Former SKE48 and AKB48 member Jurina Matsui made headlines all across Japan when she uploaded a nostalgic photo of herself. In Japan Children’s Day is celebrated on May 5th, and in honor of that she shared a photo of herself in grade 6, the final year of elementary school in Japan.

With a giant smile and a peace sign, she accompanied the photo with a bunch of funny hashtags like “#baby” and “adult?”. Fans were ecstatic at the throwback picture, calling her cute and saying how she grew into such a beautiful woman. “Grade 6??? and still beautiful” , “the beginning of a legend?“.

Her throwback photo ranked #1 for news on multiple prominent news sites such as Oricon. Check it out below!

She went on the share some more nostalgic photos of herself

Since gradating from SKE48 in April 2021, she plans to be active as an actress and TV personality.