Deb Rabbai (Ling Shenhua - Shenmue)

[Peter]

Please welcome the newest member to our Shenmue Cast section the voice of Ling Shenhua from Shenmue, Deb Rabbi!!

Her username is Deb and of course please keep all questions respectful and non offensive.

Deb has an amazing portfolio as a VA, with over 35 anime films to her name. Of course as we all know, she also voiced the character Shenfa in the original Shenmue. But for reasons unknown (and hopefully she may shed some light on the matter) she was replaced in Shenmue II by another VA. I know we have anime fans here on the boards so im sure Deb would appreciate some questions regarding those too.


Welcome to the forums Deb!!

[Crimson Ryan]

Pete does it again! I can't actually find any info on her at all to ask any immediate questions..

Would you have done any mainstream anime's recently? Also, were you cast in Shenmue due to a likeness to the character you were auditioning?

Welcome to the Dojo!

[Felix88]

Hello and welcome:)


Have you played Shenmue before? And if you have, are there any dialogs that you made that has been cut out?

[Yama]

Hi Deb, thank you for joining.

Were you ever talked to about any future Shenmue projects?

[Bluecast]

You're pretty deb.

And yeah just curious why you were not in Shenmue II.

[Yama]

You're pretty deb.

And yeah just curious why you were not in Shenmue II.

Edited my post, definitely thought it was the other way around for a moment!

[Segata Sanshiro Jr.]

First off I'm also taken aback at how attractive you are!

If I'm not mistaken you were a voice actor in one of the Record of Lodoss War series, a female elf named Leaf if I remember correctly. Its great to have you here at the dojo.

I may be mistaken but I think Shenmue was your only work in gaming. Is there a particular reason you continued to provide work for anime but never did another game?

[KiBa]

Wow. Thanks again, Peter.

Thank you for agreeing to stop by here, Deb. You did a great job in Shenmue.

[Myles]

Thanks for coming around, Deb, and thanks for bringing her around, Peter. It's great to have you here

[The_Intruder]

Hello Deb, Guilin chapter with Ryo and Shenhua was my favorite part of Shenmue so far. You did a great job with Shenhua voice. Have you played Shenmue and what did you think of it?

[Peter]

She didnt play the voice of Shen Hua whilst in Guilin in Shenmue 2. Deb only played Shen Hua in Shenmue 1.

Also have to give credit to Ziming for the idea of contacting Deb to join the boards.

[KiBa]

Thanks, Ziming.

Deb, did they give any indication to you where the story was heading at the time you were involved? Just curious if their ideas around 1999 differed from the eventual sequel.

[*Kenshin Himura*]

Hi there Deb, it's a honor to have another beautiful lady on-board at the dojo.

Respectfully
~Kenshin

[Who Really Cares?]

As mentioned before but just to be sure. Any reason why they went with someone else for part 2?

[R3N]

I think she got scared by all the flirting....
If only we could bring Yu here to ask him questions.
I would love to see how you guys would react seeing his handsome face pic.

You're pretty Yu.

And yeah just curious why no Shenmue III.