If they could would you rip the files from the disc? And could you use models from Shenmue I as well? This sounds like a lot of fun I would want to play as Ren Dan (The Come Over Guest House guy) because as you can tell by my username I like him.
<it's impossible because ren dan's model is stored as a pkf/pks model in the human.afs file for more infos check this thread viewtopic.php?f=37&t=40623&start=40 but you can change the face of ryo by dan's using texmod,