Furukawa Airi

Airin (あいりん)

Furukawa Airi (古川愛李)

Furukawa Airi (2014)

Birth Info

Birthdate	December 13, 1989
Birthplace	Aichi, Japan
Blood type	AB
Current Age	34 Years Old

Sizes

Height	155cm
B	80cm
W	61cm
H	86cm

Professional Info

Agency	**
Social Networks	Blog / Twitter

Idol Career Info

Former Group	SKE48
Former Team	Team KII
Debuted	March, 2009 / 2nd Generation
Graduated	March, 2015

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

San do no meshi yori anime ga daisuki. Anata no hiroin ni nari tai na. 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)

Trivia

Hobby: Anime, Drawing
Specialty: Piano, Flute, Drawing portraits
Favorite animal: Frog
Favorite color: Purple
Favorite food: Macaroon
Future Ambition: Anisong (Anime Song) singer
Light Stick Colors: Red, Green
Member of Art Club
Failed SKE48's 1st generation audition 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 posts it on Google+.
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.
Her fans wave red and green penlights to support her because she says the red and green colors remind her of Tree Frogs, her favorite type of frog. 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"