Matsui Jurina

Name

Matsui Jurina

Matsui Jurina (2019)


Kanji	松井珠理奈
Kana	まついじゅりな
Romaji	Matsui Jurina
Nickname	Jurina (じゅりな)

Birth Info

Birthdate	March 8, 1997
Birthplace	Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
Blood type	B
Current Age	27 Years Old

Sizes

Height	163cm

Professional Info

Agency	Independent
Social Networks	Official Fanclub / 7gogo / Instagram / TikTok / Twitter / YouTube / Threads

Idol Career Info

Former Group	SKE48
Former Team	Team S
Debuted	July 2008 / 1st Generation
Graduated	April 2021

Matsui Jurina was a member of SKE48's Team S.

Catchphrase

With Team S:

1,2,3,4 ご一緒に　6,7,8,9,じゅうりな~

Ichi, ni, san, shi, go-issho ni, roku, shichi, hachi, kyu, Juurina~

(1, 2, 3, 4, let's go together, 6, 7, 8, 9, Juurina~!)

With Team K:

育会KチームK のJK、松井珠理奈です！

Taiikukai K, team K no JK, Matsui Jurina desu!

(The high school girl in athletic Team K, I'm Matsui Jurina!)

Trivia

Light Stick Colors: Orange and Green
- She chose these colors to represent Team S and Team K, respectively.
Hobbies: Dancing, cooking, sports (pro wrestling), making pastries, fishing
Special skills: 100m dash (in about 14 seconds), animal sound impressions, pulling table cloths out from below
Favorite food: Meat, her mother's meat sauce spaghetti, tapioca
Least favorite food: Spicy things
Favorite animal: Dogs
Favorite colors: Light blue, cool green
Favorite movie: Dragonball Z, High School Musical
Favorite phrase: 人と比べるんじゃなくて、自分は自分 (Hito to kuraberun ja nakute, jibun wa jibun; Don’t compare yourself to others, you are yourself); 全力投球 (Zenryoku toukyuu; Going full-out); 最高の気分 (Saikou no kibun; The best mood); 愛してまーす！ (Aishitemaasu!; I loove you!)
Favorite smell: Citrus
Favorite artists: Gackt, AAA
- Additionally, she says Gackt is her ideal type of man.
Future ambition: Actress
Good friends with: Ishida Anna, Oya Masana, Nakanishi Yuka! Kuwabara Mizuki, Takayanagi Akane, Shinoda Mariko, Uchida Mayumi
- She and Ishida were known to pull pranks on other members together.
- She and Oya were the last two SKE48 1st Generation members to graduate from the group. They expressed strong friendship with each other, and Masana often called Jurina "Juribo".
She is an only child. She wishes she had an older brother, though.
She is afraid of haunted houses and roller coasters.
She is said to look like her mother.
Her mother is Christian, but Jurina has not revealed her own religion.
Growing up, her family's home was decorated with many animal figurines. They also owned many video games and consoles, including a Super Famicom.
Her family owns a piano, but Jurina has never mentioned if she knows how to play it. She does have a music box shaped like a piano in her bedroom, which plays Ozaki Yutaka's song I Love You. Her father is a fan of Ozaki's music.
Her childhood dream was to be a singer.
She began learning hip hop dance in third grade. She also took lessons in English and swimming.
In elementary school her teachers commented, "she is the type of person to pick up trash when they notice it in the hallways, even when others won't".
She travels and sleeps with a large brown pillow called "Brown-Mama".
She was a member of the unofficial SKE48 2D fan club.
She was the youngest member of the SKE48 1st Generation.
She and Matsui Rena were the original Centers of SKE48. The were often called WMatsui (pronounced "Double Matsui”), as they shared the same last name.
The pairing of her and Takayanagi Akane was called "JuriChuri".
She often made puns during TV shows and MCs, and both of her catchphrases included a pun.
On the cover of AKB48's single Oogoe Diamond, she is photographed while she was shouting "Mariko-sama!"
On the first day of AKB48's Fukuoka Dome performance, she broke her left index finger when it hit into a stage prop. She wore a cast over her finger for several weeks. After it was removed, she still had to wear a thick bandage over it, and as such she only used one hand during handshake events for a period of time.
She usually wears contact lenses, but she wears glasses on private occasions.
She has been praised by fellow members for having a pretty navel (belly button).
Her best dishes to cook are fried rice and omurice.
She is insecure about the large size of her hands.
With the release of Chicken LINE in March 2016, she received her 23rd center position and broke the previously set record for most center positions across all 48/46 Groups previously held by Maeda Atsuko (22).
As of her graduation in April 2021, she has had 27 A-side center positions, of which 16 are solo center positions and 11 are double center positions.
- As of her graduation in April 2021, she also holds the record for the most appearances in Senbatsu of 48/46 Groups with a total of 69 A-side appearances across all groups.
She went on several health-related hiatuses during her time as a member. These include a hiatus from June 2018 to September 2018, immediately following her win at the 10th Senbatsu Election, and a hiatus from September 2019 to November 2019.
- She also experienced congested blood in her right eye in late 2013. She wore an eye patch on stage, but this worsened the condition, and she switched to wearing glasses until early 2014.
- She participated on Produce48, but withdrew after Episode 5 due to poor health. Note that she had ranked at #13 in the preliminary rankings of that episode.
- She said that if she could have one wish come true, it would be to never get sick or injured for the rest of her life.
From October 2nd, 2016, to January 15th, 2024, was signed to the talent agency Irving. Since then, she's been independent.
In April 2024, it was announced Jurina would become the Playing Manager of KLP48. However, on July 11th, 2023, the manager of KLP48 announced that this project would no longer go ahead with Jurina involved.