As a result of her role in the series, she garnered attention and the number of access to her official blog grew.

She was selected as the cast for the movie, due to her experience in scuba diving during her time in high school, at "the beauty of swimming" audition in Amami Ōshima.

[5][6] In August 2014, Abe took a career break and quit her acting agency to head to the United States for a year to study English and Drama at New York University.

While studying at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, she met her acting agency staff and returned to Japan in 2015.

Abe auditioned for NHK TV serial Toto Neechan and was cast for the role of heroine's friend, Aya Nakada.