is an illustrator and former member of the

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girl group A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...

SKE48 SKE48 (S.K.E. Forty-eight) is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. SKE48 is named after the Sakae district in Nagoya of Aichi Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at SKE48 Theater on 2F of Sunshine Sakae, a s ...

. She is a former member and leader of SKE48's Team KII.

Career

Furukawa passed

's 2nd generation auditions in March 2009. Her debut was in April 2009. Her first SKE48 Senbatsu was for the single

1! 2! 3! 4! Yoroshiku! is the 4th single by Japanese girl group SKE48. It reached the 2nd place on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart and, as of February 6, 2012 (issue date), has sold 175,027 copies. This was last full version ''music video'' featured on SKE48 official ...

. In the 2012 general elections, Furukawa placed 30th with 11,179 votes. In 2013, she improved her rank to 27th with 24,990 votes. In February 2014, during the AKB48 Group Shuffle, it was announced she would be appointed the leader of Team KII. In the 2014 general elections, her rank dropped to 37th with 19,315 votes. On February 1, 2015, Furukawa announced her graduation. She graduated on March 31, 2015. She now works as a freelance illustrator. On April 20, 2016, she released a

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entitled ''Chibi Airin Would Like To Speak About...'', featuring her character Chibi Airin.

Discography

SKE48 singles

AKB48 singles

Appearances

Stage units

;''SKE48 KII 1st Stage '' # " # " # " # " ;''SKE48 Team KII 2nd Stage '' # ;''SKE48 Team KII 3rd Stage '' # ;''SKE48 Team KII 4th Stage '' # ;''SKE48 Team KII 3rd Stage (Revival)'' #

External links

SKE48 Official Profile

Official Blog

Airi Furukawa
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Furukawa, Airi 1989 births Living people Japanese idols Japanese women pop singers Musicians from Aichi Prefecture SKE48 members