Donna Burke - Biography

Donna Burke, singer-actor, was born in Melbourne, Australia but moved to Perth when she was 2. She is one of 7 children and has a twin brother. In 1996 after studying voice, speech and drama, media and religion and teaching high school she moved to Japan and settled in Tokyo where she met her husband, guitarist Bill Benfield. She is a voice actress, recording artist and performer and has sung the theme songs for famous games such as Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker and Metal Gear Solid V. Donna's voice is famous in Japan as the English announcement on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train. She sings and voices characters in anime and her song from Tokyo Ghoul Season 2 has over 5 million views on Youtube since it's release in 2015. Also in 2015 the epic MGSV song Sins of the Father was released on two albums- the official soundtrack and a special vocal album which featured Donna's remakes of popular Metal Gear Solid songs from the 28 year old franchise. Donna is an improvisation performer with the Tokyo Comedy Store Improvazilla show.