Furukawa Airi

Furukawa Airi was the leader of SKE48's Team KII.

Catchphrase

三度の飯よりアニメが大好き。　あなたのヒロインになりたいなぁ。あいりんこと古川愛李です

Sando no meshi yori ANIME ga daisuki. Anata no HIROIN ni naritai naa. Airin koto Furukawa Airi desu

(I love anime 3 times more than food. I want to become your heroin. I'm Furukawa Airi, also known as Airin)

Team History

2009.03.29 - Joined SKE48 as a Kenkyuusei
2009.05.25 - Promoted to Team KII (Team KII Formation)
2015.03.31 - Graduated from Team KII (Announcement: February 1, 2015 | Graduation Ceremony: March 30, 2015)

AKB48 Senbatsu Elections

1st Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
2nd Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
3rd Senbatsu Election - Not Ranked
4th Senbatsu Election - #30 (Undergirls)
5th Senbatsu Election - #27 (Undergirls)
6th Senbatsu Election - #37 (Next Girls)
7th Senbatsu Election - Didn't Participate

Singles Participation

SKE48 A-Sides

SKE48 B-Sides

Tsuyokimono yo (Team KII version) (Tsuyokimono yo)
Bungee Sengen (Aozora Kataomoi)
Hazumisaki (Gomen ne, SUMMER)
Seishun wa Hazukashii (1!2!3!4! YOROSHIKU!)
Soba ni Isasete (1!2!3!4! YOROSHIKU!)
Ai no Kazu (Banzai Venus)
Tsumiki no Jikan (Pareo wa Emerald)
Hohoemi no Positive Thinking (Oki Doki)
Hatsukoi no Fumikiri (Oki Doki)
Kyou Made no Koto, Korekara no Koto (Kataomoi Finally)
Halation (Aishiteraburu)
Bike to Sidecar (Choco no Dorei)
Futari dake no Parade (Utsukushii Inazuma)
Seishun no Mizushibuki (Utsukushii Inazuma)
Michi wa Naze Tsuzuku no ka? (Sansei Kawaii!)
Zutto Zutto Saki no Kyou (Sansei Kawaii!)
Mayflower (Mirai to wa?)

GALAXY of DREAMS (Mirai to wa?)
S-ko to Usohakkenki (Mirai to wa?)
Bokura no Kizuna (Mirai to wa?)
Coming soon (Bukiyou Taiyou)
Tomodachi no Mama de (Bukiyou Taiyou)
Sayonara Kinou no Jibun (Bukiyou Taiyou)
DADA Machine Gun (12gatsu no Kangaroo)
Ai no Rule (12gatsu no Kangaroo)
Konya wa Join us! (Coquettish Juutai Chuu)
Sakura, Oboeteite Kure (Coquettish Juutai Chuu)
Boku wa Shitteiru (Coquettish Juutai Chuu)

AKB48 B-Sides

Albums Participation

SKE48 Albums

AKB48 Albums

Units

Stage Units

KII1 (Aitakatta): Namida no Shounan; Koi no PLAN; Senaka Kara Dakishimete; Rio no Kakumei

KII2 (Te wo Tsuginagara): Ame no Pianist

KII3 (Ramune no Nomikata): Manazashi, Sayonara

KII4 (Theater no Megami): Arashi no Yoru ni wa

KII3 (Ramune no Nomikata): Finland Miracle (Revival)

Concert Units

1!2!3!4! YOROSHIKU! Shoubu wa Kore Kara da!

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2012

First Rabbit

AKB48 Group Rinji Soukai "Shirokuro tsukeyou janai ka!"

SKE48

Manazashi, Sayonara

AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013

AKB48 2013 Manatsu no Dome Tour ~Mada mada, Yaranakya Ikenai koto ga aru~

Nagoya Dome

Manazashi, Sayonara

SKE48 National Tour

Kobe World Hall

Dakishimeraretara

Yokohama Arena

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2013

Ue Kara Mariko

Unit Matsuri 2014

Ichi Ni no San

AKB48 Sister Groups in Saitama Super Arena

SKE48

Shoujo wa Manatsu ni Nani wo Suru?

AKB48 Kouhaku Utagassen 2014

Escape

Trivia

Hobbies: Anime, drawing
Favorite animal: Frog
Favorite color: Purple
Favorite food: Macaroon
Specialty: Piano, flute, drawing portraits
Future ambition: Anisong (anime song) singer
Light Stick Colors: Red, Green
- She says the red and green colors remind her of Tree Frogs, her favorite type of frog
Former member of Art Club
Failed SKE48's 1st Generation auditions and 2 Morning Musume auditions, in 2004 and 2005
When she was rehearsing for Team KII 1st Stage, her mother helped her practice the choreography for Namida no Shounan in their living room
Went to a textile, design, and fashion specialty technical university for two years
A huge fan of Gundam
Has been cosplaying since middle school
Her popularity dramatically increased after the 48-groups members debuted on Google+
- Regularly posts her anime drawings on Google+. Her signature characters are "Chibi Airin" and "Gugutasu-tan" (Her own character modeled after the Google+ logo).
- For all SKE48 members' birthdays, Airi drew an anime-style picture of them and posted it on Google+
- After graduation, she continues to share her drawings on social networks and goes to conventions such as Comiket
- In 2018, it was announced that her comics will be adapted to anime
Airi, along with ex-members Nakanishi Yuka and Hiramatsu Kanako hosted SKE48's program Hapi☆Hori for over 100 episodes and were called "The Hapi☆Hori Trio"
Always uses honorifics when addressing older members and senpai, except when talking to Matsui Rena, who forced her to drop the honorifics
She has a collection of frog-themed goods
- During her birthday stage in 2013, she asked the other members if they could guess what her favorite type of frog was. Kato Rumi correctly guessed Tree Frog because she had seen that Airi's locker had a Tree Frog toy on it
One of the 50 winners of the Young Jump Gravure Competition
Her and Takayanagi Akane are often called "Furuyanagi", and their trio with Yakata Miki is called by Akane "Furuyanagiti"
She got married and gave birth to a child in 2017

Gallery

SKE48

Members
Team S	Aoumi Hinano \| Akahori Kimie \| Arano Himeka \| Ishiguro Yuzuki \| Inoue Ruka \| Kamimura Ayuka (Co-Leader) \| Kitagawa Yoshino \| Kito Mikuru \| Sakamoto Marin \| Nakasaka Miyu \| Nakamura Izumi \| Nomura Miyo \| Matsumoto Chikako (Leader)
Team KII	Aoki Shiori (Co-Leader) \| Aoki Rika \| Arai Yuki \| Ito Miki \| Iriuchijima Sayaka \| Ota Ayaka (Leader) \| Okamoto Ayaka \| Kawashima Miharu \| Kitano Ruka \| Suzuki Ena \| Nakano Airi \| Nishii Mio \| Fujimoto Fuyuka \| Mizuno Airi
Team E	Aikawa Honoka \| Asai Yuka \| Ikeda Kaede \| Ida Reona \| Kamata Natsuki \| Kumazaki Haruka \| Kurashima Ami \| Saito Makiko (SKE48 Captain) \| Sato Kaho (Leader) \| Sawada Kanon \| Suenaga Oka \| Sugawara Maya \| Suzuki Kokona \| Takahata Yuki \| Hayashi Mirei \| Fukushi Nao (Co-Leader)
Kenkyuusei	11th Generation: Omura Anzu \| Shinohara Kyoka \| Sugimoto Riina \| Hara Yune \| Morimoto Kurumi \| Yamamura Sakura 12th Generation: Ito Kokomi \| Okuno Kokoha \| Kakimoto Rena \| Kato Satsuki \| Kawamura Yua \| Kuramoto Hana \| Suzuki Sara \| Takamura Saya \| Hasegawa Miyabi \| Matsukawa Miyu \| Minamisawa Coco

Former Members
Team S	Suzuki Kirara \| Takai Tsukina \| Yamashita Moe \| Matsushita Yui \| Ono Haruka \| Hirata Rikako \| Yagami Kumi \| Kuwabara Mizuki \| Takada Shiori \| Hiramatsu Kanako \| Niidoi Sayaka \| Sato Seira \| Mukaida Manatsu \| Deguchi Aki \| Sato Mieko \| Nakanishi Yuka \| Miyazawa Sae \| Miyamae Ami \| Yakata Miki \| Noguchi Yume \| Azuma Rion \| Takeuchi Mai \| Futamura Haruka \| Oya Masana \| Goto Risako \| Inuzuka Asana \| Machi Otoha \| Isshiki Rena \| Yamada Juna \| Okada Miku \| Kitagawa Ryoha \| Matsui Jurina \| Nojima Kano \| Yamauchi Suzuran \| Sugiyama Aika \| Tsuzuki Rika \| Ishizuka Mizuki \| Sugiyama Anan \| Hirano Momona \| Otani Yuki \| Takeuchi Nanami
Team KII	Ichihara Yuri \| Wakabayashi Tomoka \| Hata Sawako \| Ogiso Shiori \| Akaeda Ririna \| Fujimoto Mitsuki \| Matsumoto Rina \| Kato Tomoko \| Kinoshita Yukiko \| Mizuno Honoka \| Yamada Mizuho \| Furukawa Airi \| Abiru Riho \| Goudo Saki \| Yamashita Yukari \| Ishida Anna \| Takatsuka Natsuki \| Yahagi Yukina \| Obata Yuna \| Matsumura Kaori \| Takagi Yumana \| Uchiyama Mikoto \| Oshiba Rinka \| Shirai Yukino \| Kataoka Narumi \| Shirai Kotono \| Takayanagi Akane \| Takeuchi Saki \| Souda Sarina \| Igarashi Hayaka \| Oba Mina \| Furuhata Nao \| Hidaka Yuzuki \| Ego Yuna
Team E	Nakamura Yuka \| Mano Haruka \| Yamada Erika \| Hara Minami \| Ueno Kasumi \| Suga Nanako \| Kito Momona \| Iguchi Shiori \| Kaneko Shiori \| Owaki Arisa \| Yamada Reika \| Iwanaga Tsugumi \| Kobayashi Ami \| Matsui Rena \| Isohara Kyoka \| Koishi Kumiko \| Umemoto Madoka \| Kato Rumi \| Shibata Aya \| Sakai Mei \| Kimoto Kanon \| Sato Sumire \| Takatera Sana \| Ichino Narumi \| Shirayuki Kohaku \| Goto Rara \| Nonogaki Miki \| Nishi Marina \| Hirata Shiina \| Ishikawa Kanon \| Fukai Negai \| Suda Akari \| Tanabe Mizuki \| Tani Marika
Kenkyuusei	Inagaki Honami \| Ozeki Kiharu \| Shibaki Aiko \| Oshima Fuuka \| Hayashi Seika \| Maekawa Aika \| Hashimoto Ayumi \| Yanase Aiko \| Shinkai Rina \| Handa Ayane \| Mori Sayuki \| Nonoyama Marin \| Imade Mai \| Miyawaki Riko \| Kobayashi Emiri \| Hioki Miki \| Ito Akane \| Kitahara Yuna \| Yano Azuki \| Orito Aisa \| Yamamoto Yuka \| Sora Miyuka \| Goto Mayuko \| Sasaki Yuka \| Ogino Risa \| Tsuji Nozomi \| Murai Junna \| Kawasaki Narumi \| Kobayashi Kano \| Kawai Anna \| Ishikawa Saki \| Kozuma Honoka \| Atsumi Ayaha \| Wada Aina \| Morihira Riko \| Adachi Reina \| Oba Sayaka \| Sugiyama Natalie \| Seya Moka \| Ohashi Mako \| Kiuchi Rikako \| Kato Yui \| Wakita Aoi

Discography
Singles	1. Tsuyokimono yo \| 2. Aozora Kataomoi \| 3. Gomen ne, SUMMER \| 4. 1!2!3!4! YOROSHIKU! \| 5. Banzai Venus \| 6. Pareo wa Emerald \| 7. Okey-Dokey \| 8. Kataomoi Finally \| 9. Aishiteraburu! \| 10. Kiss Datte Hidarikiki \| 11. Choco no Dorei \| 12. Utsukushii Inazuma \| 13. Sansei Kawaii! \| 14. Mirai to wa? \| 15. Bukiyou Taiyou \| 16. 12-gatsu no Kangaroo \| 17. Coquettish Juutai Chuu \| 18. Maenomeri \| 19. Chicken LINE \| 20. Kin no Ai, Gin no Ai \| 21. Igai ni Mango \| 22. Muishiki no Iro \| 23. Ikinari Punch Line \| 24. Stand by you \| 25. FRUSTRATION \| 26. So~Yu~Toko Aru Yo Ne? \| 27. Koi Ochi Flag \| 28. Ano Koro no Kimi wo Mitsuketa \| 29. Kokoro ni Flower \| 30. Zettai Inspiration \| 31. Suki ni Nacchatta \| 32. Ai no Hologram
Albums	1. Kono Hi no Chime wo Wasurenai \| 2. Kakumei no Oka
Other Songs	Oogoe Diamond \| Tsuyogari Dokei \| Escape \| Sekai ga Naiteru Nara \| Gonna Jump \| Vacancy \| Ai no Moake
Stages
Team S	PARTY ga Hajimaru yo \| Te wo Tsunaginagara \| Seifuku no Me \| RESET \| Kansaneta Ashiato \| Ai wo Kimi ni, Ai wo Boku ni
Team KII	Aitakatta \| Te wo Tsunaginagara \| Ramune no Nomikata \| Theater no Megami \| 0Start \| Saishuu Bell ga Naru \| Jikan ga Nai
Team E	Pajama Drive \| Saka Agari \| Boku no Taiyou \| Te wo Tsunaginagara \| SKE Festival \| Koedashite Ikoze!!!
Himawarigumi	Seishun Girls \| Te wo Tsunaginagara
Kenkyuusei	PARTY ga Hajimaru yo \| Aitakatta \| Seifuku no Me \| Upcoming Stage \| Seishun Girls \| We're Growing Up \| We're Growing Up ～2nd～

Units and Sister Groups
Soloists	Matsumura Kaori \| Matsushita Yui (Former Member)
One-Shot Units	NO NAME \| Sukeban Girls \| ICE from AKB48 \| AKBIdoling!!! \| Team Z \| Team Surprise \| Team BS
AKB48 Group inside Japan	AKB48 \| SKE48 \| NMB48 \| HKT48 \| NGT48 \| STU48
AKB48 Group outside Japan	JKT48 \| BNK48 \| MNL48 \| AKB48 Team SH \| AKB48 Team TP \| CGM48 \| KLP48
Former Groups	OJS48 \| SDN48 \| TPE48 \| MUM48 \| SGO48 \| DEL48 \| MUB48

Events
Sousenkyo	1st Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 13th Single "Kamisama ni Chikatte Gachi Desu" 2nd Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 17th Single "Kaasan ni Chikatte, Gachi Desu" 3rd Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 22nd Single "Kotoshi mo Gachi Desu" 4th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 27th Single "Fan ga Erabu 64 Giseki" 5th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 32nd Single "Yume wa Hitori ja Mirarenai" 6th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 37th Single "Yume no Genzaichi ~Rival wa Doko da~" 7th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 41st Single 8th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 45th Single 9th Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 49th Single 10th Senbatsu Sousenkyo / Sekai Senbatsu Sousenkyo - 53rd Single
Janken Taikai	1st Senbatsu Janken Taikai - 19th Single 2nd Senbatsu Janken Taikai - 24th Single 3rd Senbatsu Janken Taikai - 29th Single 4th Senbatsu Janken Taikai - 34th Single 5th Janken Taikai - Solo Debut + 38th Single 6th Janken Taikai - Solo Debut 7th Janken Taikai - Unit Formation + Debut 8th Janken Taikai - Unit Debut
Group Draft Meeting	AKB48 Group Draft Meeting 2013 AKB48 Group Draft Meeting 2015