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Welcome to Making it in Japan with Donna and Endigo! Donna, has called Tokyo home since 1996 and is in demand as a singer and actress for video games and anime. She owns a talent booking agency and has met all sorts of people on their way to "Making it in Japan"- and some who didn't! Endigo came to Tokyo in 2019 as an established YouTuber and musician. With 600,000 fans on Youtube of his comedic songs and homage to Jpop icons he is ready to set the town alight and Make it in Japan! We'll be interviewing guests from the music, video game and anime world. Tell us who'd you like us to have a chat with! Also, do you have a question you want our advice on? With our unlicensed and opinionated view points, we'll be happy to tell you what to do! Email madeinjapanshow@gmail.com

Donna Burke, Endigo


    • Mar 16, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 19m AVG DURATION
    • 16 EPISODES


    Latest episodes from Making it in Japan

    Episode 16 | Endigo singing with Lady Beard?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 64:33


    Donna and Endigo get up to speed with each others current many exciting projects! Donna talks about her upcoming producer gigs and Endigo tells the story of how he started working with Lady Beard!   Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MakingJapan Donna - https://twitter.com/therealdonnaburke Endigo - https://twitter.com/EndigoSkyborn Also, do you have a question you want our advice on? With our unlicensed and opinionated viewpoints, we'll be happy to tell you what to do! Email madeinjapanshow@gmail.com Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwl3...

    Episode 15 | Patrick Harlan, Comedian, Commentator, TV Host

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 87:20


    Donna and Endigo have a chat with TV Legend Patrick Harlan about how he made it BIG TIME in Japan! Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MakingJapan Patrick - @patrick_harlan Donna - https://twitter.com/therealdonnaburke Endigo - https://twitter.com/EndigoSkyborn Also, do you have a question you want our advice on? With our unlicensed and opinionated viewpoints, we'll be happy to tell you what to do! Email madeinjapanshow@gmail.com Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwl3...

    Episode 14 | End of the Year Special!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2021 65:13


    Donna and Endigo get together for the first time in the same room(!), and for the last time this year. They chat about this years high points as well as low points. Generous as they are, Donna and Endigo also left at little surprise at the end..

    Episode 13 | Stefanie Joosten: Actress, Singer, Creative Director

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 79:14


    Endigo and Donna are joined by the multitalented Stefanie Joosten! Stefanie Joosten "Made it in Japan" when she garnered world wide acclaim for her iconic role of Quiet in Metal Gear Solid's The Phantom Pain in 2015. Since then, she moved back to Europe and built on that success with her acting and singing in various films, game and anime. Now, in 2021, she has been appointed Creative Director at 110industries, a Swiss video-game creator. And boy has she been busy! We find out more about her hilarious new role as Vivienne in Wanted: Dead. You can check out Vivienne's retro cooking shows on YouTube which somehow connect to her back story. SCOOP! Stefanie has created some fun disco cover songs in the Wanted:Dead game with Dutch composer Franck van der Heijden from Meseka Productions! (But she's singing them in the character of Vivienne!) And did you know that the most difficult name in Dutch is Niemantsverdriet?! Also we hear about her two characters in a double voice acting role in Soulstice and what it's like being behind the camera as a Director for Vengeance is Mine. This wide-ranging interview clocks in at over an hour. (Closed captions available on Youtube) Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MakingJapan Donna - https://twitter.com/therealdonnaburke Endigo - https://twitter.com/EndigoSkyborn

    Episode 12 | Halloween Special!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 57:09


    Endigo and Donna gets dressed up and discuss their different views on Halloween. Endigo explains why he is NOT a Dragqueen, Donna does her best Swedish-accent.. which don't exactly gets Endigo's seal of approval. Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MakingJapan Donna - https://twitter.com/therealdonnaburke Endigo - https://twitter.com/EndigoSkyborn Also, do you have a question you want our advice on? With our unlicensed and opinionated viewpoints, we'll be happy to tell you what to do! Email madeinjapanshow@gmail.com Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwl3...

    Episode 11 | Donna is CANCELLED!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 59:54


    Donna and Endigo chat about the new Bond movie, Donna's new TV series, Endigo's feud with DanTDM and much more. Everything is going well until Donna roasts Endigo so hard that he has to cancel her! Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MakingJapan Donna - https://twitter.com/therealdonnaburke Endigo - https://twitter.com/EndigoSkyborn Also, do you have a question you want our advice on? With our unlicensed and opinionated viewpoints, we'll be happy to tell you what to do! Email madeinjapanshow@gmail.com Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwl3...

    Episode 10 | Guest: Maxwell Powers, Narrator, Voice Actor

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 100:46


    Donna and Endigo are joined by the talented voice actor and narrator Maxwell Powers. He tells the story of how he ended up in everything in from "Ultraman Trigger New Generation Tiga", "SD Gundam Heroes", "the 2020 Paralympic Games closing ceremony" and much more! Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MakingJapan Donna - https://twitter.com/therealdonnaburke Endigo - https://twitter.com/EndigoSkyborn Also, do you have a question you want our advice on? With our unlicensed and opinionated viewpoints, we'll be happy to tell you what to do! Email madeinjapanshow@gmail.com Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwl3...

    Episode 9 | Endigo is gonna be on Japanese TV!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 54:52


    Abba is releasing a new album, Donna is making a TV series, and Endigo is going to make his debut on Japanese TV, as a host of an NHK talk show! Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MakingJapan Donna - https://twitter.com/thedonnaburke Endigo - https://twitter.com/EndigoSkyborn

    Episode 8 | Iain Gibb - Actor, Narrator, Sailor!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 99:37


    Iain Gibb joins Endigo and Donna to tell the compelling story of how he went from being homeless in Osaka to acting with Ken Watanabe in big movie productions!

    Episode 7 | Donna Embarrassed Hugh Grant!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 86:01


    Donna and Endigo catch up on life in Japan! A Killer Whale destroyed Endigo's phone and Donna tells the story of how she performed to Hugh Grant at a private party, dressed as a chef?!

    Episode #6 - Guest: J'Nique Nicole, Singer (NieR Automata)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2021 115:19


    J'Nique Nicole joins us to chat about her career as a singer, getting to perform in NieR Automata, touring, life in Japan - and more!

    Episode #5 | Guest: August Vilella, Artist and Innovator

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 87:20


    August Vilella, a self taught artist from Barcelona and winner of The Best Artist at the Tokyo International Art Fair 2017 talks with Donna and  @Endigo  about his path to success, how to ask for what you are worth, the cost of being good at alot of different things and the advice that most artists reject. August is incredibly inspirational and we got a huge lift from our chat with him. We hope you do! Check out his artwork at http://www.augustvilella.com/

    Episode #4 | The Blue Box Silent Hill Conspiracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 70:00


    Donna and Endigo discuss "The Blue Box Conspiracy". Is the upcoming video game "Abandoned" actually secretly a new Silent Hill game directed by Hideo Kojima? Who knows!

    Episode #3 | Guest: Chris Wells, Tokyo Train Announcer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 89:53


    Donna and Endigo are joined by Chris Wells, a long-term Japan resident who runs the Tokyo Comedy Store. He's also a talented voice actor, perhaps most notably as the announcer voice for the JR train lines in Tokyo. And he's vegan!

    Episode #2 | Do you need Japanese to live in Japan?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 67:59


    Do you need Japanese to live in Japan? Donna and Endigo discuss what it's like to get around Japan with or without any skill in Japanese, running a business in Japan and awkward "lost in translation" moments!

    Episode #1 | Donna Burke and Endigo have a show!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 82:49


    Welcome to Making it in Japan with Donna and Endigo!  Donna, has called Tokyo home since 1996 and is in demand as a singer and actress for video games and anime. She owns a talent booking agency and has met all sorts of people on their way to "Making it in Japan"- and some who didn't!  Endigo came to Tokyo in 2019 as an established YouTuber and musician. With 600,000 fans on Youtube of his comedic songs and homage to J-Rock icons he is ready to set the town alight and Make it in Japan! We'll be interviewing guests from the music, video game and anime world. Tell us who'd you like us to have a chat with! Also, do you have a question you want our advice on? With our unlicensed and opinionated view points, we'll be happy to tell you what to do!

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