John Burgmeier (born October 24, 1974) is an American voice actor and ADR script writer who provides voices for English versions of Japanese anime series and video games. As a voice actor, he is best known as the voice of Kurama from YuYu Hakusho, Tien from the Dragon Ball series, Shigure Sohma from Fruits Basket, Eyes Rutherford from Spiral, and Switzerland from Hetalia: Axis Powers. Burgmeier is also the son of voice actress Linda Young. Burgmeier was the head writer at Funimation for several years before retiring from the role in 2018. During his tenure, he worked as head writer for the English dub version of One Piece and voiced several minor characters.
Discography Burgmeier is also a musician and member of the rock band El Gato. He plays guitar, keyboard, and other instruments across the band's two albums and EP. While the members of El Gato are not currently active, they will still occasionally play a show.
EP Everybody's a Pinata (1997)
Albums We're Birds (2002) Surrender! (2008)
Dubbing roles
Anime + List of dubbing performances and production work in anime Year Series Role Crew role, Notes Source Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero Head Writer All Out!! Kenya Horikawa B Gata H Kei Head Writer Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Eiji Blood-C Head Writer Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper Taguchi Daimidaler: Prince vs Penguin Empire Head Writer Deadman Wonderland Head Writer Eden of the East Haruo Kasuga Head Writer Fafner: Dead Aggressor: Heaven and Earth Script writer Future Diary Head Writer Garo: The Animation Book Ep. 18 Good Luck Girl! Head Writer Haganai Head Writer Hell Girl Hajime Shibata Hero Tales Ryuko Mouten Hetalia: Axis Powers series Switzerland High School DxD Head Writer High School DxD BorN Loki Initial D Takeshi Nakazato Head Writer, Funimation Dub, Takeshi for Third Stage only Kamisama Kiss Head Writer King of Thorn Head Writer Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing Sorush Head Writer Maken-ki! Head Writer Black Cat River Zastory Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker Anthony Pentaghast Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Head Writer 1999-One Piece seriesLucky Roux, Ironfist Fullbody, Kouzuki Sukiyaki, MondaHead Writer Dragon Ball series Tien Shinhan, Saibamen, Yamu, Gregory, Caroni, Nuova Shenron, Dium, Shusugoro, Angila Funimation dub Blue Gender Joey Heald Fruits Basket Shigure Sohma English Script Adaptation YuYu Hakusho Kurama Fullmetal Alchemist series Dolchetto Spiral Eyes Rutherford Gunslinger Girl series Jose Kodocha Rei Sagami -14 Rebuild of Evangelion series Funimation dub, Head Writer, Script (1.0 and 2.0) Soul Eater Rachel's Father Head Writer Summer Wars Tasuke Jinnouchi Head Writer Sekirei: Pure Engagement Takehito Asama -13 Shakugan no Shana Johann Head Writer, Season 2, Movie, and S OVAs Shiki Seishin Muroi Steins;Gate Head Writer -2019 Fairy Tail Freed Justine Script Adapter, Head Writer (season 2) Mass Effect: Paragon Lost ADR Lead Adapter Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar Head Writer Attack on Titan Dieter, Tom Ksaver Head Writer -16 Psycho-Pass Amane Shibazaki 2 episodes, Head Writer -16 Noragami Ebisu Yona of the Dawn Keishuk Chaos Dragon Head Writer Izetta: The Last Witch Arnold Berkmann Black Clover Seihi Ep. 8 Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond Philip Lenore Ep. 5 2017 Garo: Crimson Moon Toru Ep. 15, Head Writer Garo: Vanishing Line Pawn Ep. 7 Gosick Alan Eps. 6-7 Kado: The Right Answer Adam Ward Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars Head Writer Samurai Warriors Ii Naomasa Head Writer Space Patrol Luluco Head Writer The Ancient Magus' Bride Matthew Eps. 4-5 2018Full Metal Panic!Michel Lemon2018 Junji Ito Collection Yukihiko Kitawaki ep 4 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Clayman 2018 Overlord Piki Episode: "The Dawn of Despair" Fairy Gone Damian Carme 2019-21 Fruits Basket (2019) Shigure Sohma New Fruits Basket Anime's English Dub Brings Back John Burgmeier as Shigure – News – Anime News Network 2021 The Case Study of Vanitas The Teacher Twitter I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss Claude 2022One Piece Film: RedLucky Roux 2022-23 Spy × Family Donovan Desmond John Burgmeier as Donovan Desmond – Anime News Network Reign of the Seven Spellblades Garland Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Freed Justine Delico's Nursery Dino Classico Dr. Stone: Science Future Dr. Xeno Zenshu Vendor To Be Hero X Shand Gachiakuta Regto Let's Play Samuel
Video games + List of dubbing performances in video games Year Series Role Notes Source -present Dragon Ball series Tien Shinhan, Tiencha, Nuova Shenron, Yamu, Saibamen
Live action dubbing + List of dubbing performances in live action films Year Title Role Source Shin Godzilla Gorō Sekiguchi 2022Shin UltramanKimio Tamura
References
External links
John Burgmeier at CrystalAcids English Voice Actor & Production Staff Database