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 Metal Gear and Final Fantasy. Biography Burke graduated from Edith Cowan University. 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 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, 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. 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 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 "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) Vandread: Original OVA Soundtrack 1 - Yasunori Iwasaki, Various Artists (2001 - vocal for "What a Wonderful World") Vandread: