Tonko's avatar used in the SNK 40th Anniversary Special Illustration article
Aki Senno (せんのあき, Senno Aki), better known to SNK fans by her pen name Tonko (normally styled in capital letters), is an illustrator for SNK. She is best known for doing the character designs and main illustrations for The Last Blade series series and Garou: Mark of the Wolves.
Tonko jokingly referred to a character in Yatterman as her one true love and its rumored that her pseudonym comes from her affection for the character Odate Buta (a pig) from said series ("Ton" and "Buta" are different readings of the same Kanji that means "pig").
Profile[]
After SNK's bankruptcy, Tonko became a freelancer. She was sometimes hired by SNK Playmore to do promotional art for their gaming franchises. In recent years, Tonko has been in charge of Metal Slug Attack and, as of 2018, Tonko was working again as a member of SNK.[1]
Her works for other companies include Battle Star Online, Xian Mo Dao Online, Hotogisu Ran and Gersang Online.
Style[]
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.
SNK work[]
- The Last Blade (1997) - Character design, illustrations
- Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage (1998) - Inker
- The King of Fighters R-1 (1998)
- The Last Blade 2 (1998) - Character design, illustrations
- Garou: Mark of the Wolves (1999) - Character design, illustrations
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (2025) - Promotional art
- The King of Fighters R-2 (1999) - Manual
- The King of Fighters: Battle de Paradise (2000)
- The Last Blade: Beyond the Destiny (2000) - Character design, illustrations
- SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters 2 (2001) - Illustrator for select cards
- Metal Slug 4 (2002) - Illustration
- The King of Fighters 2001 Anthology Comic 1 (2002) - Bros Comics, published by Enterbrain; illustration
- The King of Fighters 2001 Anthology Comic 2 (2002) - Bros Comics, published by Enterbrain; illustration
- Metal Slug 5 (2003) - Illustration
- Nakoruru & Terry Club (2004) - Artwork
- The King of Fighters XI (2005) - Special ending artwork, promotional art
- Metal Slug 6 (2006) - Illustration
- SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters DS (2006) - Guest illustrator for select cards
- TGS 2006 Iroha Goods
- Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 2 (2007) - Neo Geo Online Collection label package
- Maid by Iroha (2007) - Main illustrator
- The King of Fighters Mahjong (2007) - Illustrations
- Days of Memories (2007-2008, fifth~ninth titles) - Graphic director
- Metal Slug 7 (2008) - Illustrator
- Metal Slug XX (2010) - Illustrator
- Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting (2010) - Akari Ichijou's artwork
- The King of Fighters XIII (2010) - Special ending artwork, promotional art
- The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match (2014) - Illustrator
- The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match (2015) - Illustrator
- Metal Slug Attack (2016) - Illustrator
- The King of Fighters XIV (2016) - Promotional art
- The King of Fighters XV (2022) - Promotional art
- NeoGeo Tennis Coliseum (2006)
Other works[]
- Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 (2000) - SNK Staff
- Capcom vs. SNK Pro (2000) - SNK Staff
- Genso Suikoden Card Stories (2001)
- Kyoshoden (2002)
- GURPS Yuell (2005, tabletop role-playing game)
- Sword World RPG (tabletop RPG)
- Yuell Saga Replay 1-3 (2005-2006, tabletop RPG)
- Taisen Quiz! Battle Star Online (2007)
- Sengoku Efudayugi Hototogisu: Ran (2008)
- Senmado (2009)
Gallery[]
Video[]
References[]
- ↑ "SNK 40th Anniversary Special Illustration - Guest & SNK Illustration & Message - Illustrator 04: Tonko" (in Japanese). 2018. SNK Corporation. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
External links[]
- Archived personal website from the original on 2004-09-02 (Japanese)
- Tonko at Japanese Wikipedia
- Profile at MobyGames
- Tonko's SNK 40th Anniversary Special Illustration at SNK (Japanese)