SKE48 Team KII Leader Furukawa Airi announces her graduationFebruary 2, 2015On February 1, SKE48's Furukawa Airi announced her graduation from the group during Team KII's stage performance at SKE48 Theater in Aichi.Furukawa joined SKE48 as its 2nd generation member and is now the leader of Team KII. A message from the idol has been posted onto the group's official website stating, "This graduation is for me to head towards my new dream, so I hope to spend my time with everyone to the end with smiles. It's not a sad graduation, so it would make me happy if you would continue to support SKE48's Furukawa Airi with a smile." Furukawa's last day as an SKE48 member will be on March 31.Source: natalie
Matsui Rena official blog March 30th 2015 22:54(Ai・ω・rin)Rena speakingToday was Airin last stage.I couldn’t attend it and I won’t be there either tomorrow for her last handshake event. That makes me really really sad, and yesterday when we realized how it was our last moment together in SKE, I couldn’t help but cry a little.I’m sure Airin is stoic, or should I say, she certainly completed her last performance in the theater with professionalism, didn’t’t she? That’s what I’m thinking.She has been by my side for so long, before I knew it her presence had become countless times more important to me than I thought, I like her so much, all in me screams that I don’t want to be separated from her.But I’m sending her off with a smile.Because I want to see her accomplish what she wants to do.I love Airin no matter what.Rena
Furukawa Airi will publish her own Picture BookWednesday, July 08, 2015Former SKE48 member Furukawa Airi (古川愛李) announced on her official twitter, she will publish her own Picture Books soon, more details will be announced later.