John Burgmeier

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 Yu Yu 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.^[1] Burgmeier was the Head Writer at FUNimation for several years before retiring from the role in 2018.^[2][3] During his tenure, he worked as Head Writer for the English Dub version of One Piece and voiced several minor characters.^[2][3]

John Burgmeier
Born	(1974-10-24) October 24, 1974 (age 50) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupations	Voice actor ADR script writer musician
Mother	Linda Young

Discography

Burgmeier is also a musician and member of the rock band El Gato.^[4] 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	[5]
	All Out!!	Kenya Horikawa		[6]
	B Gata H Kei		Head Writer	[7]
	BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad	Eiji		[8]
	Blood-C		Head Writer	[9]
	Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper	Taguchi		[10]
	Daimidaler: Prince vs Penguin Empire		Head Writer	[11]
	Deadman Wonderland		Head Writer	[12]
	Eden of the East	Haruo Kasuga	Head Writer	[13][10][14]
	Fafner: Dead Aggressor: Heaven and Earth		Script writer	[15]
	Future Diary		Head Writer	[16]
	Garo: The Animation	Book	Ep. 18	[17]
	Good Luck Girl!		Head Writer	[18]
	Haganai		Head Writer	[19]
	Hell Girl	Hajime Shibata		[20]
	Hero Tales	Ryuko Mouten		[21]
	Hetalia: Axis Powers series	Switzerland		[22]
	High School DxD		Head Writer	[16]
	High School DxD BorN	Loki		[10]
	Initial D	Takeshi Nakazato	Head Writer, Funimation Dub, Takeshi for Third Stage only	[23]
	Kamisama Kiss		Head Writer	[24]
	King of Thorn		Head Writer	[25]
	Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing	Sorush	Head Writer	[26]
	Maken-ki!		Head Writer	[27]
	Black Cat		River Zastory	[10]
	Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker	Anthony Pentaghast		[10]
	Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt		Head Writer	[28]
1999-	One Piece series	Lucky Roux, Ironfist Fullbody, Kouzuki Sukiyaki, Monda	Head Writer	[3]
2000	Dragon Ball series	Tien Shinhan, Saibamen, Yamu, Gregory, Caroni, Nuova Shenron, Dium, Shusugoro, Angila	Funimation dub	[29][13]
2001	Blue Gender	Joey Heald		[29][10]
2002	Fruits Basket	Shigure Sohma	English Script Adaptation	[29][30][31]
2002	YuYu Hakusho	Kurama		[29][13]
2003	Fullmetal Alchemist series	Dolchetto		[10]
2004	Spiral	Eyes Rutherford		[29]
2005	Gunslinger Girl series	Jose		[29]
2005	Kodocha	Rei Sagami		[29][13]
2009-14	Rebuild of Evangelion series		Funimation dub, Head Writer, Script (1.0 and 2.0)	[32]
2010	Soul Eater	Rachel's Father	Head Writer	[13]
2010	Summer Wars	Tasuke Jinnouchi	Head Writer	[33]
2012	Sekirei: Pure Engagement	Takehito Asama		[10]
2012-13	Shakugan no Shana	Johann	Head Writer, Season 2, Movie, and S OVAs	[34]
2012	Shiki	Seishin Muroi		[35]
2012	Steins;Gate		Head Writer	[36]
2012-2019	Fairy Tail	Freed Justine	Script Adapter, Head Writer (season 2)	[37][19]
2012	Mass Effect: Paragon Lost		ADR Lead Adapter	[38]
2013	Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar		Head Writer	[39]
2014	Attack on Titan	Dieter, Tom Ksaver	Head Writer	[40][41]
2014-16	Psycho-Pass	Amane Shibazaki	2 episodes, Head Writer	[42][43]
2015-16	Noragami	Ebisu		[44]
2015	Yona of the Dawn	Keishuk		[45]
2016	Chaos Dragon		Head Writer	[46]
2016	Izetta: The Last Witch	Arnold Berkmann		[47]
2017	Black Clover	Seihi	Ep. 8	[48]
2017	Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond	Philip Lenore	Ep. 5	[48]
2017	Garo: Crimson Moon	Toru	Ep. 15, Head Writer	[49]
2017	Garo: Vanishing Line	Pawn	Ep. 7	[48]
2017	Gosick	Alan	Eps. 6-7	[50]
2017	Kado: The Right Answer	Adam Ward		[51]
2017	Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars		Head Writer	[52]
2017	Samurai Warriors	Ii Naomasa	Head Writer	[10]
2017	Space Patrol Luluco		Head Writer	[52]
2017	The Ancient Magus' Bride	Matthew	Eps. 4-5	[48]
2018	Full Metal Panic!	Michel Lemon		[53]
2018	Junji Ito Collection	Yukihiko Kitawaki	ep 4	[54]
2018	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Clayman		[55]
2018	Overlord	Piki	Episode: "The Dawn of Despair"	[56]
2019	Fairy Gone	Damian Carme		[57]
2019-21	Fruits Basket (2019)	Shigure Sohma		[58]
2021	The Case Study of Vanitas	The Teacher		[59]
2022	I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss	Claude		[60]
2022	One Piece Film: Red	Lucky Roux		[61]
2022-23	Spy × Family	Donovan Desmond		[62]
2023	Reign of the Seven Spellblades	Garland		[63]
2024	Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest	Freed Justine		[64]
2024	Delico's Nursery	Dino Classico		[65]
2025	Zenshu	Vendor		[66]
2025	To Be Hero X	Shand		[67]
2025	Gachiakuta	Regto		[68]

Video games

List of dubbing performances in video games

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
2002-present	Dragon Ball series	Tien Shinhan, Tiencha, Nuova Shenron, Yamu, Saibamen		[29][13][10]

Live action dubbing

List of dubbing performances in live action films

Year	Title	Role	Source
2016	Shin Godzilla	Gorō Sekiguchi	[69]
2022	Shin Ultraman	Kimio Tamura	[70]