Abby Espiritu

Birth Date: 23/12/1996

A Hoboken, New Jersey native who trained for years at the Paper Mill Playhouse Theatre School, Espiritu graduated from Brown University before the pandemic redirected her toward voiceover work. Best known for voicing Romin Kassidy in Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS, Ajaw in Genshin Impact, and Naya in Hamster & Gretel, she now also balances anime, gaming, and theatre work from Los Angeles.

Website: https://www.abbyespiritu.com/

Abby Espiritu’s Path From Theatre Kid to Anime Lead

Hoboken, New Jersey raised Espiritu on cast recordings of Mamma Mia! and RENT, and she saw her first Broadway show at age three. Five years at the Paper Mill Playhouse Theatre School, under Mark Hoebee and Patrick Parker, gave her early stage training that carried into an audition-only touring children’s theatre troupe long before she stepped near a microphone booth.

From Casting Desk to Voice Booth

At Brown University she paired American Studies, focused on Asian American representation in media, with Modern Culture and Media, graduating in 2019. Telsey + Company Casting in New York hired her afterward, putting her on the other side of the audition table. When the pandemic closed that job in March 2020, she pivoted into voiceover training and began landing her first credits while still based in New Jersey.

Yasmine and Street Fighter 6

Espiritu joined the Street Fighter roster as Yasmine, a high schooler from the Philippines who fights with Arnis and Silat while searching for her missing older brother. The character arrives as part of Street Fighter 6‘s Year 4 pass on August 3, 2026, marking the franchise’s first Filipino fighter and the first time a Filipino performer voices a Filipino character in the series.

Genshin Impact and Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS

Her profile rose with Romin Kassidy, the female lead across 65 episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS, followed by Ajaw, the sunglasses-wearing dragon spirit introduced in Genshin Impact‘s Natlan region. Gaming work continued with Polyxia in Honkai: Star Rail and Elegg in NIKKE.

Animation, Film, and Anime Dubbing

On Disney Channel she plays head cheerleader Naya in Hamster & Gretel. Anime dub credits include Misao in the 2023 Rurouni Kenshin revival, Haruko in The First Slam Dunk, and Liliana during Re:ZERO’s Masquerade arc, alongside additional voice work in Digimon Ghost Game and 86. She also joined the ADR ensemble behind Barbie’s “Hi Barbie!” line in 2023 and voiced Celestine and Pikachu in Pokémon: Path to the Peak.

She relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles in June 2023, where she is represented by CESD LA and managed by Mara Entertainment, working through Bang Zoom! Entertainment on much of her dubbing slate while continuing in regional theatre and Twitch streaming.