Chako Abeno

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Chako Abeno
阿倍野ちゃこ
NationalityJapanese
Occupation Manga artist
Known for My-Otome Zwei
Sola
Website www.lifox.co.jp/abeno_chaco/index.html

Chako Abeno (阿倍野ちゃこ, Abeno Chako) is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist. In addition to manga and illustrations, Abeno publishes doujinshi with the circle "Kappa Kurieito" (カッパくりえいと). She is also involved in the artwork of adult games. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Since beginning her manga career in 2002 with In White: Pure Story, [6] Abeno has worked primarily within the fantasy, romance, and action genres for the shounen demographic, as well as shoujo and seinen. [7]

In addition to writing and drawing original manga, Abeno has been involved in the manga adaptations of older manga and other mediums, including video games and light novels, as a character designer, cover illustrator, and artist. [8]

Works

Manga

Light Novel Illustrations (selected)

Games

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