Lanzhu Zhong's Mother
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| Lanzhu Zhong's Mother | |
|---|---|
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| Kanji | 理事長 嵐珠の母 |
| Romaji | Rijichō Lanzhu no Haha |
| Statistics | |
| Gender | Female |
| Other | |
| Portrayals | |
| Seiyuu Kanji | 野上 ゆかな |
| Seiyuu Romaji | Nogami Yukana |
Lanzhu Zhong's Mother is a supporting character in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Love Live! School idol festival ALL STARS, and Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club TOKIMEKI Roadmap to Future. She is the chairwoman of Nijigasaki High School and the mother of Lanzhu Zhong. In the All Stars version, she is credited under her title as chairwoman.
Overview
She first appeared in SIFAS main story, Chapter 19, which was released on September 30, 2020 and made her anime debut in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club movie Final Chapter Part 1.
She serves as the chairwoman of Nijigasaki High School and is the mother of Lanzhu Zhong, a school idol belonging to the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.
She is a woman with dark red hair and blue eyes, the same eye color as her daughter.
Her outfit consists of a suit in a pants-style design.
She has long-standing ties with Shioriko and the Mifune family, and they share a close relationship.
In the visual novel game TOKIMEKI Roadmap to Future, the SIFAS world setting is retained, meaning the chairwoman remains as part of the story.
Her real name is unknown, and in both game's credits, she is listed simply as "Nijigasaki High School's Chairwoman" (referred to as "Chairwoman/Director" in the game).
Additionally, in the anime adaptation Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: The Movie - Final Chapter Part 1, Lanzhu’s mother makes an appearance, but she is credited as "Lanzhu’s Mother." and referred to as "Owner."
Naming
- Nijigasaki High School Chairwoman 理事長 (SIFAS)
- Director 理事長 (Nijichizu)
- Owner/Lanzhu’s Mother 嵐珠の母 (Eigasaki)
All Stars version
Chapter 19, Episode 10
After the joint training camp between μ's and the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Shioriko Mifune returns to school and is summoned to the student council room.
There, she is informed that her friend Lanzhu Zhong and Lanzhu’s companion, Mia Taylor, have transferred into the school.
Chapter 20
It is revealed that Lanzhu is her daughter.
Chapter 28
She appears in a flashback before Lanzhu establishes the School Idol Club, as well as in the scene where Lanzhu decides to withdraw from school and return to Hong Kong.
Chapter 52
While she does not appear directly, in Episode 9, Nijigasaki members gather memorabilia related to Odaiba, and Lanzhu is given a photo from when Nijigasaki High School first opened.
Daily Theater
She is mentioned in Daily Theater on May 25, 2023, in "Where Are You Going?" (Mia & Lanzhu’s episode).
Lanzhu recalls recently going to an amusement park with her. Lanzhu guided her around, and she seemed delighted by the experience.
Anime version
She makes her first appearance in the TV anime series in Final Chapter Part 1, released in September 2024 (*). Unlike the SIFAS version, she does not appear as the chairwoman of Nijigasaki High School.
(*) This marks her return approximately three years after her appearance in SIFAS.
In the Anigasaki world setting, she is portrayed as a globe-trotting businesswoman. The hotel in Okinawa, which serves as a key location in the movie, is one of the properties owned by her company.
Additionally, she is a sponsor of the School Idol Grand Prix, the competition in which the Nijigasaki members are participating.
Her personality often comes across as mysterious and easily misinterpreted in a negative way.
For example, she tells her daughter Lanzhu, "There's no point unless you aim for first place," and then changes the members' accommodations to a suite room. Lanzhu interprets this as favoritism towards herself, leading to her initial rejection of the gesture. However, in reality, it was simply meant to allow all six members, who had been split between two triple rooms, to stay in the same room together.
Another instance occurs when her secretary informs her that a live stage cannot be secured. She attempts to set up a temporary stage at an outdoor pool inside the hotel and decides to incorporate pink-gold, Lanzhu’s member color. However, Kasumi catches her in the act and accuses her of "blatant cheating!"—only to later realize that every other school idol’s colors had already been incorporated, and Lanzhu’s was the only one missing.
On the morning of the third day of the Grand Prix, suspicion arises that Lanzhu's mother may have manipulated the rankings when the Nijigasaki members collectively drop in position. However, this doubt is cleared when Kasumi’s rank suddenly skyrockets after her selfie video goes viral.
Despite being Lanzhu’s mother, she has had minimal communication with her daughter, possibly due to her busy schedule.
As a result, they lacked a deep understanding of each other’s feelings. However, she did put in effort to help Lanzhu transfer to Nijigasaki High School and believed her daughter could succeed in the Grand Prix without parental favoritism—demonstrating a degree of parental love.
As mentioned earlier, tensions between her and Lanzhu escalated due to the Grand Prix situation, but thanks to Kasumi’s intervention, their misunderstandings were resolved, and they apologized to each other.
Toward the end of the movie, during the credits scene, she watches Lanzhu and Ayumu’s live performance from above while engaged in a phone conversation with another woman in a different location.
During the conversation, she says, "When I was suddenly told to add another stage, I really wasn’t sure what to do." Since the pool stage at Ayumu’s live venue was built without direct request, it is likely that the stage modeled after Shuri Castle, Lanzhu’s venue, was the one she was referring to. However, the specifics remain unclear.
Additionally, on the way home, as they discuss constructing the pool stage, Lanzhu says, "I have one request," but any connection between this scene and the previous conversation is currently unknown.