Matsui Jurina

Name

Matsui Jurina

Matsui Jurina (2019)


Kanji	松井珠理奈
Kana	まついじゅりな
Romaji	Matsui Jurina
Nickname	Jurina (じゅりな)

Birth Info

Birthdate	March 8, 1997
Birthplace	Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
Blood type	B
Current Age	28 Years Old

Sizes

Height	163cm

Professional Info

Agency	Irving
Social Networks	Official Fanclub / 7gogo / Instagram / TikTok / Twitter / Weibo / YouTube

Idol Career Info

Former Group	SKE48
Former Team	Team S
Debuted	July 2008 / 1st Generation
Graduated	April 2021

Matsui Jurina was a member of SKE48's Team S. She is currently affiliated with Irving.

Catchphrase

With Team S:

1,2,3,4 ご一緒に　6,7,8,9,じゅうりな~

Ichi, ni, san, shi, go-issho ni, roku, shichi, hachi, kyu, Juurina~

(1, 2, 3, 4, let's go together, 6, 7, 8, 9, Juurina~!)

With Team K:

育会KチームK のJK、松井珠理奈です！

Taiikukai K, team K no JK, Matsui Jurina desu!

(The high school girl in athletic Team K, I'm Matsui Jurina!)

Trivia

Light Stick Colors: Orange and Green
- She chose these colors to represent Team S and Team K, respectively.
Hobbies: Dancing, cooking, sports (pro wrestling), making pastries, fishing
Favorite food: Meat, her mother's meat sauce spaghetti, tapioca
Least favorite food: Spicy things
Favorite animal: Dogs
Favorite colors: Light blue, cool green
Favorite movie: Dragonball Z, High School Musical
Favorite phrase: 人と比べるんじゃなくて、自分は自分 (Hito to kuraberun ja nakute, jibun wa jibun; Don’t compare yourself to others, you are yourself); 全力投球 (Zenryoku toukyuu; Going full-out); 最高の気分 (Saikou no kibun; The best mood); 愛してまーす！ (Aishitemaasu!; I loove you!)
Favorite smell: Citrus
Favorite artists: Gackt, AAA
- Additionally, she says Gackt is her ideal type of man.
Special skills: 100m dash (in about 14 seconds), animal sound impressions, pulling table cloths out from below
Future ambition: Actress
Good friends with: Ishida Anna, Oya Masana
- She and Ishida were known to pull pranks on other members together.
- She and Masana were the last two SKE48 1st Generation members to graduate from the group. They expressed strong friendship with each other, and Masana often called Jurina "Juribo".
She is an only child. She wishes she had an older brother, though.
She is afraid of haunted houses and roller coasters.
She is said to look like her mother.
Her mother is Christian, but Jurina has not revealed her own religion.
Growing up, her family's home was decorated with many animal figurines. They also owned many video games and consoles, including a Super Famicom.
Her family had a piano, though Jurina has not demonstrated any piano skills.
- She does have a music box shaped like a piano in her bedroom, which plays Ozaki Yutaka's song I Love You. Her father is a fan of Ozaki's music.
Her childhood dream was to be a singer.
She began learning hip hop dance in third grade. She also took lessons in English and swimming.
In elementary school, her teachers commented, "she is the type of person to pick up trash when they notice it in the hallways, even when others won't".
She travels and sleeps with a large brown pillow called "Brown-Mama".
She was a member of the unofficial SKE48 2D fan club.
She was the youngest member of the SKE48 1st Generation.
She and Matsui Rena were the original Centers of SKE48 and were often called WMatsui (pronounced "Double Matsui).
The pairing of her and Takayanagi Akane is called "JuriChuri".
She often makes puns during TV shows and MCs, and both of her catchphrases include a pun.
On the cover of AKB48's single Oogoe Diamond, Matsui Jurina is photographed while she was shouting "Mariko-sama!"
On the first day of AKB48's Fukuoka Dome performance, Jurina broke her left index finger when it hit into a stage prop. She wore a cast over her finger and after it was removed, she still had to wear a thick bandage over it, and as such she only used one hand during handshake events for a period of time.
She usually wears contact lenses, however she wears glasses on private occasions.
She has been praised by her members for having a pretty navel (belly button).
With the release of Chicken LINE in March 2016, she received her 23rd center position and broke the previously set record for most center positions across all 48/46 Groups held by Maeda Atsuko (22).
As of her graduation in April 2021, she has had 27 A-side center positions, of which 16 are solo center positions and 11 are double center positions.
- As of her graduation in April 2021, she also holds the record for the most appearances in Senbatsu of 48/46 Groups with a total of 69 A-side appearances across all groups.
She went on several health-related hiatuses during her time as a member. These include a hiatus from June 2018 to September 2018, immediately following her win at the 10th Senbatsu Election, and a hiatus from September 2019 to November 2019.
- She also experienced congested blood in her right eye in late 2013. She wore an eye patch on stage, but this worsened the condition, and she switched to wearing glasses until early 2014.
- She participated on Produce48, but withdrew after Episode 5 due to poor health. Note that she had ranked at #13 in the preliminary rankings of that episode.