Furukawa Airi

Name

Furukawa Airi

Furukawa Airi (2014)


Kanji	古川愛李
Kana	ふるかわあいり
Romaji	Furukawa Airi
Nickname	Airin (あいりん)

Birth Info

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

Sizes

Height	155cm

Professional Info

Agency	Mousa
Social Networks	Ameblo / Instagram / SHOWROOM / Twitter / 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. She is currently affiliated with Mousa.

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)

Trivia

Lightstick colors: Red, Green
- She says the red and green colors remind her of Tree Frogs, her favorite type of frog.
Hobbies: Anime, drawing
Special skills: Piano, flute, drawing portraits
Future dream: Anisong (anime song) singer
Favorite animal: 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.
Favorite color: Purple
Favorite food: Macaroon
She is a former member of Art Club.
She 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.
She went to a textile, design, and fashion specialty technical university for two years.
She is a huge fan of Gundam.
She has been cosplaying since middle school.
Her popularity dramatically increased after the 48-groups members debuted on Google+.
- Regularly posted 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.
She, 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".
She always uses honorifics when addressing older members and senpai, except when talking to Matsui Rena, who forced her to drop the honorifics.
She was 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.