SKE48's Matsui Jurina announced she is graduating

SKE48’s Matsui Jurina announced at an SKE48 theater performance on February 7th that she is graduating.

Matsui announced on SHOWROOM that she will perform a graduation concert on September 26-27 and a graduation performance on October 5th, the 12th anniversary of SKE48.

Matsui is a first generation SKE48 member who joined in 2008. She was crowned as center in the 10th AKB48 Senbatsu Sosenkyo but shortly after winning, she stopped working for about two and a half months due to poor physical condition. She returned but announced a temporary suspension of performance art activities in September 2019 due to poor physical condition and returned back in November.

本日のチームS公演で、松井珠理奈がSKE48の卒業を発表いたしました。 pic.twitter.com/DcjZhdEyUv

— SKE48 (@ske48official) February 7, 2020

卒業のご報告から、一夜明けました。

SHOWROOMの番組配信後、珠理奈からコメントをもらいました。
改めて、現在の心境やグループのこと、これからのことを話してくれました。#ありがとう珠理奈 pic.twitter.com/yqIs3QXYzX

— SKE48 (@ske48official) February 8, 2020