# John Burgmeier

John Burgmeier (born October 24, 1974) is an American voice actor and ADR Script Writer who works for FUNimation Entertainment and specialises in English dubbed anime. 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. 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 |
| | 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 series | Lucky Roux, Ironfist Fullbody, Kouzuki Sukiyaki, Monda | Head Writer |
| 2000 | Dragon Ball series | Tien Shinhan, Saibamen, Yamu, Gregory, Caroni, Nuova Shenron, Dium, Shusugoro, Angila | Funimation dub |
| 2001 | Blue Gender | Joey Heald | |
| 2002 | Fruits Basket | Shigure Sohma | English Script Adaptation |
| 2002 | YuYu Hakusho | Kurama | |
| 2003 | Fullmetal Alchemist series | Dolchetto | |
| 2004 | Spiral | Eyes Rutherford | |
| 2005 | Gunslinger Girl series | Jose | |
| 2005 | Kodocha | Rei Sagami | |
| 2009-14 | Rebuild of Evangelion series | | Funimation dub, Head Writer, Script (1.0 and 2.0) |
| 2010 | Soul Eater | Rachel's Father | Head Writer |
| 2010 | Summer Wars | Tasuke Jinnouchi | Head Writer |
| 2012 | Sekirei: Pure Engagement | Takehito Asama | |
| 2012-13 | Shakugan no Shana | Johann | Head Writer, Season 2, Movie, and S OVAs |
| 2012 | Shiki | Seishin Muroi | |
| 2012 | Steins;Gate | | Head Writer |
| 2012-2019 | Fairy Tail | Freed Justine | Script Adapter, Head Writer (season 2) |
| 2012 | Mass Effect: Paragon Lost | | ADR Lead Adapter |
| 2013 | Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar | | Head Writer |
| 2014 | Attack on Titan | Dieter, Tom Ksaver | Head Writer |
| 2014-16 | Psycho-Pass | Amane Shibazaki | 2 episodes, Head Writer |
| 2015-16 | Noragami | Ebisu | |
| 2015 | Yona of the Dawn | Keishuk | |
| 2016 | Chaos Dragon | | Head Writer |
| 2016 | Izetta: The Last Witch | Arnold Berkmann | |
| 2017 | Black Clover | Seihi | Ep. 8 |
| 2017 | Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond | Philip Lenore | Ep. 5 |
| 2017 | Garo: Crimson Moon | Toru | Ep. 15, Head Writer |
| 2017 | Garo: Vanishing Line | Pawn | Ep. 7 |
| 2017 | Gosick | Alan | Eps. 6-7 |
| 2017 | Kado: The Right Answer | Adam Ward | |
| 2017 | Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars | | Head Writer |
| 2017 | Samurai Warriors | Ii Naomasa | Head Writer |
| 2017 | Space Patrol Luluco | | Head Writer |
| 2017 | The Ancient Magus' Bride | Matthew | Eps. 4-5 |
| 2018 | Full Metal Panic! | Michel Lemon | |
| 2018 | Junji Ito Collection | Yukihiko Kitawaki | ep 4 |
| 2018 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | Clayman | |
| 2018 | Overlord | Piki | Episode: "The Dawn of Despair" |
| 2019 | Fairy Gone | Damian Carme | |
| 2019-21 | Fruits Basket (2019) | Shigure Sohma | |
| 2021 | The Case Study of Vanitas | The Teacher | |
| 2022 | I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss | Claude | |
| 2022 | One Piece Film: Red | Lucky Roux | |
| 2022-23 | Spy × Family | Donovan Desmond | |
| 2023 | Reign of the Seven Spellblades | Garland | |
| 2024 | Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest | Freed Justine | |
| 2024 | Delico's Nursery | Dino Classico | |
| 2025 | Zenshu | Vendor | |

### 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 | | |

### Live action dubbing

List of dubbing performances in live action films :
| Year | Title | Role | Source |
| 2016 | Shin Godzilla | Gorō Sekiguchi | |
| 2022 | Shin Ultraman | Kimio Tamura | |