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SKE48 announced that Matsui Jurina (22) will be suspending activities due to poor health. Since Matsui Jurina winning the Senbatsu Sosenkyo in 2018 (and collapsing hours before the event, while she returned, she was barely able to perform), SKE48 management pulled Matsui from various events Read More …
SKE48 member Matsui Jurina’s first solo album “Privacy” will be released on October 5th from “SHOWROOM RECORDS” operated by SHOWROOM. The album will be sold only for a limited time from October 5th through November 4th. Digital distribution of the album will be available on Read More …
SKE48 member Matsui Jurina made her debut with SKE48’sTeam S when she was 11 years ago and back on October 22, 2008, a year after she debuted, at the age of 12, she became the center of AKB48’s 10th major single “Ogoe Diamond”. View this Read More …
New mother, actress and former AKB48 member Maeda Atsuko and SKE48 member Matsui Jurina recently hung out at recently married Shinoda Mariko’s (a former AKB48 member, now TV talent/model) home to hang out and eat. And possibly try out Shinoda Mariko’s well-known “brown rice” (note: Read More …
SKE48’s Matsui Jurina hasn’t been on social media for nearly half a year since she went on hiatus back in June. But on December 6th, Matsui has posted a lot of photos of her trip to Bangkok, Thailand along to meet with her fans. Matsui, Read More …
The AKB48 53rd single “Sentimental Train” was released back on September 19th. But because the single’s center, SKE48’s Matsui Jurina was on leave due to poor health for two and a half months, an unfinished version of the music video was released on the single’s Read More …
SKE48’s Matsui Jurina did her first interview since her return after a two month hiatus in which the idol singer needed rest due to poor physical condition (after collapsing on stage the night of the General Election). In the latest issue of “FLASH”, Matsui Jurina Read More …
Matsui Jurina who is the center for AKB48’s 53rd single “Sentimental Train” had been missing from the group’s music video and performances. While SKE48’s Akari Suda and HKT48’s Miyawaki Sakura (#2 and #3 in the AKB48 Senbatsu Sousenkyo/General Election) were seen most visibly for the Read More …
SKE48’s Matsui Jurina has made her return on September 6th. Matsui made her surprise return at the birthday of SKE48 member Nojima Kano’s birthday for the TEAM S performance at SKE48 Theater. When the curtains opened, out came a smiling Jurina which led to the Read More …
SKE48 Theater Manager Yuasa Hiroshi has posted a tweet with a photo of Matsui Jurina. Yuasa tweeted: “I apologize for the concern about Jurina, She is getting better little by little. So, I hope we can give you more good news soon. Here is a Read More …
AKB48 performed their Kansha-sai (Thank you) Concert at Yokohama Arena on August 2nd. Many wondered who would fill in for Matsui Jurina (21) of SKE48 who won the center position back in June at the 10th Annual AKB48 Senbatsu Sousenkyo (General Elections). For the performance Read More …
Since Matsui Jurina winning the Senbatsu Sosenkyo (and collapsing hours before the event, while she returned, she was barely able to perform), SKE48 management pulled Matsui from various events to give her time to recover. SKE48 manager Yuasa Hiroshi released a statement that because she Read More …
In the latest video uploaded by Mnet for “Produce 48” featuring the trainees interacting with a video camera, we also get to see Matsui Jurina, Miyawaki Sakura and Nakanishi Chiyori along with Banana Culture’s Kim Dahye together. But there are many are wondering if Matsui Read More …
Former and current AKB48 members celebrated Akimoto Yasushi’s 60th birthday. Celebrating with Akimoto is Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko, Kojima Haruna, Minegishi Minami, Itano Tomomi, Miyazawa Sae, Shimazaki Haruka, Kitahara Rie, NGT48’s Ogino Yuka, Takahashi Juri, Kasai Tomomi and Matsui Jurina. 💖 A post shared by Read More …
There is a lot of talk in regards to the first episode of “Produce 48”, the Mnet survival reality TV show featuring 96 trainees from Japan and South Korea and features a collaboration between Mnet’s “Produce 101” of South Korea and the J-Pop idol group Read More …