Voiceover Experience

  • GPS CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS (International, Denso Inc.) 1997 – 2011

    English voice for the car navigation systems and voice recognition systems in models of the the Jaguar, Mercedes Benz, Lincoln, Ford, Cadillac, Land Rover, and more

  • TV SHOW: “DBL’S EXCEPTIONAL HOMES AND ESTATES” (Los Angeles, CA) 2003

    Voice-overs for 30 minute weekly TV program

  • J-WAVE 81.3 FM (Tokyo, Japan) 1991-1999

    Co-hosted “Optune Midnight Faces” with BARRY WHITE (M-F 12am)
    Hosted and programmed the weekly “Essential Love Collection” (Sun 8:30pm)
    Hosted the nightly “Tokio Cold Cuts”, with a nightly listenership of over 2 million (M-F 8pm) (FULL RADIO RESUME BELOW)

  • TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS (Gardena, CA) 2000 – present

    Commercial spots including television commercials for Hustler Casino; BBQs Galore; Gardena Chamber of Commerce; Planet Fitness; and more

  • SONY PLAYSTATION 1996-1999

    Character voices:

    • Einhander – the voice of “Mission Control”
    • Tekken3 – “Michelle Chang”
    • Arc The Lad II – “Shante’s singing voice”

  • SEGA 1995-2001

    Character voices:

    • Shenmue – “Hisaka”, “Mayumi”, “Lidia Bennet”
    • Fighting Vipers – “Jane”

  • WINTER OLYMPICS (International Olympic Committee/JOC) 1998

    Announcer of the Medalists in all outdoor events at the nightly awards ceremonies of the Winter Olympics at Nagano, broadcast live around the world

  • OTHER COMMERCIALS AND INDUSTRIALS (US, Japan, Worldwide) 1991 – present

    The Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas, Agnes B., Shick, Toyota, Phillip Morris, JAL (Japan Air Lines), Harry Winston, Volvo, Canon, Deutsche Telecom, Sony, Xerox, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Ansett Australia Airlines, Kirin Beer, Toshiba EMI, Edwin Jeans …

  • DOCUMENTARIES AND NARRATIONS 1991-2000

    Coca Cola, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Land Rover, Komatsu, Shiseido, Suntory, NHK, Panasonic, Nagano Olympics, Paralympics, ANA Airlines In-flight announcements, Korean Embassy of Japan

Radio

  • J-WAVE (Tokyo, Japan) 1991-1999

    • Co-hosted “Optune Midnight Faces” with BARRY WHITE (M-F 12am)
    • Hosted and programmed the weekly “Essential Love Collection” (Sun 8:30pm, 1993-1999)
    • Hosted the nightly “Tokio Cold Cuts”, with a nightly listenership of over 2 million( M-F 8pm)
    • Hosted “Behind the Hits” segment on the “Boomtown” show – Japanese (F 9:30am, 1998- 1999)

  • BAY FM (Chiba, Japan) 1993-1996

    • Hosted “Sunrise Cruise” – English (M-F 5-6am)
    • Hosted “Sawaki No Borders” – Japanese (F 7:30-8:30pm)
    • Co-hosted “Prime Groove” – Japanese and English (Live Sat 10pm-12am)

  • FM YOKOHAMA (Yokohama, Japan) 1993

    Hosted “PM Drive” – English and Japanese (Live M-F 4-7pm)

  • ZIP FM (Nagoya, Japan) 1993-1994

    Hosted “Sweet Soul Time” – English (Sun 12-12:45am)

  • CBC RADIO (Nagoya, Japan) 1992-1993

    Co-hosted “AquaJam” – Japanese, English, Spanish, and occasional French (Live Sun 1-2pm)

  • KTYO Radio Sky-1 (Satellite, Japan) 1992-1993

    Hosted “The Cara Jones Show” – English (Sat, Sun 6-8am)

  • WHRB 95.3FM (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 1988-1990

    Hosted “Folkways” (F 12-2pm)
    Folk Department Director 1989-1990
    Hosted and produced WHRB’s “Live Folk Orgy” 1989 and 1990 (outdoor festival featuring Livingston Taylor, Chris Smither, David Massengill, Johnny Cunningham, Cormac McCarthy…)

  • INTERVIEWS include:

    Shaggy, Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Harry Connick Jr., The Manhattan Transfer, Charlie Watts, Incognito, David Sanborn, Karla Bonoff, Jellyfish, Suzanne Vega, Tony Toni Toné, Richard Thompson…

Education

    HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Cambridge, MA)

    • B.A.-East Asian Languages and Civilizations (magna cum laude)
    • M.A.-Regional Studies: East Asia
    • Monbusho Fellowship Recipient
    • Tsukuba University Exchange Student

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Cara Jones

Bio

As a veteran voice talent for over 25 years, Cara Jones has voiced the car navigation systems of models of the Jaguar, Land Rover, Cadillac, and Mercedes Benz, in addition to having voiced hundreds of commercials, IVR systems, mobile and video games, corporate videos and more. Her live announcing of the Medal Ceremonies at the Nagano Olympics was heard by millions around the world. She also has more than 10 years of live radio broadcast experience.

Cara speaks Japanese fluently, and performs voiceovers in both Japanese and Spanish when continuity of voice is required.

Education

Harvard University: Bachelor’s (magna cum laude) and Master’s degrees in Japanese Language

Studio

Cara records out of Carasmatic Studios in Los Angeles, California, a full-service commercial recording facility. Cara usually records on a Neumann U87 mic, but prefers her vintage Neumann CMV-563. Other mics are available, if needed. Clients can listen into sessions and direct remotely with affordable Phone Patch, Zoom and Skype-assisted sessions, billed on an hourly basis.

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