Debora Rabbai

Debora Rabbai
Debora Rabbai
Born	New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names	Angora Deb
Alma mater	American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	1996–present

Debora Rabbai (born January 14) is an American voice actress based in New York City.

Biography

Rabbai is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.^[1]

She is best known as the voice of Aika Sumeragi from Agent Aika, Rika Sena from Kare Kano,^[2] Hakufu Sonsaku from Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny,^[3] Leina from the Queen's Blade series,^[4] as well as Futaba Murata and Nayuta Moriyama from Shingu.^[5]

Rabbai is an accomplished improv comedian, and is the producer, co-creator and a performer in the musical comedy Broadway's Next Hit Musical!.^[1] She teaches improv comedy at the American Comedy Institute.^[6]

Dubbing roles

Anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1996	Battle Arena Toshinden	Sofia
1997	Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer	Shaia Himazaki
1998	Ayane's High Kick	Ayane Mitsui
1999	Birdy the Mighty	Hazumi Senkawa
1999	Agent Aika	Aika Sumeragi	As Angora Deb	^[7]^[8]
1999	Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight	Leaf, Marfa
2000	Geobreeders	Kikujima Yuki, Maki Umezaki
2001	Boogiepop Phantom	Boogiepop, Tōka Miyashita, Sayako Oikawa
2001	Gokudo	Rubette
2002	Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances	Sena Rika	As Angora Deb	^[2]^[8]
2002	Legend of Himiko	Shino
2003	Rhea Gall Force	Sandy Newman	As Angora Deb	^[9]
2003, 2006	Animation Runner Kuromi	Aoi Fukami, Battobi	As Angora Deb, 2 seasons	^[9]
2003	K.O. Beast	Mei-Mer
2005	Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars	Futaba, Nayuta	As Angora Deb	^[5]
2007	The Third	Millie	As Angora Deb
2009	Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny	Hakufu Sonsaku	As Angora Deb	^[9]^[3]
2010	Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin	Leina	As Angora Deb	^[4]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000	Shenmue	Ling Sha Hua		^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "An Improvised Musical Comedy – The cast". Broadway's Next Hit Musical. Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Phillips, George (March 27, 2002). "Kare Kano Dub List". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Kimlinger, Carl (January 3, 2010). "Ikki-Tousen Dragon Destiny DVD 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 30, 2016. Others, however, are quite good—especially Angora Deb as bimbo-from-hell Hakufu
^ ^a ^b Martin, Theron (June 4, 2010). "Queen's Blade vol. 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 30, 2016. the dub features a cast consisting of a mix of complete or near-complete newcomers and veterans most-known for their work in early 2000s dubs (Angora Deb, Jessica Calvello). Perhaps because of this, the dub quality is spotty. Ms. Deb sounds fine as Leina
^ ^a ^b Martin, Theron (June 15, 2005). "Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars DVD 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 30, 2016. The only major performance which consistently avoids this problem is Angora Deb's turn as Futaba, although, oddly, she doesn't entirely avoid this problem speaking in a more normal voice as Nayuta
^ "American Comedy Institute | Comedy Classes New York | Stand Up Classes". comedyinstitute.com. September 13, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
^ "Break the Decisive Battle! Delmo Base!". Agent Aika. Episode 7. Event occurs at Closing credits, Cast.
^ ^a ^b "AICN AnimeReport: ScaryGodmother; Gundam; CatWhoReturned a Favour; Domu; Patlabor; Trigun;..." Aint It Cool News.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Debora Rabbai (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 4, 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

External links

Debora Rabbai convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
Debora Rabbai at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Debora Rabbai at CrystalAcids English Voice Actor & Production Staff Database
Debora Rabbai at IMDb

[:0-1] "An Improvised Musical Comedy – The cast". Broadway's Next Hit Musical. Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2015.

[kare_kano-2] Phillips, George (March 27, 2002). "Kare Kano Dub List". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

[ikki_tousen_dd-3] Kimlinger, Carl (January 3, 2010). "Ikki-Tousen Dragon Destiny DVD 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 30, 2016. Others, however, are quite good—especially Angora Deb as bimbo-from-hell Hakufu

[leina-4] Martin, Theron (June 4, 2010). "Queen's Blade vol. 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 30, 2016. the dub features a cast consisting of a mix of complete or near-complete newcomers and veterans most-known for their work in early 2000s dubs (Angora Deb, Jessica Calvello). Perhaps because of this, the dub quality is spotty. Ms. Deb sounds fine as Leina

[shingu-5] Martin, Theron (June 15, 2005). "Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars DVD 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 30, 2016. The only major performance which consistently avoids this problem is Angora Deb's turn as Futaba, although, oddly, she doesn't entirely avoid this problem speaking in a more normal voice as Nayuta

[6] "American Comedy Institute | Comedy Classes New York | Stand Up Classes". comedyinstitute.com. September 13, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2015.

[7] "Break the Decisive Battle! Delmo Base!". Agent Aika. Episode 7. Event occurs at Closing credits, Cast.

[aicn-8] "AICN AnimeReport: ScaryGodmother; Gundam; CatWhoReturned a Favour; Domu; Patlabor; Trigun;..." Aint It Cool News.

[btva-9] "Debora Rabbai (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 4, 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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