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With chao!
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With chao!
Summary. Japanese illustrator chao! (Popkiller Artist Series) works across global brands, fashion, cafes, and musicians. KANA's husband; CHAI single-jacket designs; OKAME DEBUT album art; directed the animation MV for 夜はきらい, the 言いわけきかせて MV, and the documentary OK A ME REVOLUTION THROUGH MUSIC. Tokyo archive photo with Luke Walton, MANA, and KANA after Luke signed a Scoobert album for them.
Japanese illustrator chao! (Popkiller Artist Series) works across global brands, fashion, cafes, and musicians. KANA's husband; CHAI single-jacket designs; OKAME DEBUT album art; directed the animation MV for 夜はきらい, the 言いわけきかせて MV, and the documentary OK A ME REVOLUTION THROUGH MUSIC. Tokyo archive photo with Luke Walton, MANA, and KANA after Luke signed a Scoobert album for them. Collaborator hub for Luke F. Walton and Scoobert Doobert credits with chao!. Status on site: complete. Also credited as: CHAO!. On the public record: chao-illustrator.com portfolio (CHAI single jackets), OKAME DEBUT art, Popkiller, Skream!, Rooftop, Digle on NEO KAWAII FESTIVAL 2023 flyer; the Tokyo signed-album photo is from Luke's archive. Popkiller and chao-illustrator.com describe chao! as a Japanese illustrator collaborating with companies worldwide and with fashion brands, cafés, and musicians in Japan, with Tokusatsu Senshi and Space Warrior apparel lines among the public catalog. His portfolio lists CHAI single-jacket design work; full LP covers such as PUNK were drawn by bassist Yuuki per CHAI official. With MANA and KANA after CHAI: chao! illustrated OKAME DEBUT (Feb 2026), directed the full-animation 夜はきらい official MV (Skream!), directed the 言いわけきかせて official MV (Rooftop), and documentary OK A ME REVOLUTION THROUGH MUSIC (theatrical run with DEBUT, Feb 2026). Luke Francis Walton mixed the OKAME album and that later single. From Luke's personal archive: he visited Tokyo and signed a Scoobert album for MANA, KANA, and chao!, with a group photo of the signed vinyl. Album & single art: OKAME: DEBUT (album art) (Feb 2026 · eight-track LP · jacket illustration by chao!); CHAI: single jacket designs (Portfolio credit on chao-illustrator.com · LP covers such as PUNK drawn by Yuuki); NEO KAWAII FESTIVAL 2023 flyer (STUTS × Phum Viphurit bill · Zeep Shinjuku · Apr 27, 2023). OKAME visuals: 夜はきらい: animation MV (Directed by chao! · DEBUT · film 餃子店で朝食を theme); 言いわけきかせて: official MV (Directed by chao! · Jul 25, 2026 single · TikTok short anime きょうもカクレチカクカ・ビン theme); OK A ME REVOLUTION THROUGH MUSIC (Documentary directed by chao! · screened with DEBUT · Feb 2026). Archive: Tokyo: signed album visit (Tokyo, Japan · Luke Walton, MANA, KANA, chao! · after Luke signed Scoobert vinyl for them). Press on chao! releases: chao-illustrator.com, Popkiller: CHAO! Artist Series, Skream!: 夜はきらい animation MV (chao! directed), Rooftop: DEBUT + documentary, Rooftop: 言いわけきかせて MV (chao! directed). Related hubs: With OKAME (MANA/KANA), With CHAI (pre-disband era).
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- collaborator, chao!, chao, CHAO!, Album & single art, OKAME visuals, Archive
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- with:chao
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