosion “Way in the Dark”
2013 Resident Evil “At the End of a Long Escape”
2011 Square Enix DISSIDIA012 “Final Fantasy”
2010 The Last Ranker “Born to Survive”
2010 Bandai Games “God Eater”
2010 NHK Little Charo 2 “Sayonara”
2009 Capcom “Bio Hazard Dark Side Chronicles” (Sleeping Beauty)
2009 Capcom “Last Ranker”
2009 Bandai Namco Games God Eater “God and Man”
2008 Square Enix Last Remnant “Journey’s End”
2007 Haibanae Renmei ”Wondering”
2006 Konami Elebits “The Smile Of You”
2004 Konami “Star Gate Heaven”
2003 Square Enix, Final Fantasy, “Crystal Chronicles“, “Moonless Starry Night“, “Morning Sky“
Interview with Donna Burke
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