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  2020 - 2022 Q When the group was renamed into Sakurazaka46 in 2020, what did you think of, Matsuda-san? Matsuda: I don’t really remember what I thought of… it’s not that I completely have no memory of it, but even now I still don't understand what feelings I was feeling back then. I was sad that Keyakizaka is ending, and I had no idea what will happen with Sakurazaka in the future. The only thing that doesn’t change was to give my all to everything that is happening in front of me, so while I continue to give my best every day, but if you ask me how I was feeling back then, then I don’t understand when I look back to it now, that is how it’s like. It was something that I have never experienced, so I think that a lot of emotions were mixed in. Q What is your earliest memory as Sakurazaka46? Matsuda: I wonder… I remember well how our first activities overlapped with Keyakizaka. Even though we are preparing for Keyakizaka’s Last Live, because we will need to immediately start our ac...

  The drop of the spring rains moves in sync with her movements. The expressions and emotions can only be felt in that moment and place. The presence that was brought out from the friction between her natural radiance and internal conflict. Q: It feels like you just graduated from high school a while ago, but now you are 20 years old. Airi: That’s right~, I have been looking forward to turning 20. A little while ago, I was thinking  “Wow, I won’t be in my teens anymore-” but even when I graduated high school, my way of thinking did not change that much, so I imagine that I will probably enter my twenties the same way - just as usual (※ The interview was conducted before her birthday) Q: In terms of your growth, do you think the experience you have had hosting the radio show “Sakurazaka no Sa” for half a year until last March had a big impact? Airi: Right…. The first broadcast was pretty much a disaster (laughs), but as we did more episodes, I thought, “I talked this much alrea...