Tonko

Senno Aki (せんのあき), better known to SNK fans with her pen name TONKO, is an illustrator for SNK. She is best known for doing the character designs and main illustrations for The Last Blade series and Garou: Mark of the Wolves. jkov is her personal webpage. She jokingly referred to a character in Yatterman as her one true love.

After the company's bankruptcy, she became a freelancer. She is sometimes hired by SNK-Playmore to do promotional art for their gaming franchises. Her art is easily recognized by a semi-realistic anime presentation with a soft watercolor method of coloring, emphasizing light tones for a slight foggy effect. She sometimes draws her characters in a very "cutesy" super-deformed style with a crisper coloring method.

Her works for other companies include Battle Star Online, Xian Mo Dao Online, Hotogisu Ran and Gersang Online.

SNK Work

 * The Last Blade series
 * Garou: Mark of the Wolves
 * Metal Slug series (4-7)
 * The King of Fighters (various console packaging and promotional art; XI - special ending artwork; '98 Ultimate Match - illustrator; 2002 Unlimited Match - ending artwork)
 * The King of Fighters R-2
 * The King of Fighters: Battle de Paradise
 * The Last Blade - Beyond the Destiny
 * Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage - inker
 * SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition - for select rare cards
 * SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS - for select rare cards
 * Days of Memories (fifth~ninth titles)
 * Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol 2
 * Maid by Iroha
 * Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting - for Akari Ichijou's artwork
 * Neo Geo Tennis Coliseum - mobile game
 * The King of Fighters Mahjong - mobile game
 * TGS 2006 Iroha Goods
 * Nakoruru & Terry Club - artwork
 * The King of Fighters 2001 Anthology Comic 1 - Bros Comics, published by Enterbrain; illustration.
 * The King of Fighters 2001 Anthology Comic 2 - Bros Comics, published by Enterbrain; illustration.
 * The King of Fighters XIV - Promotional art

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