Donna Burke

Background

About Donna Burke

I’m an Australian singer, voice actor, writer, and entrepreneur based in Tokyo. Gamers worldwide know my work in legendary franchises: Metal Gear Solid — voice of the AI iDroid in The Phantom Pain and singer of the themes When Heavens Divide and Sins of the Father Silent Hill 2 & 3 — acting performances that helped define the haunting world of Konami’s classic survival horror series Final Fantasy — featured as a singer and voice actor across multiple projects and soundtracks Despite singing for Metal Gear in Concert and acting in violent, dystopian horror games, my brand is surprisingly cheerful and warm — which makes perfect sense since I’m also the inventor of Hotteeze Heat Pads, trusted worldwide and exported across Australia, NZ, and the UK. Since 2003, millions of travelers across Japan have also heard my voice as the official English announcer for the Shinkansen (bullet train). When I’m not trying to eliminate the world’s back pain, I obsess over toilet masking gadgets with Royal Flushh (Japan Toilet Sound) — a cheeky Japanese-inspired privacy device. My dream? Performing in symphonic concerts globally while making sure every bathroom has a Royal Flushh to cover those awkward sounds the way Japanese toilets do. As a writer, I’m developing original content that bridges my entertainment and entrepreneurial worlds, with television projects currently in development. I’ve proudly jujitsu’d painful high school taunts about “loving the sound of my own voice” into a career that spans games, anime, railways, concerts… and toilets.