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Sayaka Murano

2025-04-21T19:04:59Z

Misterfunnyman: sayaka

{{Warning}}{{Infobox character
|theme = hasunosora
|Name = Sayaka Murano
|Image = [[File:Sayaka Murano.jpg|300px]]
|Japanese Name = 村野さやか
|Romanized Name = Murano Sayaka
|Year = Third Year
|Birthday = January 13
|Zodiac Sign = Capricorn
|Gender = Female
|Height = 157 cm
|Seiyuu Kanji = 野中ここな
|Seiyuu Romaji = [[Kokona Nonaka|Nonaka Kokona]]
|Icon = [[File:Sayaka Logo.png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Sayaka Signature.png|150px]]}}'''Sayaka Murano''' is a main character in ''[[Link! Like! Love Live!]]''. She is a third-year student at [[Hasunosora Girls' High School]], enrolled with the 103rd class. She is also a member of [[DOLLCHESTRA]], a unit under the [[Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol Club]] and currently serves as the club's co-president alongside [[Kaho Hinoshita]]. Her image color is ice blue.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FcJiog4jBI (2023/9/27) September Fes×LIVE Pre-Streaming]</ref>

==Background==
Sayaka is also an accomplished figure skater in addition to being a school idol. The whole reason that she came to Hasunosora was because she stopped progressing as a figure skater; after being told that she "was not expressive enough", she wanted to figure out how she could grow beyond that. She was attracted to the School Idol Club after seeing [[Tsuzuri Yugiri|Tsuzuri Yugiri's]] performance and immediately accepted an invitation to join.

Sayaka has an older sister named Tsukasa who was known as an exceptional skater until her injury two years prior. Sayaka is determined to continue figure skating for her sister, with her being the reason she took it up in the first place. However, her fatal flaw was that she tried to emulate her sister exactly, losing her expressiveness and uniqueness through trying to replicate someone else.

==Personality==
Sayaka is awkward, but also a genuine hard worker who doesn't give up when times are tough. Even though her grades are good, but she has trouble when it comes to her personal life. This is because she can be ''too'' serious, even giving simple lunchboxes her all. She also can't bring herself to neglect other people, and can unintentionally give help where it isn't wanted. Upon entering Hasunosora, she initially had no desire for friends, likely because of her lack of humor and sometimes clumsy social skills.

Sayaka is very formal and always makes sure to address others formally. She is more reserved and stiff than her fellow 1st years, [[Kaho Hinoshita]] and [[Rurino Osawa]], and often worries that her stiffness might drive others away. However, these mannerisms prove invaluable for her relationship with Tsuzuri; by listening patiently and nudging her along with questions, Sayaka can help her sort out complicated situations. This dynamic between Sayaka's grounded nature and Tsuzuri's light and airy personality allows for a successful partnership.

She is unable to leave others alone when they need help, as is shown in her relationship with Tsuzuri. Sayaka wakes her in the mornings, makes her lunch, takes her to practice, and generally keeps her on track. [[Kozue Otomune]] expressed pity towards taking care of her, but Sayaka doesn't mind the added responsibility, even finding new joy in cooking after making Tsuzuri's bentos. She can talk at length about Tsuzuri's performances, and greatly respects (and envies) her inherent talent. This is expanded upon with the arrival of Kosuzu, as she is now her senpai and mentor. She feels a great deal of responsibility towards her, and will go to great lengths to help her.

Sayaka is someone who works extremely hard at everything she does, putting in a lot of time and effort to be good at both figure skating and idol activities. After joining the club, Sayaka focused on training to improve her skills, being nervous to perform as an idol for the first time. This is much different from Kaho, who jumped right into performing despite being a total newbie.

Her hobbies are making boxed lunches and researching boxed lunches (both store-bought and station-bought varieties). Her special skill is planning things perfectly, and her favorite phrase means "A strong will brings success". Her favorite subjects include modern literature and mathematics, and her favorite animal is a red panda.

==Appearance==
Sayaka is a pale, slim girl with dark blue hair that she wears tied with light blue ribbons in low twintails. The right is in front of her, while the left rests behind her back. Her eyes are also blue.

In her third year, she no longer styles her hair in twintails, instead she let her hair down, and wears red and green ribbons.

==Video==
{{Hasunosora Tab|
<center>
<tabber>
Character Intro (103rd) = [[File:Hasunosora 103rd Term Member Introduction Video - Sayaka Murano|thumb|center|400px]]
|-|
Character Intro (104th) = [[File:Hasunosora 104th Term Member Introduction Video - Sayaka Murano|thumb|center|400px]]
|-|
Character Intro (105th) = [[File:Hasunosora 105th Term Member Introduction Video - Sayaka Murano|thumb|center|400px]]
</tabber>
</center>
}}

==Songs==
The songs featuring Sayaka are:

{{Hasunosora Tab|
<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Runway]]
'''Sobakasu''' ([[Hasunosora Cover Song List|Cover]])
</poem>
|-|
Hasunosora =
<poem>
[[Dream Believers]]
[[On your mark]]
[[Eien no Euphoria]]
[[Natsumeki Pain]]
[[Yup! Yup! Yup!]]
[[Asu no Sora no Bokutachi e]]
[[Legato]]
[[Trick & Cute]]
[[Tsubasa・La・Liberte]]
[[Link to the FUTURE]]
[[Dakishimeru Hanabira]]
[[STEP UP!]]
[[Bloom the smile, Bloom the dream!]]
[[365 Days]]
[[KEY of Like!]]
[[Now or Never]]
[[AURORA FLOWER]]
[[Gekka Bijin]]
[[Oide yo! Ishikawa Daikankou]]
[[Itsudemo, Itsumademo]]
[[Ittan]]
[[Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE]] ([[Hasunosora Cover Song List|Cover]])
'''CHANGE!!!!''' (Cover)
[[Snow halation]] (Cover)
[[Natsuiro Egao de 1,2,Jump!]] (Cover)
'''STARTLINER''' (Cover)
</poem>
|-|
DOLLCHESTRA =
<poem>
[[AWOKE]]
[[Sparkly Spot]]
[[Tsukimakase]]
[[Kibouteki Prism]]
[[Scapegoat]]
[[Tragic Drops]]
[[Jibun Diary]]
[[Mirage Voyage]]
[[Seishun no Rinkaku]]
[[Parallel Dancer]]
[[Take It Over]]
[[Ameiro]]
[[KNOT]]
[[Ao to Shabon]]
[[Ladybug]]
[[Proof]]
[[Birdcage]]
[[COMPASS]]
[[Rem]]
[[Veggie・Love・Roux]]
'''Villain''' ([[Hasunosora Cover Song List|Cover]])
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora]] (Cover)
'''Namae no Nai Kaibutsu''' (Cover)
'''Ifuudoudou''' (Cover)
'''The Blessing''' (Cover)
[[Daydream Warrior]] (Cover)
'''Zattou, Bokura no Machi''' (Cover)
</poem>
|-|
Misc.=
<poem>
[[DEEPNESS]]
'''lucky train!''' ([[Hasunosora Cover Song List|Cover]])
[[Pleasure Feather]]
[[Love it! Wonderful Trip!]]
</poem>
</tabber></center>
}}

==Trivia==
*Sayaka is the only member of Hasunosora whose given name is written in hiragana.
*Sayaka is one of the few school idols in Love Live to have a non-idol discipline (figure skating) that sometimes interferes with her idol work.
*Sayaka is usually seen wearing a cream-colored cardigan over her winter school uniform, similar to [[Nico Yazawa]] and [[Hanamaru Kunikida]].
*Sayaka is a good enough cook that she was able to match the flavors of a high-class Ryokan Inn well enough to help out in their kitchen.
*Tsuzuri calls her "Saya".
*Compared to regular cooking, she prefers making lunch boxes more. This is because she usually only cooks for herself, but her lunch boxes are expressly for other people. She finds that she has more passion and drive when thinking of others.

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Sayaka Murano/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:School Idol]]
[[Category:Link! Like! Love Live!]]
[[Category:Link! Like! Love Live! Characters]]

User:Misterfunnyman

2025-04-21T15:38:50Z

Misterfunnyman:

[[File:Love live but very american.png|thumb|560x560px|Fun fact: "Yoneme" (米女) can be translated as "American woman."]]
American fan of Love Live since 2019. Massive nerd. 
[https://misterfunnyman.schoolidol.net I have my own school idol webpage now]

Top 3 girls in each group:

* '''[[μ's]]'''
*# [[Maki Nishikino]]
*# [[Nico Yazawa]]
*# [[Umi Sonoda]]
* '''[[Aqours]]'''
*# [[You Watanabe]]
*# [[Kanan Matsuura]]
*# [[Hanamaru Kunikida]]
* '''[[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]'''
*# [[Shizuku Osaka]]
*# [[Kanata Konoe]]
*# [[Shioriko Mifune]]
* '''[[Liella!]]'''
*# [[Chisato Arashi]]
*# [[Tomari Onitsuka]]
*# [[Mei Yoneme]]
* Idk I haven't watched enough Hasu content to form a definitive ranking
** Rip 102 though, I liked them

User:Misterfunnyman

2025-04-21T00:18:52Z

Misterfunnyman:

[[File:Love live but very american.png|thumb|560x560px|Fun fact: "Yoneme" (米女) can be translated as "American woman."]]
American fan of Love Live since 2019. Massive nerd. 
[https://misterfunnyman.schoolidol.net/| I have my own school idol webpage now]

Top 3 girls in each group:

* '''[[μ's]]'''
*# [[Maki Nishikino]]
*# [[Nico Yazawa]]
*# [[Umi Sonoda]]
* '''[[Aqours]]'''
*# [[You Watanabe]]
*# [[Kanan Matsuura]]
*# [[Hanamaru Kunikida]]
* '''[[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]'''
*# [[Shizuku Osaka]]
*# [[Kanata Konoe]]
*# [[Shioriko Mifune]]
* '''[[Liella!]]'''
*# [[Chisato Arashi]]
*# [[Tomari Onitsuka]]
*# [[Mei Yoneme]]
* Idk I haven't watched enough Hasu content to form a definitive ranking
** Rip 102 though, I liked them

Μ's

2025-04-20T14:29:04Z

Misterfunnyman: Ported over some more Fandom wiki content

{{DISPLAYTITLE:μ's}}{{Groups Infobox
| Name = μ's
| Japanese Name = {{Ruby Text|μ's|ミューズ}}
| Romanized Name = μ's (Myūzu)
| Members =
* [[Honoka Kosaka]]
* [[Eli Ayase]]
* [[Umi Sonoda]]
* [[Kotori Minami]]
* [[Rin Hoshizora]]
* [[Maki Nishikino]]
* [[Nozomi Tojo]]
* [[Hanayo Koizumi]]
* [[Nico Yazawa]]
| Sub-Units = ''
* [[printemps]]
* [[lily white]]
* [[BiBi]]
| Debut = [[Come True! Our Dreams!|Season 1, Episode 1]]
| Image = [[File:Love_Live!_μ's_3.jpg|300px]]
|Logo=[[File:Muse logo.png|90px]]}}'''μ's''' (pronounced "''Muse''") was a school idol group formed and led by [[Honoka Kosaka]] in ''[[Love Live! (series)|Love Live!]]''. They were the school idol group of [[Otonokizaka High School]]. The group consisted of nine members and was initially formed with the purpose of bringing attention to the school as it was to be shut down due to a lack of future enrolling students. They originally debuted with the single ''[[Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE (single)|Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE]]'', released on August 13, 2010, and disbanded prior to the release of their final single, ''[[MOMENT RING (single)|MOMENT RING]]'', in 2016.

Their real life counterpart ended activities as a group on April 1, 2016, with the [[μ’s Final LoveLive! ~μ’sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~|Final Live]]. However, the group returned for the series's 9th anniversary with the single ''[[A song for You! You? You!! (single)|A song for You! You? You!!]]'' on March 25th, 2020. They also performed at [[Love Live Fest]] in 2020.

== Members ==
{| class="wikitable" style="background: #fce5f1;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="border: 3px solid #ffffff;" | '''[[μ's]]'''
|-
| style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:O01.png|150px|link=Honoka Kosaka]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:O03.png|150px|link=Kotori Minami]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:O04.png|150px|link=Umi Sonoda]]
|-
| style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 100px;" | [[File:O06.png|150px|link=Maki Nishikino]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:O05.png|150px|link=Rin Hoshizora]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:O08.png|150px|link=Hanayo Koizumi]]
|-
| style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 100px;" | [[File:O09.png|150px|link=Nico Yazawa]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:O07.png|150px|link=Nozomi Tojo]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:O02.png|150px|link=Eli Ayase]]
|}

== Subunits ==
While mostly performing as a group, μ's is also divided into three subunits:

{| class="wikitable" style="background: #fff2fb;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="border: 3px solid #ffffff;" | '''[[File:printemps.png|150px|link=printemps]]'''
|-
| style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 100px;" | [[File:O01.png|100px|link=Honoka Kosaka]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 100px;" | [[File:O03.png|100px|link=Kotori Minami]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 100px;" | [[File:O08.png|100px|link=Hanayo Koizumi]]
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="background: #f2fcea;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="border: 3px solid #ffffff;" | '''[[File:Lily-White.png|150px|link=lily white]]'''
|-
| style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 100px;" | [[File:O04.png|100px|link=Umi Sonoda]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 100px;" | [[File:O05.png|100px|link=Rin Hoshizora]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 100px;" | [[File:O07.png|100px|link=Nozomi Tojo]]
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="background: #fffee5;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="border: 3px solid #ffffff;" | '''[[File:BiBi.png|150px|link=BiBi]]'''
|-
| style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 100px;" | [[File:O02.png|100px|link=Eli Ayase]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 100px;" | [[File:O06.png|100px|link=Maki Nishikino]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 100px;" | [[File:O09.png|100px|link=Nico Yazawa]]
|}
==Songs==
:''Main article: [[List of μ's releases]]''
== Etymology ==
The name "μ's" came from Greek Mythology's 'nine goddesses of music'.

In the anime, [[Nozomi Tojo]] is the one who grants the group this name by placing it in a box. In the manga, however, it is [[Honoka Kosaka]] who does by writing the name on her own in [[Love Live! (School Idol Tournament)|Love Live!]] submission form. However, despite the meaning of the group's name, μ's had performed several times without all nine members present in the anime.
* 3 members in [[Come True! Our Dreams!|Season 1 Episode 1]] ([[Susume→Tomorrow]]) and [[First Live|Season 1 Episode 3]] ([[START:DASH!!]]).
* 7 members in [[Who'll Be the Center?|Season 1 Episode 6]]. ([[Korekara no Someday]])
* 6 members in [[A New Me|Season 2 Episode 5]]. ([[Love wing bell]])
In addition, three of the six insert songs in the movie ([[Hello, Hoshi o Kazoete]]; [[？←HEARTBEAT]] and [[Future style]]) are performed with only 3 members of the same year from each song.

In reality, the group name "μ's" was decided through a cellphone poll by fans, with voting taking place between October 30 - November 14, 2010. The nominated candidates were:<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine December 2010 issue</ref>
*μ's
*Otonokizaka Nonetto
*Livestar!
*Little Diamond
*Otonokizaka Idol Club
==Other Data==
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="800px" | Prologue Story (August 2010)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine August 2010 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Honoka Dengeki G's Mag Aug 2010 2.jpg|center|350px]]'''The Things I Like.'''

The bright, sparkling rays of the midsummer sun. 
Always stretching out into the distance no matter how far, seemingly sucked into the blue sky.

The small charm my grandma gave me, attached to my bag ever since I entered school. 
The new dress I bought last week.

The pancakes topped with tons of cream and syrup, that I ate at the new shop which is the talk of the town. Also, my stuffed bunny Sally-chan that had always been with me since childhood, sleeping with me on the same bed even till now.

The triple-cone ice-cream that everyone stops by to eat on their way home after classes. 
The slightly short skirt that flutters pleasingly with just a bit of my dancing.

Once I think of these fun things--- 
Somehow, I feel like singing.

Aah~ ♪

The blue skies above. 
Looking up at them brings a mysterious--- 
Pure white feeling.

Almost as if I could grasp the world in my hands. 
It makes me feel as if I could do anything.

I am really just a normal girl but--- 
If I work hard--- 
If I work really, really hard---

If it's us--- 
Could we help the school?

If we sing loudly, 
Somewhere in these skies above--- 
Maybe the angels or gods can hear us---

[[File:Honoka Kotori Eli Dengeki G's Mag Aug 2010.jpg|center|350px]]
'''What I Want Everyone To Hear'''

That is--- the fact that this school may no longer be here very soon.

It was something I had never even imagined.

After all, this is a large street--- 
Akihabara, a place where people gather from afar on weekends, 
Kanda district, with both [[Kanda Shrine]] and shops that have been here for ages, 
and also {{W|Jinbōchō, Tokyo|Jimbocho}}, the street famous for its book stores---

Even though so many people can be seen so close by, our school that's sandwiched between these districts is---.

In the past, there had been lots and lots more students here. 
That's why my mother and grandmother had, of course, graduated from this school.

That's why--- Lately. 
With the student count steadily dropping---

It's a lonely sunset.

Watching it makes me feel like crying. 
Why did things turn out this way?

I had thought it would always be here, without changing.

The classroom windows where I can see the wide blue skies.

The corridors where I would make the teachers mad if I ran. 
The lawn where I would talk with my friends after sneaking out from classes.

The music room where we often went for choral competitions. 
The tree-lined street where we were welcomed by the ancient cherry blossom trees during the full bloom of the school entrance ceremony.

All these will be gone.

Our beloved school. 
Our precious memories.

After learning that they would be gone, we felt like fools, realizing their importance for the first time.

That deadline was two years away---

[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Aug 2010.jpg|center|350px]]
'''That's Why--- This Is What We Decided.'''

That is--- we want to help this school!

And that, really is just--- It's just that.

But, we have no idea what we should do, 
And we're unsure whether we can even do something like that, 
But as expected, we have to do something at least, or nothing will start. Agreeing on that, we managed to gather our courage--- 
Something we decided upon after thinking together. That's---

We will become idols!

If we become idols, 
And everyone learns about us, 
They would definitely gain interest in our school, right---.

Of course, becoming something like idols--- 
We know that it isn't going to be an easy task.

After all, we--- don't have any sort of talent or special skills. 
We're just normal girls.

But, something that normal girls without any power can do is---

With their greatest smiles--- 
With their true feelings---

"Please look at us!!"--- 
Appealing to the world is all that we can do.

It's alright even if we only reach a single person at first.

That's why you are---

If, you happen to be that first person, and gain interest in us---

That would be our beginning.

We are only just beginning from this moment on.

Though nothing may come true, 
We'll aim towards our huge dream.

We want you to watch us doing so--- 
Our dream---

Won't you grant it together with us?
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="800px" | Prologue Story;2 (September 2010)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine September 2010 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Umi Rin Nozomi Honoka Dengeki G's Mag Sep 2010.jpg|center|350px]]Heeey, over here! 
We waited for you♡

Ah, I'm excited! 
It's finally here, 
this day.

This is Akihabara. And in the outskirts of this district--- 
In an old corner between Jimbochou and Kanda 
are our homes and our beloved school that we go to everyday. 
Lots of cars pass through, there are many large buildings--- 
and of course it's packed full of flashy billboards for computers, 
electric appliances, games, and anime. 
"Is there really a school here?" you ask. 
For first-timers there are lots of surprising things, 
But take a look! 
Even in this city...

The sky is surprisingly--- high and vast♡

Atop the bridge overlooking the river, 
running nearby are the busy Chuo and Sobu Lines. 
Railways to cities and places we don't know. 
Busy-looking adults. 
Passing in front of our eyes--- 
is a scenery of a city that never rests for a moment. 
It's a bustling, gray, common picture you can find anywhere---. 
But, we've gotten used to it--- 
and it's a very, very dear sight to us.

It's this town where we'll start from now 
to protect our beloved school. 
There may not be much we can do, 
but we want to try our best at all that we can do right now.

[[File:Hanayo Honoka Maki Nico Dengeki G's Mag Sep 2010.jpg|center|350px]]
Kyaaa~♡ 
Uwaah, you scared me... 
Geez, don't startle me like that, Maki-chan! 
I'm pretty ticklish, you know--- 
Really really ticklish!!

We're just messing around a little.

This is the first time I'm putting on this costume. 
What do you think? 
Does it look cute on me?

After we decided we want to be idols, 
all our breaks and time after school have been spent 
coming up with ideas, discussing them together, and hand-making costumes.

We borrowed our school's Home Econs room, and tried sewing though we're not used to it. 
While we sew we also practice our songs together. 
I wonder how many times I've pricked my fingers on the needle - ahaha♡

Wearing these costumes--- We'll finally be filming our first PV today! 
Maki's surprise attack earlier 
scared me a bit more than usual. 
I guess I must be really nervous, huh?

It's finally here! The first time--- 
that we'll be standing in front of you as idols.

[[File:Kotori Eli Honoka Umi Dengeki G's Mag Sep 2010.jpg|center|350px]]
Alright, let's go. 
Ready? 
This is the real deal now--- 
3, 2, 1, go!♡

Nice to meet you! 
We're the school idol group,

Love Live!.

Let's study, 
do club activities, and play together! 
Even if it's just a bit--- 
You're thinking right now 
you want to enjoy our youth together---

You right there♡

Jeez, you can't escape anymore~!

If you're interested in us 
Even if it's just a little bit

Then please, 
Please try taking a look at our new PV! 
We'll be dancing, surprisingly♪ Ehehe♡

From now onwards! 
We're together with you--- Love Live!!

We--- will get cuter and cuter!

We'll be glad if you could support our dream♡
|}

==Trivia==
*During the early months of the project, the group was actually named "Love Live!". This was before any concrete plot had been conceived yet.<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine September 2010 issue</ref>
*Several polls determined the names of the subunits: [[Printemps]], [[BiBi]], and [[lily white]].<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine May 2011 issue</ref>
*Based on polls, the member with the most votes would be given the center position of the next music video. For example, Nico was the center of {{Nihongo|[[Natsuiro Egao de 1,2,Jump!]]|夏色えがおで1,2,Jump!|}} because she won a poll.
**For some music videos, polls also determined the idols' hairstyles and costumes.
==References==
{{Reference Box4
|References = <references />}}

[[Category:School idols]]
[[Category:School idol groups]]

Aqours

2025-04-20T14:23:48Z

Misterfunnyman: Cleaned up the page, removed the chronology and added link to Aqours releases page

{{Warning}}
<div style="float: right;">
{{Groups Infobox
|Name = Aqours
|Color = #00BFFF
|Image = [[File:Aqours group.png|250px]]
|Japanese Name = {{Ruby Text|Aqours|アクア}}
|Romanized Name = Akua
|Members =
'''Original''' 
* [[Kanan Matsuura]] 
* [[Dia Kurosawa]] 
* [[Mari Ohara]] 
'''Current''' 
* [[Chika Takami]] 
* [[Riko Sakurauchi]] 
* [[Kanan Matsuura]] 
* [[Dia Kurosawa]] 
* [[You Watanabe]] 
* [[Yoshiko Tsushima]] 
* [[Hanamaru Kunikida]] 
* [[Mari Ohara]] 
* [[Ruby Kurosawa]] 
'''Continuing (Movie)'''
* [[Chika Takami]] 
* [[Riko Sakurauchi]] 
* [[You Watanabe]] 
* [[Yoshiko Tsushima]] 
* [[Hanamaru Kunikida]] 
* [[Ruby Kurosawa]] 
|Sub-Units =
* [[CYaRon!]] 
* [[AZALEA]] 
* [[Guilty Kiss]] 
* [[YYY]] 
|Debut = [[First Step|Season 1 Episode 3]] (Initial Members) [[Young DREAMER|Season 1 Episode 9]] (All Members)
|Logo=[[File:Aqours logo.png|180px]]}}
</div>

'''Aqours''' (pronounced as "aqua")<ref>http://lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/worldwide/aboutllp.php</ref> is a school idol group that was originally formed and led by [[Kanan Matsuura]] two years prior to falling apart and was eventually succeeded by [[Chika Takami]] in ''[[Love Live! Sunshine!!]]''. They were the school idol group of [[Uranohoshi Girls' High School]]. The original group consisted of three members, while the new group consisted of nine members. At the beginning of the [[Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over The Rainbow|movie]], the group continues with six of the members at [[Numazu High School]] following their temporary integration at [[Seishin High School]]. They debuted with the single ''[[Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai? (single)|Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai?]]''.

== Members ==
{| class="wikitable" style="background: #d5eafa;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="border: 3px solid #ffffff;" | '''Aqours'''
|-
| style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:chikaprofile.png|150px|link=Chika Takami]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:youprofile.png|150px|link=You Watanabe]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:rikoprofile.png|150px|link=Riko Sakurauchi]]
|-
| style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:hanamaruprofile.png|150px|link=Hanamaru Kunikida]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:rubyprofile.png|150px|link=Ruby Kurosawa]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:yoshikoprofile.png|150px|link=Yoshiko Tsushima]]
|-
| style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:diaprofile.png|150px|link=Dia Kurosawa]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:mariprofile.png|150px|link=Mari Ohara]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:kananprofile.png|150px|link=Kanan Matsuura]]
|}

==Songs==
:''Main article: [[List of Aqours releases]]''

==Other Data==
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="800px" | Dengeki G's Magazine Cover Girl Poll (October 2016)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine October 2016 issue</ref>
|- |
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Oct 2016 Cover Girl Vote 1.jpg|center|350px]][[File:Dengeki G's Mag Oct 2016 Cover Girl Vote 2.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Takami Chika''' 
''Caption: Even though I thought dates belong only to the world of dreams--- it's kind of embarrassing♡''

Uwaah~, to think that the word date would actually appear in my life, it's the first time this has happened, the first time~!!! Ehehe♡ Though it's a bit embarrassing, I'm happy my first date is with you--- It puts me slightly more at ease. Even though I still have no idea what we should do, it's great that we'll definitely have fun just being together, right?

'''Sakurauchi Riko''' 
''Caption: I still don't know much about Uchiura--- so please lead me along♡''

Even though you came all the way to Uchiura, I only just moved here so I'm still unfamiliar with the area, sorry for that---. But thanks to that, when I think about how that means I'll be able to see all sort of sights in this town for the first time together with you, it makes me feel extremely happy♡ It would be great if the weather was good on the day of our date♪

'''Matsuura Kanan''' 
''Caption: A date--- It would be great so long as we could spend a day together having fun, so come on, let's go!''

A date, you say--- It's just, spending a day together--- right? No- no, of course I wouldn't be nervous over something like that---. Ah, it's just, I have a request. Since it's one of our rare days off, won't you come with me to the sea? There's lots of sceneries I want to show you--- Pretty please?♡♡

'''Kurosawa Dia''' 
''Caption: To actually want a date with me--- you have quite the nerve, I admire that♡♡''

To pick me would mean--- that you believe yourself to be a suitable match for me, right? --- Haha! Lovely♡ I like that confidence. When we meet--- I will welcome you with a date worthy of that confidence♡ Look forward to it♡♡

'''Watanabe You''' 
''Caption: For my first date, I hope it's a sports date that even I can understand easily!!''

If it's a first date, it's definitely gotta be watching a sports game! That's the obvious choice right? That's what I thought but--- Nope. There's nowhere like that around here. What should we do... Ah, I got it! How about watching my high-diving performance? That's a splendid sport to watch too. I'll show off my Yousoro high dive♡♡

'''Tsushima Yoshiko''' 
''Caption: You're really coming with me? Very well, if that's the case I'll just have to steal you away---♡''

You want to date a demon like me? Then even if our destination is hell--- is that fine? You're just a normal human, so you'll definitely be burnt to a crisp by the fires of hell--- Hehe♡ If even that is fine with you--- Very well. I shall protect you. Let's descend to the very depths of hell---.

'''Kunikida Hanamaru''' 
''Caption: Strolling together on our day off--- I would be very happy if we could do that zura! Ehehe♡''

On days off with good weather, I always take a book and go on a stroll by the seaside. And then, I would sit in the quiet shade of the trees--- and read my book. At times like those, if there was someone next to me reading a book the same way--- somehow that makes my heart throb, it would definitely make me extremely happy zura♡♡

'''Ohara Mari''' 
''Caption: I'll dress up extremely fashionably just for you, so come meet me alright?♡''

Hi♡ Thank you very much for using your day off just for my sake! I'm extremely happy♪--- No way, even though it's a date, you're not giving me any greeting hugs or kisses? In that case--- since it's sad to not have one, I'll be the one to give you one instead~♡ Hey, remember this. Physical skinship is very important on a date with me♡ Definitely, okay?

'''Kurosawa Ruby''' 
''Caption: Dates are definitely impossible... Ruby's small heart might explode from the excitement!''

Da-da-date--- Uhm, a date, such a thing--- it's way too early for me~!!! In the first place I'm shy--- and I'm androphobic---. It's definitely impossible... Uwaah, but if there happens to be someone in this world okay with such a Ruby, I'll be counting on you. Jeez, I will have to get married with my eyes closed---.

'''Q: What would you bring on a date?'''
*Chika: Packed lunches
*Riko: Homemade sweets
*Kanan: Survival kit
*Dia: A change of clothes
*You: Calorie Mate
*Yoshiko: Demonic feather
*Hanamaru: A novel and a pillow
*Mari: Credit card
*Ruby: Idol goods
|}

==Trivia==
*In real life, the girls met for the first time at a four-days three-nights training camp in Summer 2015 at [https://www.google.com.sg/maps/place/%EF%BC%88%E6%A0%AA%EF%BC%89%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%93%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8/@35.4464035,138.9279303,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x60196e4fcf7ce345:0xa0604a1a2837134d this facility], where they practiced the songs and dances for their [[Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai? (single)|first single]] in preparation for their [[Aqours Extracurricular Activities#Is Everyone Ready? ~One, Two, Sunshine!!~|first live event]].<ref>[[Information Programs#Aqours Uranohoshi Girls' High School Radio!!!|Aqours Uranohoshi Girls' High School Radio!!! Episode 1]]</ref> Some footage from the camp can also be found from their first live-stream and [https://vimeo.com/184602536 here].
**It being summer, the camp was filled with bugs, especially crickets, and all of them were bad with bugs.
**The girls bonded over making dinners together, though breakfast and lunch were catered for them.
**The girls were also shown training by jogging on the western edge of Lake Yamanaka.
*The name "Aqours" is a portmanteau of the words "Aqua" and "Ours."
*It is revealed that the third years were the original members of Aqours before Chika took over as leader. They were supposed to debut with "[[Mijuku DREAMER]]", which they wrote the lyrics on their whiteboard. However, they disbanded due to Kanan not being able to sing in their performance and Mari going to study abroad.
*Dia suggested the group's name by writing on the sand, prior to their disbandment until Chika took over as leader.
*Unlike [[µ's]], Aqours did not disband after their third years graduate, and instead they continued as a 6-member unit despite their original school closing.

==Gallery==

:''Please refer to this group's [[Aqours/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Idol unit]]
[[Category:Love Live! Sunshine!! Characters]]
[[Category:Uranohoshi Girls' High School Affiliates]]
[[Category:Love Live! Sunshine!!]]

User:Misterfunnyman

2025-04-20T14:16:27Z

Misterfunnyman:

[[File:Love live but very american.png|thumb|560x560px|Fun fact: "Yoneme" (米女) can be translated as "American woman."]]
American fan of Love Live since 2019. Massive nerd.

Top 3 girls in each group:

* '''[[μ's]]'''
*# [[Maki Nishikino]]
*# [[Nico Yazawa]]
*# [[Umi Sonoda]]
* '''[[Aqours]]'''
*# [[You Watanabe]]
*# [[Kanan Matsuura]]
*# [[Hanamaru Kunikida]]
* '''[[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]'''
*# [[Shizuku Osaka]]
*# [[Kanata Konoe]]
*# [[Shioriko Mifune]]
* '''[[Liella!]]'''
*# [[Chisato Arashi]]
*# [[Tomari Onitsuka]]
*# [[Mei Yoneme]]
* Idk I haven't watched enough Hasu content to form a definitive ranking
** Rip 102 though, I liked them

Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE

2025-04-18T17:40:29Z

Misterfunnyman: The bridge was missing from the lyrics so I added it

{{infobox song
|Name = Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE
|Image = [[File:Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE cover.jpg|250px]]
|Kanji = 僕らのLIVE 君とのLIFE
|English Name = Our LIVE, Our LIFE with you
|Preview = [[File:Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE.ogg|250px]]
|Artist = μ's
|Composer = Takahiro Yamada
|Arranger = Kyo Takada
|Lyricist = [[Aki Hata]]
|Release Date = August 13, 2010 (limited) August 25, 2010 (regular)
|Center = [[Honoka Kosaka]] [[Megumi Fujishima]] ([[Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol Club|Hasunosora cover]])
|Label = [[Lantis]]
}}
'''"Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE"''' is a song by [[μ's]]. It was released as a [[Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE (single)|single]] on August 25, 2010 (with a limited edition version releasing earlier on August 13).

It is featured as an insert song in the ''[[Love Live! School idol project (TV series)|Love Live! School idol project]]'' episode "[[What I Want to Do is...]]".

== Composition ==
"Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE" is a fast-paced J-pop song, with a tempo of 210 beats per minute and prominent instruments including an electric guitar, drums, a piano, and trumpets. The song's intro and verses are written in the key signature of F major, with the choruses modulating to E-flat major.

== In other media ==
"Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE" appeared as a playable song in ''[[Love Live! School idol festival]]'', ''[[Love Live! School idol paradise]]'', ''[[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS]]'', ''[[Love Live! School idol festival ~after school ACTIVITY~]]'', and ''[[Love Live! School idol festival 2 MIRACLE LIVE!]]''.

An instrumental arrangement of the song appeared in ''[[Puchiguru Love Live!]]''.

A cover of the song performed by the [[Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol Club]] appears in ''[[Link! Like! Love Live!]]''.
=== ''School idol festival 2 MIRACLE LIVE!'' description ===
<tabber>
|-|English = <center>μ’s monumental first single and the first song in the whole Love Live! series. Its simple yet memorable guitar theme creates a striking, invigorating impression of something new on the horizon. To this day, fans fondly look back on it with the pet name "Borarara."</center>
|-|Japanese = <center>記念すべきμ's 1stシングル。ラブライブ！シリーズのはじまりの楽曲。シンプルながらも印象的なギターテーマから何かを予感させる爽やかなサウンドが印象的。「ぼららら」の愛称で今も親しまれている。</center>
|-|Chinese = <center>值得紀念的μ's首張單曲。可說是Love Live!系列開端的經典歌曲。簡潔但令人印象深刻的吉他主旋律聽來爽朗又能感受到未來開展的預感。至今仍然以「ぼららら」的愛稱在粉絲間廣受喜愛。</center>
|-|Korean = <center>기념비적인 μ's 1st 싱글. 러브 라이브! 시리즈의 시작을 알리는 곡. 심플하면서도 인상적인 기타 테마에서 무언가를 예감케 하는 상큼한 사운드가 인상적이다. '보라라라' 라는 애칭으로 지금도 사랑받고 있다.</center>
</tabber>

== Release history ==
* [[Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE (Single)|''Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE'' (single)]] (Limited Edition) (August 13, 2010)
* ''Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE'' (single) (Regular Edition) (August 25, 2010)
* ''[[μ's Best Album Best Live! Collection]]'' (January 9, 2013)
* ''[[Notes of School idol days|Love Live! TV Anime Original Soundtrack: Notes of School idol days]]'' (April 10, 2013)
=== Solo versions ===
* ''[[Umi-iro Shoujo ni Miserarete]]'' ([[Umi Sonoda]]) (November 23, 2011)
* ''[[Kotori Lovin' you]]'' ([[Kotori Minami]]) (December 14, 2011)
* ''[[Honnori Honoka-iro!]]'' ([[Honoka Kosaka]]) (January 25, 2012)
* ''[[Beloved Ellie]]'' ([[Eli Ayase]]) (February 19, 2012)
* ''[[THE BRILLIANT STAR☆]]'' ([[Rin Hoshizora]]) (February 19, 2012)
* ''[[TRUE DIVA]]'' ([[Maki Nishikino]]) (February 19, 2012)
* ''[[Nozomi♪Kanaete]]'' ([[Nozomi Tojo]]) (February 19, 2012)
* ''[[Anata Dake no Taiyou ni Naritai]]'' ([[Hanayo Koizumi]]) (February 19, 2012)
* ''[[Smile For You♥]]'' ([[Nico Yazawa]]) (February 19, 2012)

== Lyrics ==
<tabber>
|-|Kanji = <poem><center>
確かな今よりも新しい夢つかまえたい
大胆に飛び出せばO.K.マイライフ
望みは大きくね
背のびだってば高く遠く
まぶしいあした抱きしめに行こう
全部叶えよう

そうだよ信じるだけで
ぐんぐん前に進むよ、君が!

答えなくていいんだわかるから
胸にえがく場所は同じ
何度でも諦めずに探すことが僕らの挑戦
元気の温度は下がらない
熱いままで羽ばたいてく
あこがれを語る君の
ゆずらない瞳がだいすき… ダイスキ!

泣いても空の色変わらないし青いままで
いますぐに会いたいねO.K.サンシャイン
並んで感じたい
理屈じゃなく側にいたら
きもちがぐっと近づく意味が
すぐに伝わるよ

そうだね誰もがひとつ
持ってる勇気の欠片は、君と!
一緒だってばずっとね

思い付きでいいから追いかけて
こころ踊る場所を探そう
躓いて起きあがって見つめあえる嬉しい冒険
笑顔はどこまで届くかな
約束とかいらないけど
いつまでも君といたい
駆け抜けて一緒にきらきら… キラキラ!

きらきら…キラキラ!

はいはいはいはい

だいすき…ダイスキ!

はいはいはいはい YEAH!

ぐ～ LET’S GO!

答えなくていいんだわかるから
胸にえがく場所は同じ
何度でも諦めずに探すことが僕らの挑戦
元気の温度は下がらない
熱いままで羽ばたいてく
あこがれを語る君の
ゆずらない瞳がだいすき… ダイスキ!
</center></poem>
|-|Romaji = <poem><center>
Tashika na ima yori mo atarashii yume tsukamaetai
Daitan ni tobidaseba O.K. mai raifu
Nozomi wa ookiku ne
Senobi datteba takaku tooku
Mabushii ashita dakishime ni yukou
Zenbu kanaeyou

Sou dayo shinjiru dake de
Gun gun mae ni susumu yo, kimi ga!

Kotae nakute iinda wakaru kara
Mune ni egaku basho wa onaji
Nando demo akiramezu ni sagasu koto ga bokura no chousen
Genki no ondo wa sagaranai
Atsui mama de habataiteku
Akogare o kataru kimi no
Yuzuranai hitomi ga daisuki... daisuki!

Naite mo sora no iro kawaranaishi aoi mama de
Ima sugu ni aitai ne O.K. sanshain
Narande kanjitai
Rikutsu janaku soba ni itara
Kimochi ga gutto chikazuku imi ga
Sugu ni tsutawaru yo

Sou dane daremo ga hitotsu
Motteru yuuki no kakera wa, kimi to!
Issho datteba zutto ne

Omoitsuki de ii kara oikakete
Kokoro odoru basho o sagasou
Tsumazuite okiagatte mitsume aeru ureshii bouken
Egao wa doko made todoku kana
Yakusoku toka iranai kedo
Itsumademo kimi to itai
Kakenukete issho ni kirakira... kirakira!

Kirakira... kirakira!

Hai hai hai hai!

Daisuki... daisuki!

Hai hai hai hai YEAH!

Gu~ LET'S GO!

Kotae nakute iinda wakaru kara
Mune ni egaku basho wa onaji
Nando demo akiramezu ni sagasu koto ga bokura no chousen
Genki no ondo wa sagaranai
Atsui mama de habataiteku
Akogare o kataru kimi no
Yuzuranai hitomi ga daisuki... daisuki!
</center></poem>
|-|English = <poem><center>
I definitely want to capture new dreams even more than I do now
If I boldly jump out, my life will be O.K.
My hopes are huge
Growing high and far
Let's go embrace a dazzling tomorrow
Let's make all of our dreams come true

That's right! Just by believing
You'll move forward steadily, yes, you will!

You don't have to give an answer since I understand
The place drawn in our hearts is the same
Never giving up, searching for it will be our challenge
Our energetic temperatures won't go down
We feverishly flap our wings
When you talk about your aspirations,
I love the unyielding expression in your eyes… I love it!

Even when you cry, the sky will stay blue, the color never-changing
I want to see you right away, O.K. sunshine
I want to feel what it's like to line up with you
I don't need a reason if I'm next to you
I'll tell you right away
Why our feelings are getting so close

That's right! Everyone has a single
Fragment of courage that they carry, even you!
We'll be together forever

It's a great plan so let's chase after it
And search for a place that makes our hearts dance
We'll stumble, get back up and be able to gaze at each other on our joyous adventure
I wonder how far our smiles will reach
I don't need things like promises but,
I want to be with you no matter what
Rushing by together, we shine… We shine!

We shine... we shine!

Yes yes yes yes!

I love it... I love it!

Yes yes yes yes yeah!

Hey~ Let's go!

You don't have to give an answer since I understand
The place drawn in our hearts is the same
Never giving up, searching for it will be our challenge
Our energetic temperatures won’t go down
We feverishly flap our wings
When you talk about your aspirations,
I love the unyielding expression in your eyes… I love it!
</center></poem>
</tabber>
== Live performances ==
* [[μ's First Love Live!]] (November 21, 2012)
* For Smile - Korea-Japan Friendship Charity Concert 2012 (March 2, 2012)
* Bushiroad Card Game LIVE 2012 (March 10, 2012)
* Tokyo Game Show 2012 (Bushiroad Booth Mini-live) (September 23, 2012)
* ASCII MEDIA WORKS 20th Anniversary DENGEKI MUSIC LIVE!! SWEET STAGE (Day 2) (October 21, 2012)
* [[μ's New Year Love Live! 2013]] (January 3, 2013)
* Bushiroad Card Game LIVE 2013 (March 24, 2013)
* [[μ's 3rd Anniversary Love Live!]] (June 16, 2013)
* [[μ's →NEXT LoveLive! 2014 ~ENDLESS PARADE~]] (February 8 & 9, 2014)
* Lantis Matsuri (July 20, 2014)
* [[μ's Go→Go! LoveLive! 2015 ~Dream Sensation!~]] (January 31 & February 1, 2015)
* ~ANISONG World Tour~ Lantis Festival 2015:
** AX-Korea, Seoul (April 5, 2015)
** Shanghai International Gymnastic Center (April 11 & 12, 2015)
** Taipei International Convention Center TICC (April 19, 2015)
* [[μ's Fan Meeting Tour 2015 ~Love Live! in your town~]]:
** Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo (May 30 & 31, 2015)
** Pacifico Yokohama National University Hall, Kanagawa (June 7, 2015)
** Makuhari Event Hall, Chiba (June 14, 2015)
** Grand Cube Osaka Main Hall (July 5, 2015)
** Nitori Culture Hall, Hokkaido (August 1, 2015)
* [[Love Live! µ’s Special Live]] (October 23, 2015; broadcasted on November 20, 2015 on NHK BS Premium)
* [[μ's Fan Meeting ~Talk & Live~]]:
** μ's Fan Meeting In Shanghai ~Talk & Live~ at Mercedes-Benz Arena (January 30, 2016)
** μ's Fan Meeting In Taipei ~Talk & Live~ at Nangang Exhibition Center (March 19, 2016)
* [[μ’s Final LoveLive! ~μ’sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~]] (March 31 & April 1, 2016)
* [[Love Live! Fest]] (January 18 & 19, 2020)
* [[Love Live! Anime 10th Anniversary Special Talk Session]] (February 24 & 25, 2024)
* [[Love Live! Series Asia Tour 2024 ~Minna de Kanaeru Monogatari~]]:
** National Exhibition and Convention Center, Hong Arena (October 6, 2024)
** K-Arena Yokohama (February 1 & 2, 2025)

== Trivia ==

* Some members' solo versions of this song have different lyrics during the bridge:
** Nico says "nico nico" instead of "kira kira."
** Kotori says "chun" instead of "hai."

== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIgoFjO9Mg4 Official music video for the song] on YouTube.
* "[https://open.spotify.com/track/6zRL2QgMl2S0STBcUQBSar Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE]" on Spotify.
* "[https://music.apple.com/us/album/%E5%83%95%E3%82%89%E3%81%AElive-%E5%90%9B%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AElife/1440136022 Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE]" on Apple Music.
* "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um5UDiGYA9c Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE]" on YouTube Music.
[[Category:μ's songs]]

Tomari Onitsuka

2025-04-17T17:34:38Z

Misterfunnyman:

Wien Margarete

2025-04-17T17:33:16Z

Misterfunnyman: Ported over fandom wiki text

{{Warning}}
{{Infobox character
|name = Wien Margarete
|Image = [[File:Wien Margarete Character Portrait (V1).png|300px]]
|Japanese Name = ウィーン・マルガレーテ
|Romanized Name = Uīn Marugarēte
|Birthday = January 20
|Zodiac Sign = Aquarius
|Gender = Female
|Blood Type = A
|Height = 161 cm
|Favorite Food = Chocolate
|theme = super-star
|Debut = [[Second-years and First-years|Season 2 Episode 2]]
|Year = First Year (Season 3)
Third Year (Junior) (Season 2)
|Seiyuu Kanji = ゆいな
|Seiyuu Romaji = [[Yuina]]
|English Seiyuu Name =
|Icon = [[File:Wien Margarete (Icon).png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Wien Margarete signature.png|50px]]
}}'''Wien Margarete''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Superstar!!]]''. She is a second-year student at [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]] and a third-generation member of [[Liella!]] and [[KALEIDOSCORE]]. She was also the leader of [[TomaKanoTe (group)|TomaKanoTe]].

She was initially introduced as a supporting character and rival in [[Second-years and First-years|Season 2, Episode 2]]. In her initial appearance, she was a third-year junior high student competing as a solo idol. In the [[The Story That'll Make Me Come True|second season's finale]], she enrolled as a first-year student at Yuigaoka. She debuted as a soloist with the song [[Butterfly Wing]].

Her image color is elegant purple.<ref>https://www.lovelive-anime.jp/yuigaoka/live/live_detail.php?p=4thlive</ref>

==Background==
A girl from Vienna, Austria; the youngest daughter of an important musical family. She has been called a prodigy for singing since she was a little girl. In order to follow her older sisters' footsteps, Margarete tried to enroll in a prestigious music academy in Vienna, but she failed the entrance exam. However, her parents decided to give her a second chance, and they made a deal with her involving Love Live, which is famous enough for people in Vienna to know about it. If she wins first place in the Love Live, they will use their influence to get her admitted to the academy as a transfer student. Determined to achieve her dreams, Margarete decided to travel to Japan in order to participate in Love Live.

After Liella! was chosen to advance to the finals of Love Live!, Margarete's family suggested bringing Kanon back with her to Austria instead and learn music from her, much to her disagreement. Once graduating from middle school, Margarete enrolls in Yuigaoka and forms her own school idol club in an attempt to take down Liella! on her own terms. Margarete picks up a part time job working at the Shibuya family cafe, and reluctantly lives with Kanon's family during her stay.

==Appearance==
Margarete has a slim figure with long, purple hair that is curly, with half of her hair being in a braid along the top of her head. Her eyes are green in color. When she was a third year junior student, she wore a uniform consisting of a red vest, black jacket and a white collared shirt with a black tie. As a Yuigaoka student, she wears a uniform consisting of a dark blue blazer, a black shirt and skirt and a white collared shirt with a red ribbon.

==Personality==
Margarete is a cold-blooded, passionate and stoic girl, who can act recklessly or overdramatically when fussy. She is extremely competitive and outright hostile to other idols she sees as threats. Originally signing up as a Love Live! contestant as a solo idol in her final year of middle school, she boldly makes it known that she has no interest in either school idols or Love Live! other than setting out to prove she can easily win the competition by herself.

Once forming a unit with Kanon, Margarete slowly reveals her kinder side, but she never loses her competitive nature. Margarete isn't fond of people who don't put in a lot of effort, as shown when she argues with Tomari who has been skipping practice.

Her favorite saying is, "Stick to your guns."

==Hobbies==
Margarete is shown to be skilled at both ballet and singing, incorporating ballet into her choreography.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Margarete are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Butterfly Wing]]
[[Edelstein]]
[[dolce]]
</poem>
|-|
Liella! =
<poem>
[[Jump Into the New World]]
[[Shekira☆☆☆]]
[[FANTASTiC]]
[[Watashi no Symphony]]
[[Aikotoba!]]
[[Let's be ONE]]
[[Seishun HOPPERS]]
[[DAISUKI FULL POWER]]
[[Within a Dream]]
[[Itsumo no Peace Sign]]
[[Fighting Call]]
[[Zettaiteki LOVER]]
[[Dazzling Game]]
[[QUESTION99]]
[[Makka.]]
[[Egao no Promise]]
[[Superstar!!]]
[[Wish Song|Wish Song ~11 Ver.~]]
[[Kimi・Machi・Sora・Hoshi]]
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora|Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora ~11 Ver.~]]
</poem>
|-|
KALEIDOSCORE =
<poem>
[[Velour]]
[[Fukashi na Blue]]
[[Neutral]]
[[Camellia no Sasayaki]]
</poem>
|-|
Misc. =
<poem>
[[Bubble Rise]]
[[11th moon]]
[[Omoware Marionette]]
</poem>
</tabber></center>

== Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Wien Margarete/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==Trivia==
*In both Japanese and German, Wien refers to Vienna, the capital of Austria.
*While foreign names in Love Live! are typically written with given name before family name, Margarete's name is written with her family name before her given name.
**This may be because names are written with family name first in some parts of Austria.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surnames_by_country</ref>
*Margarete is depicted as fluent in both Japanese and English, making the second character in the franchise to be fluent in those two languages following [[Mia Taylor]].
**In "[[Dream]]," Margarete tweets her posts in English.
**Her best subject is stated to be foreign languages.
*Like Mia Taylor, Margarete came from a family of esteemed musicians.
*In the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qmLnVCXQgY MV] of Butterfly Wing, she is shown to be a ballet dancer.
*Like [[Lanzhu Zhong]] in ''[[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS]]'', Margarete originally serves as a rival character and/or antagonist.
*She is the first character in the franchise to be upgraded to the status of main character after debuting as a supporting character.

==References==
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}

Natsumi Onitsuka

2025-04-17T17:26:04Z

Misterfunnyman: Ported over fandom wiki text, oninatsu

{{warning}}
{{Infobox character
|name = Natsumi Onitsuka
|Image = [[File:Natsumi Onitsuka Character Portrait (V1).png|300px]]
|Japanese Name = 鬼塚夏美
|Romanized Name = Onitsuka Natsumi
|Birthday = August 7
|Zodiac Sign = Leo
|Gender = Female
|Blood Type = AB
|Height = 152cm
|Favorite Food = Natto
|theme = super-star
|Debut = [[Welcome to Liella!|Season 2 Episode 1]]
|Year = Second Year (Season 3) First Year (Season 2)
|Seiyuu Kanji = 絵森彩
|Seiyuu Romaji = [[Aya Emori]]
|Icon = [[File:Natsumi Logo.png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Natsumi Signature.png|150px]]}}'''Natsumi Onitsuka''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Superstar!!]]''. She is a third-year student at [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]]. She is both a second-generation member of [[Liella!]] and a member of the sub-unit [[5yncri5e!]]. Her image color is oninattsu pink.

==Background==
Natsumi was a small L-Tuber before debuting as a school idol. She hopes being a school idol will help her gain more of a following on her channel so she can earn more money. After losing a lot of her money to the stock market, she works at a few part time jobs, including "Lber Eats" and a moving company (as shown in [[Next in Line to Win|Season 2 Episode 3]] and [[The Two in the Science Room|Season 2 Episode 4]] respectively). [[Money Makes the World Go Round|Season 2 Episode 5]] reveals that she does not have many followers as a L-Tuber, which prompts her to become a "producer" for Liella! and upload vlogs of them on L-Tube in order to make more money, as they generate more views on L-Tube than her own personal channel.

Natsumi has a younger sister named [[Tomari Onitsuka]].

==Personality==
Natsumi has a friendly demeanour, but can also be rather manipulative and selfish; she initially gets involved with Liella! to take advantage of their growing popularity to obtain money and internet fame through ad revenue as a social media influencer. Somewhat similarly to Sumire, Natsumi also spent her childhood trying to break into different fields of entertainment before eventually giving up, albeit with the sole intention of making money. After spending enough time with the group and enjoying a weekend at the Sakurakoji family's cabin in Hokkaido, she took a genuine liking to the charm of school idols.

When it comes to Tomari, Natsumi constantly praises her when she gets the chance to.

Natsumi frequently ends her sentences with "~desu no". Her catchphrase is "OniNatsu!"

==Clubs and Hobbies==
Natsumi is an L-Tuber, Lber Eats delivery driver, and invests in the stock market. She also began to work for a moving company called Sunshine Moving. She is also the producer for Liella!, as she uploads vlogs of their daily lives on L-Tube. Her hobbies all stem from her desire to earn more money.

==Appearance==
Natsumi has a slim figure and blonde to pink ombré hair tied in the front in twin braids with small bows, and wears a white flower just above her right ear. She has hot pink eyes.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Natsumi are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Eye o Choudai]]
[[Meikyuu Sanka]]
</poem>
|-|
Liella! =
<poem>
[[WE WILL!!]]
[[Star Sengen]]
[[Oikakeru Yume no Saki de]]
[[Mizushibuki no Sign]]
[[Irozuite Toumei]]
[[Yuragu wa]]
[[Vitamin SUMMER!]]
[[Chance Day, Chance Way!]]
[[Utopia Magic]]
[[POP TALKING]]
[[Prime Adventure]]
[[Sing! Shine! Smile!]]
[[Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru]]
[[TO BE CONTINUED]]
[[Namae Yobiau You ni]]
[[Time to go]]
[[Including you]]
[[Second Sparkle]]
[[Watashi no Symphony]]
[[MIRACLE NEW STORY]]
[[Kirakyun☆]]
[[UNIVERSE!!]]
[[Jump Into the New World]]
[[Shekira☆☆☆]]
[[FANTASTiC]]
[[Aikotoba!]]
[[Let's be ONE]]
[[Seishun HOPPERS]]
[[DAISUKI FULL POWER]]
[[Within a Dream]]
[[Special Color]]
[[Itsumo no Peace Sign]]
[[Fighting Call]]
[[Zettaiteki LOVER]]
[[Dazzling Game]]
[[QUESTION99]]
[[Makka.]]
[[Egao no Promise]]
[[Superstar!!]]
[[Wish Song|Wish Song ~11 Ver.~]]
[[Kimi・Machi・Sora・Hoshi]]
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora|Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora ~11 Ver.~]]
</poem>
|-|
5yncri5e! =
<poem>
[[Dancing Raspberry]]
[[A Little Love]]
[[Jellyfish]]
[[Thank you Good morning]]
</poem>
|-|
Misc. =
<poem>
[[Blooming Dance! Dance!]]
[[Summer Escape!!]]
[[Omoware Marionette]]
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Etymology==
*The name '''Natsumi''' means "summer" (夏) ('''natsu''') and "beautiful" (美) ('''mi''').
*Natsumi's surname '''Onitsuka''' means "demon, ogre, daemon" (鬼) ('''oni''') and "mound, hill/hillock, heap, knoll, pile, drift, stack, bank" (塚) ('''tsuka''').

==Trivia==
*Natsumi fulfills the smile attribute of the Liella! second years.
*Her "L-Tuber" role is a reference to Hololive and V-Tubers, but was changed to "L-Tuber" to avoid copyright. L-Tuber can also mean Live-Tuber, like how V-Tuber means Virtual-Tuber.
*Natsumi's birthday was originally August 13 before her current profile changed it to August 7, just like how [[Keke Tang|Keke]] had her birthday changed from July 7 to July 17.
**The reason for this change is likely to be that August 13 was the day when the Battle of Shanghai broke out in the Second Sino-Japanese War, which caused dissatisfaction among Chinese fans. This is similar to the reason for the change of Keke's birthday.
***She is the second girl to have her birthday changed, following Keke.
*Natsumi's image color is named after one of her nicknames, "OniNatsu".
*She currently has 68 followers on her personal L-Tube channel.

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Natsumi Onitsuka/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}

Shiki Wakana

2025-04-17T17:22:50Z

Misterfunnyman: Ported over fandom wiki text

{{Warning}}{{Infobox character
|name = Shiki Wakana
|Image = [[File:Shiki Wakana Character Portrait (V1).png|300px]]
|Japanese Name = 若菜四季
|Romanized Name = Wakana Shiki
|Birthday = June 17
|Zodiac Sign = Gemini
|Gender = Female
|Blood Type = B
|Height = 161cm
|Favorite Food = Chestnuts Mont Blanc
|theme = super-star
|Debut = [[Welcome to Liella!|Season 2 Episode 1]]
|Year = Second Year (Season 3) First Year (Season 2)
|Seiyuu Kanji = 大熊和奏
|Seiyuu Romaji = [[Wakana Ookuma]]
|Icon = [[File:Shiki Logo.png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Shiki Signature.png|150px]]}}'''Shiki Wakana''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Superstar!!]]''. She is a third-year student at [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]]. She is both a second-generation member of [[Liella!]] and a member of the sub-unit [[5yncri5e!]]. She is also a member of the special sub-unit [[AiScReam]]. Her image color is ice green white.

==Background==
Being one of the school's only science club members, Shiki can usually be found spending her free time in the science club room inventing strange gadgets, one of which being a pair of robotic roller skates. Shiki grew up as a loner until meeting Mei in middle school, and the two have stuck together since becoming friends.

She becomes the vice president of the School Idol Club, at [[Mei Yoneme|Mei]]'s request.

==Personality==
Shiki is a stoic girl who has difficulty expressing herself. She isn't very fond of loud places. Her favorite things are [[Mei Yoneme|Mei]], stag beetles and butterflies. She appears to have a calm demeanor and is quiet most of the time. She also does not smile much, but the reason why is yet to be determined. She is also very conscious of her surroundings, as she easily noticed Mei looking at her from the Science Club room while she is with the other Liella! members at the rooftop.

At her core, Shiki is a kind and well meaning girl who does her best to support her best friend; initially becoming a member of the school idol club on a trial period in an attempt to bait Mei into joining. Eventually, she officially joins the group in order to spend more time with Mei and bond over their newly found shared interest. However, despite her gentle nature, Shiki can become noticeably jealous, clingy and possessive when Mei spends time with others, as well as remarking about Mei's looks almost every chance she gets.

She has a strange unexplained habit of blurting out English sentences at random occasions.

Shiki prefers to stay in the shade, as the light is too bright for her. She has a habit of fainting when placed in situations that are too much for her.

==Appearance==
Shiki has a slim and shapely figure with short blue hair, reddish-brown eyes and a full lower lip. She tucks her hair behind her left ear, where she wears a small red earring.

==Songs==
The song featuring Shiki are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Glass Ball Rejection]]
[[Parade wa Itsumo]]
</poem>
|-|
Liella! =
<poem>
[[WE WILL!!]]
[[Star Sengen]]
[[Oikakeru Yume no Saki de]]
[[Mizushibuki no Sign]]
[[Irozuite Toumei]]
[[Yuragu wa]]
[[Vitamin SUMMER!]]
[[Chance Day, Chance Way!]]
[[Utopia Magic]]
[[POP TALKING]]
[[Prime Adventure]]
[[Sing! Shine! Smile!]]
[[Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru]]
[[TO BE CONTINUED]]
[[Namae Yobiau You ni]]
[[Time to go]]
[[Including you]]
[[Second Sparkle]]
[[Watashi no Symphony]]
[[MIRACLE NEW STORY]]
[[Kirakyun☆]]
[[UNIVERSE!!]]
[[Jump Into the New World]]
[[Shekira☆☆☆]]
[[FANTASTiC]]
[[Aikotoba!]]
[[Let's be ONE]]
[[Seishun HOPPERS]]
[[DAISUKI FULL POWER]]
[[Within a Dream]]
[[Special Color]]
[[Itsumo no Peace Sign]]
[[Fighting Call]]
[[Zettaiteki LOVER]]
[[Dazzling Game]]
[[QUESTION99]]
[[Makka.]]
[[Egao no Promise]]
[[Superstar!!]]
[[Wish Song|Wish Song ~11 Ver.~]]
[[Kimi・Machi・Sora・Hoshi]]
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora|Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora ~11 Ver.~]]
</poem>
|-|
5yncri5e! =
<poem>
[[Dancing Raspberry]]
[[A Little Love]]
[[Jellyfish]]
[[Thank you Good morning]]
</poem>
|-|
AiScReam =
<poem>
[[Ai♡Scream!]]
[[ICE LIMIT]]
</poem>
|-|
Misc. =
<poem>
[[Blooming Dance! Dance!]]
[[Summer Escape!!]]
[[Tsumi DA・YO・NE]]
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Clubs and Hobbies==
Shiki is in the Science Club together with Mei. Her known hobbies are making gadgets, conducting science experiments, keeping insects as pets, and appears to also like stalking people as with Kinako in [[Second-years and First-years|Season 2, Episode 2]], Mei in [[The Two in the Science Room|Episode 4]], and [[Natsumi Onitsuka|Natsumi]] in [[DEKKAIDOW!|Episode 6]]. As a middle-schooler, she also liked reading books.

Her gadgets shown so far include goggles although its purpose remains unknown, a pair of powered roller shoes that helps her walk faster effortlessly such as while following Kinako, a metal leg brace that allows her to run faster and push Kinako into the rooftop, and a number of mobile apps that allow her to monitor the rooftop as part of her earlier science experiments. The leg brace mechanism was later expanded to include an additional piece for the other leg, a metal belt and a pair of elbow pads as shown in Episode 6. The entire gadget is also operated through her phone.

==Etymology==
*The name '''Shiki''' means "four seasons" (四季).
*Shiki's surname '''Wakana''' means "young, immature" (若) ('''waka''') and "vegetables, greens" (菜) ('''na''').

==Trivia==
*Shiki fulfills the cool attribute of the Liella! second years.
*Shiki's favorite flavor of ice cream is cookies and cream.

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Shiki Wakana/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}

Kinako Sakurakoji

2025-04-17T17:19:24Z

Misterfunnyman: Does this count as contributing? I feel like just copying the fandom wiki text over here is the lazy approach to wiki-building

:''This article is about the character. For other uses, see [[Kinako Sakurakoji (disambiguation)]].''
{{Warning}}
{{Infobox character
|name = Kinako Sakurakoji
|Image = [[File:Kinako Sakurakoji Character Portrait (V1).png|300px]]
|Japanese Name = 桜小路きな子
|Romanized Name = Sakurakoji Kinako
|Birthday = April 10
|Zodiac Sign = Aries
|Gender = Female
|Blood Type = O
|Height = 159cm
|Favorite Food = Potatoes Pumpkins Corn
|theme = super-star
|Debut = [[Welcome to Liella!|Season 2 Episode 1]]
|Year = Second Year (Season 3) First Year (Season 2)
|Seiyuu Kanji = 鈴原希実
|Seiyuu Romaji = [[Nozomi Suzuhara]]
|Icon = [[File:Kinako Logo.png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Kinako Signature.png|150px]]}}'''Kinako Sakurakoji''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Superstar!!]]''. She is a third-year student at [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]]. She is both a second-generation member of [[Liella!]] and a member of the sub-unit [[5yncri5e!]]. Her image color is maize yellow.

==Background==
Kinako transferred to Yuigaoka in Tokyo from the boonies of Hokkaido, as she has always dreamed of living in the big city.<ref>[[Welcome to Liella!|Season 2, Episode 1]]</ref> Kinako lives on her own, and isn't used to the big city. She was recruited by Kanon to become a school idol after getting lost on campus. Kinako thinks school idols are really pretty but thought it would be impossible to become one herself. But she decided to give it a go after seeing how dazzling Liella! was on stage. She becomes the secretary of Yuigaoka's student council, and Liella!'s second lyricist.

Kinako has a habit of referring to herself in the third person and ends her sentence with "~ssu" due to her rural upbringing. Before joining the group, she spent a lot of her time outdoors since her family owns a ranch estate, and as a result she is great with animals. Kinako refers to Harajuku as the {{Nihongo|Hills people|ヒルズ族}}.

Kinako has sisters, but how many she has is unknown, as confirmed in [[DEKKAIDOW!|Season 2 Episode 6]] of the anime.

Kinako becomes the student council president following [[Ren Hazuki|Ren]]'s graduation.

==Personality==
Kinako isn't very athletic, and her grades are average. However, Kinako is a hard worker who does not back down easily from challenges. She is very good at understanding animals and how they're feeling. She's very kind, sweet and cheerful, and always happy to offer her support to the group. Despite being sociable, she's also a little shy and awkward at times. She has a tendency to be very loud and can be easily startled. She's somewhat eccentric and comes across as a bit of an airhead. However, she's shown to be level-headed at the end of the day. Her assessments can come off as innocently insensitive since she's honest to a fault. One example is when she thought Kanon was already the club president by virtue of Ren being the student council president and everyone else not being suited for it.

==Appearance==
Kinako has a slim figure with long brown hair that she ties into low twin tails with white ribbons, a braided crown and her straight bangs have a lighter brown ombre. Her eyes are deep green.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Kinako are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Beginners Rock!!]]
[[Dreamer Coaster]]
[[Afureru Kotoba]]
</poem>
|-|
Liella! =
<poem>
[[WE WILL!!]]
[[Star Sengen]]
[[Oikakeru Yume no Saki de]]
[[Mizushibuki no Sign]]
[[Go!! Restart]]
[[Irozuite Toumei]]
[[Yuragu wa]]
[[Vitamin SUMMER!]]
[[Chance Day, Chance Way!]]
[[Utopia Magic]]
[[POP TALKING]]
[[Prime Adventure]]
[[Sing! Shine! Smile!]]
[[Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru]]
[[TO BE CONTINUED]]
[[Namae Yobiau You ni]]
[[Time to go]]
[[Including you]]
[[Second Sparkle]]
[[Watashi no Symphony]]
[[MIRACLE NEW STORY]]
[[Kirakyun☆]]
[[UNIVERSE!!]]
[[Jump Into the New World]]
[[Shekira☆☆☆]]
[[FANTASTiC]]
[[Aikotoba!]]
[[Let's be ONE]]
[[Seishun HOPPERS]]
[[DAISUKI FULL POWER]]
[[Within a Dream]]
[[Special Color]]
[[Itsumo no Peace Sign]]
[[Fighting Call]]
[[Zettaiteki LOVER]]
[[Dazzling Game]]
[[QUESTION99]]
[[Makka.]]
[[Egao no Promise]]
[[Superstar!!]]
[[Wish Song|Wish Song ~11 Ver.~]]
[[Kimi・Machi・Sora・Hoshi]]
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora|Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora ~11 Ver.~]]
</poem>
|-|
5yncri5e! =
<poem>
[[Dancing Raspberry]]
[[A Little Love]]
[[Jellyfish]]
[[Thank you Good morning]]
</poem>
|-|
Misc. =
<poem>
[[Blooming Dance! Dance!]]
[[Summer Escape!!]]
[[Teenage・Loneliness]]
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Etymology==
*Kinako's surname '''Sakurakoji''' means "cherry blossom" (桜) ('''[https://www.behindthename.com/name/sakura sakura]''') and "alley" (小路) ('''koji''').

==Trivia==
*Along with [[Mei Yoneme]], Kinako fulfills the pure attribute of the Liella! second years.
*Kinako is the third school idol, after [[Saint Snow]], to come from Hokkaido.
*Of all the animals, Kinako seems to be fond of the long-tailed tit, as one of them is seen as a swing mascot on her bag, and one is printed on the circular storage box when she's watching her photobook.
*Talking to animals is her hobby, and her absolute favorite animal is Ezo red fox.

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Kinako Sakurakoji/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}

Ren Hazuki

2025-04-17T17:15:05Z

Misterfunnyman: fandom wiki

{{Warning}}
{{Infobox character
|name = Ren Hazuki
|Image = [[File:Ren Hazuki Character Portrait (V1).png|300px]]
|Japanese Name = 葉月恋
|Romanized Name = Hazuki Ren
|Birthday = November 24
|Zodiac Sign = Sagittarius
|Gender = Female
|Blood Type = A
|Height = 163 cm
|Favorite Food = Consomme Soup Strawberries Darjeeling Tea
|Debut = [[This Yet Unknown Feeling|Season 1 Episode 1]]
|Year = Third Year (Season 3) Second Year (Season 2) First Year (Season 1)
|Seiyuu Kanji = 青山なぎさ
|Seiyuu Romaji = [[Nagisa Aoyama|Aoyama Nagisa]]
|English Seiyuu Name = [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=148111 Natalie Van Sistine]
|Icon = [[File:Ren Logo.png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Ren Signature.png|150px]]}}
'''Ren Hazuki''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Superstar!!]]''. She was a third-year student at [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]] until she graduated in the anime's [[Forever and Ever!|series finale]]. She is a first-generation member of [[Liella!]] and a member of the sub-unit [[KALEIDOSCORE]]. Her image color is sapphire blue.<ref>https://official-goods-store.jp/lovelive/v2/product/detail/LLV431</ref>

==Background==
Ren is dedicated to enriching the lives of her fellow students, as the school's responsibilities were handed down to her by her [[Hana Hazuki|mother]]. Her home is very close to the school, and likewise separated from the hustle and bustle of the city. Ren studies calligraphy, art, English, ballet, and practices swimming, but she is particularly adept at playing the piano and performing as a figure skater. Ren comes from a background of affluence and high class, with her growing up in a mansion.

Her family situation is a bit complicated; her father left them to go work overseas due to disagreements with her mother, who worked hard founding Yuigaoka in the place of her old school. Her mother shortly passed away due to health complications, which left Ren alone with a maid. Ren, thus, feels obligated to help sow the seeds of a great school, one that many hard-working and upstanding students will want to flock to so that she can fulfill her mother's dream.

Her mother used to be a school idol back in her days, she specifically became one to save her [[Jinguu Music Academy|own school]] from shutting down, failing to succeed; Ren took on the aspiration of becoming a school idol from her. Because, however, Ren couldn't find any records of her mother's school idol days, she assumed her mother regretted being a school idol for failing to save her school, Ren then grew to dislike school idols and tried to shut down Kanon and Keke's aspirations for ebbing school idols. It is only later that it was revealed to her, by Kanon, that her mother regrets nothing of her school idol days.

In [[Money Makes the World Go Round|Season 2 Episode 5]] of the anime, Ren plays on a game console at Keke's house, which led to her becoming hooked to playing games, as she is also shown playing a game on her phone before all of the girls go home for the night, where Kanon also mentions that Ren is hooked on playing games. In [[UR Ren Hazuki|Season 2 Episode 7]], Ren is shown to be addicted to video games, with her father sending various game consoles over to her house from overseas, which absorbed her into the world of gaming. Even at school, she plays games on her phone, and once imagined playing a game on her phone during practice, while the other girls, such as Chisato and Keke, think is most likely dozing off due to lack of sleep. Because of her addiction to playing games, she decided to keep it a secret from the other members because she imagined they'd probably make fun of her if she told them about her addiction of playing games. However, one day, at the clubroom, she told everybody about her addiction of playing games, which led to everybody else going to Ren's house and playing games with her. Ever since then, Ren has not been worried about keeping her addiction of playing games a secret anymore, and is more than happy to talk about it anytime.

==Personality==
Ren is polite and speaks with a very formal tone, although she is not quite used to handling casual conversations. Having been told as a child to refrain from spending too much time online, she also has difficulty communicating on camera. But considering that Ren is a fairly disciplined individual who manages her time well, she could easily dispense with any form of small talk. Ren believes that she mainly takes after her own mother, given her own unwavering commitment towards making Yuigaoka the number one school in her city.

While she was a bit too serious at first, Ren mellows out since joining Liella! and shows her true personality; she's certainly responsible and diligent, but also friendly, kind, and good-natured, also showing quite a playful streak. She also seems to have quite the naïve side to her, shown through her curiosity and innocence of video games and many other things. She's easily slightly embarrassed about these traits, her formal tone sometimes falling apart. Overall, she is still very responsible, reliant, resilient, and one for order, and is accepted by the members of Liella! and those who respect her.

Her favorite saying is, "Never forget why you started."

==Appearance==
Ren has a slim figure with long black hair that she has tied into a high ponytail with a white and pastel blue ribbon and has hazel eyes.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Ren are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Reverb]]
[[Binetsu no Waltz]]
[[Midnight Rhapsody]]
[[Anniversary]]
[[Dears]]
[[Meikyuu Sanka]]
</poem>
|-|
Liella! =
<poem>
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora]]
[[Dancing Heart La-Pa-Pa-Pa!]]
[[Dreaming Energy]]
[[Watashi no Symphony]]
[[START!! True dreams]]
[[Dakara Bokura wa Narasunda!]]
[[Mirai wa Kaze no You ni]]
[[Kono Machi de Ima Kimi to]]
[[Mirai Yohou Hallelujah!]]
[[GOING UP]]
[[1.2.3!]]
[[Wish Song]]
[[Bye Bye Shichaeba!?]]
[[Matataki no Saki e]]
[[Nonfiction!!]]
[[Starlight Prologue]]
[[Day1]]
[[Dream Rainbow]]
[[Primary]]
[[Departure]]
[[Sagashite! Future]]
[[Tu Tu Tu!]]
[[What a Wonderful Dream!!]]
[[Unison]]
[[WE WILL!!]]
[[Star Sengen]]
[[Oikakeru Yume no Saki de]]
[[Mizushibuki no Sign]]
[[Welcome to Bokura no Sekai]]
[[Go!! Restart]]
[[Irozuite Toumei]]
[[Yuragu wa]]
[[Vitamin SUMMER!]]
[[Chance Day, Chance Way!]]
[[Utopia Magic]]
[[POP TALKING]]
[[Prime Adventure]]
[[Sing! Shine! Smile!]]
[[Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru]]
[[TO BE CONTINUED]]
[[Namae Yobiau You ni]]
[[Time to go]]
[[Hoshizora Monologue]]
[[Including you]]
[[Second Sparkle]]
[[MIRACLE NEW STORY]]
[[Kirakyun☆]]
[[UNIVERSE!!]]
[[Jump Into the New World]]
[[Shekira☆☆☆]]
[[FANTASTiC]]
[[Aikotoba!]]
[[Let's be ONE]]
[[Seishun HOPPERS]]
[[DAISUKI FULL POWER]]
[[Within a Dream]]
[[Special Color]]
[[Itsumo no Peace Sign]]
[[Fighting Call]]
[[Zettaiteki LOVER]]
[[Dazzling Game]]
[[QUESTION99]]
[[Makka.]]
[[Egao no Promise]]
[[Superstar!!]]
[[Kimi・Machi・Sora・Hoshi]]
[[Hitohira Dake]]
</poem>
|-|
KALEIDOSCORE =
<poem>
[[Velour]]
[[Fukashi na Blue]]
[[Neutral]]
[[Camellia no Sasayaki]]
</poem>
|-|
Misc. =
<poem>
[[HAPPY TO DO WA!]]
[[Crescendo Yu・Ra]]
[[Omoware Marionette]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Aqours]] and [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>

== Etymology ==

* The name '''Ren''' means "love" (恋).
* Ren's surname '''[https://www.behindthename.com/name/hadzuki/submitted Hazuki]''' means "leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece" (葉) ('''ha''') and "moon" (月) ('''tsuki'''/'''zuki''').
**'''Hadzuki'''/'''Hazuki''' (葉月) is the traditional name for August, meaning "month of leaves", with the older form of it being 葉落ち月 (haochidzuki/haochizuki, はおちづき) which means "month of falling leaves".

==Trivia==
*Along with [[Kanon Shibuya]], Ren fulfills the cool attribute of the Liella! third years.
*Aside from her mother, Ren has a pet dog named Chibi, and a maid named Saya.<ref>Episode 7: Battle! Student Council President Elections</ref>
*The nickname given to Ren by [[Keke Tang]] is "Ren-Ren."
*Ren's long haired ponytail is similar to [[Kanan Matsuura]].
*Ren is the...
**First character to have a mother that was previously a school idol (barring [[Hanayo Koizumi]]'s mother, who quits before she could even properly debut).
**Second character in the ''Love Live!'' franchise to have a parent that is confirmed to be deceased, the first being [[Nico Yazawa]].
**Third character to be shown as a ''Yuri'' fan<ref>Love Live! Superstar!! Liella! Kila2 Life Comic</ref>, after [[Riko Sakurauchi]] and [[Shizuku Osaka]].
**First student to officially graduate from [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]].
*The [[Check It Out!!|10th episode]] of the anime reveals that Ren's age is 16, making her the second character in the ''Love Live!'' franchise to have her age confirmed after [[Maki Nishikino]].
*Following [[Chisato Arashi|Chisato's]] transfer, Ren is currently the only Liella! member to be enrolled in Yuigaoka's music course, although she prefers wearing the general uniform.

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Ren Hazuki/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}

Sumire Heanna

2025-04-17T17:11:45Z

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{{warning}}
{{Infobox character
|name = Sumire Heanna
|Image = [[File:Sumire Heanna Character Portrait (V1).png|300px]]
|Japanese Name = 平安名すみれ
|Romanized Name = Heanna Sumire
|Birthday = September 28
|Zodiac Sign = Libra
|Gender = Female
|Blood Type = AB
|Height = 161 cm
|Favorite Food = Tamago Kake Gohan Green Tea Melon
|theme = super-star
|Debut = [[This Yet Unknown Feeling|Season 1 Episode 1]]
|Year = Third Year (Season 3) Second Year (Season 2) First Year (Season 1)
|Seiyuu Kanji = ペイトン尚未
|Seiyuu Romaji = [[Naomi Payton|Payton Naomi]]
|English Seiyuu Name = [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=182190 Lizzie Freeman]
|Icon = [[File:Sumire Logo.png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Sumire Signature.png|150px]]}}
'''Sumire Heanna''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Superstar!!]]''. She was a third-year student at [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]] until she graduated in the anime's [[Forever and Ever!|series finale]]. She is a first-generation member of [[Liella!]] and a member of the sub-unit [[CatChu!]]. Her image color is melon green.<ref>https://official-goods-store.jp/lovelive/v2/product/detail/LLV431</ref>

==Background==
Sumire who lives with her parents and a little sister has always lived the life of a performer. Having been thrust into show business as a child, she intensely devoted her formative years to the craft of pleasing an audience. She avoided extracurricular activities in an attempt to balance such a life, but after entering Yuigaoka High, Sumire would enthusiastically take on the idea of becoming a school idol. Sumire lives at a shrine and often helps out as a maiden. She enjoys studying Japanese and Japanese history.

==Personality==
Being in the entertainment world for so long, Sumire believes her experience and knowledge of its workings is second to none. Somewhat of a ''prima donna'', Sumire assumes that most people already know her name. Somehow attached to the idea of her own stardom, Sumire dreams of becoming a famous school idol not just in Japan, but "across the galaxy." But Sumire also takes her more earthbound duty as a shrine maiden very seriously, warning those like [[Kanon Shibuya|Kanon]] to not aimlessly ask the gods to do everything for them, such as helping them become school idols. Instead, Sumire believes that they should do their best together without help from the gods and make their own wishes come true.

Sumire was shown to be a confident character who was very self-assured. However, this was most likely a mask. Through a few episodes, we see Sumire always being chosen as second place. Her goal is to become world famous or something similar. However, she feels like she is always the second option and that is clearly shown in episode 10. She feels like she's the worst, so she always acts like she's the best. At the end of episode 10, we finally see Sumire embracing her emotions.

Her favorite saying is, "Faith will move mountains," and her catchphrase is "Galaxy~!!!".

==Appearance==
Sumire has a slim and tall figure with long legs, long ''hime cut'' blond hair, melon green eyes, and wears a red headband. She is considered to possess ideals of an all-round natural feminine beauty.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Sumire are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Heroine's☆Runway]]
[[Mitero!]]
[[Starry Prayer]]
[[Message]]
[[Dears]]
[[Endless Circuit]]
</poem>
|-|
Liella! =
<poem>
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora]]
[[Dancing Heart La-Pa-Pa-Pa!]]
[[Dreaming Energy]]
[[Watashi no Symphony]]
[[START!! True dreams]]
[[Dakara Bokura wa Narasunda!]]
[[Mirai wa Kaze no You ni]]
[[Kono Machi de Ima Kimi to]]
[[Mirai Yohou Hallelujah!]]
[[GOING UP]]
[[1.2.3!]]
[[Tokonatsu☆Sunshine]]
[[Wish Song]]
[[Bye Bye Shichaeba!?]]
[[Matataki no Saki e]]
[[Nonfiction!!]]
[[Starlight Prologue]]
[[Day1]]
[[Dream Rainbow]]
[[Primary]]
[[Departure]]
[[Sagashite! Future]]
[[Tu Tu Tu!]]
[[What a Wonderful Dream!!]]
[[Unison]]
[[WE WILL!!]]
[[Star Sengen]]
[[Oikakeru Yume no Saki de]]
[[Mizushibuki no Sign]]
[[Welcome to Bokura no Sekai]]
[[Go!! Restart]]
[[Irozuite Toumei]]
[[Yuragu wa]]
[[Vitamin SUMMER!]]
[[Chance Day, Chance Way!]]
[[Utopia Magic]]
[[POP TALKING]]
[[Prime Adventure]]
[[Sing! Shine! Smile!]]
[[Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru]]
[[TO BE CONTINUED]]
[[Namae Yobiau You ni]]
[[Time to go]]
[[Hoshizora Monologue]]
[[Including you]]
[[Second Sparkle]]
[[MIRACLE NEW STORY]]
[[Kirakyun☆]]
[[UNIVERSE!!]]
[[Jump Into the New World]]
[[Shekira☆☆☆]]
[[FANTASTiC]]
[[Aikotoba!]]
[[Let's be ONE]]
[[Seishun HOPPERS]]
[[DAISUKI FULL POWER]]
[[Within a Dream]]
[[Special Color]]
[[Itsumo no Peace Sign]]
[[Fighting Call]]
[[Zettaiteki LOVER]]
[[Dazzling Game]]
[[QUESTION99]]
[[Makka.]]
[[Egao no Promise]]
[[Superstar!!]]
[[Kimi・Machi・Sora・Hoshi]]
[[Hitohira Dake]]
</poem>
|-|
CatChu! =
<poem>
[[Alternate]]
[[Kage Asobi]]
[[Distortion]]
[[Zenryoku Riot]]
</poem>
|-|
Misc. =
<poem>
[[HAPPY TO DO WA!]]
[[Stella!]]
[[Teenage・Loneliness]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Aqours]] and [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>

== Etymology ==

* The name '''[https://www.behindthename.com/name/sumire Sumire]''' is written in hiragana (すみれ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (菫), it could possibly mean "violet (flower)".
* Sumire's surname '''Heanna''' means "flat, broad, level, even, peaceful" (平) ('''he'''), "peace, quiet" (安) ('''an''') and "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" (名) ('''na'''). While the surname may be found in Okinawa, there is no portrayal or indication of being from Okinawa in the context of the work. The name derived from a place name, "he" means "flat" or "level," but the meaning of "anna" is unclear.

==Trivia==
*Along with [[Chisato Arashi]], Sumire fulfills the smile attribute of the Liella! third years.
*The shrine that Sumire is seen attending her duties resembles the real-life ''Onden Shrine'' in [[Wikipedia:Shibuya|Shibuya]]. As established in Love Love! Days Vol. 13, the Onden Shrine is situated close to [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School|Yuigaoka High School]].
*The "[[Street Corner Galaxy☆彡]]" episode shows that Sumire has an interest in isopods, as she tries to get a plush of one from a crane game and chanted "Giant Isopods~" while trying to cleanse Kanon. Additionally, when she was a child and during a stage play, instead of being the main casts, she was chosen to be a background character and was put into wearing an isopod costume.
*As seen in [[Check It Out!!]], Sumire is talented in freestyle rapping.

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Sumire Heanna/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}

Keke Tang

2025-04-17T17:08:31Z

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{{Warning}}{{Infobox character|Name=Keke Tang|Image=[[File:Keke Tang Character Portrait (V1).png|300px]]
|Japanese Name = {{Ruby Text|唐|タン}} {{Ruby Text|可可|クゥクゥ}}
|Romanized Name = Tan Kuukuu Táng Kěkě (Pinyin)
|Birthday = July 17 (Cancer)
|Gender = Female
|Blood Type = O
|Height = 159 cm
|Favorite Food = Napolitan Choco Banana Milk Tea
|Debut = [[This Yet Unknown Feeling|Season 1 Episode 1]]
|Year = Third Year (Season 3) Second Year (Season 2) First Year (Season 1)
|Seiyuu Kanji = 黎狱
|Seiyuu Romaji = [[Liyuu]]
|English Seiyuu Name = [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=215012 Julia Gu]
|Icon = [[File:Keke Logo.png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Keke Signature.png|150px]]}}
'''Keke Tang''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Superstar!!]]''. She was a third-year student at [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]] until she graduated in the anime's [[Forever and Ever!|series finale]]. She is the founder and a first-generation member of [[Liella!]] and a member of the sub-unit [[KALEIDOSCORE]]. Her image color is pastel blue.<ref>https://official-goods-store.jp/lovelive/v2/product/detail/LLV431</ref>

==Background==
Keke has a love for school idols after being inspired by [[Sunny Passion]], which led her to make the move to Yuigaoka from Shanghai. Keke vows to work hard to become a school idol while living in Japan by herself, a country that also happens to be her mother's homeland. Her keen sense of style and fashion makes her an invaluable asset to girls like [[Kanon Shibuya|Kanon]], whose wardrobe may occasionally be in need of someone with a more discerning eye. Seemingly the least fit member of the five, Keke would prefer to do almost anything in school besides gym class.

==Personality==
A fun-loving and energetic optimist, Keke holds that the most important things in life are passion and a smiling face. To her, anything is possible if one never gives up, such as being a school idol. When dealing with tense or stressful situations, Keke often recalls the pithy advice her mother once gave: if her emotions were to ever run hot, it is best to "cool down" with sweets. Her mother's words being the likely inspiration for her sweet tooth, Keke believes that a scoop of ice cream can do more to wash away grouchy feelings than anything else, and could even bring about reconciliation among bickering friends.

Her favorite saying is, "There is no time like the present."

==Clubs and Hobbies==
Keke founded Yuigaoka's school idol club with Kanon.

==Appearance==
Keke has a slim figure with short gray hair with purple tints and curly tips and light blue eyes.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Keke are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Oh! Ready Steady Positive]]
[[Mizuiro no Sunday]]
[[Hoshikuzu Cruising]]
[[Anniversary]]
[[Ringing!]]
[[Endless Circuit]]
</poem>
|-|
Liella! =
<poem>
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora]]
[[Dancing Heart La-Pa-Pa-Pa!]]
[[Dreaming Energy]]
[[Watashi no Symphony]]
[[START!! True dreams]]
[[Dakara Bokura wa Narasunda!]]
[[Mirai wa Kaze no You ni]]
[[Kono Machi de Ima Kimi to]]
[[Mirai Yohou Hallelujah!]]
[[GOING UP]]
[[1.2.3!]]
[[Tokonatsu☆Sunshine]]
[[Wish Song]]
[[Bye Bye Shichaeba!?]]
[[Matataki no Saki e]]
[[Nonfiction!!]]
[[Starlight Prologue]]
[[Day1]]
[[Dream Rainbow]]
[[Primary]]
[[Departure]]
[[Sagashite! Future]]
[[Tu Tu Tu!]]
[[What a Wonderful Dream!!]]
[[Unison]]
[[WE WILL!!]]
[[Star Sengen]]
[[Oikakeru Yume no Saki de]]
[[Mizushibuki no Sign]]
[[Welcome to Bokura no Sekai]]
[[Go!! Restart]]
[[Irozuite Toumei]]
[[Yuragu wa]]
[[Vitamin SUMMER!]]
[[Chance Day, Chance Way!]]
[[Utopia Magic]]
[[POP TALKING]]
[[Prime Adventure]]
[[Sing! Shine! Smile!]]
[[Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru]]
[[TO BE CONTINUED]]
[[Namae Yobiau You ni]]
[[Time to go]]
[[Hoshizora Monologue]]
[[Including you]]
[[Second Sparkle]]
[[MIRACLE NEW STORY]]
[[Kirakyun☆]]
[[UNIVERSE!!]]
[[Jump Into the New World]]
[[Shekira☆☆☆]]
[[FANTASTiC]]
[[Aikotoba!]]
[[Let's be ONE]]
[[Seishun HOPPERS]]
[[DAISUKI FULL POWER]]
[[Within a Dream]]
[[Special Color]]
[[Itsumo no Peace Sign]]
[[Fighting Call]]
[[Zettaiteki LOVER]]
[[Dazzling Game]]
[[QUESTION99]]
[[Makka.]]
[[Egao no Promise]]
[[Superstar!!]]
[[Kimi・Machi・Sora・Hoshi]]
[[Hitohira Dake]]
</poem>
|-|
KALEIDOSCORE =
<poem>
[[Velour]]
[[Fukashi na Blue]]
[[Neutral]]
[[Camellia no Sasayaki]]
</poem>
|-|
Misc. =
<poem>
[[Tiny Stars]]
[[HAPPY TO DO WA!]]
[[Crescendo Yu・Ra]]
[[Teenage・Loneliness]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Aqours]] and [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Etymology==
*The name '''Keke''' means "Possible" (可) ('''ke''') and is derived from the Chinese loan word for "Cocoa"(可可)('''Keke''')
*Keke's surname '''Tang''' (唐) is similarly derived from Chinese, literally referring to the Tang Dynasty, and occasionally to foreign countries as a whole.

==Trivia==
*Keke fulfills the pure attribute of the Liella! third years.
*Keke is the first main character to be of Chinese descent, originating from Shanghai.
**Overall, the second character since Ranpha to be of Chinese descent, the third Chinese character being [[Lanzhu Zhong]].
*In tune to clothing trends, she is particularly attracted to the fashion scene in both Shibuya and Harajuku.
*Having passed the JLPT N1 exam while in China, Keke often uses her acquired Japanese with great vigor and pep. She speaks with a noticeable accent, which is emphasized in written media by having certain Japanese words in her speech replaced with ''katakana'' text.
*She has a love for sweets, such as egg tart.
*Her birthday was originally July 7 before her current profile changed it to July 17.
**According to the official statement, the birthday was set to July 7 because July 7 was the day when Shanghai was set as a special city back in 1927. However, July 7 was also the day when the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out in full swing ten years after in 1937. After the announcement of Character design, this point caused controversy among Chinese fans. Maybe in order to prevent negative effects, the birthday was changed to July 17 ten days later.
*[[KeKa|The third episode of the anime]] reveals that Keke has an older sister. [[Ni hao! Shanghai! Xiaolongbao~!|Episode 5 of Season 3]] marked her first appearance, as well as revealing her name to be Mengmeng Tang.
*Keke performed a Kotori-style photobomb in [[What's Your Name?|episode 9 of the anime]].

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Keke Tang/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}

Yu Takasaki

2025-04-16T23:18:33Z

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Yu Takasaki

2025-04-16T22:25:46Z

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'''Yu Takasaki'''<ref>https://twitter.com/LoveLive_staff/status/1261204932490932224</ref> is the primary protagonist in ''[[Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]''. She is a second-year student at [[Nijigasaki High School]]. She is the manager and founder (and later honorary school idol) of [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club|Nijigaku]]. Her image color is black.

She also served as the adaptation's representation of the player character in ''[[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS]]''.

==Background==
Yu is the budding school idol enthusiast of Nijigasaki High School, and is often seen with her characteristic thigh-high socks and twin-tails tips dyed green. She is [[Ayumu Uehara]]'s inseparable childhood friend, having grown up as neighbors in the same apartment building near Odaiba. Eventually, the two of them ended up at Nijigasaki together and are now classmates. Yu's love for school idols blossomed after seeing a performance of the legendary school idol, [[Setsuna Yuki]]. Along with Ayumu, Yu's very first experience of school idols that day would lead her to seek out Nijigasaki's School Idol Club.

==Personality==
Yu adopted a lot of the player character's personality prior to the anime. She is described as insightful, reliable, quick to take action, and very caring of the Nijigasaki idols. She is shown to have a deep passion for idols, which inspires her goals and actions just like her game counterpart.

She's shown to be very kind, empathetic and sociable, easily creating bonds with others. She has a passionate and charismatic nature, which easily attracts others. However, her passion for music and putting her efforts in it sometimes makes her neglect her schoolwork.

== Appearance ==
Yu has a slim figure with medium-length black hair with green tips that she has tied into twintails and has green eyes.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Yu are:

<center><tabber>
Nijigasaki =
<poem>
[[Wachu Gonna Do]]
[[Radio Taisou Dai Ichi (Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Ver.)]]
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Chronology==
<tabber>
Season I=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The First Thrill]]" |はじまりのトキメキ|"Hajimari no Tokimeki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 3, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Cutest♡Girl]]" |Cutest♡ガール|"Cutest♡Gāru"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 10, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Shout Out Your Love]]" |大好きを叫ぶ|"Daisuki o Sakebu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 17, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Uncharted Path]]" |未知なるミチ|"Michi Naru Michi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 24, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Something I Can Only Do Right Now]]" |今しかできないことを|"Ima Shika Dekinai Koto o"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 31, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Shape of Smiles (〃＞▽＜〃)‎‎]]" |笑顔のカタチ(〃＞▽＜〃)|"Egao no Katachi (〃＞▽＜〃)"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 7, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Haruka, Kanata, and Beyond]]" |ハルカカナタ|"Haruka Kanata"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 14, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Shizuku, Monochrome]]" |しずく、モノクローム|"Shizuku, Monokurōmu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 21, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Friends but Rivals]]" |仲間でライバル|"Nakama de Raibaru"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 28, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Summer Begins.]]" |夏、はじまる。|"Natsu, Hajimaru."}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 5, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Everyone's Dream, My Dream]]" |みんなの夢、私の夢|"Minna no Yume, Watashi no Yume"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 12, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Blossoming Feelings]]" |花ひらく思い|"Hanahiraku Omoi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 19, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[School Idol Festival (The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True)]]" |スクールアイドルフェスティバル（みんなの夢を叶える場所）|"Sukūru Aidoru Fesutibaru (Minna no Yume o Kanaeru Basho)"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 26, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
|-
|-|
Season II=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''No.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''1'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[A Brand New Thrill]]" |新しいトキメキ|"Atarashii Tokimeki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|April 2, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''2'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Overlapping Colors]]" |重なる色|"Kasanaru Iro"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|April 9, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''3'''
| "[[sing! song! smile!]]"
| style="text-align:center;"|April 16, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''4'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Ai Love Triangle]]" |アイ|"Love Triangle"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|April 23, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''5'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Dreamland_Is_Now_Open!↑↑（＊%27▽%27）|Dreamland Is Now Open!↑↑（＊'▽'）]]" |開幕!ドリームランド↑↑（＊'▽'）|"Kaimaku! Dorīmurando↑↑（＊'▽'）"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|April 30, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''6'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Choose Your "Love"]]" |“大好き”の選択を|"'Daisuki' no Sentaku o"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|May 7, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''7'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Memory of Dreams]]" |夢の記憶|"Yume no Kioku"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|May 14, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''8'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[TOKIMEKI Runners (The Place Where the Rainbow Begins)]]" |虹が始まる場所|"Niji ga Hajimari Basho"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|May 21, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''9'''
| "[[The Sky I Can't Reach]]"
| style="text-align:center;"|May 28, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Kasumin☆Wonder Tour]]" |かすみん☆ワンダーツアー|""}}
| style="text-align:center;"|June 4, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Past, the Future, and Now]]" |過去・未来・イマ|"Kako, Mirai, Ima"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|June 11, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Cheer!]]" |エール！|"Eru!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|June 18, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Let This Thrill Resonate—.]]" |響け! ときめき—.|"Hibike! Tokimeki—."}}
| style="text-align:center;"|June 25, 2022
|-
|}
</tabber>

== Etymology ==

* The name '''Yu''' is a widely used unisex name in Japan. It can be assigned various different kanji characters. 侑 means "urge to eat" but It is not named with that meaning.
* Yu's surname '''Takasaki''' means "tall, high" (高) ('''taka''') and "blossom" (咲) ('''saki''').
* '''Takasaki''' is a common surname in Japan, but the character "咲" (saki) is rare. '''高咲''' is a fictional surname that doesn't exist in reality.

==Trivia and Notes==
===General===
*Prior to the reveal of her name, the character was nicknamed "'''Anata''' (あなた)", which literally means "You".
**This also results in a recurring joke of the fans designating Yu as a fictionalized version of themselves, generally referring to her as "We/Our/Us".
*Unlike the other Nijigaku members, Yu does not have entries for four of the official statistics: three sizes, birth date, horoscope sign, and blood type.
*The meaning of her name (高咲侑) was given by a fan, who chose the 高 kanji because of [[Honoka Kosaka|Kousaka]] (高坂) and [[Chika Takami|Takami]] (高海). 咲 is because she comes from Nijigasaki. 侑 is because as it is written, "Anata" means "You". It sounds like "Yu", which could also mean "to help" which fits Yu's personality and role as the club's manager.
*Unlike the player character who is initially enrolled in the music course, Yu is initially enrolled in the general curriculum course before she applied for the music course. Yu is also missing the electronic keyboard in her room where the player character had placed it until [[Everyone's Dream, My Dream]], in which she mentioned that she has been practicing a lot.
**Yu briefly plays the piano in [[Shout Out Your Love]]. However, not until [[Summer Begins.|Summer Begins]] and [[Blossoming Feelings]] did she show proficiency in playing it.
**Yu plays a snippet of [[Yume ga Koko Kara Hajimaru yo]] in Blossoming Feelings' post-credits scene, which ended up being a song in [[School Idol Festival (The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True)]]. This implies that Yu will be adopted as the club's song composer much like her game counterpart, until recent episodes confirms it.
*Like [[Honoka Kosaka]] and [[Chika Takami]], Yu also wears a shirt with a Japanese character, though it was used on her childhood. However, unlike the two, the character in question is not the first syllable of her name ("'''Yu''' / ゆ"). Instead, it says "'''Pa''' (ぱ)".
*Yu is the only main character to not have an official birthday. This is mostly because her game counterpart's birthday is defined by the player in ALL STARS. However, some fans have regarded her unofficial birthday to be January 29, as it is the day when her design was unveiled to the public.
*While she has been featured in several merchandises such as ''Gyugyutto'' keychain, the Movic plush, and the [https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000158243/ AQUA SHOOTERS! figure], it wasn't until July 2022 when a scale figurine of Yu was released: [https://twitter.com/wave_corp/status/1551009497052618752 this one, manufactured by Wave].
**The ''Chobirume'' figurine of Yu Takasaki by FuRyu features the anime version of the bowtie, making her seemingly inconsistent with the previous waves' figurines with the game version of the tie.
*Prior to the reveal of the second visual and her voiced appearance, some fans speculated whether Yu's energetic personality is merely an informed attribute since she is shown to have an emotionless expression on her design, even though she is said to be enthusiastic as written in the description.
* There's speculation regarding Yu's image color: as black is the absence of color and cannot be used as a lightstick color. This was likely meant to represent her role as a supporter rather than being a school idol.
*Hinaki Yano's line "I can't just choose one! (ヒトリナンテエラベナイヨー!, Hitori dake nante erabenai yo!)" in the pre-Episode airing live streams has led fans to view it as her signature quote, or even as her "call-and-response". While this was [https://twitter.com/LoveLive_staff/status/1390864030659584007 officially acknowledged] by the official staff in a 3-panel comic for the 3rd Live, and canonized in ''Nijiyon Animation'', the line is not referenced in the anime's main timeline.
**Prior to being canonized, the 9th part of ''[[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS]]''<nowiki/>' Chapter 25 features a coincidental reference to that meme, as the player responded to Karin that "I can't choose that either." as the latter asked who's the number one.
**This line would eventually be used as Hinaki's official call-and-response in the [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Nijitabi! TOKIMEKI FAN MEETING TOUR]] concert.
* Japanese fans online have mixed reactions to the possibility of Yu ever becoming an idol. On one hand, some would like to see her voice actress sing and dance live, while others argue that taking away Yu's role as a manager would simply "rehash" the plot from the previous Love Live! shows, rather than bring something fresh and new to the series. But many are at least open to the idea of having a character song released.<ref>[http://lovelivematocha.com/blog-entry-20562.html Love Live! Matome Channel]. "On Yu-chan Becoming an Idol: Yes or No?"</ref>
**The [[Let This Thrill Resonate—.|13th episode of the anime's second season]] reveals that she's labelled as a "School Idol" by the rest of the girls.
***In the same episode, two scenes of her playing the piano for the [[Future Parade]] segment showed her mouth had some slight movements, implying that she was inaudibly whispering several portions of the chorus, as this method actually helps her to keep track of where they are in the song.
*Despite not being a member of NijiGaku, Yu is featured in a NijiGaku [[Wachu Gonna Do|group song]].

===Appearances in illustrated media===
As she doesn't appear in the ''ALL-STARS'' illustrations due to being a separate character from her original counterpart, Yu only appears in illustrations and other published media that is tied with the anime timeline.
*The poster for the 11th volume of the ''Love Live! Days'' magazine, drawn by Mebachi, features Yu as part of the group.
*Yu [[:File:Odaiba-Tokimeki-Stamp-Rally-4koma-Yu-cameo.jpg|appears as a cameo in a chapter of a 4koma]] drawn by Miyako Hito, as part of the huge display 4komas for the Odaiba Tokimeki Stamp Rally. While the comics' art style are the same as the ''Nijiyon'' 4komas, the stories' continuity took place in the Anime timeline, as the ribbons on the girls' uniforms are slightly different to separate from their original ''ALL-STARS'' counterparts.
*Yu also appears in the illustrations for the "Rainbow Days" Honest Photo Essay Series, which also takes place in the anime timeline.
**The [https://twitter.com/LoveLive_staff/status/1487803566048034817 cover for the 4th novel] also had Yu being drawn in the original ''School Idol Festival ALL-STARS'' art style.
*The visuals for the ''[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EypdsofU4AA1k2O.jpg Dengeki Clear File Magazine <PASSION> Love Live! Nijigaku]'' book and [https://twitter.com/shizukuharumaki/status/1381490456198967299 the Suntory collab] that features Yu are drawn in a style blurring between the ''ALL-STARS'' (notably the eyes) and the TV Anime art aesthetic.
*The ''[[Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 3rd Live! School Idol Festival ~Yume no Hajimari~]]'' concert:
**Yu [https://twitter.com/LoveLive_staff/status/1387602538992570374 appears in the one-panel comics] for the [[Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 3rd Live! School Idol Festival ~Yume no Hajimari~]] concert, also drawn by Miyako, serving as both the introduction of the 9 School Idols and the concert's countdown.
***The Miyako-styled Yu eventually appears in full body for the [https://twitter.com/LoveLive_staff/status/1390864030659584007 3-panel comic] promoting the first day of the concert.
**The giveaway brochure had one of the illustrations featuring Yu, with her [[:File:SIFAS-Styled-Yu.png|being drawn in entirely the style of the classic ''Love Live!'' Series/''School Idol Festival ALL-STARS'' game]].
**She also appears in the concert's (anime-oriented) chibi intermission drama, making this her first official debut to the series.
*Yu was also included in the [https://cafe.gge-collabo.com/history/top/nijigasaki04.html SEGA's "LIVE with a smile!" collaboration], appearing on the drink and food coasters.

===The Player's Identity===
Even though she is the anime equivalent of the ''[[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS]]'' player, there is a debate about whether she is the '''''true''''' POV protagonist of the game, as many English-speaking players commonly inferred the player as '''her''' (mainly due to the international version of the game ''explicitly'' refers to the player character as such by other characters) though her unique personality may clash with the player's featureless characteristic.

*The original Japanese version of the game and the books such as the kizuna comics refers to the player character as "あの子", it can also imply “that girl” or “that boy". The word "子" has more of a feminine implication (as lots of girls' names end in 子), so it's often translated to as “that girl.”
*It's noted that the usage of "She/Her" in the global version is mainly due to the translation team's choice to not use gender-neutral pronouns in an English-speaking perspective, and that Nijigasaki High is presumably an all-girls school so it would not make sense if a male POV character attended the school.
*While the player's true appearance remains officially undisclosed after the release of the game's final chapter on May 30, 2023 and the game's closure on June 30, 2023, there are several hints of the player's true gender in this game:
**In the 17th episode of Nozomi's Bond Story (SIFAS), Nozomi, Rin, Umi and the player character went to the Uranohoshi High School. However, Dia caught the four of them sneaking around and she mentioned afterwards that the whole school was talking about a suspicious group of '''four girls'''.
**The 20th episode for Dia's Bond Stories, however; Shows [https://idol.st/allstars/still/235/Still-Kurosawa-Dia/ two] [https://idol.st/allstars/still/236/Still-Kurosawa-Dia/ stills] of a hand holding a donut in the player's POV, with the lighter skin ultimately indicates that the player character is ''canonically '''female'''''.
*The drink and food coasters for the [https://animestari.com/lovelive/2021/12/20/sega-live-with-a-smile/ SEGA's "LIVE with a smile!" collaboration] also features Yu as part of the artwork. Unless it's a case of artist inconsistency, this ''may'' possibly indicate the POV player's true identity as Yu herself, as artwork of Lanzhu and Mia for this collab were shown in their video game hairstyles.
*The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0-nqLQoBBc "Yu-Sanpo" segment for the NijiGaku Fan Disc] had a game-based bowtie on Hinaki's uniform, though the chibi art of Yu still retains the Anime-styled bowtie.
*On January 3, 2023, it was revealed that Yu is set to appear in the ''[[Love Live! School idol festival 2 MIRACLE LIVE!]]'' game, complete with the bowtie seen in the anime. She is also confirmed to be a separate character from the game's player character (where they're depicted as a member of the Newspaper Club).
*Like the Japanese version of the game, the international release of the ''[[TOKIMEKI Roadmap to Future]]'' game refers to the player as gender neutral.

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Yu Takasaki/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
<references />

Lanzhu Zhong

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{{Warning}}
'''Lanzhu Zhong''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]''. She is a second-year student at [[Nijigasaki High School]]. She recently transferred from Hong Kong and is fluent in both Mandarin and Cantonese. She is a member of [[R3BIRTH]], a unit under [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club|Nijigaku]]. Her image color is pink gold.<ref>https://lovelive.fannect.jp/collections/ll-02-05/products/llnn510001-10</ref>

In [[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS|All Stars]], she was the leader and founder of the [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Association|Association]].

==Background==
Lanzhu applied to Nijigasaki with her good friend [[Mia Taylor]]. She is childhood friends with the current student council president, [[Shioriko Mifune]].

She was first introduced in Chapter 19 of the All Stars story and since Chapter 20, she is the leader of the Association, which she created as a way to help the members of the Club, which she admires greatly, to improve by working with professionals she hired. She initially banned the Club in order to force its members to join the Association but later allowed it to exist again in parallel with it until the latter's subsequent dissolution in Chapter 28.

In Chapter 29, Lanzhu apologizes to the Protagonist about her previous actions and officially joins the School Club as its 13th member and 12th school idol alongside Mia.<ref>[[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS]] Story</ref>

==Personality==
Since she was a kid, Lanzhu was treated as a gifted girl due to her noticeable talents in many fields. However, this generated insecurity in her as she was always eventually left by others because she was treated as "special" and not as an equal among her peers.

Despite showing herself as a charismatic girl, her unique personality tends to catch others off guard by how demanding she can be with them so that they achieve excellent results like her, which leads her to make questionable decisions and to treat people in a way that usually makes them feel insulted. Even so, she doesn't hesitate to seek every possible way to befriend others.

Lanzhu shows herself to be very competitive and somewhat arrogant in the anime, though, she doesn't appear as hostile and rude towards the Club as in the game.

==Appearance==
Lanzhu has a slim figure. She has long pinkish platinum-colored hair that she styles into tied pigtails on both sides of her head and light greyish blue eyes. She has a beauty mark under her right eye.
 In the anime, she has high hair loops on top of her pigtails instead.

==Chronology==
<tabber>
Season II=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''No.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''1'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[A Brand New Thrill]]" |新しいトキメキ|"Atarashii Tokimeki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|April 2, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''2'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Overlapping Colors]]" |重なる色|"Kasanaru Iro"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|April 9, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''3'''
| "[[sing! song! smile!]]"
| style="text-align:center;"|April 16, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''4'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Ai Love Triangle]]" |アイ|"Love Triangle"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|April 23, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''5'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Dreamland_Is_Now_Open!↑↑（＊%27▽%27）|Dreamland Is Now Open!↑↑（＊'▽'）]]" |開幕!ドリームランド↑↑（＊'▽'）|"Kaimaku! Dorīmurando↑↑（＊'▽'）"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|April 30, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''6'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Choose Your "Love"]]" |“大好き”の選択を|"'Daisuki' no Sentaku o"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|May 7, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''7'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Memory of Dreams]]" |夢の記憶|"Yume no Kioku"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|May 14, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''8'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[TOKIMEKI Runners (The Place Where the Rainbow Begins)|The Place Where the Rainbow Begins]]" |虹が始まる場所|"Niji ga Hajimari Basho"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|May 21, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''9'''
| "[[The Sky I Can't Reach]]"
| style="text-align:center;"|May 28, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Kasumin☆Wonder Tour]]" |かすみん☆ワンダーツアー|""}}
| style="text-align:center;"|June 4, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Past, the Future, and Now]]" |過去・未来・イマ|"Kako, Mirai, Ima"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|June 11, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Cheer!]]" |エール！|"Eru!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|June 18, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Let This Thrill Resonate—.]]" |響け! ときめき—.|"Hibike! Tokimeki—."}}
| style="text-align:center;"|June 25, 2022
|-
|}
</tabber>

==Songs==
The songs featuring Lanzhu are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Queendom]]
[[Ye Mingzhu]]
[[Eutopia]]
[[5201314]]
[[PHOENIX]]
</poem>
|-|
Nijigasaki =
<poem>
[[L! L! L! (Love the Life We Live)]]
[[Miracle STAY TUNE!]]
[[Colorful Dreams! Colorful Smiles!]]
[[Twilight]]
[[Yume ga Bokura no Taiyou sa]]
[[Ryouran! Victory Road]]
[[Future Parade]]
[[Level Oops! Adventures]]
[[Eien no Isshun]]
[[OUR P13CES!!!]]
[[Hurray Hurray]] (12 Members Ver.)
[[TOKIMEKI Runners]] (12 Members Ver.)
[[Love U my friends]] (12 Members Ver.)
[[Just Believe!!!]] (12 Members Ver.)
[[Wachu Gonna Do]]
[[KAGAYAKI Don't forget!]]
[[Sugar Sugar Yummy Yummy Parfait]]
[[Go Our Way!]]
[[SINGING, DREAMING, NOW!]]
[[Wawawa☆What's up!]]
[[Fly with You!!]]
[[New Year's March!]]
[[Nijigasaki Gakuen Kouka]]
[[Doko ni Itemo Kimi wa Kimi]]
[[Eternalize Love!!]]
</poem>
|-|
R3BIRTH =
<poem>
[[MONSTER GIRLS]]
[[Look at me now]]
[[Vroom Vroom]]
[[Bubble Over!]]
[[Feel Alive]]
</poem>
|-|
Quartet =
<poem>
[[Poka Poka Biyori]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Aqours]] and [[Liella!]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Etymology==
*'''Lanzhu''' means "haze, mist, vapor" (嵐) ('''lan''') and "beads, vermilion, red-lacquered, pace back and forth" (珠) ('''zhu''').
*'''Zhong''' means "bell/alarm bell/call bell/doorbell/hour bell, gong, horologe, horometer, hour, ring, timepiece, tocsin, watch/wristwatch, chime" (鐘).

==Trivia==
*Lanzhu fulfills the smile attribute of the Nijigaku second years, sharing both an attribute and year with [[Ai Miyashita]]. In All Stars, she fulfills the cool attribute instead.
*Lanzhu is the first character in the Love Live! franchise to sing a trilingual song.
*In SIFAS Chapter 26, it's revealed that Lanzhu is just as bad at cooking as Setsuna.
*Lanzhu has similar features to [[Kotori Minami]]:
**Both are second year students.
**Their mothers are chairwomen in their respective schools.
*Despite the claims that she came from Hong Kong, Lanzhu's nationality has more hallmarks of a Mainland Chinese person than a Hongkonger given how her English-translated name is pronounced, her frequent usage of Mandarin Chinese (as Cantonese is the only dominant language in Hong Kong), her songs are more reminiscent of Mandopop than Cantopop, and her general school idol outfits leaning to a stereotypical Chinese clothing.
**It should be noted that her surname "鐘" (a combination of "金" and "童") is not an actual family name, as the correct one is "'''鍾'''" ("金" and "重").
*In Lanzhu's signature, she stylistically spells her name as "L'ange", meaning "the angel" in French.
*Prior to the confirmation of her potential appearance in the ''Nijigasaki High School Idol Club'' anime's second season, a [https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveLive/comments/otwq61/a_leaked_listing_of_the_upcoming_6th_volume_of/ leaked listing of the 6th Capsule Rubber Mascot line] indirectly supported this hypothesis, as Lanzhu is drawn wearing the anime-styled bowtie.

== Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Lanzhu Zhong/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
<references />

Mia Taylor

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{{Mia Infobox}}
'''Mia Taylor''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]''. She is a third-year student at [[Nijigasaki High School]]. She recently transferred from New York and is fluent in both English and Japanese. She is a member of [[R3BIRTH]], a unit under [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club|Nijigaku]]. Her image color is platinum silver.

In [[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS|All Stars]], she was a member of the [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Association|Association]].

==Background==
She was brought to Nijigasaki (more specifically "dragged") by her friend [[Lanzhu Zhong]]. She was first introduced in Chapter 19 of Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS. Despite coming from a family of esteemed musicians, Mia would much rather prefer the life of a homebody and eat nothing but burgers. Mia is considered a 'music prodigy' by Lanzhu; she was an American college student before immediately transferring into Nijigasaki as a third year due to her skills, despite only being 14 years old.

In Chapter 29 of the main story, Mia officially joins the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club as its 12th member and 11th school idol alongside Lanzhu.

==Appearance==
Mia has a slim figure with boycut-styled platinum silver hair and has grey eyes. She also has a visible silver rectangular earring on her left ear.

==Personality==
Mia is a very straightforward and competitive girl, to the point of declaring war on ''the player'' as a songwriter out of the blue. However, her confidence is a façade and she actually tends to feel insecure about her songs' quality compared to ''the player's''. At some point, she tried to determine why she felt this way despite being convinced that her own songs were better than ''the player'''s and went to discuss the other girl's songwriting skills with Rina, who suggested she get closer to ''the player'' in order to better understand her.

==Chronology==
{{Nijigasaki Tab|<tabber>
Season II=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''No.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''1'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[A Brand New Thrill]]" |新しいトキメキ|"Atarashii Tokimeki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|April 2, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''2'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Overlapping Colors]]" |重なる色|"Kasanaru Iro"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|April 9, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''3'''
| "[[sing! song! smile!]]"
| style="text-align:center;"|April 16, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''4'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Ai Love Triangle]]" |アイ|"Love Triangle"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|April 23, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''5'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Dreamland_Is_Now_Open!↑↑（＊%27▽%27）|Dreamland Is Now Open!↑↑（＊'▽'）]]" |開幕!ドリームランド↑↑（＊'▽'）|"Kaimaku! Dorīmurando↑↑（＊'▽'）"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|April 30, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''6'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Choose Your "Love"]]" |“大好き”の選択を|"'Daisuki' no Sentaku o"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|May 7, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''7'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Memory of Dreams]]" |夢の記憶|"Yume no Kioku"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|May 14, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''8'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[TOKIMEKI Runners (The Place Where the Rainbow Begins)]]" |虹が始まる場所|"Niji ga Hajimari Basho"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|May 21, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''9'''
| "[[The Sky I Can't Reach]]"
| style="text-align:center;"|May 28, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Kasumin☆Wonder Tour]]" |かすみん☆ワンダーツアー|""}}
| style="text-align:center;"|June 4, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Past, the Future, and Now]]" |過去・未来・イマ|"Kako, Mirai, Ima"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|June 11, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Cheer!]]" |エール！|"Eru!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|June 18, 2022
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Let This Thrill Resonate—.]]" |響け! ときめき—.|"Hibike! Tokimeki—."}}
| style="text-align:center;"|June 25, 2022
|-
|}
</tabber>
}}

==Songs==
The songs featuring Mia are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[I'm Still...]]
[[Toy Doll]]
[[stars we chase]]
[[Lemonade]]
[[White Delight]]
[[Joy is All Around]]
</poem>
|-|
Nijigasaki =
<poem>
[[L! L! L! (Love the Life We Live)]]
[[Miracle STAY TUNE!]]
[[Colorful Dreams! Colorful Smiles!]]
[[Twilight]]
[[Yume ga Bokura no Taiyou sa]]
[[Ryouran! Victory Road]]
[[Future Parade]]
[[Level Oops! Adventures]]
[[Eien no Isshun]]
[[OUR P13CES!!!]]
[[Hurray Hurray]] (12 Members Ver.)
[[TOKIMEKI Runners]] (12 Members Ver.)
[[Love U my friends]] (12 Members Ver.)
[[Just Believe!!!]] (12 Members Ver.)
[[Wachu Gonna Do]]
[[KAGAYAKI Don't forget!]]
[[Sugar Sugar Yummy Yummy Parfait]]
[[Go Our Way!]]
[[SINGING, DREAMING, NOW!]]
[[Wawawa☆What's up!]]
[[Fly with You!!]]
[[New Year's March!]]
[[Nijigasaki Gakuen Kouka]]
[[Doko ni Itemo Kimi wa Kimi]]
[[Eternalize Love!!]]
</poem>
|-|
R3BIRTH =
<poem>
[[MONSTER GIRLS]]
[[Look at me now]]
[[Vroom Vroom]]
[[Bubble Over!]]
[[Feel Alive]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Aqours]] and [[Liella!]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Notes and Trivia==
*Mia fulfills the cool attribute of the Nijigaku third years, sharing both an attribute and year with [[Karin Asaka]]. In All Stars, she fulfills the pure attribute instead.
*She has an older sister<ref>TV Anime "Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club" Season 2 Broadcast Special Commemorative Bond Episode</ref>, Chloe Taylor, though she doesn't appear in the anime until the second part of the ''[[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club The Movie: Final Chapter|Final Chapter]]'' movies.
*She is the first main character in the franchise to have not be born in Asia or Europe.
*Canonically to the franchise, she is the youngest school idol as of 2021.
*Her songs are greatly reminiscent to the English pop-songs in the 2000s.
*In the international release version of the game, Mia's profanity ("shit") has been inconsistently translated as "Dammit" despite being spoken out loud from the original dialogue.
*The 26th chapter of the story shows that Mia isn't actually skilled on cooking (such as not knowing how to make hot chocolate and using a washing machine to wash vegetables) due to her lifestyle.
*Prior to the confirmation of her potential appearance in the ''Nijigasaki High School Idol Club'' anime's second season, a [https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveLive/comments/otwq61/a_leaked_listing_of_the_upcoming_6th_volume_of/ leaked listing of the 6th Capsule Rubber Mascot line] indirectly supported this hypothesis, as Mia was drawn wearing the anime-styled bowtie.
*She is one of the first characters in ''Love Live!'' to speak English and use cuss words.
**Due to her voice actress's lineage, her English speeches often contain an Australian accent.
*Mia is the only character in the ''Nijigasaki High School Idol Club'' anime to have her male parent shown on-screen.<ref>Briefly appeared in [[The Sky I Can't Reach]]</ref>

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Mia Taylor/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
<references/>

Shioriko Mifune

2025-04-16T22:18:11Z

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{{Warning}}
'''Shioriko Mifune''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]''. She is a first-year student at [[Nijigasaki High School]]. She is a member of [[R3BIRTH]], a unit under [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club|Nijigaku]]. Her image color is jade.

In [[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS|All Stars]], she was a member of the [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Association|Association]].

==Background==
In All Stars, Shioriko is the second daughter of the prestigious and wealthy Mifune family. She challenges [[Setsuna Yuki]] for the position of student council president by initiating a re-election because she is dissatisfied with Setsuna's leadership. Shioriko believes that students should do things they can succeed at rather than follow their passions. She states that if she wins, she will disband the School Idol Club. However, after the School Idol Club convinces her to try out being a school idol, she joins the club.

In the anime, Shioriko appears in the second season as a member of the student council. Rather than acting in opposition to the School Idol Club, she acts more neutrally, even briefly helping out with club activities. In [[The Memory of Dreams]], it is revealed that [[Kaoruko Mifune|her sister]] used to be a school idol and Shioriko admired school idols as a result. However, after her sister's group failed to get to Love Live, she began to hide away her love for school idols, out of a fear that she'd fail as one herself. After convincing by the club, she decides throw away her fears and becomes a school idol.

==Personality==
Shioriko is described as calm and academically gifted. She values Japanese tradition and has been trained in traditional dance and flower arranging. She has a talent for identifying people's strengths and weaknesses, and uses this to help students at Nijigasaki High School succeed in their club activities by offering advice.

In the game, she can be overly pragmatic, strict, cold and even antagonistic in her behavior; although people are initially upset upon hearing her suggestions, they become thankful when it leads to them succeeding. And despite her somewhat stiff demeanor and lack of self-expression, Shioriko is still a good person who genuinely wants to help others, and often yearns to connect with others deep down.

Meanwhile, the anime version is vastly different; despite her serious and professional disposition, she is genuinely nice, polite, supportive and kind from the beginning. Even before joining herself, she always treated the NijiGaku with kindness, and when she accidentally discovered Setsuna and Nana are the same person, she promised to keep it secret.

==Clubs and Hobbies==
As of Chapter 9 of the All Stars story, Shioriko is the Nijigasaki High School student council president, succeeding Setsuna. She spends time interacting more with the members of Nijigasaki, allowing her to understand their fulfilment of being idols despite other talents. In Chapter 17 of the main story, Shioriko officially joins the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club as its 11th member and 10th school idol. She enjoys using her spare time volunteering, and can be seen interacting with kids at the children's center, or picking up litter around the neighborhood.

== Appearance ==
Shioriko has a slim figure with semi-long dark green hair and vermilion eyes. She wears a small yellow hair ribbon on the left side.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Shioriko are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Ketsui no Hikari]]
[[Aoi Canaria]]
[[Concentrate!]]
[[EMOTION]]
[[Koufukuron]]
</poem>
|-|
Nijigasaki =
<poem>
[[TOKIMEKI Runners]] (Chapter 17 Ver. & 12 Members Ver.)
[[Just Believe!!!]]
[[L! L! L! (Love the Life We Live)]]
[[Miracle STAY TUNE!]]
[[Colorful Dreams! Colorful Smiles!]]
[[Twilight]]
[[Yume ga Bokura no Taiyou sa]]
[[Ryouran! Victory Road]]
[[Future Parade]]
[[Level Oops! Adventures]]
[[Eien no Isshun]]
[[OUR P13CES!!!]]
[[Hurray Hurray]] (12 Members Ver.)
[[Love U my friends]] (12 Members Ver.)
[[Wachu Gonna Do]]
[[KAGAYAKI Don't forget!]]
[[Sugar Sugar Yummy Yummy Parfait]]
[[Go Our Way!]]
[[SINGING, DREAMING, NOW!]]
[[Wawawa☆What's up!]]
[[Fly with You!!]]
[[New Year's March!]]
[[Nijigasaki Gakuen Kouka]]
[[Doko ni Itemo Kimi wa Kimi]]
[[Eternalize Love!!]]
</poem>
|-|
R3BIRTH =
<poem>
[[MONSTER GIRLS]]
[[Look at me now]]
[[Vroom Vroom]]
[[Bubble Over!]]
[[Feel Alive]]
</poem>
|-|
Quartet =
<poem>
[[Waku Waku! Monday Morning]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Aqours]] and [[Liella!]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Etymology==
*The name '''Shioriko''' means "bookmark" (栞) ('''shiori''') and "child" (子) ('''ko''').
*Shioriko's surname '''Mifune''' means "three" (三) ('''mi''') and "boat, ship, vessel" (船) ('''fune''').

==Trivia==
*Shioriko fulfills the pure attribute of the Nijigaku first years, sharing her year and attribute with [[Kasumi Nakasu]]. In All Stars, she fulfills the smile attribute instead.
*According to Kasumi, Shioriko always wears a kimono while at home.
*Shioriko has an older sister named [[Kaoruko Mifune]].
*Shioriko is the first school idol to join a school idol club/group after it already had 9 school idols.
**She is also the only idol to be temporarily excluded from having a unit, as [[R3BIRTH]] was not formed until later.
*Shioriko is the first 1st year student in the franchise to assume the position of student council president.
**However, [[Ren Hazuki]] was the first 1st year to assume the position in a ''Love Live!'' TV anime.
*When [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]] was first announced as a new project, Shioriko was already planned.
**Prior to the reveal of the visual for the anime's second season, a [https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveLive/comments/otwq61/a_leaked_listing_of_the_upcoming_6th_volume_of/ leaked listing of the 6th Capsule Rubber Mascot line] indirectly supported the hypothesis of her potentially appearing in the anime, as she possesses the anime-themed bowtie.
*When the Nijigasaki club gave gifts to Shioriko with elements to help her with her songs, Setsuna gifts her with a theme from "an enemy commander from a movie, who's a masked anti-hero, enemy to the main character and more popular than it, and uses a 'laser-like blade'"; this is a direct reference to [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker#The_rise_of_Darth_Vader Darth Vader], from ''Star Wars''.
*Shioriko was listed as one of the few choices for the 6th "Additional Pairing Vote Plan (ちょい足しペア投票企画)" (where the winner would pair with [[Yu Takasaki]] on a future Dengeki G's illustration cover), suggesting that she could appear in the anime series. This turned out to be an error, as Dengeki G's later [http://gs.dengeki.com/news/145210/ corrected it on February 4, 2021].
*The [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Shuffle Festival]] concert shows Shioriko's performance of [[Starlight]]. Ironically, fans indirectly relate it to [[Moeka Koizumi]]'s other role as [https://revuestarlight.fandom.com/wiki/Nana_Daiba Nana Daiba] from [https://revuestarlight.fandom.com/wiki/Sh%C5%8Djo%E2%98%86Kageki_Revue_Starlight Revue Starlight], where in [https://revuestarlight.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_9 one episode] [https://revuestarlight.fandom.com/wiki/The_Bonds_of_the_Stars she openly ranted to her competitor that she hated performing "Starlight".]
**However, the "Starlight" in both franchises are different.
*She had long hair when she's young

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Shioriko Mifune/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
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|References = <references />}}

Ai Miyashita

2025-04-16T22:13:48Z

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{{Warning}}
'''Ai Miyashita''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]''. She is a second-year student at [[Nijigasaki High School]]. She is a member of [[DiverDiva]], a unit under [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club|Nijigaku]]. Her image color is ultra orange.<ref>https://odex-anime.myshopify.com/products/lovelive-series-9th-anniversary-love-live-fest-love-live-blade-fest-ver-ラブライブレード</ref>

In ''[[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS]]'', she was a member of the [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Association|Association]].

==Background==
Along with [[Ayumu Uehara]] and [[Rina Tennoji]], Ai works with Famitsu App.

She has known her neighbor, [[Misato Kawamoto|Misato Kawamoto]] since she was a child, and they are close enough for her to consider Misato as her big sister. Because both of her parents work at her family's restaurant, she was mostly raised by her grandmother.

==Personality==
As a suggestible, friendly and sociable person who's always willing to help, Ai has a lot of friends and can be seen chatting with strangers at any given time. She is also very caring, especially with her family and friends. In the neighborhood she lives, she tends to refer to all sorts of people around as siblings. Ai is very empathetic, selfless and supportive, as she loves helping others and is also very open about how much she cares about their feelings. This is particularly evident with Rina and her childhood friend Misato, as she's shown to constantly be loving and supportive to them.

Because she is a {{W|gyaru}}, she can be mistaken as the type of person to skip school or be rebellious. However, she has very good grades and is very fun-loving and nice. She can be a bit loud, but never in an obnoxious way, as it just serves as a mood-maker to her fellow idols. Her cheerfulness, however, mustn't be taken at all for her being dumb; Ai is indeed very intelligent and an excellent student. Also, despite her energetic, cheerful nature and somewhat goofy appearance, she's also very capable of being levelheaded and well-organized.

Ai tends to speak very casually, using a lot of slang. She is also known for her puns, many of which are not very funny to those around her. She easily laughs at bad puns, too, as she has a rather childish sense of humor.

Despite Ai having a flawless image in school and being very popular, Ai is very down-to-earth and does not perceive herself as better than others, especially her fellow school idols. She even seems unaware of her reputation, as she never pretends to be someone she isn't, nor is she conscious of whatever image she is giving off. In fact, contrary to her "cool" and "popular" image, Ai's frequent use of puns can sometimes come off as so lame that the other members react with visible exasperation.

==Clubs and Hobbies==
Typical of a gyaru, Ai likes fashion and mobile app/games. She also likes candy and sometimes carries extra with her.

Ai is excellent at both academics and sports. Due to her proficiency in nearly every activity possible, her openness to try her hand at anything fun, and her incredibly sociable attitude, she is the type of girl to have friends in every club, and as a result have also been involved with the activities of numerous clubs. Ai's top performance in all aspects of school combined with her many friends make her a very popular and likable classmate/student with a flawless image at school.

She also enjoys her grandmother's fermented pickles ({{W|nukazuke}}).

== Appearance ==
Ai has an athletic and slim figure with light blonde hair that she usually ties up into a ponytail and orange eyes.
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==Other Data==
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Official Introduction from Website<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/161726382308/love-live-perfect-dream-project-member-profiles Member Profile Translation]</ref>
|-|
|[[File:PDP Character Intro - Ai Miyashita.png|center|350px]]Yo. I’m Ai Miyashita. 
I stumbled into being a school idol because my friend from school asked me if I wanted to! 
Everyone, I’ll be in your care! I love you! Because I’m Ai! ''[TL: the pun here is that “aishiteru” can mean “I love you” or “I’m being Ai”.]'' 
With that, Ai-san’s special rapid-fire pun corner starts no— oh, I can’t? 
......Ah, OK, sorry. I’ll be serious from here on. Seriously. 
Well, as you can see, I end up getting dragged into a lot of things, but I’m an honor student. 
You can’t see that? Wait wait wait, but it’s true! I’m good at both studying and athletics, and I’m stylish... you see? 
Anyway, the friend I mentioned before said to me, “I think the impression of the school idol world that you have is totally off. Sure you don’t wanna give it a shot?” 
That got me excited! 
I’m really prone to getting fired up from that kind of challenge. 
So! I decided that I’ll aim to be number one in the world of school idols! 
I want to see this world that I haven’t seen! 
And I want to show everyone that landscape! 
Let’s soldier on in high spirits!
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Official Introduction from Famitsu App Website<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/162074292343/pdp-introductions-ai-miyashita-en-translation Famitsu App Introduction Translation]</ref>
|-|
|
Hey, were you waiting? Oh, that’s a camera!

Whoa, you borrowed it for today’s filming. I definitely thought you’d be using a smartphone instead. Because using a smartphone would be smart! Ahahah! “Smartphone” and “smart”! That’s a knee-slapper!

Wait, why the face? Wasn’t that hilarious? You got the joke about “smartphone” and “smart”, right?

Gah! Why do you look like you saw something bizarre? What’s up with you? Even though I’m an energetic girl!

What’s my favorite food? I guess I’d say Nukazuke.

My grandma’s Nukazuke was really delicious... To think that I can’t eat it any more... oh, she’s not dead! She’s still alive and kicking!

Eh? I’ve done enough of telling jokes and explaining them, so it’s time to sober up? OK, got it. I’ll be serious. You went to the trouble of borrowing the camera, after all.

What!? You bought the camera yourself!? You worked at a part-time job!? Wow, you’re really committed. That’s kind of incredible.

Ah, sorry, sorry. I wasn’t trying to make fun of you. More like, “wow, they’re really giving it their all”, or “I’m kinda jealous”.

There isn’t anything in my life that I’m as dedicated to, you see.

Huh? So the world of school idols will have things I’ve never seen before. And I’ll be able to see a deeply touching landscape?

Is that so? This is coming from you, and you’re really serious about this, so I guess it has to be true.

Ahahah, I’m down for that! I’m getting super excited! A landscape I haven’t seen before, huh... what could it be like?

Not just that, but if I do something like becoming a top school idol, grandma’s definitely going to be pleased, right? “Ai’s giving it her best!”

All right, I’m suddenly pumped up. Hurry up and start recording—I’ll be in a great mood for this intro video!
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Question & Answer Corner<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/163078003023/pdp-qa-ai-miyashita-en-translation Ai Miyashita Q&A Translation]</ref>
|-|
|
<big>'''Being frank, how has it been, working with Famitsu App?'''</big>

'''Have you gotten used to helping out at Famitsu App?'''

I’ve gotten to experience a lot of stuff, and it’s been awesome! Making a magazine really does need the strength of a lot of people, huh~ Getting to know this world that I knew nothing about has been super exciting!

Hm? The other employees are praising me? Saying that I have good muscles? Heheh, as expected of Ai-san—I’m doing pretty well, huh?

Juuust kidd- wait, hold on, don’t print that! I haven’t even done that much yet~!!

'''What are your thoughts on working with us?'''

Though I’ve only been allowed to help with researching for the articles, I’ve really learned a lot. It’s important to understand not just the perspective of someone being covered, but also that of the person covering them.

Somehow, it perfectly fits what we need for our school idol activities!

Oh, now that I think of it, I wonder when my gravure shots will be released? I promised to my grandma that I’d make sure I’ll show her first!

'''What motivated you to work with Famitsu App?'''

Someone I hang out with a lot is a Famitsu reader, so when they heard, they said that “of course you have to choose Famitsu!”.

I trust them a lot, so I thought, “I guess I have no choice!”!

'''When you’re working at Famitsu App, what do you talk about with Ayumu-chan and Rina-chan?'''

I talk about work with Ayumu-chan a lot, I guess. And afterwards, I tell her about things like the latest popular apps. When I tell her about some interesting social apps, she smiles a lot when we’re talking about trying to make friends using them.

With Rina-rii... oh yeah, I call her Rina-rii, but anyway, we manage to talk, with her using the Rina-chan Board. That thing has a lot of faces, so it’s pretty amusing.

Oh, and I promised Rina-rii that we’d go shopping together. We’re planning to hit up some cute shops and eat pancakes with tons of cream! Rina-rii is the type to want to be fed!

'''Do you have any thoughts on clothes?'''

My clothes? I guess I’d say they feel freeing? But I like them, and what’s most important is that I wear what I want to wear!

Right, if you wanted to talk about fashion, you’d want to talk to Karin. She’s pretty good at coordinating clothes, she knows some good stores, and she gets really excited about it. I actually bought the accessories I’m wearing from an online shop that Karin recommended~

'''When you’re talking with people in a higher position, do you talk to them like you’re doing right now?'''

Huh? I don’t think so... Ahem, even I use keigo ''[TL: honorific speech]'' with my superiors, you know? On that note, has everyone had the chance to eat yet? ''[TL: she switches to a more formal tone here.]''

You wanna... er, if you please, would you like to dine together?

...how was that? I got my manners from my grandma—when she said that I was being rude, I tried to be proper and polite! But when I messed up, she taught me how to phrase things correctly.

<big>'''What do school idols mean to Ai-chan?'''</big>

'''Why did you start being a school idol?'''

Well, I have this classmate who’s a big fan of school idols, and they asked me, “The world of school idols is completely different from what you’ve seen before, I think. So do you want to take up the challenge?”

When someone says something like that to me, I’m the type to suddenly get really fired up about it.

'''Being honest, what are your appeal points as a school idol?'''

My appeal point would have to be… my knack for puns, maybe! Who else could tell these grate cheesy puns? Heh!

What? Why didn’t you laugh? Ah, did it go over your head?

You see, it’s because it’s “grate” and “cheesy”... wait, why are you looking at me so kindly??

'''What kind of school idol do you want to become?'''

With my amazing puns, I’d like to make people laugh when they think of me while they’re relaxing, and fire them up when they’re in a tough spot...

Yup, I want to become an idol that’s like a good friend. I’d give you the feeling that Ai-san Power is always by your side.

Like “One order of love for the weary!”. Because I’m Ai, after all!

'''From now on, what activities do you want to do as a school idol?'''

Of course, I want to get on stage as soon as I can! And I want to be on the biggest stage.

Since I started working to become a school idol, and this goes for helping out here as well, every day brings a view that I haven’t seen before. Up until now, I’ve seen everyone being noisy and having fun, but it’s kind of like—how do I put this—we’re doing jiu-jitsu, I guess?

So, standing in the center up on stage... on a huge stage, just what kind of landscape would you see from there? I really want to find out soon! Recently, I’ve been thinking about this every day before I fall asleep, but I think it has to be beyond my wildest dreams!
|}

==Video==
<center>
<tabber>
Character Introduction = [[File:Nijigasaki High School School Idol Club Member Introduction Video - Ai Miyashita|thumb|center|400 px]]
</tabber>
</center>

==Songs==
The songs featuring Ai are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Meccha Going!!]]
[[Yuu & Ai]]
[[Tanoshii no Tensai]]
[[Saikou Heart]]
[[Diabolic mulier]]
[[Request for U]]
</poem>
|-|
Nijigasaki =
<poem>
[[TOKIMEKI Runners]]
[[Love U my friends]]
[[Mirai Harmony]]
[[Just Believe!!!]]
[[Nijiiro Passions!]]
[[Sweet Eyes]]
[[NEO SKY, NEO MAP!]]
[[Zensoku Dreamer]]
[[Yume ga Koko Kara Hajimaru yo]]
[[Hurray Hurray]]
[[L! L! L! (Love the Life We Live)]]
[[Miracle STAY TUNE!]]
[[Colorful Dreams! Colorful Smiles!]]
[[Twilight]]
[[Yume ga Bokura no Taiyou sa]]
[[Ryouran! Victory Road]]
[[Future Parade]]
[[Level Oops! Adventures]]
[[Eien no Isshun]]
[[OUR P13CES!!!]]
[[Wachu Gonna Do]]
[[KAGAYAKI Don't forget!]]
[[Sugar Sugar Yummy Yummy Parfait]]
[[Go Our Way!]]
[[SINGING, DREAMING, NOW!]]
[[Wawawa☆What's up!]]
[[Fly with You!!]]
[[New Year's March!]]
[[Nijigasaki Gakuen Kouka]]
[[Doko ni Itemo Kimi wa Kimi]]
[[Eternalize Love!!]]
</poem>
|-|
DiverDiva =
<poem>
[[SUPER NOVA]]
[[Love Triangle]]
[[POWER SPOT!!]]
[[Saika -saika-]]
[[THE SECRET NiGHT]]
[[Fly into the sky]]
[[Eternal Light]]
[[Koisuru Magic!!]]
[[Fashionista]]
[[Shadow Effect]]
[[Kiss the Sun]]
</poem>
|-|
Quartet =
<poem>
[[Poka Poka Biyori]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Aqours]] and [[Liella!]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Chronology==
|<tabber>
Anime=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The First Thrill]]" |はじまりのトキメキ|"Hajimari no Tokimeki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 3, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Cutest♡Girl]]" |Cutest♡ガール|"Cutest♡Gāru"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 10, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Shout Out Your Love]]" |大好きを叫ぶ|"Daisuki o Sakebu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 17, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Uncharted Path]]" |未知なるミチ|"Michi Naru Michi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 24, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Something I Can Only Do Right Now]]" |今しかできないことを|"Ima Shika Dekinai Koto o"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 31, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Shape of Smiles (〃＞▽＜〃)‎‎]]" |笑顔のカタチ(〃＞▽＜〃)|"Egao no Katachi (〃＞▽＜〃)"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 7, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Haruka, Kanata, and Beyond]]" |ハルカカナタ|"Haruka Kanata"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 14, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Shizuku, Monochrome]]" |しずく、モノクローム|"Shizuku, Monokurōmu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 21, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Friends but Rivals]]" |仲間でライバル|"Nakama de Raibaru"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 28, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Summer Begins.]]" |夏、はじまる。|"Natsu, Hajimaru."}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 5, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Everyone's Dream, My Dream]]" |みんなの夢、私の夢|"Minna no Yume, Watashi no Yume"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 12, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Blossoming Feelings]]" |花ひらく思い|"Hanahiraku Omoi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 19, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[School Idol Festival (The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True)]]" |スクールアイドルフェスティバル（みんなの夢を叶える場所）|"Sukūru Aidoru Fesutibaru (Minna no Yume o Kanaeru Basho)"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 26, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
|}
</tabber>

== Etymology ==

*The name '''[https://www.behindthename.com/name/ai-1 Ai] '''means "love, affection" (愛).
* Ai's surname '''Miyashita''' means "temple, shrine, palace" (宮) ('''miya''') and "under, below" (下) ('''shita''').

== Trivia ==
* Ai fulfills the smile attribute of the NijiGaku second years. She shares her year and attribute with [[Lanzhu Zhong]].
* Ai is the first blond school idol who is fully Japanese.
* Ai has a fear of thunder and covers up her bellybutton during thunderstorms. This is due to her grandmother telling her about the Japanese folklore where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raijin Raijin], the thunder God, takes away and eats bellybuttons.
*In All Stars, it is eventually revealed that Ai's parents run a restaurant.
*Ai is the first smile attribute second year who is not the main protagonist of her anime.
*Ai's original hairstyle is not featured in the anime timeline until the illustration for the Odaiba Ōedo-Onsen Monogatari collaboration.<ref>https://twitter.com/LoveLive_staff/status/1414804277436944384</ref>

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Ai Miyashita/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
{{Reference Box4
|References = <references />}}

Karin Asaka

2025-04-16T22:11:13Z

Misterfunnyman: Ported over fandom wiki text

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'''Karin Asaka''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]''. She is a third-year student at [[Nijigasaki High School]]. She is a member of [[DiverDiva]], a unit under [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club|Nijigaku]]. Her image color is royal blue.

In ''[[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS|All Stars]]'', she was a member of the [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Association|Association]].

==Background==
Karin wanted to become a school idol to boost her self-confidence. Along with [[Kasumi Nakasu]] and [[Setsuna Yuki]], she works with Dengeki Online.

In the Nijigasaki dorms, she shares a room with [[Emma Verde]].

==Personality==
Karin is very mature and gives off a rather seductive vibe. She uses her adult-like looks to her advantage, such as when she tries to tease her underclassmen. She also teaches others how to be sexy and cool like her. However, these lessons sometimes backfire when people begin to show her significant attention or respond in a pure manner, as Karin will become embarrassed. Despite her teasing attitude, she is rather innocent and has a somewhat naive side to her personality.

In the anime, however, her personality is different, being noticeably more reserved and shy. She states she doesn't like being around many people, and used to be a little bit aloof at the beginning of the first season, but nevertheless is genuinely kind and friendly. She is shown to be rather self-conscious about her weaknesses and initially being a loner, and can be naive and clumsy.

Sometimes, Karin is a little bit more childish and nervous than usual, which she dislikes, but she manages to keep up her cool demeanor most of the time. While she is quite confident and likes to compete, she's also a genuinely supportive and empathetic person, as shown when she interacts with Ai's friend Misato and when she worries about her.

Because of her modeling activities taking up most of her time, her grades are below average and she has difficulties waking up in the morning. She is helped at studying by Mia later on, while Shizuku helps Kasumi.

==Clubs and Hobbies==
Karin's strength is dancing, and thus she takes the role of choreographer in the club. Outside of the school idol club, she works as a model for magazines. She has enrolled in a design course at Nijigasaki Academy.

Her favorite classes are science and cooking, but she dislikes geography. As revealed in ALL STARS, she actually has bad grades.

== Appearance ==
Karin is tall with a slim yet curvaceous figure and short navy blue hair that reaches her shoulders and bright blue eyes. She has three aligned beauty marks on the left side of her chest.
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==Other Data==
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Official Introduction from Website<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/161726382308/love-live-perfect-dream-project-member-profiles Member Profile Translation]</ref>
|-|
|[[File:PDP Character Intro - Karin Asaka.png|center|350px]]Hi~! I’m Karin Asaka! Pleased to meet you ♪ 
Hey, what kind of school idol do you like? What kind of live show would you like to see? 
A super energetic kind? Or, a very cute one? What about a cool show? 
Regardless of what your answer is, here’s what I want to show you... 
Something only I can do: a veeeery stimulating show. 
What do I mean by “stimulating”? 
As・for・that, can’t you figure it out just by looking at me? Ufufu. 
With my self-confidence, I’ll use this body to show you a sexy, passionate, dream-like, mature performance that’ll arouse everyone’s senses ♪ 
I definitely won’t let you regret it, so it’d make me happy to hear your zealous, fiery cheers. 
I’ll be waiting for everyone’s passionate support. Ufufu ♪
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Official Introduction from Dengeki Online Website<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/161992764078/pdp-introductions-karin-asaka-en-translation Dengeki Online Introduction Translation]</ref>
|-|
|
Yahoo— sorry I kept you waiting~♪ This video you mentioned, it’s meant to hype people up or something? We’re shooting in this classroom, right?

I’m entrusting my body and heart to you today, so make onee-san look pretty, OK?

Hm? What’s up? You look concerned. Eh? You thought I was going to wear a swimsuit?

Ah, right, that was a part of it... as if!

Look, if you showed my swimsuit-clad figure, the viewers would get rather excited, and that would be terrible, you know?

And・don't・for・get, a girl’s strongest weapon shouldn’t be deployed so easily. Its destructive power would be far too dangerous.

Ah~, or did you want to use my mature, sexy side as a selling point?

If that’s so... hmm. Should we be bold and shoot a kiss scene with just the two of us? Just kidd—what? You want to know how one should breathe while kissing? Th-that came out of nowhere.

My answer? W-well, uh, for now, I’ll pace my teaching slowly. Of course, it’ll just be practice, you know ♪

Anyway, it’s about time for us to start filming. Like you asked, I’ll be sure to show off plenty of my adult-like appeal!
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Question & Answer Corner<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/163046239408/pdp-qa-karin-asaka-en-translation Karin Asaka Q&A Translation]</ref>
|-|
|
'''What made you decide to come to Dengeki Online?'''

Hmm… the word “Dengeki” sounds good. ''[TL: it translates to “electric shock”]'' It’s like it’ll bring a little shock to your heart and body, and that kind of stimulation is what I want to accomplish as a school idol.

'''Please describe your appeal point(s).'''

My adult-like manner, perhaps. I might not have the “cute girl” feeling of other idols, but I think that maybe I could bring the fans enjoyment with a more mature charm.

...for example, hopping and jumping around like a cute girl might not really suit me, but sexy dancing with my flexible body is fine too, right?

'''What are your strengths and weaknesses?'''

My greatest strength is dancing. Right now, every time I practice, I can feel that I’m getting better, so I put way too much effort into it. Afterwards, I might check up on how my posing and walking look in the mirror.

I want to be able to give everyone a little electric shock, so I hope that one day I’ll be able to say that posing is my specialty.

Oh, right! I also specialize in coordinating Western-style clothes. I’m good at making amazing outfits using cute cheap clothes!

What I’m bad at... umm... I’m not sure? I can’t think of anything in particular... If I had to say, maybe something like planning an aggressive wake-up visit?

'''What impressions do you have of Kasumi-chan and Setsuna-chan?'''

Well, however you feel about her, Kasumi is quite a character. She doesn’t get scared easily, she’s assertive, and she’s willing to just get up and leave in front of you. I do respect those parts of her. She’s always moving so restlessly, so she seems kind of like a cute small animal. I can’t help but think that if she bit you, it wouldn’t hurt at all, and instead it’d just be cute.

Setsuna seems like the quintessential school idol. Even though she already towers above the rest of us in singing and dancing, she’s always aiming ever higher and putting in so much effort. She doesn’t brag. While she’s younger than me, I think I’d like to learn to have that same attitude.

'''How do you spend your days off?'''

I like going to flea markets, I guess. You can find surprisingly good secondhand clothes and accessories, so I end up losing track of time. I enjoy the excitement of haggling over prices with the dealers as well.

At those kinds of places, there are a lot of street performers as well, right?

I like watching those performers too~ Being able to draw people’s attention in a short time is something that us school idols have to do as well, you know. So it’s very useful to see them work.

'''Please tell us which subjects you like and dislike.'''

I like science classes. The answers are clear-cut, and the methods and formulae are exact. You can derive the answers just by following the procedures—isn’t that wonderful?

Ah, but cooking classes are another one of my specialties. I’m well-known for what happens during cooking practice. Why? Fufu, something about aprons fitting me well ♥

I guess I’m a little bad at geography. Isn’t finding your way on a map kind of hard? Like when you’re sure you’re heading north, but then you realize you’re actually heading south... Maybe this is what it means to have a poor sense of direction?

'''Why did you decide to become a school idol?'''

When I started, it was because I wanted to build up my self-confidence... I suppose. School idols perform on stage looking incredible, like they’re enjoying themselves, and they seem full of confidence.

My thinking was that being able to hear everyone watching and supporting them must give them that confidence, and that’s why they can shine so brightly.

'''What animal would you compare yourself to?'''

Animal? Compare myself to an animal? Umm... how should I answer this...

An animal that resembles me... For this, it feels like something like a cat would definitely be a good answer, but it’s troubling in that I do wonder whether I really am like a cat... hmm... a civet? No, there aren’t really many people that know about them. Comparing myself to an animal... hmm... This is difficult!

'''What genre of music do you like?'''

I listen to everything, but if I had to pick a genre I like, maybe ballads. Listening to a ballad, you can really lose yourself in its mellowness, right? I like that kind of song.

Someday, I’ll be able to take my listeners into my own world like that too... I want to try singing that sort of song.

'''You usually show the image of a sexy and mature Karin-chan, but when do you unintentionally become childish?'''

Times when I become childish... maybe when I’m playing games. I’m not very good, but I easily become really serious about winning, so until I succeed, I pester whoever I’m with to let me try “just one more time!”.

Now that I’m looking at it from afar, it really is kind of embarrassing...

'''What must you work on every day, as someone who’s aiming to become a model?'''

Practicing posing and walking is, of course, important to do every day. Aside from that, perhaps the daily routine would include eating niboshi ''[TL: a dried sardine snack]'' and drinking milk. After all, it’s important to take care of what [your parents] took so much trouble to give birth to.

And before getting into the bath, make sure to stretch. Because in order to maintain your body’s softness, you need self-confidence.

'''Please tell us how excited you are for your upcoming activities.'''

Excitement, huh. Really, I feel like I look a little out of place. All the others look like adorable girls. Even when I was sitting in the waiting room, I thought “everyone looks so cute”.

But, my weapon is what makes me different from the others. Once I polish up my maturity and sexiness, I’ll captivate our fans. If you’re looking for cuteness... I’ll try with all my strength. To do that, I’ll aim to become the best!
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Monthly Rankings (October 2017)
|-|
|
[[File:PDP 4th Popularity Poll - 1st Karin Asaka.jpg|center|350px]]
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Monthly Rankings (November 2017)
|-|
|
[[File:PDP 5th Popularity Poll - 2nd Karin Asaka.jpg|center|350px]]
|}

==Video==
<center>
<tabber>
Character Introduction = [[File:Nijigasaki High School School Idol Club Member Introduction Video - Karin Asaka|thumb|center|400 px]]
</tabber>
</center>

==Songs==
The songs featuring Karin are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Starlight]]
[[Wish]]
[[Fire Bird]]
[[VIVID WORLD]]
[[Turn it Up!]]
[[My Shadow]]
</poem>
|-|
Nijigasaki =
<poem>
[[TOKIMEKI Runners]]
[[Love U my friends]]
[[Mirai Harmony]]
[[Just Believe!!!]]
[[Nijiiro Passions!]]
[[Sweet Eyes]]
[[NEO SKY, NEO MAP!]]
[[Zensoku Dreamer]]
[[Yume ga Koko Kara Hajimaru yo]]
[[Hurray Hurray]]
[[L! L! L! (Love the Life We Live)]]
[[Miracle STAY TUNE!]]
[[Colorful Dreams! Colorful Smiles!]]
[[Twilight]]
[[Yume ga Bokura no Taiyou sa]]
[[Ryouran! Victory Road]]
[[Future Parade]]
[[Level Oops! Adventures]]
[[Eien no Isshun]]
[[OUR P13CES!!!]]
[[Wachu Gonna Do]]
[[KAGAYAKI Don't forget!]]
[[Sugar Sugar Yummy Yummy Parfait]]
[[Go Our Way!]]
[[SINGING, DREAMING, NOW!]]
[[Wawawa☆What's up!]]
[[Fly with You!!]]
[[New Year's March!]]
[[Nijigasaki Gakuen Kouka]]
[[Doko ni Itemo Kimi wa Kimi]]
[[Eternalize Love!!]]
</poem>
|-|
DiverDiva =
<poem>
[[SUPER NOVA]]
[[Love Triangle]]
[[POWER SPOT!!]]
[[Saika -saika-]]
[[THE SECRET NiGHT]]
[[Fly into the sky]]
[[Eternal Light]]
[[Koisuru Magic!!]]
[[Fashionista]]
[[Shadow Effect]]
[[Kiss the Sun]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Aqours]] and [[Liella!]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>
}}

==Chronology==
<center>'''NOTE: The Tapestry Manga's story took place in the ''ALL-STARS'' continuity rather than the Anime.'''</center>
{{Nijigasaki Tab|<tabber>
Anime=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The First Thrill]]" |はじまりのトキメキ|"Hajimari no Tokimeki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 3, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Cutest♡Girl]]" |Cutest♡ガール|"Cutest♡Gāru"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 10, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Shout Out Your Love]]" |大好きを叫ぶ|"Daisuki o Sakebu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 17, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Uncharted Path]]" |未知なるミチ|"Michi Naru Michi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 24, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Something I Can Only Do Right Now]]" |今しかできないことを|"Ima Shika Dekinai Koto o"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 31, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Shape of Smiles (〃＞▽＜〃)‎‎]]" |笑顔のカタチ(〃＞▽＜〃)|"Egao no Katachi (〃＞▽＜〃)"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 7, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Haruka, Kanata, and Beyond]]" |ハルカカナタ|"Haruka Kanata"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 14, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Shizuku, Monochrome]]" |しずく、モノクローム|"Shizuku, Monokurōmu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 21, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Friends but Rivals]]" |仲間でライバル|"Nakama de Raibaru"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 28, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Summer Begins.]]" |夏、はじまる。|"Natsu, Hajimaru."}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 5, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Everyone's Dream, My Dream]]" |みんなの夢、私の夢|"Minna no Yume, Watashi no Yume"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 12, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Blossoming Feelings]]" |花ひらく思い|"Hanahiraku Omoi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 19, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[School Idol Festival (The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True)]]" |スクールアイドルフェスティバル（みんなの夢を叶える場所）|"Sukūru Aidoru Fesutibaru (Minna no Yume o Kanaeru Basho)"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 26, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
|}
|-|
Tapestry Comic Book =
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Chapter'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| "Casting Off the Shell I Wore"
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|}
</tabber>

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Karin Asaka/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

== Etymology ==

* The name '''Karin''' means "fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed" (果) ('''ka''') and "forest" (林) ('''rin''').
* Karin's surname '''Asaka''' means "morning" (朝) ('''asa''') and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) ('''ka''').

==Trivia==
*Karin fulfills the cool attribute of the NijiGaku third years. She shares her attribute and year with [[Mia Taylor]].
*Karin is the first third-year of the Cool attribute to not have the role of Student Council President.
*It is shown in both the anime and Love Live! All Stars, that Karin is very clueless when it comes to navigation.
*In [[Something I Can Only Do Right Now]], Karin said that she did not like crowds.
**It can explain why she is often seen eating alone or having a solitary attitude.
*Karin plays the saxophone.<ref>https://i.idol.st/u/still/2x/210Still-Asaka-Karin-NqP1lQ.png</ref>

==References==
{{Reference Box5
|References = <references />}}

Kasumi Nakasu

2025-04-16T22:08:04Z

Misterfunnyman: Ported over fandom wiki text

{{warning}}
'''Kasumi Nakasu''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]''. She is a first-year student at [[Nijigasaki High School]]. She is a member of [[QU4RTZ]], a unit under [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club|Nijigaku]] and was a member of the original group. Her image color is pastel yellow.

==Background==
Kasumi had always dreamed of becoming an idol. Upon entering Nijigasaki, Kasumi would go on to join the School Idol Club as its most passionate member. But when the club fell into disarray, Kasumi's dreams never took off, and she would soon begin to doubt herself. Her sole presence in the club room would serve as a reminder that the School Idol Club has seen better days. Nevertheless, Kasumi still believes in the club and is determined to keep the dream alive. She would continue to strive to become a school idol and hopes to once again participate in club activities, especially with a senpai she adores. Along with [[Karin Asaka]] and [[Setsuna Yuki]], she works with Dengeki Online.

In the anime, after Setsuna Yuki disbands the School Idol Club, Kasumi declares herself president, as the sole member remaining. In [[Cutest♡Girl|Cutest Girl]], Kasumi approaches [[Ayumu Uehara]] and [[Yu Takasaki]] after overhearing them talk about school idols and convinces them to join her. She remains the president continuously throughout the club's existence, occupying a genuine leadership role, even when, arguably more capable, other people join the club. 

==Personality==
Although slightly self-centered and mischievous, Kasumi is a kind, friendly and lively girl who loves all things cute, and her love for idols is unrivaled in strength and inspiration. Kasumi wants to be number one in any competition she's in, and often resorts to cheating or even sabotage to achieve that goal. As a consequence, she is a sore loser whenever she achieves anything other than first place. In general, Kasumi spends a lot of her time scheming or thinking up new ways to ensure her own victory; however, these plans often fail or aren't as devious as she thinks. However, even with her scheming streak, Kasumi has the capacity to be considerate and kind to her fellow idols. For example, she tries to rile up the group when Ayumu is nervous before their live and exchanges genuine Christmas gifts with the Dengeki Online group.

She hates the nickname Kasukasu (かすかす) which roughly translates to "just barely" or "not quite", and gets in a bad mood when she is referred to with it. In All Stars, it is revealed that some bullies in her past used to call her this, hence her disdain for the nickname.

==Clubs and Hobbies==
Kasumi enjoys making bread and watching idol videos. Her favorite school subjects are science and home economics, but she dislikes classical literature and history. On her days off, Kasumi will typically spend 2-3 hours baking bread, 3-4 hours watching videos, and utilize one hour of jogging. She would also devote an hour after 9pm to activities that are kept "secret" to anybody but herself.<ref>Love Live! Nijigasaki: First Fan Book, Pg. 11.</ref>

== Appearance ==
Kasumi is short with a slim figure and short grey-brown hair and light magenta eyes. She wears a yellow hairpin shaped like a star and a crescent moon on the left side.

==Other Data==
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Official Introduction from Website<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/161726382308/love-live-perfect-dream-project-member-profiles Member Profile Translation]</ref>
|-|
|[[File:PDP Character Intro - Kasumi Nakasu.png|center|350px]]Hello—! It’s everyone’s idol, Kasumin! 
I’m aiming to become Japan’s top idol, so I’m working hard every day at my singing and dance lessons! 
Of course, I’m also secretly working to become cuter—. 
I also send rivals scandalous information about them, and stealthily put coppepan [bread rolls] into their shoes: they’re perfect crim—wait, hold on, that’s a secret! 
C-cough! A-anyway, this is Kasumin signing off; please support me!
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Official Introduction from Dengeki Online Website<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/161915938943/pdp-introductions-kasumi-nakasu-en-translation Dengeki Online Introduction Translation]</ref>
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Aaaaa! You discovered me, senpai!

Jeez, you were taking photos here, right? For those videos? [TL note: referring to the PDP members’ self-introduction comments. It seems that in-world, they’re actually videos.]

Eh? Where did I hear that? From someone in your class—.

I pretended to cry a little—well, actually, I said, "'''It feels like senpai is keeping a secret from me—would you know anything about that?'''" Once I was practically bawling, their answer sure came quickly.

It was super easy, kufufu~

Huh? I really shouldn’t be making fun of people for being simple-minded?

Never mind that, senpai, you’re terrible! Terrible!! Ter・ri・ble~!

If you were looking for people to be school idols, you should have asked me first~!

I’d become a school idol for your sake any time! To be honest, I’ve always wanted to become one! Well, I kept that a secret from everyone, though.

So, please shoot my introductory comment video! Because if we work together, I’ll work really really hard on it!

"OK”? Yay—! While we’re at it, I have another question for you—if you have me, then you don’t need anyone else, right~?

Right? It’s not too late, you know? Let’s do this school idol thing, with just the two of us—

Aw, you won't—? But why—?

Ah, I see. It’s hard to reject people, yeah? Uh-huh, I get it. After all, you’re a nice person!

If that’s so, hmm... yes, I’ve come up with a great plan! Fuffufu~

First, I’ll lay out a ton of snacks in the classroom! People will surely be scrambling for them, right~. I know I would be.

Once they’ve filled their bellies, there’s no way they’ll be in any shape to be a school idol. Kufufu, this is a magnificent plan. I’ll name it “'''Snack Seduction: A Saga of Stuffed Suckers'''”! [TL note: the original says “rivals” rather than “suckers”, but I couldn’t resist the alliteration~]

Now that we’ve figured that out, I’m gonna head out to buy the snac…… what? “Once I’m done taking photos, I’ll give you croquette bread, so calm down”? Come on, there’s no way the devious tactician Kasumin is going to fall for—wait, croquette bread—!?

W-well, hurry up, then!

I want to eat with you on the rooftop once you’re done! Come on!
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Question & Answer Corner<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/162605277308/pdp-qa-kasumi-nakasu-en-translation Kasumi Nakasu Q&A Translation]</ref>
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'''Why did you decide to work with Dengeki Online?'''

When I think of school idols, Dengeki is the first to come to mind, so from the start, I decided that it’d be best to work with Dengeki—!

Someone who I absolutely don’t want to lose to, my personal rival, is actually working with Famitsu. So I look forward to having the editorial department work for—I mean, work with me!

'''Please describe your appeal point(s).'''

I don’t really know myself, but my friends often say that I’m cute.

I personally don’t agree at all, but I guess it does make me happy that they say so.

But really, I don’t think that’s true~ I’ll try my best so that more and more people will think that I’m cute!

'''What are your strengths and weaknesses?'''

Ehehe, when I think about it, one of my hobbies is bread-making. Bread is useful in a lot of ways, after all.

Oh, that’s right. Next time, I’ll make bread for everyone in the editorial department! Of course everyone will eat Kasumin’s homemade bread, right? Right? What am I bad at...?

Things like intimate girls’ talk? What’s with that joke—? Umm, I’m not good with exercise, especially long-distance running.

I don’t have a lot of physical strength, you see. But I think you need good physical strength to be a school idol, so Kasumin will try her best to improve!

'''What impressions do you have of Karin-chan and Setsuna-chan?'''

I’ve been very curious about Karin-senpai ever since we met!

She gives off a very adult-like and sexy feel. Those proportions are unfair—

I don’t have that kind of body, so I’m quite annoye... jealous of that!

Setsuna-senpai shines so brightly, while being charming and good at both singing and dancing, so she’s someone I look up to.

It’s like “She’s a model school idol!”. Setsuna-senpai’s leg... uh, stature is what I want to be able to reach someday!

'''How do you spend your days off?'''

When I don’t have plans with my friends, I make bread, and watch popular videos—.

Time flies when you’re watching videos, you know?

When I start watching right after I wake up, it feels like it suddenly becomes nighttime. Huh? What do I do with my friends? I-I’ll leave that to your imagination ♪

'''Please tell us which subjects you like and dislike.'''

I like science and home economics.

I really enjoy doing experiments and mixing things—. Stirring stuff around is really fun.

What I’m not good at... classical literature and history, I guess? Kasumin always has her eyes on the future, so she doesn’t really like looking back at the past ♪

'''Why did you decide to become a school idol?'''

There’s a senpai I adore, and I wanted to participate in school idol activities together with them!

I’ve always wanted to become a school idol, but I worried about whether I’d be able to pull it off… so I never really got very far.

But I can do it if I work together with my senpai! With them, I thought, “I want to do this!”. In the end, Kasumin is well-suited to being a school idol, right?

'''What animal would you compare yourself to?'''

Kasumin loves cats—! So I’d say a cat, I guess—. Do you think that fits me? ...sorry, could I start over with this answer?

Kasumin is a kitty, nyan ♪

'''What genre of music do you like?'''

I love idol songs, of course—. I watch a lot of popular idol music videos—ones that have a ton of likes on them.

No matter which one I watch, everyone’s so cute, and I get really excited. So much that after I’m done, I get kind of gloomy.

Like “But I really don’t want to lose to them~”. Well, actually, I’ll work hard so that I don’t lose ♪

'''Kasuka... (We restrained ourselves to avoid making her angry.) Please tell us about the origin of your usual nickname. If you want to, also tell us why you get angry about it.'''

Umm, Kasumin doesn’t really understand what this question means~. What nickname could you be referring to~?

By the way—not that it means much to me—but who came up with this question? Ufu ☆

'''What do you use to help with writing scandalous notes? (Perhaps crime dramas or mystery novels, for example.)'''

What could you be talking about~? Kasumin doesn’t understand. I only write super cute letters, you know?

By the way, would it be possible to get the address of the person who submitted this question afterwards? Aha ☆

'''Please tell us how excited you are for your upcoming activities.'''

Though I’m with Karin-senpai and Setsuna-senpai, I want to work my hardest here to get everyone excited, so that I don’t lose to them!

With those two lending their strength to me, one day I’ll feast upon all the delicious... *cough* fight fair and square to reach the top!

Please support Kasumin, everyone ♪
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Monthly Rankings (July 2017)<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/163238741193/pdp-monthly-rankings-july-2017-en-translation PDP Monthly Rankings July 2017 Translation]</ref>
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[[File:PDP 1st Popularity Poll - 3rd Kasumi Nakasu.jpg|center|200px]]
Huh? I placed 3rd? What? I see, that’s strange... 
But even though having not placed 1st is unfortunate, it’s pretty great to have placed 3rd, right? 
To everyone who voted for me, thank you~! For everyone who voted for Kasumin in this first poll, in commemoration, I’ll remember your names well, all right? When the next poll comes around, I’ll be happy to be able to see everyone’s names then too ♪ 
I’ll try even harder so that I can place 1st in the next poll. To do that, I’ll have to think up some new strategies... 
Oh, I know. First off, I’ll prepare congratulatory letters to [[Rina Tennoji|Rina]] and Setsuna-senpai ♪
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==Video==
<center>
<tabber>
Character Introduction = [[File:Nijigasaki High School School Idol Club Member Introduction Video - Kasumi Nakasu|thumb|center|400 px]]
</tabber>
</center>

==Songs==
The songs featuring Kasumi are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Diamond]]
[[☆Wonderland☆]]
[[Muteki-kyuu*Believer]]
[[Margaret]]
[[Poppin' Up!]]
[[TO BE YOURSELF]]
[[Senobi Shitatte]]
[[Nijiiro☆Lumiere]]
[[Hello! OK??]]
</poem>
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Nijigasaki =
<poem>
[[TOKIMEKI Runners]]
[[Love U my friends]]
[[Mirai Harmony]]
[[Just Believe!!!]]
[[Nijiiro Passions!]]
[[Sweet Eyes]]
[[NEO SKY, NEO MAP!]]
[[Zensoku Dreamer]]
[[Yume ga Koko Kara Hajimaru yo]]
[[Hurray Hurray]]
[[L! L! L! (Love the Life We Live)]]
[[Miracle STAY TUNE!]]
[[Colorful Dreams! Colorful Smiles!]]
[[Twilight]]
[[Yume ga Bokura no Taiyou sa]]
[[Ryouran! Victory Road]]
[[Future Parade]]
[[Level Oops! Adventures]]
[[Eien no Isshun]]
[[OUR P13CES!!!]]
[[Wachu Gonna Do]]
[[KAGAYAKI Don't forget!]]
[[Sugar Sugar Yummy Yummy Parfait]]
[[Go Our Way!]]
[[SINGING, DREAMING, NOW!]]
[[Wawawa☆What's up!]]
[[Fly with You!!]]
[[New Year's March!]]
[[Nijigasaki Gakuen Kouka]]
[[Doko ni Itemo Kimi wa Kimi]]
[[Eternalize Love!!]]
</poem>
|-|
QU4RTZ =
<poem>
[[Sing & Smile!!]]
[[Beautiful Moonlight]]
[[Make-up session ABC]]
[[Twinkle Town]]
[[Swinging!]]
[[Not Sad]]
[[ENJOY IT!]]
[[4 SEASONS]]
[[Fuwa Fuwa Hour!]]
[[PASTEL]]
[[Michi no Saki]]
</poem>
|-|
Quartet =
<poem>
[[Waku Waku! Monday Morning]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Aqours]] and [[Liella!]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>
}}

==Chronology==
<center>'''NOTE: The Tapestry Manga's story took place in the ''ALL-STARS'' continuity rather than the Anime.'''</center>

{{Nijigasaki Tab|<tabber>
Anime=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The First Thrill]]" |はじまりのトキメキ|"Hajimari no Tokimeki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 3, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Cutest♡Girl]]" |Cutest♡ガール|"Cutest♡Gāru"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 10, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Shout Out Your Love]]" |大好きを叫ぶ|"Daisuki o Sakebu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 17, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Uncharted Path]]" |未知なるミチ|"Michi Naru Michi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 24, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Something I Can Only Do Right Now]]" |今しかできないことを|"Ima Shika Dekinai Koto o"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 31, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Shape of Smiles (〃＞▽＜〃)‎‎]]" |笑顔のカタチ(〃＞▽＜〃)|"Egao no Katachi (〃＞▽＜〃)"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 7, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Haruka, Kanata, and Beyond]]" |ハルカカナタ|"Haruka Kanata"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 14, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Shizuku, Monochrome]]" |しずく、モノクローム|"Shizuku, Monokurōmu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 21, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Friends but Rivals]]" |仲間でライバル|"Nakama de Raibaru"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 28, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Summer Begins.]]" |夏、はじまる。|"Natsu, Hajimaru."}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 5, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Everyone's Dream, My Dream]]" |みんなの夢、私の夢|"Minna no Yume, Watashi no Yume"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 12, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Blossoming Feelings]]" |花ひらく思い|"Hanahiraku Omoi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 19, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[School Idol Festival (The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True)]]" |スクールアイドルフェスティバル（みんなの夢を叶える場所）|"Sukūru Aidoru Fesutibaru (Minna no Yume o Kanaeru Basho)"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 26, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
|}
|-|
Tapestry Comic Book =
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Chapter'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| "Cutie Kasumin No. 1!"
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|}
</tabber>

== Etymology ==

* The name '''[https://www.behindthename.com/name/kasumi Kasumi]''' is written in hiragana (かすみ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (霞 or 花澄), it could possibly mean:
**霞 - "fog, mist, haze."
**花澄 - "flower, blossom" (花) ('''ka''') and "clear, pure" (澄) ('''sumi''').
* Kasumi's surname '''Nakasu''' means "middle" (中) ('''naka''') and "ought, by all means, necessarily" (須) ('''su''').

== Trivia ==
* Kasumi fulfills the pure attribute of the Nijigaku first years. She shares both her year and attribute with [[Shioriko Mifune]].
* Rather than accepting "Kasukasu" as a nickname, Kasumi adamantly suggests her own nicknames instead, usually asking people to either call her by her full name or Kasumin.
** Kasumi has matching nicknames for [[Shizuku Osaka|Shizuku]] (Shizuko), [[Rina Tennoji|Rina]] (Rinako) and Shioriko (Shioko) because they're all first years, and for [[Mia Taylor|Mia]] (Miako) as she is younger than her despite being in a higher grade. When Rina suggested calling Kasumi "Kasuko" so they could truly match, Kasumi got upset. She also was upset when [[Ai Miyashita|Ai]] and [[Kanata Konoe|Kanata]] called her "Kasu-chi"<ref>Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS: Ai's Bond Story Episode 2</ref>.
**In [[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS]], Kasumi addresses her fellow first-year idol mates as the following:
***[[Maki Nishikino|Maki]] as "Makiko"
*** [[Rin Hoshizora|Rin]] as "Rinko"<ref>Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS: Let's Meet Under That Tree Event Story</ref>
*** [[Hanayo Koizumi|Hanayo]] as either "Kayoko" or "Hanako"
*** [[Yoshiko Tsushima|Yoshiko]] as "Yohako" (although Yoshiko tells Kasumi to call her Yohane)<ref>Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS: The Ultimate Theme Park Plan!? Event Story</ref>
*** [[Ruby Kurosawa|Ruby]] as "Rubyko"<ref>Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS: Laser Tag Frontline! Event Story</ref>
*** [[Hanamaru Kunikida|Hanamaru]] as "Maruko"
*Kasumi is the first girl in the entire [[Love Live!]] franchise to [[Muteki-kyuu*Believer|have her solo song be fully animated]].
*Unlike her game counterpart, Kasumi doesn't wear her moon hair clip in the anime until the [[School Idol Festival (The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True)|13th episode]].
**It's also noted that the hairpin is omitted in the Episode preview seen at the end of [[Blossoming Feelings]].
*Kasumi, in a way, shares a number of traits with [[Nico Yazawa|Nico]], most prominently making sure they receive the highest attention and praise, and being the last members of their respective clubs before being reformed. Despite these similarities, both Kasumi and Nico do not get along well in ''[[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS|ALL STARS]]''.

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Kasumi Nakasu/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
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Ayumu Uehara

2025-04-16T22:05:37Z

Misterfunnyman: Ported over fandom wiki text, pyon

{{Warning}}
'''Ayumu Uehara''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]''. She is a second-year student at [[Nijigasaki High School]]. She is a member of [[A・ZU・NA]], a unit under [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club|Nijigaku]]. She is also a member of the special sub-unit [[AiScReam]]. Her image color is light pink.<ref>https://odex-anime.myshopify.com/products/lovelive-series-9th-anniversary-love-live-fest-love-live-blade-fest-ver-ラブライブレード</ref>

==Background==
An ordinary girl with no exceptional talents, Ayumu is seemingly content with just living a normal high school life. But when she and her best friend, [[Yu Takasaki]]—or the player in [[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS|All Stars]]—stumbled upon a school idol performance for the first time, a new path would suddenly appear in Ayumu's world. Despite not being able to sing or dance, Ayumu would nevertheless venture on to become a school idol herself.

In All Stars, she becomes a school idol because the player loved school idols. When conflict arises that causes her to reconsider being an idol, she realizes that she now loves being a school idol, and she wants to continue being a school idol for herself, with or without their input (although welcomed).

In the anime, she becomes a school idol because she wants to, however, when Yu seems like she's drifting away, she starts reconsidering whether she even wants to be an idol without her best friend by her side. However, she later realizes that she became a school idol for herself, with or without Yu, and that she will always be friends with Yu, whether they walk the same path or not.

==Personality==
Ayumu is a hardworking girl that puts everything into what she does. She does not believe she is very skilled at her school idol activities, but she continues to try her hardest to excel in them. She is generally insecure in her abilities. Her struggles revolve largely on confidence and how that relates to her pathway to her dream as a school idol. This is illustrated by both her solos songs and the [[Nijigaku Episodes List|Nijigasaki anime]]. She is kind, cheerful, and friendly, but a bit shy and tends to be clumsy at times. She often responds to the mischief from [[Karin Asaka]] and [[Kasumi Nakasu]] in a pure manner, which throws the two of them off-guard. However, she doesn't do this intentionally and is truly a pure-hearted girl overall.

She is very protective of her and her childhood best friend's relationship. This manifests in jealous glances when Yu interacts with or praises other girls and disheartened remarks when Yu claims she can't pick a favorite. In instances where her personality is satirized, she tends to act extremely controlling, pulling Yu off to the side and isolating her from the other girls in the club, and even displaying murderous tendencies (albeit, jokingly). 

==Clubs and Hobbies==
Ayumu likes [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon Pokémon], as confirmed in the 4koma. She tries to study fashion and other "girly" things. She's also unexpectedly good at video games, due to her hardworking personality.

== Appearance ==
Ayumu has a slim figure with orange hair that she ties into a bun on the right side and yellowish hazel eyes.{{clr}}

==Other Data==
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Official Introduction from Website<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/161726382308/love-live-perfect-dream-project-member-profiles Member Profile Translation]</ref>
|-|
|[[File:PDP Character Intro - Ayumu Uehara.png|center|350px]]Nice to meet you, everyone. I’m Ayumu Uehara. 
Uh, since this is the first time I’ve written up a message that can reach everyone like this, I’m a little nervous, and my heart is beating quickly. 
But, since being a school idol is a dream that I want to reach for with an important friend, I’ll live up to my name, and we’ll try our best at making our way—step by step—towards fulfilling this dream! 
I still don’t have much experience with singing or dancing, and my looks are rather... ordinary? Even so, uh, well, since my specialty is working hard, please cheer me on! 
I’ll be in your care!
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Official Introduction from Famitsu App Website<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/161944573258/pdp-introductions-ayumu-uehara-en-translation Famitsu App Introduction Translation]</ref>
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|
Umm, is it fine if I sit here? Oh, good!

Ahaha, somehow, I’m super nervous—. Once it came to mind that we’re taking our first step towards this dream with my self-introduction video, it made me nervous, and my heart started racing.

Your dream is to bring people around the world the joy of cheering on school idols, and of getting fired up with the crowd at incredible live shows—my dream is to make this a reality, together with you. Without the two of us working together, there’s no way this wish can be granted, right? Ufufu~

Ah, my heart might have settled down a bit. You know, when I saw you having fun setting up for the video, it made me remember something from a long time ago. Hey, do you remember it too? It was when we danced at the play party in kindergarten.

Aah, you look like you forgot—!

You know, when our whole class participated? We were behind the curtains, and I was crying because I was too nervous. Didn’t you comfort me? Something like “It’ll be OK, since we’re together. Let’s just have as much fun as we can!”. Just like today, you looked like you were really enjoying yourself.

Gosh, you’re awful—. Even though it’s one of my most important memories. Ah, looks like you remembered. Ufufu~

When I saw you smile, it felt like everything was gonna be all right, and if you were with me, we could surely do anything.

Oh, sorry for suddenly bringing up something weird. We’re gonna be shooting this important video now, so I better get fired up!

I’m gonna try my absolute best at being a school idol and putting smiles on a ton of people. I’ll try to make you smile a lot too, so please stay with me from now on, all right?

Well, shall we start filming? No matter what, we’ll set our sights straight ahead, and take on the challenge of fulfilling our dream. Even if we can only take small steps, we’ll make our way one step at a time!
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Question & Answer Corner<ref>[https://ganbaramen.tumblr.com/post/162806575248/pdp-qas-ayumu-uehara-en-translation Ayumu Uehara Q&A Translation]</ref>
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<big>'''Being frank, how has it been, working with Famitsu App?'''</big>

'''Have you gotten used to helping out at Famitsu App?'''

Am I... used to it? If I’m really helping everyone out here, then I’d be glad, but is that so?
Am I being useful here?

On the other hand, if I’m just dead weight, would you please tell me? Because I’ll try even harder if that’s so!

'''What are your thoughts on working with us?'''

I always read these articles on a casual basis, so to see how they’re made has been really informative!

I’ve only been helping out a little after school, so I haven’t seen all of the process behind writing these articles, but seeing bits of work coming together to become incredible pieces gives me the courage to work hard.

I’m the type that can’t help but move forward a step at a time, so when I look around, there’s this feeling of impatience, but once everything is complete, I get this feeling of “Wow, that’s amazing!”.

'''What motivated you to work with Famitsu App?'''

Lately, my friend and I have been playing a lot of mobile games and reading about them on Famitsu App, so it shows up in my life the most.

But a bit of it was also just to see if I could learn anything about new games... ehehe.

'''When you’re working at Famitsu App, what do you talk about with Ai-chan and Rina-chan?'''

With Ai-chan, I talk a lot about new apps. Ai-chan’s incredible! She knows so much about them! When we talk about things like how to best make use of social apps, it’s really exciting.

With Rina-chan... we don’t really talk that much, but she puts a smile on her board, so maybe she’s having fun when we talk...?

'''Once you started helping out at Famitsu App, were your studies still fine?'''

Yes! I’m saying that so energetically, but I might not have been able to deal with this alone.

Actually, I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to keep up with school once I started working, so my friend ended up studying with me...

Having the opportunity to work here, to learn so much, and even more, to study together with my friend... I’m really glad, now that I think about all this.

'''It seems like people are enamored with your wonderful smile and hard-working nature.'''

T-that’s not true! Oh no, my face is getting red—. *fans self*

I’m happy to hear people say that! Thank you! But, I’m smiling because everyone around me is smiling as well. So, I’m really happy to be able to work here! Though it’s only been a short time, I’ll be trying my best from here on out, so I look forward to continuing to work with everyone!

<big>'''What do school idols mean to Ayumu-chan?'''</big>

'''Why did you start being a school idol?'''

To be honest, I wasn’t really good with doing things in front of people, but an important friend taught me about school idols. 
She’s playing a supporting role to me right now, but we have the same goal, and when she talks about reaching for that dream, it makes me very, very happy...!!

When I decided that I want to try my best with her, that’s when it started!

'''Being honest, what are your appeal points as a school idol?'''

Appeal points, huh...? My friends would say that “she puts her all into everything”, but anyone can be like that, you know.

And when I look at the others, I think that I really have to practice singing and dancing more...

Ah, when it comes to my desire to delight our fans, I think I won’t lose to anyone on that front! I definitely can’t lose to anyone there.

'''What kind of school idol do you want to become?'''

We’ve been able to bring a lot of energy to the friend that taught me about school idols.

So I want to be able to make the people who come to see us really excited like that—that’s the kind of school idol I want to become!

'''From now on, what activities do you want to do as a school idol?'''

A live show! After all, it’s an opportunity to get close to our fans, so I think it really is important!

Becoming one with our fans, creating a dream-like atmosphere with our concert... wouldn’t that be a wonderful experience!
|}

==Songs==
The songs featuring Ayumu are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Yume e no Ippo]]
[[Kaika Sengen]]
[[Say Good-Bye Namida]]
[[Dream with You]]
[[Awakening Promise]]
[[Break The System]]
[[Walking Dream]]
[[Stellar Stream]]
[[The Sweetest Time♡]]
[[secret]]
</poem>
|-|
Nijigasaki =
<poem>
[[TOKIMEKI Runners]]
[[Love U my friends]]
[[Mirai Harmony]]
[[Just Believe!!!]]
[[Nijiiro Passions!]]
[[Sweet Eyes]]
[[NEO SKY, NEO MAP!]]
[[Zensoku Dreamer]]
[[Yume ga Koko Kara Hajimaru yo]]
[[Hurray Hurray]]
[[L! L! L! (Love the Life We Live)]]
[[Miracle STAY TUNE!]]
[[Colorful Dreams! Colorful Smiles!]]
[[Twilight]]
[[Yume ga Bokura no Taiyou sa]]
[[Ryouran! Victory Road]]
[[Future Parade]]
[[Level Oops! Adventures]]
[[Eien no Isshun]]
[[OUR P13CES!!!]]
[[Wachu Gonna Do]]
[[KAGAYAKI Don't forget!]]
[[Sugar Sugar Yummy Yummy Parfait]]
[[Go Our Way!]]
[[SINGING, DREAMING, NOW!]]
[[Wawawa☆What's up!]]
[[Fly with You!!]]
[[New Year's March!]]
[[Nijigasaki Gakuen Kouka]]
[[Doko ni Itemo Kimi wa Kimi]]
[[Eternalize Love!!]]
</poem>
|-|
A・ZU・NA =
<poem>
[[Dream Land! Dream World!]]
[[Cheer for you!!]]
[[Kakushiaji!]]
[[Happy Nyan! Days]]
[[Maze Town]]
[[Folklore ~Kanki no Uta~]]
[[Infinity! Our wings!!]]
[[Poker face & Onegai! Fairy]]
[[Romance no Naka de]]
[[Blue!]]
[[Dancing in the Light]]
</poem>
|-|
AiScReam =
<poem>
[[Ai♡Scream!]]
[[ICE LIMIT]]
</poem>
|-|
Quartet =
<poem>
[[Poka Poka Biyori]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Aqours]] and [[Liella!]])
[[Ijigen★♥BIGBANG]] (Featuring Uzuki Shimamura, Shizuka Mogami, Kogane Tsukioka, [[Chika Takami]], [[Kanon Shibuya]] and [[Kaho Hinoshita]])
[[Bring the LOVE!]] (Featuring [[You Watanabe]], [[Kanon Shibuya]], [[Kaho Hinoshita]] and [[Honoka Kosaka]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Chronology==
<center>'''NOTE: The Tapestry Manga's story took place in the ALL-STARS continuity rather than the Anime.'''</center>

<tabber>
Anime=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|'''Air Date'''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The First Thrill]]" |はじまりのトキメキ|"Hajimari no Tokimeki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 3, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Cutest♡Girl]]" |Cutest♡ガール|"Cutest♡Gāru"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 10, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Shout Out Your Love]]" |大好きを叫ぶ|"Daisuki o Sakebu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 17, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Uncharted Path]]" |未知なるミチ|"Michi Naru Michi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 24, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Something I Can Only Do Right Now]]" |今しかできないことを|"Ima Shika Dekinai Koto o"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|October 31, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Shape of Smiles (〃＞▽＜〃)‎‎]]" |笑顔のカタチ(〃＞▽＜〃)|"Egao no Katachi (〃＞▽＜〃)"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 7, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Haruka, Kanata, and Beyond]]" |ハルカカナタ|"Haruka Kanata"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 14, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Shizuku, Monochrome]]" |しずく、モノクローム|"Shizuku, Monokurōmu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 21, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Friends but Rivals]]" |仲間でライバル|"Nakama de Raibaru"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|November 28, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Summer Begins.]]" |夏、はじまる。|"Natsu, Hajimaru."}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 5, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Everyone's Dream, My Dream]]" |みんなの夢、私の夢|"Minna no Yume, Watashi no Yume"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 12, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Blossoming Feelings]]" |花ひらく思い|"Hanahiraku Omoi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 19, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[School Idol Festival (The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True)]]" |スクールアイドルフェスティバル（みんなの夢を叶える場所）|"Sukūru Aidoru Fesutibaru (Minna no Yume o Kanaeru Basho)"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|December 26, 2020
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|-
|}
|-|
Tapestry Comic Book =
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Chapter'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| The Path of Dreams We Walk Together
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| colspan="3"| 
|}
</tabber>

==Etymology==

*The name '''Ayumu''' is a common name and can be written with various kanji characters. "Ayumu" means "to walk", "to proceed", etc. "walk, step" (歩) ('''ayu''') and "dream, vision" (夢) ('''mu''').
*Ayumu's surname '''Uehara''' means "above, top, upper" (上) ('''ue''') and "field, plain" (原) ('''hara''').

==Trivia==
*Ayumu fulfills the pure attribute of the NijiGaku second years.
*Together with [[Ai Miyashita]] and [[Rina Tennoji]], Ayumu works with Famitsu App.
*In the Famitsu App 4-koma, Ayumu is shown to own a pet snake named '''Sasuke.''' However, in one of the All Stars Daily Theater segment, her conversation with [[Chika Takami]] implies that Ayumu doesn't own any pets which disprove the existence of her pet snake Sasuke from the Famitsu 4-komas.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SIFAStheatre/status/1264673779470315520 LLAS Daily Theatre (May 25, 2020)]</ref>
**Sasuke makes an appearance as Ayumu's plush toy/pillow in [[Muteki-kyuu*Believer]] PV. It also became one of the official goods for Nijigaku's 2nd Live. Ayumu also wears a hairpin of Sasuke in [https://love-live.fandom.com/wiki/File:Ayumu_Tapestry.JPG this official art].
**Sasuke makes an appearance in the Nijigasaki Anime, showing up as a plushie off to the side while Ayumu is getting ready to go to school.
*According to [[Setsuna Yuki]], Ayumu has a "serious mode" when she plays something she likes; this happened when Setsuna showed her ''[https://sekiro-shadows-die-twice.fandom.com/wiki/Sekiro:_Shadows_Die_Twice Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice]''.<ref>Love Live! Days Vol. 20, Pg. 37</ref>
*As seen in the [[Cheer!|second season's 12th episode]], Ayumu is shown to have some fluency to English as she was able to understand the e-mail sent by a fan from the United Kingdom and go abroad.
*Ayumu's favorite flavor of ice cream is strawberry.

== Gallery ==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Ayumu Uehara/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
{{Reference Box4
|References = <references />}}

Ruby Kurosawa

2025-04-16T21:47:40Z

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'''Ruby Kurosawa''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Sunshine!!]]''. She is a second-year student at [[Numazu High School]]. She is a member of [[CYaRon!]] and [[YYY]], two sub-units under [[Aqours]]. She is also a member of the special sub-unit [[AiScReam]]. Her image color is pink.<ref>https://odex-anime.myshopify.com/products/lovelive-series-9th-anniversary-love-live-fest-love-live-blade-fest-ver-ラブライブレード</ref>

She was a first-year student at both [[Uranohoshi Girls' High School]] prior to its closure and [[Seishin High School]] (albeit temporarily) before fully integrated into Numazu High.

==Background==
Ruby is a first year student who is the younger sister of [[Dia Kurosawa]], who she shares a strong bond with. She is from an old family involved in fishing management whose name is well-known around the area. The Kurosawa family also owns a number of companies including real estate, entertainment, human resources and restaurant management.<ref>LL!SS!! Season 1 Volume 7 Blu-Ray - School idol diary Chapter Aqours's Summer Splash</ref> Ruby is almost always nearby her best friend, [[Hanamaru Kunikida]].

In the anime, in [[I Want to Shine!!|the first episode]], Ruby is shown to display a big interest in school idols. [[Two Girls' Feelings|Season 1 Episode 4]] shows that she used to be a fan of school idols, sharing this hobby with Dia, although something caused her older sister to seemingly lose that interest, which is revealed in [[Let's Make a PV|Season 1 Episodes 6]], [[Isn't it Frustrating|8]] and [[Young DREAMER|9]] to be Dia's failure as a school idol. Ruby's love for school idols remained intact, but the event made her secretly keep it away from her sister. She later joins Aqours in Season 1 Episode 4, after counting with her sister's support.

==Personality==
Ruby is very shy and timid, which makes it hard for her to get along with other people. She has a tendency to utter or scream "Pigii!!!" when she doesn't like something; in the event she screams, [[:File:LLSS_S1Ep1_101.png|her face will turn red as she does so]]. She has never talked to any males besides her father before, so she has always been bad at dealing with the male gender. Although she is fearful and easily upset, she does has a tough interior forged by her role as the daughter of a rich, well-known family.

Ruby is very close to her friend, Hanamaru. She also meets [[Leah Kazuno]] in [[TOKYO]], who she also becomes very close with.

From a different perspective, Ruby is adaptable and mostly admired by her friends, and they support her no matter what; despite the fact the Second Years are considered "the heart" of Aqours, Ruby does not have difficulty getting along with the rest of the group unlike her fellow First Years' or the Third Years', as seen in [[The Sound of Rain|Season 2 Episode 2]]. Her catchphrase is {{Nihongo|"Ganbarubii!"|がんばルビィ！|lit. "Rubesty"}}, a portmanteau between {{Nihongo|"ganbaru"|頑張る|try with full effort}} and her own name; she uses this phrase to encourage herself or others to do their very best. Ruby also speaks in the third person from time to time, just like Hanamaru. However, she tends to use "watashi" as a first-person pronoun.

Due to the strong bond she shares with her sister Dia, Ruby will immediately display her tough interior and defend her sister when a negative point of her is brought up, as seen in [[HAKODATE|Season 2 Episode 8]]. Ruby is also shown to have a playful and mischievous side of her when she teases [[Yoshiko Tsushima]]'s Fallen Angel behavior and her embarrassing moments (alongside Hanamaru), which annoys Yoshiko all the time. She also despises spicy food, as seen in [[We've Got Stewshine|Season 1 Episode 10]], when she eats a takoyaki filled with tabasco sauce instead of octopus sauce.

==Clubs and Hobbies==
Her hobbies are needlework and fashion. Her talent is in coordinating outfits, which makes her, alongside [[You Watanabe]], Aqours' wardrobe supervisor. Like her sister Dia, she displays an admiration for other idols, despite coming from a traditional family.

== Appearance ==
Ruby is short with a slim figure and semi-long red hair which she ties into twintails and turquoise eyes.

==Other Data==
:''Note: '''Dengeki G's Magazine''' is a monthly magazine that is part of the Love Live! and Love Live! Sunshine!! multimedia projects. As it is usually the first source of news for all major projects under these titles, its monthly sections will detail how the project has progressed over time. The issues are usually published a month ahead of time. For example, the July 2010 issue would've been released on 30th May 2010.''

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | 2015
|-|
|
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Official Introduction from Website<ref>[http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/member.php Official Introduction from Website]</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Sunshine!! character intro - Kurosawa Ruby.png|center|350px]]
Everyone, n-n-n-n-n--- nice to meet you!!! I-I am Ku-Kurosawa Ruby--- Oww, s-sorry, this time I over-strained myself and bit my tongue--- Aah~, what should I do, what should I do, I don't know--- Uh, uhm, actually up until now, I've never talked to any males besides my father before. That's why I've always been weak towards males--- But I've always, always loved idols, and always wanted to become one--- I've never imagined that someone like me could become an idol but, I've decided that I absolutely couldn't let this chance slip away from me. So even though I'm terribly nervous today, I'll do my best to ignore it! Ruby is terribly frightened right now but I love everyone---! Please support Ruby---!!!
----
'''Official Translation'''<ref>[http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/worldwide/member.php Official Character Introductions]</ref>
[[File:Sunshine!! translated character intro - Kurosawa Ruby.png|center|350px]]
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Character Introduction (September 2015)<ref name="DGM Sep 2015">Dengeki G's Magazine September 2015 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine Sep 2015 Kurosawa Ruby Scan.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Character Introduction'''

Ruby really loves idols♡ 
They're cute, beautiful, wonderful, and dazzling--- Ruby thinks they're great at everything! 
That's why, since childhood, Ruby had always, always been a great fan of many idols with all her heart but--- 
Ruby's parents are really strict, and only allows Ruby to watch the NHK news on the house's television. 
Before this, Ruby would secretly sneak out of bed in the middle of the night--- If Mom catches Ruby watching music shows she would get really mad--- But the channel happens to be the same as NHK by chance, so Ruby would hurriedly pretend to have mistaken it for a history show--- Somehow it ended up being safe~ Phew--- 
Ruby still cried a little, though. 
And just like this, it was really tough for Ruby to even be an ordinary idol fan. 
That's why, for such a Ruby--- to have encountered the chance to become the real thing, a school idol, it's almost like a dream come true--- 
Uwaah, it's really, really just like a dream! 
Even though Ruby had tried pinching her cheeks over and over again-- ow ow owww! 
See, it's really not a dream--- Ruby's so happy! 
So happy that Ruby is splashing about for joy~! 
Uh, woaaaah--- Oops, Ruby almost fell into the sea but--- barely made it! 
Phew. 
Ruby often bounces and splashes about just like this, so Sis always scolds Ruby with "Ruby has no composure at all". 
Ruby knows that about herself too, but to be always clever and beautiful and poised--- Sis can do anything and simply has no equal. 
But even for such a Ruby, if she really becomes an idol, if there ever was someone who could tell her that she's cute--- Ruby's been thinking along these lines. 
And that's why, until Ruby becomes a full-fledged school idol, she definitely can't afford to fall into the sea and drown here!! 
For that sake, Ruby will fight hard and overcome her greatest weakness of androphobia for sure--- Aaaah, what should Ruby do, just by thinking of that, somehow her heart is beating really fast~! Ruby might fall into the sea after all...

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Typical off-day schedule
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''Time'''
| style="text-align:center;" |'''Activity'''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''7:30am:'''
|Wake up
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''8:00am:'''
|Breakfast (I made sis mad by getting up late)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''10:00am:'''
|Koto practice (My feet went numb...)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''12:00pm:'''
|Lunch
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''1:00pm:'''
|Meet with Maru-chan♪
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''2:00pm:'''
|Date at Numazu City♡ (Shopping!)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''5:00pm:'''
|Talking while taking a walk on the beach~☆
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''7:00pm:'''
|Go home (I made sis mad by coming home late)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''8:00pm:'''
|Forcibly detain Maru-chan to stay for dinner!
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''9:00pm:'''
|Take a bath
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''10:00pm:'''
|Be overjoyed at Maru-chan having to stay over due to how late it's gotten!
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''10:30pm:'''
|Fall asleep
|}
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours After School Talk - Ruby<ref>http://gs.dengeki.com/news/39871/</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Aqours Afterschool Talk Ruby.png|center|350px]]

''Caption: Like this, will you be able to tell if Ruby is a school idol too? Right now, Ruby is so happy that her heart is pounding out of her chest♡''

Uwah~ What should Ruby do, what should Ruby do, what should Ruby do...... 
Ruby has really become a school idol!!! 
Ruby's heart is so full of emotions and is pounding so hard--- It feels a bit like Ruby might just drop dead any moment♡ 
But, dying now is definitely something that can't possibly be done, right! 
After all, after all, after all--- that which Ruby had really really hoped for, always and always--- All the way since childhood, it's the moment when Ruby has become a school idol♡♡♡ 
And also, from here on out, Ruby will do her best with all her heart, practice lots and lots for both singing and dancing--- 
If Ruby could--- Really, even just a short while is fine, Ruby really wants to stand on a real stage and be seen by everyone. 
And also, if anyone was to tell Ruby "Ruby-chan, do your best!"--- Ruby would feel the greatest bliss she could!!!
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours's Gallery (November 2015)<ref name="DGM Nov 2015">Dengeki G's Magazine November 2015 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine Nov 2015 Yoshiko Ruby Hanamaru.jpg|center|350px]]
'''MESSAGE from RUBY'''

U, uwah, a, aaahhh--- 
Ru-Ruby, is about to slip up again--- 
Or so Ruby thought, but barely made it safely... 
Doki doki♡ 
That's good, since Ruby was given this rare chance to wear such a cute costume, and if it were to get soaked all of a sudden, Ruby would definitely break down crying--- so that's good! 
Today, for the sake of promoting Aqours's long-awaited song, we came to have our photo taken in our costumes♡ 
The very first costume from our very first song! 
These costumes were even cuter than anything that was ever dreamed up by Ruby who absolutely loves idols--- When they were done, Ruby was so happy that she felt like crying!! 
Actually, the truth is that Ruby ended up crying a lot, dirtying the freshly-made costumes and making Sis really mad, though--- 
That's why, at today's photo-shoot--- for the sake of not losing to this cute costume, just for today, Ruby won't be clumsy and will somehow put all her heart into being cool and trying her best--- sparkling like a real idol, and show everyone her greatest smile! Or so Ruby thought on the way here but--- 
At this rate, Ruby might just end up reverting back to her usual hopeless self--- Uwaaa, Ruby will have to try even harder and harder from here onwards---!!!
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours's Gallery (December 2015)<ref name="DGM Dec 2015">Dengeki G's Magazine December 2015 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine Dec 2015 Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: I'm sorry I'm sorry--- I won't do anything bad anymore, so God, please help me---''

Uwaaaaaaaaah~!!! 
I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry--- 
Wha, what should I do--- it's barking so loudly--- 
Did Ruby do something bad? I'm sorry--- God, Ruby definitely won't do anything bad anymore, and will listen to Sis, and will be a good girl from here onwards, so please save Ruby---

He- hey hey hey, puppy, uhm--- I, Ruby, no matter what, I have to pass through here to get to school or it'll be terrible, ah, uhh, today's actually Aqours's practice but--- hya, hyaaaaaaa!! 
It started barking again--- 
The tail is wagging so vigorously--- 
It must be really mad. What should I do? As expected, this must definitely be divine punishment for sneakily eating Dia's ice-cream yesterday--- Uwaah, my legs are frozen and I can't move at all--- Sis, hurry and come save me~!!
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours 1st Center Election
|-|
|
<big>Appealing For Votes</big><ref name="DGM Nov 2015" /> 
''Caption: Ruby will give her tiny heart entirely to everyone---''

Uhm, Ruby is--- chibi, not that good at dancing, and sings with a wavery voice---. But, uhm, as expected!! After becoming a school idol!!! --- Uwaaa~~n!!!! As expected, Ruby wants to try being the center~! Of course, Ruby knows that she definitely absolutely will be hopeless at it, but, even so, Ruby won't give up and will work hard! No matter whether it's singing or dancing, from here onwards, Ruby will practice more and more, and work hard at smiling, and then definitely--- Even if this round doesn't work out, Ruby will aim to always grow and mature♡

<big>Results Comments: 2nd Place</big><ref name="DGM Dec 2015" /> 
''Caption: Being second is so amazing it almost seems like a lie♡ I might have used up all my life's share of luck for this result---''

Uwaa~n!! Everyone, really really--- thank you so much!!!! When Ruby first heard that she was second, she couldn't stop crying--- She was so deeply touched that she cried a lot, and ended up not being able to eat dinner♡ This is the happiest day of Ruby's life. Thank you for giving Ruby this bliss♡ Ruby will reply with the best smile she can!
|}
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | 2016
|-|
|
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | [[Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM]]
|-|
|
[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine Apr 2016 KoiAqua Ruby Riko.jpg|center|350px]]
<big>Costume Reveal</big><ref>Dengeki G's Magazine April 2016 issue</ref> 
''Caption: Ruby is your small, pink, tropical fish♡''

Ruby is small in both body and heart, cowardly and timid, and doesn't have a firm grasp on things like everyone else--- but, *sparkles*, Ruby will become a small, pink, tropical fish swimming with trembling fins, and wait in her small aquarium every day for you to come home♡ If it's something like that, even Ruby could do it♪ Even though Ruby has a small and unreliable heart, she'll sing with all her spirit, so it would make Ruby happy if you could listen to her song!

[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine May 2016 You Riko Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]
<big>Purchase Bonus Art</big><ref name="DGM May 2016"/> 
''Caption: The gentle spring breeze makes Ruby's tiny chest swell up with emotion♡''

What Ruby had always, always liked since childhood are--- the cute idols on the other side of the television!! I've always, always yearned to be like them♡ That's why my first love was idols--- To this Ruby who managed to at least become a school idol, the present feels like I've had that first love's dream come true, and every day is extremely exciting♪ As much as I can, I'll put in my best and work hard at being cute in the new song!
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | OUR PRIVATE LIFE (May 2016)<ref name="DGM May 2016">Dengeki G's Magazine May 2016 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine May 2016 Ruby You.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Kurosawa Ruby''' 
''Caption: Uwaaa~, sorry, Ruby might just drown at this rate---''

Haa, haa--- 
Hii, hii--- 
S-sorry--- 
Ruby, can't carry on anymore--- 
I will really go bloop-bloop-bloop and drown--- You-chan, can you go easy on me? 
But as expected, since I'm using a kick-board--- Ruby might not sink even though it seems like she might?... 
Uwaa, I'm at my limit~!! 
Since childhood, Ruby was never good at sports---. 
Especially since we live in a seaside town, swimming is really popular, so obviously everyone can swim--- Only Ruby can't swim very well. 
It's been really terrible. 
Being teased by everyone, or being asked why I can't swim--- 
Whenever it's the season for pool lessons, I'm always overthinking things like whether it'll end soon, or whether I can somehow skip class--- 
In the end, I made it all the way to high school while still being unable to swim, but the classes here, it's fine even if you can't swim so long as you try your best, so it's become a lot easier for me. Or so I thought---. 
But just like Yohane-chan said, once it's summer, our Aqours's PV may have swimming scenes, so I have to start working hard now, or else I definitely, definitely won't make it in time, right? So with that in mind, today, I asked the daring high-diver athlete You-chan to be my coach but---. 
Uwaaa~!! As I thought, she's way too uptight about this~! 
You-chan is a surprisingly demonic coach. 
This might as well have been the same as if I had asked Big Sis...
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours Big Reveal: Member Introductions (Q&A) (June 2016)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine June 2016 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine June 2016 Q&A Yoshiko Hanamaru Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: I want everyone to look at Ruby's prized idol smile!♪''

'''What is the charm of being a school idol?''' 
You know, being a school idol is really like being an idol♡ Really like an actual, true idol!!! Ruby had always loved idols since childhood, so just being able to become an idol like this, this moment is the greatest♪ And also--- Ah, lately I've gotten a bit better at dancing♡ I want everyone to see it♡♡

'''What are the good points about Uranohoshi Girls' High School?''' 
For Ruby, my favorite part is Ura Girls' sailor uniform♡♡ Big Sis entered the school earlier so ever since I saw her wear it, I've always thought that it was great and cool--- Does it suit Ruby? It would be great if it suits me♡ It would be great if someday, someone entered the school like me after seeing this uniform♪
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" |Aqours DIARY: Everyone's Diary (October 2016)<ref name="DGM Oct 2016">Dengeki G's Magazine October 2016 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Oct 2016 Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: Uwaah, I overslept--- Big Sis left me behind again~!!''

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnngggg---.

The sound of the ringing alarm-clocks in my room is always super extra loud. 
I picked such a large alarm-clock with this special volume--- It was something I bought on purpose. 
After all--- 
I'm always bad with getting up in the mornings. 
Ruby is the master of oversleeping... 
Uwaah!! What should I do, I won't make it in time for school now--- sob.

I'm sure Big Sis knew I overslept, but she left ahead of me again---. 
Sob. So cold. 
Just a little bit. 
Just a lit-tle bit is fine, it would be great if she could wake me up--- that's what I think. 
But well, if I say that, then Big Sis would say--- 
"I already called you three times! But you would always just jolt without waking up the slightest bit. I would feel bad for waking you up when you're sleeping so soundly--- so I left first, you know?" 
She would say that with the widest smile on her face...... 
It's something that I rarely get to see, that prized smile on her beautiful face. 
This is just something I think occasionally, that--- 
The devil's incarnation isn't Yohane-chan, but actually my Big Sis---.

Aaaaaaah, another five minutes passed while I was thinking about all that! 
I'll have to change without eating breakfast!! 
Uwaaaaah, but what should I do, now I can't find my uniform's skirt~~!! 
Ruby... might not be able to make it to school today... sob.
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours's Gallery (January 2017)<ref name="DGM Jan 2017">Dengeki G's Magazine January 2017 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Jan 2017 Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption:I always work hard with all I have during practice!! Because I want to be an idol I wouldn't be ashamed of---''

I'm bad with exercise. 
Whether it's the back hip circle, the jumping rope or the vaulting box--- I'm always the last in the class to become able to do it. 
Ah--- Sorry. That's not entirely true. 
If I were to tell the truth, I'm still unable to do the back hip circle--- Ah, but really, I was able to do it once, you know? 
When we were learning it in Physical Education classes back during elementary school--- We weren't quite able to learn how to do it, so Maru-chan and I ended up being held back after classes numerous times--- And then in the end, I was finally able to do it with the assistance of a towel---. 
But then in the following year, I became unable to do it again... 
Sobs. 
But even though I'm like this---. 
Right now, I'm really trying my best at exercise--- Since last week, I've started running and doing sit-ups in the mornings♡ Though I keep it a secret from Big Sis.

After all--- You know. 
It's all because I want to properly dance Aqours's dances---. 
I love idols, and have always, always aspired to become one--- but honestly, when I was imitating them I don't think I was ever this serious. 
If I had to choose, I'm more interested in the cute costumes--- I'm always only thinking about the frills and ribbons--- But then I ended up trying out becoming an actual school idol with that mindset. As expected--- I came to understand that dances are extremely important to idols. 
Of course we all have our strengths and weaknesses, someone with dull motor reflexes like me might never ever be able to perform sharp dance moves like You-chan but--- But still. 
No matter how bad I am at it--- I think a performance with insufficient practice is entirely different from one with enough practice. 
Even though I'm bad at this, since there are fans of Aqours who would go to the trouble of watching us, I don't want to show them a miserable performance with insufficient practice. 
I want to smile even if I'm bad at dancing♡ 
I want everyone to see a sparkling performance--- so I'll do my best at dance practice today too! 
Aqours is the first activity I've really wanted to do in my life--- I want to treasure it♡
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | 2017
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | [[HAPPY PARTY TRAIN]]
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Mar 2017 HAPPY PARTY TRAIN Bonus Art 2.jpg|center|350px]]
<big>Travel Comments</big><ref>Dengeki G's Magazine March 2017 issue</ref> 

I love idols a lot, and so I want to go see the idol stages all over Japan~!! I’m sure it’ll be an exciting trip from the very first step♪ The way to the idol stages is a shining road of the stars! I want to shine soon too~♡

''Places I would like to travel to: Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.''
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" |Aqours DIARY: Everyone's Diary (April 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine April 2017 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Apr 2017 Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: Challenge with preparing to go on a trip''

''Spring break determination !!''

''I will not turn away anymore !!''

It finally came-- the spring holiday is here.

To Ruby--There was something that I always thought of for a long time!

Well, that is--.

To travel !!!

Ehh----♡

Ah, of course I will not be away from home ♡

I won't run away-- Ruby does not have that kind of courage--.

If there is going to be a big dog outside Ashashi, what should I think, if I think about this, I will not be confident any more --.

However, there was nothing.

Ruby, if you say something, should you just say that your house is very nice and your sister is very honorable too?

That's why, I hope I can see something like Ruby's favorite idol, fashionable stuff, Noh things, and more!

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" |''Aqours DIARY: Everyone's Diary (June 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine June 2017 issue</ref>''
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine June 2017 Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: Look look, I bought new clothes-- I wonder if it makes me look nice♪''

''My wallet might be really tight now, but I can bear it! Right... ?''

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours's Gallery (August 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine August 2017 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Aug 2017 Dia Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]
'''MESSAGE from RUBY''' 
''Caption:''

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | OUR PRIVATE LIFE: We'll Tell You About Our Secrets♡ (September 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine September 2017 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Sept 2017 Chika Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Kurosawa Ruby''' 
''Caption: ''

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours's Gallery (November 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine November 2017 issue</ref> 
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Nov 2017 Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]

''Caption: ''

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Question & Answer Corner
|-|
|'''What made you realize that you wanted to become an idol?'''<ref name="DGM Sep 2015"/> 
''Asked by ハマチャさん @Twitter'' 
Ever since I was little, I've always loved the idols on television--- By the time I had realized it, I was already completely hooked! So maybe there wasn't anything in particular that made me realize it. According to sis, even when Ruby was still 0 years old and unable to speak, I already liked idol dolls. Ehehe--- I loved idols ever since I was born!

'''Between tall guys and short guys, which do you prefer?!'''<ref name="DGM Sep 2015"/> 
''Asked by 黒澤ルビィ親衛隊隊長さん @Twitter (The mailer name literally means "Captain of Kurosawa Ruby's Royal Guard")''

About that, Ruby would be nervous either way--- Having said that, ah, it's a bit different... Uh, uhhhhhhm--- If Ruby tries imagining a guy standing in front of her--- she thinks she would definitely become terribly nervous no matter what, so she thinks she has no preference!! No matter whether he's tall or short, as long as he's kind to Ruby she would be happy, she thinks...

'''When playing with your Sis, what are the times you have the most fun?'''<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine January 2016 issue</ref> 
''Asked by あずーるさん @Twitter''

No, Sis is different from Ruby in that she's always busy, so lately the two of us haven't really played together, but hmm--- If it's with Sis, it's probably games that don't make her mad♡ Uwaa~n!! I mean, ever since Ruby was small, even if it was a game of tag, whenever Ruby caught her she would become mad~! Ah, if it's now Ruby wants to go sing karaoke♪ That might be alright with Sis☆

'''Please tell me about the fun and difficult parts of making costumes!'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2016" /> 
''Asked by あがりえさん''

Every part is a fun part!!! After all, if I think about cute idol costumes, I can't help but always get really absorbed into it happily♡ The troubling part is that there's never enough money and--- probably me making the teacher mad by spacing out in class? But they don't really care that much so it's fine♪

'''Is there anything you've received from your sister Dia-chan that you've treasured up to this day?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2016" /> 
''Asked by ともちさん''

Big Sis always absolutely never shares her snacks with me, nor helps me with homework, but--- When I once lost my wallet in school, she searched high and low for it together with me all the way into the night--- The pink bear mascot she attached to my wallet that time is one of Ruby's treasures♡

'''Are you the type who finishes their summer vacation homework at the start, or leaves it until the end?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2016" /> 
''Asked by ゆっぺさん''

Ah---. .... I wish I hadn't gotten that question--- Ah, ahahahahaha♡ Ah, uhm, though Big Sis would definitely be the kind to have it completed a long time ago--- but I, wou- wouldn't have done so... Ah, but Maru-chan would invite me to complete it together on the very last day! That's why it's fine! It's definitely, definitely fine... right?

'''Normally, what kind of things do you talk about with your best friend Maru-chan?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2016" /> 
''Asked by 松海鳳さん''

With Maru-chan huh--- Things like schoolwork, what we saw on television the day before, sweets we've been interested in lately, fashion--- Stuff like those, I guess? Ah, and also the stray cat which has been coming to the bus-stop's embankment every day lately♡ I like gazing at the sky together on the embankment♪

'''Did you ever wish you were the elder sister instead? If so, when were those times?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2016" /> 
''Asked by 大トロさん''

That's something I thought many, many times when I was a child~! Whether it was studies, sports or extra lessons--- it was always Big Sis who could perform well, while I had nothing but failures. It's unfair! When we got new clothes of different colors, the good colors would always go to Big Sis. If I were the elder sister, I would definitely have grown taller too♡

'''After becoming a high school student, do you want to proactively attend school idol concerts?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2016" /> 
''Asked by 野菜さん''

I want to go I want to go I want to goooo!! ♡ I have always, always been aspiring towards Tokyo--- I'm sure if if I saw a real school idol concert, I would end up crying♡ At that time I would definitely hold Maru-chan's hand tightly so we don't end up getting lost or kidnapped!!

'''If you were to keep a pet, what would it be?'''<ref name = "DGM Jan 2017" /> 
''Asked by ハマチャさん''

I'm absolutely terrified of dogs so--- maybe a cat? Ah, but then if it got mad and lashed out with its claws with a snarl that would be scary too... What should I pick. Something smaller--- I know, a rabbit might be great♡ It doesn't bark or bite, and doesn't scratch--- I want to sleep together with a fluffy and kind rabbit♪
♪♡☆
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==Songs==
The songs featuring Ruby are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[RED GEM WINK]]
[[Cotton Candy Ei-Ei-Oh!]]
[[1STAR]]
[[Aikotoba]]
</poem>
|-|
Aqours =
<poem>
[[Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai?]]
[[Step! ZERO to ONE]]
[[Aqours☆HEROES]]
[[Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM]]
[[Mattete Ai no Uta]]
[[Todokanai Hoshi da to Shitemo]]
[[Aozora Jumping Heart]]
[[Humming Friend]]
[[Yume Kataru yori Yume Utaou]]
[[Sunshine Pikkapika Ondo]]
[[Yume de Yozora o Terashitai]]
[[Mijuku DREAMER]]
[[Omoi yo Hitotsu ni Nare]]
[[MIRAI TICKET]]
[[Pops heart de Odorun damon!]]
[[Daydream Warrior]]
[[Thrilling・One Way]]
[[Taiyou o Oikakero!]]
[[Jingle Bells ga Tomaranai]]
[[Seinaru Hi no Inori]]
[[HAPPY PARTY TRAIN]]
[[SKY JOURNEY]]
[[Shoujo Ijou no Koi ga Shitai]]
[[Landing action Yeah!!]]
[[Mirai no Bokura wa Shitteru yo]]
[[Kimi no Hitomi o Meguru Bouken]]
[[Yuuki wa doko ni? Kimi no Mune ni!]]
[["MY LIST" to you!]]
[[MY Mai☆TONIGHT]]
[[MIRACLE WAVE]]
[[Awaken the power]] (Featuring [[Saint Snow]])
[[WATER BLUE NEW WORLD]]
[[WONDERFUL STORIES]]
[[Kiseki Hikaru]]
[[Hop Step Waai!]]
[[Thank you, FRIENDS!!]]
[[No.10]]
[[Bokura no Hashittekita Michi wa…]]
[[Next SPARKLING!!]]
[[Hop? Stop? Nonstop!]]
[[Brightest Melody]]
[[Over The Next Rainbow]] (Featuring Saint Snow)
[[Jump up HIGH!!]]
[[I-n-g, I TRY!!]]
[[Bouken Type A, B, C!!]]
[[Mitaiken HORIZON]]
[[Deep Resonance]]
[[Dance with Minotaurus]]
[[KOKORO Magic "A to Z"]]
[[Wake up, Challenger!!]]
[[CYaZALEA☆Kiss☆DADANDAAAN]]
[[Fantastic Departure!]]
[[Aqours Pirates Desire]]
[[JIMO-AI Dash!]]
[[Sora mo Kokoro mo Hareru kara]] (9 Members Ver)
[[Future flight]]
[[Smile smile ship Start!]]
[[Kokoro no Hane yo Kimi e Tondeke!]]
[[DREAMY COLOR]]
[[KU-RU-KU-RU Cruller!]]
[[SUKI for you, DREAM for you!]]
[[Namida×]]
[[Not ALONE not HITORI]]
[[GEMSTONE "DE‐A‐I"]]
[[Nando Datte Yakusoku!]]
[[Yume + Mirai = Mugendai]]
[[BANZAI! digital trippers]]
[[KA-GA-YA-KI-RA-RI-RA]]
[[SORA, FUJI, SUNSHINE!]]
[[Genjitsu Mysterium]]
[[GAME ON!]]
[[Kimi no Tame Boku no Tame]]
[[SILENT PAIN]]
[[Wonder sea breeze]]
[[La la Yuuki no Uta]]
[[Numazu Yassa Yoisa Uta]]
[[BLOOM OF COLORS]]
[[Deep Blue]]
[[SAKURA-saku KOKORO-saku]]
[[Bokura no Umi de Mata Aou]]
[[Eikyuu hours]]
[[Bokura no Tabi wa Owaranai]]
</poem>
|-|
CYaRon! =
<poem>
[[Genki Zenkai DAY! DAY! DAY!]]
[[Yozora wa Nandemo Shitteru no?]]
[[P.S. no Mukougawa]]
[[Kinmirai Happy End]]
[[Kaigandoori de Matteru yo]]
[[Sakura Bye Bye]]
[[Braveheart Coaster]]
[[CHANGELESS]]
[[Kodoku Teleport]]
[[Aru Hi...Eien Mitai ni!]]
[[Whistle of Revolution]]
[[Dragon Riders]]
</poem>
|-|
YYY =
<poem>
[[Waai WaiWai WaiWaiWai!]]
[[Fabotage]]
[[peace piece pizza]]
[[U-CYU]]
</poem>
|-|
AiScReam =
<poem>
[[Ai♡Scream!]]
[[ICE LIMIT]]
</poem>
|-|
Duo & Trio =
<poem>
[[Waku-Waku-Week!]]
[[Manatsu wa Dare no Mono?]]
[[Hajimari Road]]
[[Kimochi mo Yume mo Issho da ne!]]
[[Be as one!!!]]
[[Koukishin Journey]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]] and [[Liella!]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Chronology==
<tabber>
Season I =
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[I Want to Shine!!]]" |輝きたい!!|"Kagayakitai!!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep1 098.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 1, Uranohoshi Girls' High School student [[Chika Takami]] discovered the school idol group [[Muse|μ's]] while trying to catch a runaway flyer. Having had looked for something to devote her all to for a long time, she was inspired and decided to form her own school idol group.

With help from her friend You, Chika tried to gather members at the school entrance ceremony, without any response from the student body. You and Chika then encountered first year students Ruby and Hanamaru, and Chika tried to interest them in joining the school idol club. Yoshiko suddenly interrupted the conversation and Hanamaru recognized her from kindergarten. Yoshiko ran off with the other two first years chasing her, and Chika proclaimed she would recruit them later.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Catch the Transfer Student!]]" |転校生をつかまえろ!|"Tenkousei o Tsukamaero!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep2 088.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| In Episode 2, Chika and You met Hanamaru and Ruby again, luring the shy Ruby out of hiding using a lollipop. Chika learned Yoshiko had not been at school after running out of class on the first day, and that Dia is Ruby’s older sister.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[First Step]]" |ファーストステップ|"Faasuto Suteppu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep3_207.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 3, Chika met Ruby and Hanamaru after their trip to a bookstore. After receiving a flyer from Chika, Ruby asked what their school idol group's name was.

Before their concert, Aqours worried about people not attending due to the rain. They laughed it off and stood behind the stage's curtain, hand in hand. However, when the curtains raised, they only had a small group of audience. Included in the audience were [[Mari Ohara]], Ruby, Hanamaru, and a disguised Yoshiko. Despite this, they continued their concert and performed "[[Daisuki dattara Daijoubu!]]" while [[Kanan Matsuura]] and Dia listened from outside the gym.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Two Girls' Feelings]]" |ふたりのキモチ|"Futari no Kimochi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep4 188.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 4, Hanamaru explained how she came to love reading, using it as a way to deal with her loneliness, and how she met Ruby.

Chika, [[Riko Sakurauchi]] and You entered the library to return books they had found while cleaning up, just as Ruby was excitedly telling Hanamaru the news of the school idol club officially being formed. Once again, Chika tried recruiting the duo as school idols.

As soon as they were alone, Hanamaru asked Ruby if she wanted to become a school idol. Ruby declined, saying she cannot like things her sister cannot stand, and that she was okay not being a school idol if Hanamaru was not interested.

Dia was seen lovingly looking at Ruby as she was reading about idols, Ruby herself reminiscing about the times they both liked idols.

Met by a very excited Chika, Ruby and Hanamaru started a trial period as members of the school idol club, saying they would join if they liked it. Short of a place to practice, the school idol club ended up taking their dance practice to the rooftop, inspired by μ's.

When Hanamaru struggled running up the stairs during stamina practice, Ruby stopped and suggested they run together. Hanamaru told Ruby she should care more about her own feelings, and exhorted Ruby to go on without her. To herself, Hanamaru thought about how her own dream was to let the light of Ruby’s aspirations and dreams out and shine in all the corners of the world.

While Ruby and the school idol club were celebrating having reached the top, Hanamaru met with Dia and told her to pay more attention to what Ruby had to say about her feelings.

After Ruby officially joined the school idol club, she confronted Hanamaru at the library. Ruby explained how she suspected that Hanamaru went along just because she thought being a school idol was something Ruby wanted to do, but that she also thought maybe Hanamaru was interested herself, too. Ruby drew a parallel to [[Rin Hoshizora]] also thinking she was not fit to be a school idol, and admitted she had always wanted to become a school idol with Hanamaru. Hanamaru finally agreed to become a school idol after Riko, You and Chika entered the library, Chika saying what matters is the will to do it, rather than your skills.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Yohane Descends]]" |ヨハネ堕天|"Yohane Daten"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep5 162.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 5, The school idol club, now with five members, were looking at their ranking and comments online. Hanamaru was revealed to never have seen a computer before, due to living in a temple without many electronics. The members of Aqours wondered how they could stand out more in order to raise their popularity.

Whimpering in the school idol clubroom, Yoshiko explained she knew she was not a fallen angel and wanted to be a normal high school student. Chika, on the other hand, got the idea of fallen angel idols as a way to make them stand out more. Therefore, she asked Yoshiko if she wanted to become a school idol, addressing her as “Fallen Angel Yohane-chan”.

Much to Dia’s dismay, the school idol club uploaded a fallen angel themed video online using their new costumes. Dia showed the Aqours members that the initial boost in rankings the video had gotten them was already declining and their rank was dropping. This broke the spirits of the school idols, causing Chika to second guess their trying to be like μ's and Yoshiko to once again say she wanted to be a normal high schooler and quit the school idol club.

The day after Hanamaru made the other Aqours members understand why Yoshiko had wanted to be a fallen angel in the first place, they confronted Yoshiko wearing their new costumes and asked if she wanted to join Aqours as the fallen angel Yohane. Chika yelled to the fleeing Yoshiko that she was fine the way she was and that μ's got so popular due to their being themselves and not caring about what others thought. After being assured all the members of the school idol club were okay with her antics, Yoshiko accepted their offer and joined.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Let's Make a PV]]" |PVを作ろう|"PV o Tsukurou"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep6_223.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 6, news of the school possibly being closed and merged with a school in Numazu reached Chika, and she was overjoyed to be put in a similar situation to the one μ's faced, becoming motivated to do more school idol activities in order to save the school. After some careful thinking, Aqours decided to create a promotional video, with the purpose of showing people what made their small town Uchiura a great place. They all went out to film, but most of the things the group could come up with seemed quite unimpressive after reconsideration. The group gathered at a café to think things through, and Chika realized that what they had at their current school was something special she did not want to lose.

Showing the chairwoman their promotional video, Mari told Chika and the rest of Aqours that they did not know what it was that made their town and their school great. After Mari proclaimed she knew better herself, Chika decided not to ask about it, considering it something they had to figure out for themselves for it to be worth something.

On her way to the clubroom Chika spotted Dia on stage in the empty auditorium. While she did decline Chika’s offer of joining the school idol club, Dia stated she was happy that they wanted to save the school. As Dia was leaving the room, Ruby stopped Chika from calling out to her, and a flashback showed the third years seemingly right before a school idol performance. Mari showed up and told Dia you can’t run away, only move forward, but Dia denied she had been trying to run away.

In accordance with Uchiura tradition, all the town members gathered early in the morning of the first day of beach season to make and release floating lanterns. Riko, for whom it was the first time experiencing the tradition, talked about how she did not realize there were so many people living in the town and suggested that maybe that was the special thing about Uchiura and Uranohoshi Girls’ High School. Hearing this, Chika gathered everyone’s attention and introduced Aqours, saying they needed the help of everyone in town to save their school. "[[Yume de Yozora o Terashitai]]" was performed as an insert song by the currently six Aqours members, thus concluding the episode.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[TOKYO]]" |TOKYO}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep7_056.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 7, the members of Aqours realized that their PV had boosted their popularity enough to push them into the top one hundred school idol groups. Because of this, they were invited to perform at an event in Tokyo.

When Ruby sought permission for the trip from her sister, Dia hesitated at first but eventually agreed, encouraging Ruby not to care what someone else thought.

Getting to Tokyo, the school idol club (sans transfer student Riko) tried not to let on that they were from the country side, without much success. After getting temporarily separated, Aqours paid a visit to [[Kanda Shrine]], and got excited about running up the same stairs that μ's once used for stamina practice.

Once they reached the top of the stairs, Chika heard [[Sarah Kazuno]] and [[Leah Kazuno]] singing “[[SELF CONTROL!!]]”. Although the two girls were strangers to Chika and the rest of Aqours, Sarah recognized them from their PV and asked if they were in Tokyo for the upcoming event. The [[Saint Snow]] members then left, leaving Aqours impressed with their acrobatics and singing skills.

The next day, Chika went out for a run and visited the place where she first found out about school idols, [[UTX High School]]. There, the rest of Aqours caught up with her and the six of them saw the next [[Love Live! (School Idol Tournament)|Love Live!]] competition being announced on the screen of the UTX building. Aqours decided they wanted to enter the competition.

At the event location, the Aqours members were surprised to find out the girls they had met at Kanda Shrine were school idols, too. Sarah introduced herself, and the episode ended just as Saint Snow were to take the stage.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Isn't it Frustrating?]]" |くやしくないの?|"Kuyashikunai no?"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep8_153.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 8, Saint Snow performed “SELF CONTROL!!” on stage at a school idol event in Tokyo. After all the school idol groups invited had performed, neither Aqours nor Saint Snow were announced as one of the winners. In spite of their loss, Chika talked about how it was Aqours's best performance yet. The other members, on the other hand, worried about how far from being top idols they were.

Having been given the results of the audience poll used to rank the groups at the event, Aqours learned that they not only placed last, but also got zero votes. Approached by Saint Snow, Aqours was complimented on their performance but told they might be better off giving up competing in Love Live! by Sarah, and warned not to take Love Live! lightly by a crying Leah.

On the train ride back to Numazu, five quite depressed Aqours members and one seemingly less depressed Chika discussed Saint Snow’s statements. Once they arrived they were greeted by Uranohoshi Girls’ High School students, relieved and happy to hear it was the group’s best performance so far. When Dia arrived at the scene, Ruby ran into her arms, crying.

Dia talked to Aqours about their placing last, saying she was afraid it would happen, considering how tough the school idol scene had gotten. She explained how she, Mari and Kanan formed a school idol group two years back, but were unable to sing at the very same event, overwhelmed by the other groups’ performances and the atmosphere.

Riko followed Chika to the beach, who, after holding all of her feelings in for a long time, finally allowed herself to cry and let out her frustration about all of their hard work not bearing fruit. When Chika said she thought it would make the other members sad if she allowed herself to be sad, Riko pointed to the rest of Aqours and said that no one joined for Chika’s sake, it was a decision they all made on their own. The sun’s rays hit the six girls standing in the water as they decided to try to turn their zero into a one.

|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Young DREAMER]]" |未熟DREAMER|"Mijuku DREAMER"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep9_210.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 9, the six members of Aqours tried to figure out what to do for the upcoming summer festival. Chika wondered what made Kanan (who had been evasive when Chika asked her about it) quit being a school idol since she did not think it was like Kanan to quit just because of one failure. Ruby revealed she had heard Dia speaking to Mari back then, saying neither Dia nor Kanan were running away.

On one of her early morning walks Kanan was followed by the school idol club, who overheard Kanan and Mari talking about Kanan’s returning to school. However, Kanan said she was not going to become a school idol again and that she did not want to talk to Mari any more.

At school, Kanan and Mari got into a heated argument, which made Chika burst into the room and yell at them to break it up, and to come to the club room of the school idol club after school. There, Kanan continued to claim that the fact she could not sing in Tokyo was the reason she had quit being a school idol. Once she had left the room, the other girls pushed Dia into revealing that Kanan did not sing at the event to prevent Mari from performing with an injury, and that she quit being a school idol because she did not want Mari turning down other opportunities.

Aqours convinced Dia to join them, Chika saying they’d all help out if juggling school idol duties and student council president duties got too much, and Ruby handing her a stage costume. All nine girls performed “[[Mijuku DREAMER]]” as an insert song, and Dia turned out to be the one who wrote “Aqours” in the sand, it being the same name the third years’ previous idol group had.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[We've Got Stewshine]]" |シャイ煮はじめました|"Shai-ni Hajimemashita"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep10_110.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 10, summer vacation began for the now nine members of Aqours. Summer is the season of the Love Live! competition, and Dia had somehow managed to get her hands on the training schedule μ's used when they were active. Since Kanan and Chika had been asked to help run a snack bar on the beach, the members decided to camp at the Takami family inn in order to make time for practice.

Initially intimidated by a competing snack bar on the beach, Dia quickly took charge and assigned tasks once she received encouragement from Mari. Riko, Chika and Kanan begun advertising in order to draw in customers, seemingly somewhat unwillingly. Meanwhile, You, Yoshiko and Mari started cooking the food.

With everyone exhausted after attempting to train the way μ's did, they all sat down to eat Mari’s Stewshine and Yoshiko’s ''Tears of a Fallen Angel'' takoyaki that had not sold during the day. When Ruby tries Yoshiko's takoyaki, she runs through the door, stung by how spicy it was.

Aqours's second day of managing the snack bar wasn’t all too successful either, but everyone enjoyed the curry You made using both Mari’s and Yoshiko’s culinary creations. Dia tried to hold a lesson on Love Live! history, but it was cut short due to Chika’s sister Mito thinking they were being too loud.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Aye-aye, My Friend]]" |友情ヨーソロー|"Yuujou Yousoro"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep11_194.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 11, all the members of Aqours saw Riko off as she left for Tokyo to compete in a piano competition that would take place the same day as the regional Love Live! qualifiers. They made the promise to sing together on the same stage next time.

As “special practice”, Dia got the eight of them to help clean up the school’s pool, and once they finished they decided to practice their dance in the empty pool. With Riko missing, Aqours needed to adjust their formation, and opted for You to fill in Riko’s spot.

Chika and You struggled to find harmony in their dance, Chika being accustomed to the way Riko performed the dance moves. They had just made it through the part they had problems with because of You’s mimicking Riko’s movements, when Riko called from Tokyo. After Ruby, Hanamaru and Yoshiko greeted her, the call was cut short due to Chika’s battery running low just as You was about to say something to Riko.

The night of the Love Live! qualifiers and Riko’s piano competition, everyone wore the matching scrunchies Riko had sent as bracelets. Riko played her piece at the competition, and the remaining eight Aqours members performed “[[Omoi yo Hitotsu ni Nare]]” on stage.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[It's Time to Fly]]" |はばたきのとき|"Habataki no Toki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep12_025.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 12, the members of Aqours were happy and relieved to find out they made it through the regional qualifiers of the Love Live! after a nervous wait. While the video of their performance had gotten a lot of views and comments, the number of applicants for the school’s open house was still zero.

Chika couldn’t help but compare Aqours to μ's, and wondered if the school idols she looked up to weren’t regular people after all. Calling the other Aqours members, she suggested they’d all go to Tokyo before Riko went back home, and try to figure out what made μ's great.

In Tokyo, Chika had arranged for Aqours to meet up with Saint Snow, who told Chika and the others they did not know what made μ's and [[A-RISE]] different. To them, what mattered was winning and following in the footsteps of their predecessors. Together, both groups watched the announcement of the Love Live! finals being held at the Akiba Dome on the screen outside the UTX High School building.

At Riko’s suggestion, Aqours visited [[Otonokizaka High School]]. They learned that μ's had not left anything from their school idol days at Otonokizaka, saying their hearts would be connected even without those things. Chika and Riko said the visit had brought them closer to the answer of their question.

On the train back to Numazu, the nine of them took a stop to look at the sea. Chika said that they couldn’t compare themselves to μ's, and all of the members started realizing that they had to run freely, stand on their own feet and not chase after someone else in order to become great. They decided that what they were running towards was turning the zero into a one.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Sunshine!!]]" |サンシャイン!!|"Sanshain!!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep13 226.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 13, Aqours were practicing for the Love Live! regionals during the hot days of summer vacation. Meanwhile, the number of applicants for Uranohoshi Girls’ High School was still zero. At the end of the day, Mutsu, Itsuki and Yoshimi showed up to tell Chika that they, along with other people in the school, were also interested in saving the school and had thought about becoming school idols. Chika invited them to sing with Aqours at the Love Live!.

The nine members of Aqours met up with Mutsu, Itsuki and Yoshimi, who brought with them an abundance of other Uranohoshi Girls’ High School students. However, everyone’s excitement was restrained when Riko announced that the rules said only the people who had applied initially would be allowed on stage. In the end, although only Aqours would be on stage, all the other girls decided to cheer them on from the audience.

Before their performance, the school idol club members reflected on their time together. Ruby and Hanamaru were embraced by Yoshiko, while Mari, Kanan and Dia thanked each other for getting this far, and Chika told You and Riko she wanted to enjoy everything the future had in store together. Proclaiming there weren’t just nine of them, Chika opened the door to the stage.

Prior to performing their song, Aqours introduced themselves by telling the audience their story and their goal. When they counted to nine, part of the audience yelled “ten”, pronouncing their being the tenth member of the group.

Halfway through the performance of “[[MIRAI TICKET]]”, Chika called out for everyone to shine together with them. The Aqours supporters of the audience ran down to stand next to the stage, creating a circle of blue light sticks around it. Meanwhile, the number of applicants for the school flipped from zero to one.
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Season II =
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Next Step]]" |ネクストステップ|"Nekusuto Suteppu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep1 179.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 1, Mari and Dia were motivating the student body, including the rest of Aqours, to work hard at attracting students to the school this term, too. Chika showed up just when the upcoming Love Live! was mentioned, and they all decided Aqours was going to participate.

During their regular afternoon practice session on the roof, the girls started discussing holding a concert at the open house. Realizing they would not be able to stay as long at school with the buses’ fall timetable, they set out to find a place to practice in Numazu.

The next day at school, Aqours revisited the issue of a new practice space. Without anyone noticing the third years suddenly disappeared.

In a locale made available to the group thanks to You’s father, the third years revealed that the open house had been cancelled, and the decision about the school merger made final. Chika reacted strongly, saying she would personally seek Mari’s father out and convince him to change his mind, but let it go when the others explained to her how there was nothing to be done. Disheartened, the girls went home.

When Chika showed up at school early to tell the universe she was not going to give up yet, she was surprised to find the rest of Aqours followed a similar impulse and were there, too. Together, they decided to keep working toward their goal no matter how impossible it may seem. They were going to aim for a miracle.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Sound of Rain]]" |雨の音|"Ame no Oto"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep2 177.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 2, Aqours got the news that the school would stay open for another year if the number of prospective students was raised to at least one hundred. Although this initially sounded like to much for them to handle, Chika motivated them by saying they should not worry about whether it was possible, but rather simply make it happen.

With the Love Live! coming up sooner than expected, the second years found the workload of having to create two songs at once difficult to handle. To make it easier on them, everyone decided to split the workload and had the second years create a song for the open house while the third and first years created one to perform at the Love Live!.

While Chika, Riko and You headed for Chika’s house to work on their song, the rest of the girls initially tried Mari’s home as a work space, but found the extravagance there too distracting. Having moved somewhere more understated, they discovered that the differing tastes of the third contra the first years made it difficult to agree on lyrics and music for the song.

Ruby sent a text to Chika, Riko and You, who so far had not come up with anything either, asking them to come at once. In order to better work together, the first and third years decided to spend some time together try to get to know each other better.

Having tried a couple of activities together, it was clear that the two groups did not find the same things fun. Needing to seek shelter from a sudden rainstorm, the girls headed to a temple nearby as per Hanamaru’s suggestion.

Revisiting the idea of creating a song together, it still seemed hopeless until the ceiling started leaking. Together, they all helped place plates and pots on the floor to catch the water, and found that although the tones and tempo of the different raindrops were out of tune, they all came together to create music.

When all nine girls regrouped, celebrating the two completed songs, Mari received a phone call.

|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Rainbow]]" |虹|"Niji"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep3 138.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 3, a new problem arose. The school open house was postponed by a week, putting both the Love Live! qualifiers and the open house on the same Sunday.

Aqours tried to find a way to travel between the two venues in time to perform at both events, without luck. With going by boat and by helicopter both out of the question, it seemed the only possible way to make it in time would be to perform as the first group and catch a bus.

As the order of the performances would be decided by lottery, the group decided to let Yoshiko do the honors. Much to everyone’s disappointment, they ended up as the 24th group to perform. The group thought the only option left was to choose just one event, but could not decide on one. The next day Chika and Riko suggested they split the group and perform at both events, to which the group reluctantly agreed.

When Sunday finally came, Chika, Riko, You, Dia and Ruby were overjoyed to be joined by the other four onstage for the performance of [[MY Mai☆TONIGHT]]. Confused when the second years immediately ran off after the song ended, the group found out Chika had arranged for them to use a monorail for mikan transport to travel back to school. With this and help of their school mates, they made it back in time to perform [[Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai?]] at the open house.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Don't Call Me Dia-san]]" |ダイヤさんと呼ばないで|"Dia-san to Yobanaide"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep4 127.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 4, Chika woke up in an unusually happy mood. In reply to the other girls’ queries about why she was not nervous to see whether or not they had passed the Love Live! qualifiers, she stated she was sure they would pass, something that proved true moments later. Chika’s mood fell with the realization that Aqours was out of funds after the recent performances. They turned both to the gods and Mari’s family in a futile effort to get more money, but had to begin thinking about other options.

Forced to come up with an idea to replace one she shot down, Dia led the group into setting up a stand at a flea market. Her expectations of getting close to the others and being addressed informally fell short as she became upset with the rest of the girls not handling the task in the same way she would.

Working together at Izu Mito Sea Paradise, Dia tried her best to make small-talk and play around, becoming increasingly frustrated as the others took this to mean she was angry or upset with something. Finally, Mari and Kanan told the others what was going on, explaining how Dia, despite her cold exterior, gets lonely easily. When a class of kindergartners at the aquarium ran amok, Dia took control of the situation by being authoritative but not as harsh as usual.

At the end of the day, Aqours gathered. Chika told Dia that it was best if she acted like herself, and how they all appreciate her for who she is. Dia accepted this, and was delighted to finally be addressed with the preferred honorific.

|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Taking in A Dog]]" |犬を拾う。|"Inu o Hirou."}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep5 029.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 5, Aqours had to cut their practice short due to the rain. Yoshiko was offered a ride with the others but said no as she lived nearby.

The group gathered at Chika’s house to decide on a theme for their performance in the Love Live! regionals. While the girls were discussing trying new things for this performance, they noticed Yoshiko had gone home early without warning.

A few days later, the members of Aqours became concerned with Yoshiko and Riko's weird behavior.

|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Aqours WAVE]]" |Aqours WAVE}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep6 033.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 6, the venue for the Love Live! regional preliminaries was revealed to be the same as during the last Love Live!. During practice, everyone was happy to discover Aqours on a list of groups most likely to make the national competition. Before they had time to finish celebrating, the less good news that success in the regionals would rely heavily on the number of students in the school hit them.

Chika’s brought the question of what made Aqours special up at practice, prompting Mari to introduce a move the third years had failed to pull of when they created Aqours to the rest of the group, much to Kanan’s dismay. Despite Kanan’s warnings that it would be the most difficult for the center, Chika said she would be able to do it.

As Chika was struggling to learn the move, everyone became increasingly more worried that she was pushing herself too far. After almost a week of endless trying and failing, she agreed to Kanan’s demand that she give up if she could not do it come next morning.

Determined to make it work, Chika spent the night on the beach practicing. Despite Riko, You and the first years coming to cheer her on, she failed and felt that she had not accomplished anything. Riko and You reminded her that she had forgotten to thank herself for how far they had come already. As Chika was getting ready to try the move one last time the third years showed up, and the episode concluded with Chika perfectly landing the move during the performance of [[MIRACLE WAVE]] at the Love Live! regional preliminaries.

|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Time Left]]" |残された時間|"Nokosareta Jikan"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep7 157.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 7, Aqours was announced to be one of the groups in the Love Live! finals. The video of their performance had been doing well, the only problem was that the number of applicants for the school was not rising as hoped.

Calling in another favor from Mari’s father, the girls managed to get an extension until 5 AM the next morning. Chika initially was eager to do anything she could to help make the number rise, but was talked out of it by the rest of the girls.

By 1 AM, there still were only 87 applications. Becoming more and more desperate and restless, they sent out the first years to buy something to eat. Yoshiko, Hanamaru and Ruby talked about how they were thankful for everything Aqours had given them and how they wanted to take care of their upperclassmen.

They were still six applicants short by the final hour. Everyone was on edge waiting for the last two applications to drop in during the last minute. Finally, the application page shut down.

The next day, Mari announced the news to the rest of the school. Aqours initially tried to ignore what had happened and commence practice as usual, but stopped when Chika started crying. They decided to call it a day and take some time to think about whether they still wanted to partake in the Love Live!.

[[Sora mo Kokoro mo Hareru kara]] was performed as an insert song while everyone took to their respective houses to consider what to do next. Meeting up the next morning, the nine girls agreed that they would never manage to shine as school idols when they had not succeeded in saving their school. At this moment, the rest of the student body showed up saying that they would like for their school to be remembered through Aqours, and convinced the girls not to end their journey yet.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[HAKODATE]]" |HAKODATE}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep8 073.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 8, Aqours were invited to Hakodate to attend the Hokkaido Love Live! preliminaries as guests. Before the competition, they visited Saint Snow in their dressing room. Chika accepted Sarah’s challenge to bring their best to the Love Live! finals, but Ruby noticed that something seemed to be the matter with Leah.

During Saint Snow’s performance, they made a mistake in the choreography and fell on stage, which ended up costing them their spot in the finals. When Aqours went back to their dressing room, they had already left.

The Uchiura girls went sightseeing in Hakodate, and ended up at the restaurant where Sarah and Leah worked. Ruby found Leah crying in her room, and later at dinner the sisters’ fight about Leah wanting to disband Saint Snow resurfaced.

In contrast to the other Aqours members, Ruby seemed to understand Leah’s feelings, saying she probably was afraid being a school idol would not be worth it without her sister. Talking to Dia about this, Ruby admitted that she felt the same way. Dia reassured her, saying she was happy with her own accomplishments and that anything Ruby accomplished on her own made her happy, too.

Ruby invited Leah out for a walk with her, and tried to explain how their feelings were the same, how she had realized it would be okay. At first, Leah was hostile and suggested their sisters could not be compared to each other, but eventually opened up and shared how she felt she had let Sarah down for her last Love Live!. Ruby and Leah decided they would write a song dedicated to their sisters and sing together.

|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Awaken the power (Episode)|Awaken the power]]" |Awaken the power}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep9 261.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 9, Ruby recruited Yoshiko and Hanamaru to help out with the concert for Dia and Sarah. Leah felt uncomfortable around the other first years to begin with, but soon warmed up to them. The first years told the rest of Aqours they would be staying behind for a while, neglecting to mention the actual reason they were doing so.

Seeing Leah’s room for the first time, the first years found a snow globe with a snow crystal inside it, and Leah told the story of how it became the symbol of Saint Snow. Yoshiko’s surprising social tact and Ruby’s reasoning brought the four to a conclusion regarding the theme of the song they would be creating: unknown powers.

The next day, Ruby and Leah had to talk to the board of the christmas event they wanted to perform their song at. It went better than expected, and afterward Ruby sent an email to Mari asking if she could make sure Dia came to Hakodate to watch the performance.

After Leah, Ruby, Yoshiko and Hanamaru have made a radio announcement about their upcoming performance, Leah was confronted by two of her classmates. They told her how they used to think she did not like them, but how they were proud of Saint Snow despite what happened at the regionals.

Ruby and Leah finally revealed their secret to their sisters, and the rest of Aqours were acting mysteriously about also showing up in Hakodate. At the event, Saint Aqours Snow performed [[Awaken the power]].

|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Finding a Way to Shine]]" |シャイニーを探して|"Shainii o Sagashite"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep10 293.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 10, Aqours got a visit from Saint Snow to help them practice. After Aqours switched their kimono for more appropriate practice wear, they were pushed hard by Sarah and Leah.

The guests were surprised to find out the students of Uranohoshi had failed to save their school from the merger, but were quick to show their support. Mari recieved a phone call from her parents offering her the position as director at the new school. Due to already having plans for next year she turned the offer down, making everyone aware of their limited time left together.

The third years gathered the rest of Aqours for a late night drive to find shooting stars. Arriving at a plateau, the rain still had not stopped. Just as the girls wished to be together forever in spite of this, promising to work on making the sky visible, the episode concluded with the clouds clearing up to reveal a night sky full of shooting stars.

|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Uranohoshi Girls' High School (Episode)|Uranohoshi Girls' High School]]" |浦の星女学院|"Uranohoshi Jogakuin"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep11 232.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| In episode 11, Aqours and the rest of the students of Uranohoshi Girls’ High School were preparing for the School Closing Festival set for the next day. Chika, You and Riko set up an arch at the entrance, Mari set up a stand to serve an improved version of her Stewshine dish, and it turned out Yoshimi, Itsuki and Mutsu were the ones to suggest holding the festival.

Preparations continued, with Hanamaru and Yoshiko working together, Ruby making costumes and Dia putting aside her student council duties to focus on the event. Everything was going smoothly until Shiitake turned up at school, setting everyone back by destroying some of the decorations. To give students more time to finish preparations, Mari arranged for transport home with the help of her family.

The next day at the festival, everyone’s hard work paid off. Chika walked around school seeing Kanan and You’s underwater showcase, Ruby and Dia’s Love Live! Quiz, Yoshiko, Hanamaru and Riko’s fortune telling stand, as well as her older sisters’ serving grilled mikan. At the end of the day, Yoshimi, Itsuki and Mutsu showed an impressive balloon display.

After the festival, the students all gathered around a bonfire. Mari spoke about how much the school had meant to her, and ended up voicing her regret about not being able to save it through tears. The student body cheered her up by showing their support for Aqours through a chant, and finally they all sang together.

|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Sea of Light]]" |光の海|"Hikari no Umi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep12 326.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| In episode 12, the members of Aqours met up at school, and set off toward the Love Live! Final in Tokyo. Arriving in Tokyo, the girls headed to Kanda Shrine, where they prayed for good fortune in the competition and realized many other school idols had done the same. Before leaving, they met Saint Snow, and Sarah asked Chika if they wanted to win the Love Live!.

Back at the inn, they started a pillow fight to take their thoughts off of the upcoming performance. Chika, You and Riko decided that come tomorrow they would all go their separate ways before meeting up at the venue.

In the morning, Chika asked the other members of Aqours if they wanted to win the Love Live!. After going on their respective excursions, the first years crossed paths and reflected on their past, present and future. Finally, all nine girls ran toward the concert as a group, and did one final Aqours chant together before performing [[WATER BLUE NEW WORLD]] at the Love Live!.
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| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Our Own Radiance]]" |私たちの輝き|"Watashitachi no Kagayaki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep13 348.png|150px]]
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| colspan="3"| In episode 13, the day had finally come for the combined graduation and school closing ceremony. At school, Yoshiko had hair dressing problems, attended to by Ruby and Hanamaru.

Dia was surprised to find out Mari had arranged for the students to paint farewell messages on the school walls, and the student body arrived at the ceremony splattered with paint. Mari handed out diplomas to the graduating students, and Dia held a speech as student council president. To conclude the ceremony, Aqours announced their Love Live! victory, and [[Aozora Jumping Heart]] was used as an insert song.

Afterwards, Aqours and the other students went around the school to close doors and finish saying their goodbyes, to each other and to the school. You and Riko were in the music room, Yoshiko, Hanamaru and Ruby in their classroom, Kanan and Dia in Mari’s office giving her her diploma, and Chika closed the door to the club room. Finally, Chika was about to break down in tears as she was closing the school gates, but received help from her friends.

Some time later, Chika went to the school auditorium and found Aqours, including the third years who had come back to sing together one last time. For their last performance, Aqours sang [[WONDERFUL STORIES]].
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== Etymology ==

* Ruby's surname '''Kurosawa''' means "black" (黒) ('''kuro''') and "marsh" (澤) ('''sawa''').

==Trivia==
*Ruby fulfills the pure attribute of the Aqours first years.
*Ruby's favorite member of µ's is [[Hanayo Koizumi]]. (In the manga adaptation, Ruby's favorite µ's member is [[Rin Hoshizora]].)
**Both are first years that fulfill the pure attribute.
**Both are shy members and are best friends with a cheerful one (Rin and Hanamaru).
*In real life, the Kurosawa mansion is based on the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/%E5%A4%A7%E5%B7%9D%E5%AE%B6%E9%95%B7%E5%B1%8B%E9%96%80/@35.017174,138.8929287,18.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x353f6420960a85fa!8m2!3d35.0172893!4d138.8935412 Okawa mansion], which has been designated a cultural heritage property of Numazu since the Edo period. The historical owner of the mansion was also a wealthy family involved in fishing management, similar to the Kurosawa family.
*Ruby had long hair before starting middle school.
*Ruby owns merchandise of a character named Paaru-chan, one of which being a coin purse she typically wears on her practice clothes.
*Aside from the Official Introduction and the manga adaptation of ''Sunshine!!'', Ruby's androphobia is not utilized in her subsequent appearances since the anime.
*Ruby's favorite flavor of ice cream is mint chocolate.
*Ruby ties with [[Sachi Ogami]] as the school idol with the most subunits, at three ([[CYaRon!]], [[YYY]] and [[AiScReam]]).

==Gallery==

:''Please refer to this character's [[Ruby Kurosawa/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
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Hanamaru Kunikida

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'''Hanamaru Kunikida''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Sunshine!!]]''. She is a second-year student at [[Numazu High School]]. She is a member of [[AZALEA]], a sub-unit under [[Aqours]]. Her image color is yellow.

She was a first-year student at both [[Uranohoshi Girls' High School]] prior to its closure and [[Seishin High School]] (albeit temporarily) before fully integrated into Numazu High.

==Background==
Hanamaru, known as "Maru" for short (by herself and her friends), is a first year student and the daughter of a family who has run a nearby temple for generations. She lives with her grandparents, and since she does not have a computer, she often reads a lot. Hanamaru is [[Ruby Kurosawa]]'s best friend, and both are often seen near the other. She also attended the same kindergarten as [[Yoshiko Tsushima]], also one of her friends.

Hanamaru has a distinctive verbal tic and dialect, tending to end her sentences with {{Nihongo|"zura"|ずら}}, as well as using "ora" as a first-person pronoun to refer to herself.

In the anime, in [[I Want to Shine!!|the first episode]], Hanamaru and Ruby are quickly approached by [[Chika Takami]], who invites them to be school idols. Confused, Hanamaru quickly dismisses the invitation. It is later revealed in [[Two Girls' Feelings|Season 1 Episode 4]] that Hanamaru actually was interested in school idols, especially after seeing a picture of [[Rin Hoshizora]] from [[Muse|µ's]], but couldn't bring herself to being a school idol herself because of her appearance and lack of physical condition. She talks Ruby's sister, [[Dia Kurosawa]], into paying attention to what her sister actually wants, which was being a school idol. After Ruby joins Aqours, she tells Hanamaru about the story of Rin and µ's, and Hanamaru finally decides to join Aqours, supporting Ruby in her endeavor.

==Personality==
Hanamaru is a hardworking girl who diligently works at her family's temple. She spends a lot of time reading alone and is easily distracted by books. Since she was raised as a temple girl, Hanamaru does not watch television much, nor does she use the internet, making her outdated. Because of this, she is fascinated with modern technology, yelling her catchphrase {{Nihongo|"Mirai zura!"|未来ずら|"It's the future, zura!"}} when she sees something advanced such as a computer. She was often teased due to this, but was usually defended by her best friend Ruby; however, the first time it happened, Ruby ended up crying, causing Hanamaru to comfort her instead.

Hanamaru seems to be quite self-depreciating, calling herself a "chibi procrastinator" and "neither cute nor interesting". She aspires to be like Ruby, whom she sees as "beautiful, cute and dazzling". She is also gentle and caring for those around her. Despite her appearance, Hanamaru is also smart and not easily fooled.

Due to the fact the Second Years are considered "the heart" of Aqours, Hanamaru has some difficulty relating to the Third Years, which is shared with Yoshiko; this is due to her preference for the indoors and for calmer activities. Season 2 Episode 2 explores this, and after a rainy evening forces the girls to stay indoors, the First and Third Years are able to relate to the others, with Hanamaru seemingly relating to [[Kanan Matsuura]] the most.

Hanamaru is shown to have a playful and mischievous side; this is especially present when she teases Yoshiko's Fallen Angel behavior and her embarrassing moments (often alongside Ruby), which annoys Yoshiko all the time. She has a surprisingly large appetite, able to eat a food helping quickly and often asking for another one immediately after, and is usually seen eating sweets in the background, the most common of them being a roll of noppo bread.

In Season 1 Episode 4, Hanamaru stated that since she was little, she was a quiet girl who played off to the side.

==Clubs and Hobbies==
She is a gifted singer, earning her a spot in a choir. She loves reading and has a deep fondness for Japanese literature, often spending most of her time in the school library, which she helps out at. Her ambition is to become a writer some day.<ref>Maru's 4-koma Drop 1, Dengeki G's Magazine October 2015 issue</ref>

== Appearance ==
Hanamaru is short with a slim figure with brownish gold hair and amber eyes.

== Other Data ==

:''Note: '''Dengeki G's Magazine''' is a monthly magazine that is part of the Love Live! and Love Live! Sunshine!! multimedia projects. As it is usually the first source of news for all major projects under these titles, its monthly sections will detail how the project has progressed over time. The issues are usually published a month ahead of time. For example, the July 2010 issue would've been released on 30th May 2010.''

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | 2015
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|
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Official Introduction from Website<ref>[http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/member.php Official Introduction from Website]</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Sunshine!! character intro - Kunikida Hanamaru.png|center|350px]]

The fact that I would actually become a school idol, that was something I had never even imagined--- But I can't just leave my best friend, Ruby-chan, alone... Guess this is just a part of human fate, and I will work hard! I am sure that if I continue accumulating good deeds in this world, I might be able to live happily with Ruby-chan again even after reincarnation--- Such a thought must have come into my head after listening too much to the temple priests' talk. Ehehe♡ I was born as a temple girl but, I'm always thinking of the books which I love reading. No matter where I am or who I'm with, I'm always alone, after all. If there was someone else who could understand my feelings, I would be happy♪
----
'''Official Translation'''<ref>[http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/worldwide/member.php Official Character Introductions]</ref>
[[File:Sunshine!! translated character intro - Kunikida Hanamaru.png|center|350px]]
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Character Introduction (September 2015)<ref name="DGM Sep 2015">Dengeki G's Magazine September 2015 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine Sep 2015 Kunikida Hanamaru Scan.jpg|center|350px]]'''Character Introduction'''

Hmm, it's not here after all... 
Just where on earth is it? The book about idols that Ruby-chan mentioned--- 
This is troubling. 
It's great that Ruby-chan invited Maru to try being a school idol but--- Maru doesn't know a single thing about idols at all--- 
I have no choice but to study really hard from now on zura! 
Yes. 
Maru was raised in a temple as a temple girl, so she doesn't really watch the television or use the internet--- Because of that, she's distant from the world's trends--- She had always been teased for that since a long time ago. 
But during those times, Ruby-chan would always come to Maru's rescue. Every time others said things like "Maru doesn't even know something like this~" or "So slow!" or "Lame!". 
"Maru-chan isn't anything like that! Because, instead of knowing things that everyone knows from watching television, she knows lots and lots of difficult things nobody knows about! She'll always be amazing because of that!!!" That cute face blushing from both rage and embarrassment, even remembering it now--- brings a tear to my eye. 
With that said, rather than the Maru who was being troubled, it was always Ruby-chan who began crying first--- In the end, I have to end up comforting her--- Kusu kusu♡ 
She's so cute after all, Ruby-chan♪ 
Cute, just like that. I think she definitely can become an idol! Ruby-chan is beautiful, cute, and dazzling--- She was always something Maru aspired to be. 
So, even though such a Ruby-chan aimed to become a school idol, since she requested for Maru's help, I will do whatever it takes to get her there! 
But for this Maru who is out-of-date, and is neither cute nor interesting, all she can do is research books with all her might. 
Right, idol books, idol books--- Ooh. 
Ah! 
Ahhhh!!! This--- is the biography of Serizawa Kojiro which I had always been searching for!!! 
This encounter might just be the work of fate, so just for a little while before continuing idol research--- Only a little bit, let me read this book. Sorry Ruby-chan, please wait for me a little longer---

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Typical off-day schedule
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''Time'''
| style="text-align:center;" |'''Activity'''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''6:00am:'''
|Wake up
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''6:30am:'''
|Morning rituals (Offerings and cleaning the temple)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''7:30am:'''
|Breakfast
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''9:00am:'''
|Choir practice
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''12:00pm:'''
|Go home and have lunch
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''1:00pm:'''
|Meet with Ruby-chan
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''2:00pm:'''
|Date at Numazu City♡ (Shopping)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''5:00pm:'''
|Going home would be a waste so we take a stroll by the beach (And so we happen to meet Chika-chan and Kanan-chan!)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''7:00pm:'''
|Go home (While trying to send Ruby-chan home, we get caught by Dia-chan and are scolded together)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''8:00pm:'''
|Have dinner at Ruby-chan's place...
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''9:00pm:'''
|Take a bath
|-
| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''10:00pm:'''
|End up staying over at Ruby-chan's place and fall asleep
|}
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours After School Talk - Hanamaru<ref>http://gs.dengeki.com/news/39867/</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Aqours Afterschool Talk Hanamaru.png|center|350px]]
''Caption: Hya~, it's the first time I've worn such a cute costume since I was born zura! So happy zura♡''

Amazing zura~! 
Even though the person inside is still the chibi procrastinator Maru, looking at her like this--- She really seems like a true school idol!!! 
Ruby-chan had always emphasized numerous times that the most important thing to an idol was a cute costume but--- to think that it would really make such a huge difference--- Somehow, I was still really surprised by it...... Tehehehe♡
For some reason, my heart is pounding♡♡ 
How does everyone find it, I wonder? 
In spite of everything, does it really resemble a real school idol? 
But, if that's the case, I'm sorry--- 
We've only just begun, so my voice is still quivering during songs, and I've no confidence in my dance at all--- 
But, now that I've been allowed to wear such a cute costume, I really have no choice but to try my best!! 
Yes. I will work hard zura♪
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Oh My Favorite！！ Aqours Trending News (December 2015)<ref name = "DGM Dec 2015">Dengeki G's Magazine December 2015 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine Dec 2015 Riko Hanamaru.jpg|center|350px]]

Ah, you caught me--- Ehehe♡ 
I see. Lately, the fallen leaves in the temple grounds where I live have been steadily piling up into a mountain--- 
Autumn is here zura♪ 
Once the leaves pile up, I always roast sweet potatoes like this and give them out to the neighbors♡ It's been my role since childhood, so roasting sweet potatoes is my specialty. No--- It might be bad if Maru said something as haughty as that--- Ehehe♪ I'll bring some to Ruby-chan later, too. 
Ah, how about one for you too? It's superbly sweet and delicious zura♡
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours 1st Center Election
|-|
|
<big>Appealing For Votes</big><ref>Dengeki G's Magazine November 2015 issue</ref> 
''Caption: Just being able to sing along with everyone makes me feel blissful zura♡''

Uhm, when I think about whether I've really become a school idol, even now I still feel my heart pounding as well as slightly embarrassed but--- Is this really reality? Even now, I still find it marvelous zura. As for the center election, of course, I'm entirely not suitable for it, so I've not even thought about it and spent my time carefreely, but--- What if this is a survival of the fittest election, and the girl who gets last has to do something like withdraw from Aqours, what would I do in that case--- Just having my imagination run wild like that, it seems tonight too, I'll have no choice but to visit the toilet...

<big>Results Comments: 5th Place</big><ref name = "DGM Dec 2015" /> 
''Caption: I believe that you can do anything if you try your best zura!''

Receiving so much support despite being unable to fix my habit of saying "zura", thank you all so much! I was so happy I was crying together with Ruby-chan zura--- Ah. I'll work hard in order to become a more lovelier idol!!
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours's Gallery (February 2016) <ref>Dengeki G's Magazine February 2016 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine Feb 2016 Hanamaru.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: Won’t everyone spend a chaste night with Maru and the rest of us---?''

Is it holy, is it holy--–?♪

Maru’s Christmas season always begins in the sanctuary, surrounded by sacred hymns♡ 
Ehehe---, the truth is, even though I’m a temple maiden, Maru is in the choir♪ 
Maybe it’s because I’ve loved to sing ever since I was little, and I sang by myself in the temple garden a lot? 
Although, it started when I was scouted during a vocal solo test by the music teacher--- When it first began, I was thinking to myself, would it be bad if I was in the choir, even though I’m a temple girl, and I was thinking that maybe I should quit. 
And in the first place, Maru is really bad at standing out---. 
But during those times, Ruby-chan knows about it, and she encourages me a lot--- 
I talked to Uncle and Auntie at the temple, and they said they’d support me♡ 
Until that point, I was in the choir out of my own selfishness even though I live in a temple, so I had thought that Uncle and Auntie would definitely object. But when Ruby-chan tried talking to them about it, they were sooo overjoyed---. They told us that we should both go for it, and that it’s a very prestigious thing to be chosen as solos for the choir, and they were really happy for me. I’m always really thankful for Ruby-chan zura♡ So, from then on, Maru's done her best in choir! 
Maru’s songs echoing off the high ceiling of the sanctuary--- I want you to hear that at least once zura♪
|}
|}

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! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | 2016
|-|
|
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | [[Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM]]
|-|
|
[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine Apr 2016 KoiAqua Yoshiko Hanamaru Chika.jpg|center|350px]]
<big>Costume Reveal</big><ref>Dengeki G's Magazine April 2016 issue</ref> 
''Caption: Turning into the fluffy froth atop the ocean, I feel like I may disappear at any moment zura♡''

Uwah~, what should I say--- Somehow it's fluffy and fluttery all over--- If I dance wearing this costume, I feel like I might just melt into the frothy ocean zura~♡ Even someone as dense as me might possibly appear cute wearing such a cute costume, isn't that amazing? I'll work hard so as not to lose out to this costume zura!

[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine May 2016 Chika Hanamaru Yoshiko.jpg|center|350px]]
<big>Purchase Bonus Art</big><ref name="DGM May 2016">Dengeki G's Magazine May 2016 issue</ref> 
''Caption: With the coming of spring, I feel like going somewhere far away. I would be happy if you could go on a trip with me zura♡''

Since childhood, spring had always been the season of excursions--- When the breeze carrying the scent of flowers blow, my body just somehow feels the urge to move. So I would be happy if our first date could be a long trip with packed lunches! And within the packed lunches would be the inari and futomaki sushi my grandma taught me to make♡ If you take a large bite, it'll be so delicious that you're guaranteed to eat too much zura♪
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | OUR PRIVATE LIFE (May 2016)<ref name="DGM May 2016" />
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine May 2016 Hanamaru Dia.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Kunikida Hanamaru''' 
''Caption:Having such a kind elder sister, Ruby must feel so blessed zura---♡''

Eh, ehehehehe---♡ 
Wh-what should I do. 
When Dia-chan praises me like this, I somehow get nervous instead and my heart beats faster, zura---♡ 
Dia-chan, the always cool and collected student council president, is someone all of us underclassmen aspire to be like! 
Just having her check my homework like this is amazing in itself, but for her to pet me--- Hyaa~ Somehow, I feel kind of warm and fuzzy---. 
Ah, but, definitely, today was vocabulary homework and I’m good at that, so I did do well, but--- if she saw my scores in math, she might be disappointed...... 
Ehehe♡ 
I’m glad I had vocabulary homework today! 
In any case--- Ruby-chan is always telling me that Dia-chan scares her, or that Dia-chan is strict, or that Dia-chan does nothing but scold her. 
She seems so kind though--- Could she really be that strict? 
Maru has no sisters, so if I had a kind and pretty elder sister like her, I would definitely be happy, and definitely boast about her---. 
Perhaps, the thing where she scares her while she’s sleeping at night--- Maybe that's just Ruby-chan’s misunderstanding? 
Ruby-chan's a scaredy-cat, and her house is big, so it wouldn’t be odd for sounds to come out of somewhere at night---. 
I know, next time, I’ll go to Ruby-chan’s house and sleep together with her to confirm it! 
That would be great, camping in Ruby-chan’s room♡ 
If Dia-chan was with us, it would definitely be even more fun!
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours Big Reveal: Member Introductions (Q&A) (June 2016)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine June 2016 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine June 2016 Q&A Yoshiko Hanamaru Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: It's a blissful idol live surrounded by wonderful big sisters zura♡''

'''What is the charm of being a school idol?''' 
Maru is just a tiny kid who doesn't fit the idol image at all--- But Aqours has extremely cute and beautiful seniors, as well as the really adorable Ruby-chan and the cool Yohane-chan, being able to be together with such members is like a dream come true to me♡ Everyone is so kind even to such a Maru zura♡♡

'''What are the good points about Uranohoshi Girls' High School?''' 
The bright and quiet library where one can see the sea is my favorite place in Ura Girls'! Reading novels that are based in Izu within the vacant library--- almost makes me feel as though I slipped through time and became the protagonist of the story--- It's a mysterious feeling zura♡ I think it's a wonderful school where one can really get closer to books♪
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | OUR PRIVATE LIFE: We'll Tell You About Our Secrets♡ (July 2016)<ref name="DGM July 2016">Dengeki G's Magazine July 2016 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag July 2016 Yoshiko Hanamaru.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Hanamaru''' 
''Caption: Yohane-chan, if you do your work with that attitude, you definitely won't be able to finish even by night time...''

Uhm, I just kind of like reading books---. 
I don't really think I'm someone who's that great at studying but---. 
Is it really okay asking someone like me?

Today, I'm doing homework together with Yohane-chan, who told me none of that matters and that she wanted my help no matter what. 
But, the subject isn't Japanese, but rather Math and English---. 
Yohane-chan's been called out by the teacher many times, and warned for not doing her homework. It seems like if she doesn't do it this time, she would be banned from club activities. 
Since it has come to that, even if it's me, I have to help her in any way I can, that's what I thought but---.

Ah, uhm, Yohane-chan, that---. 
You made a mistake in the positive and negative signs. 
If you subtract a minus, it becomes a plus but if you add a minus, it's still a minus after all...

Ah, uhm--- so-sorry, maybe it's better if I work harder at helping you after all zura---.
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | OUR PRIVATE LIFE: We'll Tell You About Our Secrets♡ (December 2016)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine December 2016 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Dec 2016 Hanamaru Chika.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Hanamaru''' 
''Caption:Chika-chan looks cool when she sets down to work zura♪'' 

Uwaah---. 
Uwawawawawaaaah---!!

I cried out loudly without thinking---. 
"Shh! I'm at a good part right now, so keep quiet Maru-chan---♪" 
With her hand gripping the brush raised up high, Chika said sharply without turning towards me. 
Ah, s-sorry, I was so surprised I cried out without--- After saying that, I hurriedly covered my mouth. 
Just like that, Chika-chan began moving her hand once more, as I watched her from the side--- 
Her hand moved swiftly. 
And with it, her upper body moved dynamically. 
A faint humming---.

Amazing, she looks so happy and energetic zura♡ 
Looking as though she didn't notice my intense gaze at all, Chika-chan continued moving her arm. 
The characters she wrote were---. 
"A Million Customers", "Please leave your luggage here", "Washroom", "Today's Menu" 
Though it always surprises me, Chika-chan's brushstrokes are just a bit different in image than her usual self♡♡ 
"Uwaah, Chika-chan, you're cool as ever zura! Now if you please--- Help me with my temple's too---" 
"Okay♪ Leave it to me~" 
After saying that, the words she wrote this time were: 
"In front of Lord Buddha", "Main Hall", "Higan Equinox Service", "Please be quiet in the corridors"---. 
Chika-chan and Maru, we're both children of an inn and a temple. 
Today is our accustomed calligraphy meeting. 
As autumn is the season of events, these jobs tend to come up too. 
Today, the two of us will work hard--- at helping out at our homes♡
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Dengeki G's Magazine First Cover Girl Election Special Gallery (February 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine February 2017 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Feb 2017 Hanamaru.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Message from Hanamaru''' 
''Caption: What should I do--- No matter what, I can't pick a cake I like best--- I want you to choose one for me zura♡♡'' 

Uwaah---! 
Amazing, there's so many of them---♡ 
There's a ton of cakes--- a-amazing isn't it♡--- 
Ah, I see--- For a confectionery to have tons of cakes, that's to be expected--- Ah, ahahaha♡

What- what should I do--- 
Somehow I, I'm quite nervous---. 
I ended up saying some weird stuff zura...

Ah, uhm, don't mind me--- please. 
Because it's my first time doing something like this, I'm not used to it---.

Though I've read about first dates in storybooks quite a number of times before, but--- As expected, when I'm the one standing here---.

Ever since the start--- my heart has been thumping.

My heart is racing in my chest---. 
I feel like my face has to be red. 
It's embarrassing zura---.

The truth is I've been preparing myself since yesterday, thinking about things like what we should talk about--- but I'm so excited, it seems all of that has flown out of my head---.

Ah, uhm!

I'll muster my courage to talk!!

I've been too excited since the start--- I'm entirely unable to decide which cake is best so---. 
Won't you choose for me and tell me "This one's good!"

If you choose for me then I'm sure--- I'll be so happy that it would be the tastiest cake to me no matter which one it is♡
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! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | 2017
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | [[HAPPY PARTY TRAIN]]
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Mar 2017 HAPPY PARTY TRAIN Bonus Art 1.jpg|center|350px]]
<big>Travel Comments</big><ref>Dengeki G's Magazine March 2017 issue</ref> 

I generally get lost when I go to unfamiliar places as I’m bad at getting around by myself. But, if someone’s with me, I love viewing sceneries I’ve never seen before♡ If I get drowsy while looking through the window, I’d be happy if you woke me up, zura♡

''Places I would like to travel: USJ, Tohoku and Shikoku (Shikoku Pilgrimage♡).''
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours's Gallery (April 2017) <ref>Dengeki G's Magazine April 2017 issue</ref>
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Apr 2017 Hanamaru.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: Drawn by the lovely spring sunshine--- there're nice days for reading like this every once in a while♪''

Yawn, mumble mumble--- 
Aah--- what should I do. 
When did I---? 
Start getting sleepy, zura---.

Monday, after school. 
I was waiting here for Ruby to finish her cleaning duty but... 
But. 
The library filled with the early spring sunlight streaming in was--- warm. 
Warm as if it was a greenhouse♡

It was different from the cold main hall of my temple home, which was full of holes and openings. 
So, even when I was reading a book, it was snugly warm. 
Aah, it feels so good, no matter what, my eyelids are drooping zura---.

Maybe it was because I was reading a book till late last night? 
It’s been a while since I last took out “Ningen no Unmei” ---.

It’s an old story set in Izu, and it’s a long, long coming-of-age story that spans six volumes. 
When I read it, I think of all the terrible hardships the people of old experienced. “They’re working very hard every day,” I would think. 
When I read, I would always get concerned about the protagonist’s dramatic fate, my heart pounds and my chest hurts--- continuing on makes it quite hard to stop reading. 
Even though I knew it's already past midnight, I just can't stop, books are really troubling zura.

Ruby-chan still isn't here huh? 
If that’s the case, then it's alright if I keep reading just a little bit... 
No. 
I wonder if it’s alright for me to continue dozing off just a little bit? 
Ehehe♡ 
This sleeping beauty of the book kingdom--- hopes you can forgive her for this zura.
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours's Gallery (May 2017)<ref name = "DGM May 2017">Dengeki G's Magazine May 2017 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine May 2017 Kanan Maru Dia.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: Sitting by the spring sea and relaxing, zura''♡

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | OUR PRIVATE LIFE (June 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine June 2017 issue</ref>
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine June 2017 Hanamaru Riko.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Kunikida Hanamaru''' 
''Caption: I am spending time in a quiet library with Riko-chan -- this really does feel like as if she were my "sister"♡''

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours's Gallery (September 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine September 2017 issue</ref>
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Sept 2017 Mari Riko Hanamaru.jpg|center|350px]]
'''MESSAGE FROM HANAMARU''' 
''Caption: ''

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | OUR PRIVATE LIFE (November 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine November 2017 issue</ref>
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Nov 2017 Ruby Hanamaru.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Kunikida Hanamaru''' 
''Caption: ''

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours's Gallery (December 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine December 2017 issue</ref>
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Dec 2017 Yoshiko Hanamaru Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]
'''MESSAGE FROM HANAMARU''' 
''Caption: ''

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours DIARY: Everyone's Diary (March 2018)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine March 2018 issue</ref>
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Mar 2018 Hanamaru.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: ''

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Question & Answer Corner
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|'''Please tell us your favorite genre of light novels.'''<ref name="DGM Sep 2015"/> 
''Asked by アシュンさん @Twitter''

What I like most is Japanese literature. The genre I love best is {{W|Bildungsroman}}--- coming-of-age novels, stories about maturing are just great♡ When I first read novels like Yasushi Inoue's ''Shirobamba'' and Serizawa Kojiro's ''Ningen no Unmei'', I was really really moved--- My heart was so excited that I became unable to sleep at night zura♪

'''Out of all the songs you sing in the choir, is there one you particularly like?'''<ref name="DGM Sep 2015"/> 
''Asked by ハラコーさん @Twitter''

Uwah~ I will be troubled if I don't manage to choose one--- ehehe♪ But the songs I like are numerous, like "Nobara no Niou", "Izayorokobe" and so on... Maybe I like more cheerful songs. Ah, but in the end, my number one has to be the Christmas song "Ame no Mitsukai no", huh? It's a song I remember singing alone so many times since childhood♡

'''What are your favorite snacks? Also, which end of the taiyaki do you start eating from?'''<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine October 2015 issue</ref> 
''Asked by らら @Twitter''

Maru's favorite snack is--- {{W|Botamochi|ohagi}} and mikan♡ There're a lot of mikan farmers around here, so since childhood, my house would be overflowing with mikan every time it got to the mikan season--- No matter how many there were, I always ate them all♪ Ah, and Maru loves red bean paste, so Maru really loves ohagi. And, oh, taiyaki must definitely be eaten from the tail onward. After all, they're so cute zura...

'''Being a temple girl... When it comes to summer, do you enjoy listening to ghost stories?'''<ref name="DGM July 2016"/> 
''Asked by 紫鮫さん @Twitter''

Scary stories are--- Maru has always been bad with them since a long time ago. My grandmother at the temple always said, "Ghosts and {{W|hitodama}} aren't things to be afraid of, everyone is nostalgic for this world, and they are just our ancestors who have come to visit, so they won't do anything bad to you", but--- But as expected, scary things are scary zura... That's why I always keep my eyes tightly shut on dark nights and sleep zura♡

'''What is your favorite snack that has red bean paste?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2016">Dengeki G's Magazine October 2016 issue</ref> 
''Asked by まゆまるさん''

As expected, that would be rice cake dumplings zura--- Ehehe♡ Just thinking about it makes my mouth water♪ Since I live in a temple, whenever it comes to the spring and autumn equinoctial weeks, we make a whole mountain of rice cake dumplings♡ I give them out to the other members too!

'''Hanamaru-chan loves Japanese literature, but does she also read foreign literature?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2016" /> 
''Asked byさめぱるさん''

Books by foreign authors are filled with katakana--- they're a little bit difficult zura♡ Ahahahaha---... But when I was a child, I loved the Harry Potter series and read all of it, and I also loved Tales from Earthsea. Lately I also read a few novels by Kazuo Ishiguro-san!

'''When you buy books, do you decide based on the cover? Or is it the title, or the wraparound band?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2016" /> 
''Asked by野菜さん''

I usually read all the works of my favorite authors, so I tend to buy books just based on the author's name. If it's someone new, I read the short synopsis on the back cover to decide, but in the end perhaps it's the wraparound band after all? If there are lovely words written on the wraparound band, it gets me excited♡♡

'''Do you have any daily routines?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2016" /> 
''Asked byりんくさん''

The temple's daily routines are the morning cleaning sessions and making offerings to Buddha--- aside from that I don't think there is really anything that I decided on by myself. Aah, I'm so slothful huh... Ah! There's something! Choir vocal exercises♡ I do them after having breakfast. They're also useful for Aqours's songs♪

'''What's your favorite season?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2016" /> 
''Asked byケニィさん''

My favorite season--- Nope, that's troubling zura, I haven't really thought about it before zura---. Even though I know it's definitely not summer--- Nope nope nope. Maybe it's winter after all♡ I love the scenery of light snow falling gently during Uchiura's cold winters. I want everyone to see it too!

'''Is there anything you take note of when cleaning the temple?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2016" /> 
''Asked by彩狐さん''

When cleaning the temple, using the dust cloth is part of the basics, but I always make sure to wipe all the corners of the temple properly! When I was a child, I didn't wipe corners at all, and I didn't squeeze the water out of the dust cloth enough which left the Buddha statue dripping wet--- I messed up a bunch of times but now I'm a full-fledged temple maiden zura♡

'''To the book-loving Hanamaru-chan, just how many books do you have in your room?'''<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine January 2017 issue</ref> 
''Asked by 紫鮫さん''

Ah--- what should I do, I never really counted them before--- I don't know zura... Hmm, maybe, I have 2 large bookshelves and 3 smaller paperback-size bookshelves so--- around that much♡ Ever since childhood, I would always go to Numazu's bookshop on my off days and buy entire paper-bags filled with books--- I remember being filled with joy over it!
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==Songs==
The songs featuring Hanamaru are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Oyasuminasan!]]
[[Akogare Ranraran]]
[[Yaa! Kouunryuusui!?]]
[[TSUBOMI SEASON]]
</poem>
|-|
Aqours =
<poem>
[[Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai?]]
[[Step! ZERO to ONE]]
[[Aqours☆HEROES]]
[[Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM]]
[[Mattete Ai no Uta]]
[[Todokanai Hoshi da to Shitemo]]
[[Aozora Jumping Heart]]
[[Humming Friend]]
[[Yume Kataru yori Yume Utaou]]
[[Sunshine Pikkapika Ondo]]
[[Yume de Yozora o Terashitai]]
[[Mijuku DREAMER]]
[[Omoi yo Hitotsu ni Nare]]
[[MIRAI TICKET]]
[[Pops heart de Odorun damon!]]
[[Daydream Warrior]]
[[Thrilling・One Way]]
[[Taiyou o Oikakero!]]
[[Jingle Bells ga Tomaranai]]
[[Seinaru Hi no Inori]]
[[HAPPY PARTY TRAIN]]
[[SKY JOURNEY]]
[[Shoujo Ijou no Koi ga Shitai]]
[[Landing action Yeah!!]]
[[Mirai no Bokura wa Shitteru yo]]
[[Kimi no Hitomi o Meguru Bouken]]
[[Yuuki wa doko ni? Kimi no Mune ni!]]
[["MY LIST" to you!]]
[[MY Mai☆TONIGHT]]
[[MIRACLE WAVE]]
[[Awaken the power]] (Featuring [[Saint Snow]])
[[WATER BLUE NEW WORLD]]
[[WONDERFUL STORIES]]
[[Kiseki Hikaru]]
[[Hop Step Waai!]]
[[Thank you, FRIENDS!!]]
[[No.10]]
[[Bokura no Hashittekita Michi wa…]]
[[Next SPARKLING!!]]
[[Hop? Stop? Nonstop!]]
[[Brightest Melody]]
[[Over The Next Rainbow]] (Featuring Saint Snow)
[[Jump up HIGH!!]]
[[I-n-g, I TRY!!]]
[[Bouken Type A, B, C!!]]
[[Mitaiken HORIZON]]
[[Deep Resonance]]
[[Dance with Minotaurus]]
[[KOKORO Magic "A to Z"]]
[[Wake up, Challenger!!]]
[[CYaZALEA☆Kiss☆DADANDAAAN]]
[[Fantastic Departure!]]
[[Aqours Pirates Desire]]
[[JIMO-AI Dash!]]
[[Sora mo Kokoro mo Hareru kara]] (9 Members Ver)
[[Future flight]]
[[Smile smile ship Start!]]
[[Kokoro no Hane yo Kimi e Tondeke!]]
[[DREAMY COLOR]]
[[KU-RU-KU-RU Cruller!]]
[[SUKI for you, DREAM for you!]]
[[Namida×]]
[[Not ALONE not HITORI]]
[[GEMSTONE "DE‐A‐I"]]
[[Nando Datte Yakusoku!]]
[[Yume + Mirai = Mugendai]]
[[BANZAI! digital trippers]]
[[KA-GA-YA-KI-RA-RI-RA]]
[[SORA, FUJI, SUNSHINE!]]
[[Genjitsu Mysterium]]
[[GAME ON!]]
[[Kimi no Tame Boku no Tame]]
[[SILENT PAIN]]
[[Wonder sea breeze]]
[[La la Yuuki no Uta]]
[[Numazu Yassa Yoisa Uta]]
[[BLOOM OF COLORS]]
[[Deep Blue]]
[[SAKURA-saku KOKORO-saku]]
[[Bokura no Umi de Mata Aou]]
[[Eikyuu hours]]
[[Bokura no Tabi wa Owaranai]]
</poem>
|-|
AZALEA =
<poem>
[[Torikoriko PLEASE!!]]
[[Tokimeki Bunruigaku]]
[[LONELY TUNING]]
[[GALAXY HidE and SeeK]]
[[INNOCENT BIRD]]
[[Sotsugyou desu ne]]
[[Amazing Travel DNA]]
[[Kuuchuu Ren'ai Ron]]
[[Maze Sekai]]
[[We'll get the next dream!!!]]
[[PHOENIX DANCE]]
[[Metamorphism]]
</poem>
|-|
Duo & Trio =
<poem>
[[Waku-Waku-Week!]]
[[Natsu e no Tobira Never end ver.]]
[[Hajimari Road]]
[[Kimochi mo Yume mo Issho da ne!]]
[[R・E・P]]
[[Tick-Tack, Tick-Tack]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]] and [[Liella!]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Chronology==

<tabber>
Season I =
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[I Want to Shine!!]]" |輝きたい!!|"Kagayakitai!!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep1 099.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 1, Uranohoshi Girls' High School student Chika Takami discovered the school idol group [[Muse|μ's]] while trying to catch a runaway flyer. Having had looked for something to devote her all to for a long time, she was inspired and decided to form her own school idol group.

With help from her friend [[You Watanabe]], Chika tried to gather members at the school entrance ceremony, without any response from the student body. You and Chika then encountered first year students Ruby Kurosawa and Hanamaru Kunikida, and Chika tried to interest them in joining the school idol club. Yoshiko Tsushima suddenly interrupted the conversation and Hanamaru recognized her from kindergarten. Yoshiko ran off with the other two first years chasing her and Chika proclaimed she would recruit them later.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Catch the Transfer Student!]]" |転校生をつかまえろ!|"Tenkousei o Tsukamaero!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep2 060.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 2, Chika and You met Hanamaru and Ruby again, luring the shy Ruby out of hiding using a lollipop. Chika learned Yoshiko had not been at school after running out of class on the first day, and that Dia is Ruby’s older sister.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[First Step]]" |ファーストステップ|"Faasuto Suteppu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep3_207.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 3, Chika met Ruby and Hanamaru after their trip to a bookstore. After receiving a flyer from Chika, Ruby asked what their school idol group's name was.

Before their concert, Aqours worried about people not attending due to the rain. They laughed it off and stood behind the stage's curtain, hand in hand. However, when the curtains raised, they only had a small group of audience. Included in the audience were [[Mari Ohara]], Ruby, Hanamaru, and a disguised Yoshiko. Despite this, they continued their concert and performed "[[Daisuki dattara Daijoubu!]]" while Kanan and Dia listened from outside the gym.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Two Girls' Feelings]]" |ふたりのキモチ|"Futari no Kimochi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep4 191.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 4, Hanamaru explained how she came to love reading, using it as a way to deal with her loneliness, and how she met Ruby.

Chika, Riko, and You entered the library to return books they had found while cleaning up, just as Ruby was excitedly telling Hanamaru the news of the school idol club officially being formed. Once again, Chika tried recruiting the duo as school idols.

As soon as they were alone, Hanamaru asked Ruby if she wanted to become a school idol. Ruby declined, saying she cannot like things her sister cannot stand, and that she was okay not being a school idol if Hanamaru was not interested.

While Hanamaru was at the bookshop, thinking it was impossible for her to be like μ's and Rin Hoshizora, Yoshiko passed by in disguise, muttering about why Hanamaru (referred to as ‘Zuramaru’ by Yoshiko) was there.

Met by a very excited Chika, Ruby and Hanamaru started a trial period as members of the school idol club, saying they would join if they liked it. Short of a place to practice, the school idol club ended up taking their dance practice to the rooftop, inspired by μ's.

When Hanamaru struggled running up the stairs during stamina practice, Ruby stopped and suggested they run together. Hanamaru told Ruby she should care more about her own feelings and exhorted Ruby to go on without her. To herself, Hanamaru thought about how her own dream was to let the light of Ruby’s aspirations and dreams out and shine in all the corners of the world.

While Ruby and the school idol club were celebrating having reached the top, Hanamaru met with Dia and told her to pay more attention to what Ruby had to say about her feelings.

After Ruby officially joined the school idol club, she confronted Hanamaru at the library. Ruby explained how she suspected that Hanamaru went along just because she thought being a school idol was something Ruby wanted to do, but that she also thought maybe Hanamaru was interested herself, too. Ruby drew a parallel to Rin also thinking she was not fit to be a school idol, and admitted she had always wanted to become a school idol with Hanamaru. Hanamaru finally agreed to become a school idol after Riko, You and Chika entered the library, Chika saying what matters is the will to do it, rather than your skills.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Yohane Descends]]" |ヨハネ堕天|"Yohane Daten"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep5 180.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 5, The school idol club, now with five members, were looking at their ranking and comments online. Hanamaru was revealed to never have seen a computer before, due to living in a temple without many electronics. The members of Aqours wondered how they could stand out more in order to raise their popularity.

Whimpering in the school idol clubroom, Yoshiko explained she knew she was not a fallen angel and wanted to be a normal high school student. Chika, on the other hand, got the idea of fallen angel idols as a way to make them stand out more. Therefore, she asked Yoshiko if she wanted to become a school idol, addressing her as “Fallen Angel Yohane-chan”.

Much to Dia’s dismay, the school idol club uploaded a fallen angel themed video online using their new costumes. Dia showed the Aqours members that the initial boost in rankings the video had gotten them was already declining and their rank was dropping. This broke the spirits of the school idols, causing Chika to second guess their trying to be like μ's and Yoshiko to once again say she wanted to be a normal high schooler and quit the school idol club.

The day after Hanamaru made the other Aqours members understand why Yoshiko had wanted to be a fallen angel in the first place, they confronted Yoshiko wearing their new costumes and asked if she wanted to join Aqours as the fallen angel Yohane. Chika yelled to the fleeing Yoshiko that she was fine the way she was and that μ's got so popular due to their being themselves and not caring about what others thought. After being assured all the members of the school idol club were okay with her antics, Yoshiko accepted their offer and joined.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Let's Make a PV]]" |PVを作ろう|"PV o Tsukurou"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep6_225.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 6, news of the school possibly being closed and merged with a school in Numazu reached Chika, and she was overjoyed to be put in a similar situation to the one μ's faced, becoming motivated to do more school idol activities in order to save the school. After some careful thinking, Aqours decided to create a promotional video, with the purpose of showing people what made their small town Uchiura a great place. They all went out to film, but most of the things the group could come up with seemed quite unimpressive after reconsideration. The group gathered at a café to think things through, and Chika realized that what they had at their current school was something special she did not want to lose.

Showing the chairwoman their promotional video, Mari told Chika and the rest of Aqours that they did not know what it was that made their town and their school great. After Mari proclaimed she knew better herself, Chika decided not to ask about it, considering it something they had to figure out for themselves for it to be worth something.

On her way to the clubroom Chika spotted Dia on stage in the empty auditorium. While she did decline Chika’s offer of joining the school idol club, Dia stated she was happy that they wanted to save the school. As Dia was leaving the room, Ruby stopped Chika from calling out to her, and a flashback showed the third years seemingly right before a school idol performance. Mari showed up and told Dia you can not run away, only move forward, but Dia denied she had been trying to run away.

In accordance with Uchiura tradition, all the town members gathered early in the morning of the first day of beach season to make and release floating lanterns. Riko, for whom it was the first time experiencing the tradition, talked about how she did not realize there were so many people living in the town and suggested that maybe that was the special thing about Uchiura and Uranohoshi Girls’ High School. Hearing this, Chika gathered everyone’s attention and introduced Aqours, saying they needed the help of everyone in town to save their school. "[[Yume de Yozora o Terashitai]]" was performed as an insert song by the currently six Aqours members, thus concluding the episode.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[TOKYO]]" |TOKYO}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep7_088.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 7, the members of Aqours realized that their PV had boosted their popularity enough to push them into the top one hundred school idol groups. Because of this, they were invited to perform at an event in Tokyo.

Getting to Tokyo, the school idol club (sans transfer student Riko) tried not to let on that they were from the country side, without much success. After getting temporarily separated, Aqours paid a visit to [[Kanda Shrine]], and got excited about running up the same stairs that μ's once used for stamina practice.

Once they reached the top of the stairs, Chika heard [[Sarah Kazuno]] and [[Leah Kazuno]] singing “[[SELF CONTROL!!]]”. Although the two girls were strangers to Chika and the rest of Aqours, Sarah recognized them from their PV and asked if they were in Tokyo for the upcoming event. The [[Saint Snow]] members then left, leaving Aqours impressed with their acrobatics and singing skills.

The next day, Chika went out for a run and visited the place where she first found out about school idols, [[UTX High School]]. There, the rest of Aqours caught up with her and the six of them saw the next [[Love Live! (School Idol Tournament)|Love Live!]] competition being announced on the screen of the UTX building. Aqours decided they wanted to enter the competition.

At the event location, the Aqours members were surprised to find out the girls they had met at Kanda Shrine were school idols, too. Sarah introduced herself, and the episode ended just as Saint Snow were to take the stage.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Isn't it Frustrating?]]" |くやしくないの?|"Kuyashikunai no?"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep8_151.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 8, Saint Snow performed “SELF CONTROL!!” on stage at a school idol event in Tokyo. After all the school idol groups invited had performed, neither Aqours nor Saint Snow were announced as one of the winners. In spite of their loss, Chika talked about how it was Aqours's best performance yet. The other members, on the other hand, worried about how far from being top idols they were.

Having been given the results of the audience poll used to rank the groups at the event, Aqours learned that they not only placed last, but also got zero votes. Approached by Saint Snow, Aqours was complimented on their performance but told they might be better off giving up competing in Love Live! by Sarah, and warned not to take Love Live! lightly by a crying Leah.

On the train ride back to Numazu, five quite depressed Aqours members and one seemingly less depressed Chika discussed Saint Snow’s statements. Once they arrived they were greeted by Uranohoshi Girls’ High School students, relieved and happy to hear it was the group’s best performance so far. When Dia arrived at the scene, Ruby ran into her arms, crying.

Dia talked to Aqours about their placing last, saying she was afraid it would happen, considering how tough the school idol scene had gotten. She explained how she, Mari and Kanan formed a school idol group two years back, but were unable to sing at the very same event, overwhelmed by the other groups’ performances and the atmosphere.

[[Riko Sakurauchi]] followed Chika to the beach, who, after holding all of her feelings in for a long time, finally allowed herself to cry and let out her frustration about all of their hard work not bearing fruit. When Chika said she thought it would make the other members sad if she allowed herself to be sad, Riko pointed to the rest of Aqours and said that no one joined for Chika’s sake, it was a decision they all made on their own. The sun’s rays hit the six girls standing in the water as they decided to try to turn their zero into a one.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Young DREAMER]]" |未熟DREAMER|"Mijuku DREAMER"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep9_018.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 9, the six members of Aqours tried to figure out what to do for the upcoming summer festival. Chika wondered what made Kanan (who had been evasive when Chika asked her about it) quit being a school idol since she did not think it was like Kanan to quit just because of one failure. Ruby revealed she had heard Dia speaking to Mari back then, saying neither Dia nor Kanan were running away.

On one of her early morning walks Kanan was followed by the school idol club, who overheard Kanan and Mari talking about Kanan’s returning to school. However, Kanan said she was not going to become a school idol again and that she did not want to talk to Mari any more.

At school, Kanan and Mari got into a heated argument, which made Chika burst into the room and yell at them to break it up, and to come to the club room of the school idol club after school. There, Kanan continued to claim that the fact she could not sing in Tokyo was the reason she had quit being a school idol. Once she had left the room, the other girls pushed Dia into revealing that Kanan did not sing at the event to prevent Mari from performing with an injury, and that she quit being a school idol because she did not want Mari turning down other opportunities.

Aqours convinced Dia to join them, Chika saying they’d all help out if juggling school idol duties and student council president duties got too much, and Ruby handing her a stage costume. All nine girls performed “[[Mijuku DREAMER]]” as an insert song, and Dia turned out to be the one who wrote “Aqours” in the sand, it being the same name the third years’ previous idol group had.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[We've Got Stewshine]]" |シャイ煮はじめました|"Shai-ni Hajimemashita"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep10_052.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 10, summer vacation began for the now nine members of Aqours. Summer is the season of the Love Live! competition, and Dia had somehow managed to get her hands on the training schedule μ's used when they were active. Since Kanan and Chika had been asked to help run a snack bar on the beach, the members decided to camp at the Takami family inn in order to make time for practice.

Initially intimidated by a competing snack bar on the beach, Dia quickly took charge and assigned tasks once she received encouragement from Mari. Riko, Chika and Kanan begun advertising in order to draw in customers, seemingly somewhat unwillingly. Meanwhile, You, Yoshiko and Mari started cooking the food.

With everyone exhausted after attempting to train the way μ's did, they all sat down to eat Mari’s Stewshine and Yoshiko’s ''Tears of a Fallen Angel'' takoyaki that had not sold during the day.

Aqours's second day of managing the snack bar wasn’t all too successful either, but everyone enjoyed the curry You made using both Mari’s and Yoshiko’s culinary creations. Dia tried to hold a lesson on Love Live! history, but it was cut short due to Chika’s sister Mito thinking they were being too loud.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Aye-aye, My Friend]]" |友情ヨーソロー|"Yuujou Yousoro"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep11_217.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 11, all the members of Aqours saw Riko off as she left for Tokyo to compete in a piano competition that would take place the same day as the regional Love Live! qualifiers. They made the promise to sing together on the same stage next time.

As “special practice”, Dia got the eight of them to help clean up the school’s pool, and once they finished they decided to practice their dance in the empty pool. With Riko missing, Aqours needed to adjust their formation, and opted for You to fill in Riko’s spot.

Chika and You struggled to find harmony in their dance, Chika being accustomed to the way Riko performed the dance moves. They had just made it through the part they had problems with because of You’s mimicking Riko’s movements, when Riko called from Tokyo. After Ruby, Hanamaru and Yoshiko greeted her, the call was cut short due to Chika’s battery running low just as You was about to say something to Riko.

The night of the Love Live! qualifiers and Riko’s piano competition, everyone wore the matching scrunchies Riko had sent as bracelets. Riko played her piece at the competition, and the remaining eight Aqours members performed “[[Omoi yo Hitotsu ni Nare]]” on stage.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[It's Time to Fly]]" |はばたきのとき|"Habataki no Toki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep12_072.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 12, the members of Aqours were happy and relieved to find out they made it through the regional qualifiers of the Love Live! after a nervous wait. While the video of their performance had gotten a lot of views and comments, the number of applicants for the school’s open house was still zero.

Chika couldn’t help but compare Aqours to μ's, and wondered if the school idols she looked up to weren’t regular people after all. Calling the other Aqours members, she suggested they’d all go to Tokyo before Riko went back home, and try to figure out what made μ's great.

In Tokyo, Chika had arranged for Aqours to meet up with Saint Snow, who told Chika and the others they did not know what made μ's and [[A-RISE]] different. To them, what mattered was winning and following in the footsteps of their predecessors. Together, both groups watched the announcement of the Love Live! finals being held at the Akiba Dome on the screen outside the UTX High School building.

At Riko’s suggestion, Aqours visited [[Otonokizaka High School]]. They learned that μ's had not left anything from their school idol days at Otonokizaka, saying their hearts would be connected even without those things. Chika and Riko said the visit had brought them closer to the answer of their question.

On the train back to Numazu, the nine of them took a stop to look at the sea. Chika said that they couldn’t compare themselves to μ's, and all of the members started realizing that they had to run freely, stand on their own feet and not chase after someone else in order to become great. They decided that what they were running towards was turning the zero into a one.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Sunshine!!]]" |サンシャイン!!|"Sanshain!!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep13 225.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 13, Aqours were practicing for the Love Live! regionals during the hot days of summer vacation. Meanwhile, the number of applicants for Uranohoshi Girls’ High School was still zero. At the end of the day, Mutsu, Itsuki and Yoshimi showed up to tell Chika that they, along with other people in the school, were also interested in saving the school and had thought about becoming school idols. Chika invited them to sing with Aqours at the Love Live!.

The nine members of Aqours met up with Mutsu, Itsuki and Yoshimi, who brought with them an abundance of other Uranohoshi Girls’ High School students. However, everyone’s excitement was restrained when Riko announced that the rules said only the people who had applied initially would be allowed on stage. In the end, although only Aqours would be on stage, all the other girls decided to cheer them on from the audience.

Before their performance, the school idol club members reflected on their time together. Ruby and Hanamaru were embraced by Yoshiko, while Mari, Kanan and Dia thanked each other for getting this far, and Chika told You and Riko she wanted to enjoy everything the future had in store together. Proclaiming there weren’t just nine of them, Chika opened the door to the stage.

Prior to performing their song, Aqours introduced themselves by telling the audience their story and their goal. When they counted to nine, part of the audience yelled “ten”, pronouncing their being the tenth member of the group.

Halfway through the performance of “[[MIRAI TICKET]]”, Chika called out for everyone to shine together with them. The Aqours supporters of the audience ran down to stand next to the stage, creating a circle of blue light sticks around it. Meanwhile, the number of applicants for the school flipped from zero to one.
|}
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Season II =
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Next Step]]" |ネクストステップ|"Nekusuto Suteppu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep1 181.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 1, Mari and Dia were motivating the student body, including the rest of Aqours, to work hard at attracting students to the school this term, too. Chika showed up just when the upcoming Love Live! was mentioned, and they all decided Aqours was going to participate.

During their regular afternoon practice session on the roof, the girls started discussing holding a concert at the open house. Realizing they would not be able to stay as long at school with the buses’ fall timetable, they set out to find a place to practice in Numazu.

The next day at school, Aqours revisited the issue of a new practice space. Without anyone noticing the third years suddenly disappeared.

In a locale made available to the group thanks to You’s father, the third years revealed that the open house had been cancelled, and the decision about the school merger made final. Chika reacted strongly, saying she would personally seek Mari’s father out and convince him to change his mind, but let it go when the others explained to her how there was nothing to be done. Disheartened, the girls went home.

When Chika showed up at school early to tell the universe she was not going to give up yet, she was surprised to find the rest of Aqours followed a similar impulse and were there, too. Together, they decided to keep working toward their goal no matter how impossible it may seem. They were going to aim for a miracle.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Sound of Rain]]" |雨の音|"Ame no Oto"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep2 181.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 2, Aqours got the news that the school would stay open for another year if the number of prospective students was raised to at least one hundred. Although this initially sounded like to much for them to handle, Chika motivated them by saying they should not worry about whether it was possible, but rather simply make it happen.

With the Love Live! coming up sooner than expected, the second years found the workload of having to create two songs at once difficult to handle. To make it easier on them, everyone decided to split the workload and had the second years create a song for the open house while the third and first years created one to perform at the Love Live!.

While Chika, Riko and You headed for Chika’s house to work on their song, the rest of the girls initially tried Mari’s home as a work space, but found the extravagance there too distracting. Having moved somewhere more understated, they discovered that the differing tastes of the third contra the first years made it difficult to agree on lyrics and music for the song.

Ruby sent a text to Chika, Riko and You, who so far had not come up with anything either, asking them to come at once. In order to better work together, the first and third years decided to spend some time together try to get to know each other better.

Having tried a couple of activities together, it was clear that the two groups did not find the same things fun. Needing to seek shelter from a sudden rainstorm, the girls headed to a temple nearby as per Hanamaru’s suggestion.

Revisiting the idea of creating a song together, it still seemed hopeless until the ceiling started leaking. Together, they all helped place plates and pots on the floor to catch the water, and found that although the tones and tempo of the different raindrops were out of tune, they all came together to create music.

When all nine girls regrouped, celebrating the two completed songs, Mari received a phone call.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Rainbow]]" |虹|"Niji"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep3 128.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 3, a new problem arose. The school open house was postponed by a week, putting both the Love Live! qualifiers and the open house on the same Sunday.

Aqours tried to find a way to travel between the two venues in time to perform at both events, without luck. With going by boat and by helicopter both out of the question, it seemed the only possible way to make it in time would be to perform as the first group and catch a bus.

As the order of the performances would be decided by lottery, the group decided to let Yoshiko do the honors. Much to everyone’s disappointment, they ended up as the 24th group to perform. The group thought the only option left was to choose just one event, but could not decide on one. The next day Chika and Riko suggested they split the group and perform at both events, to which the group reluctantly agreed.

When Sunday finally came, Chika, Riko, You, Dia and Ruby were overjoyed to be joined by the other four onstage for the performance of [[MY Mai☆TONIGHT]]. Confused when the second years immediately ran off after the song ended, the group found out Chika had arranged for them to use a monorail for mikan transport to travel back to school. With this and help of their school mates, they made it back in time to perform [[Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai?]] at the open house.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Don't Call Me Dia-san]]" |ダイヤさんと呼ばないで|"Dia-san to Yobanaide"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep4 030.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 4, Chika woke up in an unusually happy mood. In reply to the other girls’ queries about why she was not nervous to see whether or not they had passed the Love Live! qualifiers, she stated she was sure they would pass, something that proved true moments later. Chika’s mood fell with the realization that Aqours was out of funds after the recent performances. They turned both to the gods and Mari’s family in a futile effort to get more money, but had to begin thinking about other options.

Forced to come up with an idea to replace one she shot down, Dia led the group into setting up a stand at a flea market. Her expectations of getting close to the others and being addressed informally fell short as she became upset with the rest of the girls not handling the task in the same way she would.

Working together at Izu Mito Sea Paradise, Dia tried her best to make small-talk and play around, becoming increasingly frustrated as the others took this to mean she was angry or upset with something. Finally, Mari and Kanan told the others what was going on, explaining how Dia, despite her cold exterior, gets lonely easily. When a class of kindergartners at the aquarium ran amok, Dia took control of the situation by being authoritative but not as harsh as usual.

At the end of the day, Aqours gathered. Chika told Dia that it was best if she acted like herself, and how they all appreciate her for who she is. Dia accepted this, and was delighted to finally be addressed with the preferred honorific.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Taking in A Dog]]" |犬を拾う。|"Inu o Hirou."}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep5 041.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 5, Aqours had to cut their practice short due to the rain. Yoshiko was offered a ride with the others but said no as she lived nearby.

The group gathered at Chika’s house to decide on a theme for their performance in the Love Live! regionals. While the girls were discussing trying new things for this performance, they noticed Yoshiko had gone home early without warning.

A few days later, the members of Aqours became concerned with Yoshiko and Riko's weird behavior.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Aqours WAVE]]" |Aqours WAVE}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep6 017.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 6, the venue for the Love Live! regional preliminaries was revealed to be the same as during the last Love Live!. During practice, everyone was happy to discover Aquors on a list of groups most likely to make the national competition. Before they had time to finish celebrating, the less good news that success in the regionals would rely heavily on the number of students in the school hit them.

Chika’s brought the question of what made Aqours special up at practice, prompting Mari to introduce a move the third years had failed to pull of when they created Aqours to the rest of the group, much to Kanan’s dismay. Despite Kanan’s warnings that it would be the most difficult for the center, Chika said she would be able to do it.

As Chika was struggling to learn the move, everyone became increasingly more worried that she was pushing herself too far. After almost a week of endless trying and failing, she agreed to Kanan’s demand that she give up if she could not do it come next morning.

Determined to make it work, Chika spent the night on the beach practicing. Despite Riko, You and the first years coming to cheer her on, she failed and felt that she had not accomplished anything. Riko and You reminded her that she had forgotten to thank herself for how far they had come already. As Chika was getting ready to try the move one last time the third years showed up, and the episode concluded with Chika perfectly landing the move during the performance of [[MIRACLE WAVE]] at the Love Live! regional preliminaries.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Time Left]]" |残された時間|"Nokosareta Jikan"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep7 018.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 7, Aqours was announced to be one of the groups in the Love Live! finals. The video of their performance had been doing well, the only problem was that the number of applicants for the school was not rising as hoped.

Calling in another favor from Mari’s father, the girls managed to get an extension until 5 AM the next morning. Chika initially was eager to do anything she could to help make the number rise, but was talked out of it by the rest of the girls.

By 1 AM, there still were only 87 applications. Becoming more and more desperate and restless, they sent out the first years to buy something to eat. Yoshiko, Hanamaru and Ruby talked about how they were thankful for everything Aqours had given them and how they wanted to take care of their upperclassmen.

They were still six applicants short by the final hour. Everyone was on edge waiting for the last two applications to drop in during the last minute. Finally, the application page shut down.

The next day, Mari announced the news to the rest of the school. Aqours initially tried to ignore what had happened and commence practice as usual, but stopped when Chika started crying. They decided to call it a day and take some time to think about whether they still wanted to partake in the Love Live!.

[[Sora mo Kokoro mo Hareru kara]] was performed as an insert song while everyone took to their respective houses to consider what to do next. Meeting up the next morning, the nine girls agreed that they would never manage to shine as school idols when they had not succeeded in saving their school. At this moment, the rest of the student body showed up saying that they would like for their school to be remembered through Aqours, and convinced the girls not to end their journey yet.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[HAKODATE]]" |HAKODATE}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep8 117.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 8, Aqours were invited to Hakodate to attend the Hokkaido Love Live! preliminaries as guests. Before the competition, they visited Saint Snow in their dressing room. Chika accepted Sarah’s challenge to bring their best to the Love Live! finals, but Ruby noticed that something seemed to be the matter with Leah.

During Saint Snow’s performance, they made a mistake in the choreography and fell on stage, which ended up costing them their spot in the finals. When Aqours went back to their dressing room, they had already left.

The Uchiura girls went sightseeing in Hakodate, and ended up at the restaurant where Sarah and Leah worked. At dinner the sisters’ fight about Leah wanting to disband Saint Snow resurfaced. In contrast to the other Aqours members, Ruby seemed to understand Leah’s feelings, saying she probably was afraid being a school idol would not be worth it without her sister.

|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Awaken the power (Episode)|Awaken the power]]" |Awaken the power}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep9 175.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 9, Ruby recruited Yoshiko and Hanamaru to help out with the concert for Dia and Sarah. Leah felt uncomfortable around the other first years to begin with, but soon warmed up to them. The first years told the rest of Aqours they would be staying behind for a while, neglecting to mention the actual reason they were doing so.

Seeing Leah’s room for the first time, the first years found a snow globe with a snow crystal inside it, and Leah told the story of how it became the symbol of Saint Snow. Yoshiko’s surprising social tact and Ruby’s reasoning brought the four to a conclusion regarding the theme of the song they would be creating: unknown powers.

The next day, Ruby and Leah had to talk to the board of the christmas event they wanted to perform their song at. It went better than expected, and afterward Ruby sent an email to Mari asking if she could make sure Dia came to Hakodate to watch the performance.

After Leah, Ruby, Yoshiko and Hanamaru have made a radio announcement about their upcoming performance, Leah was confronted by two of her classmates. They told her how they used to think she did not like them, but how they were proud of Saint Snow despite what happened at the regionals.

Ruby and Leah finally revealed their secret to their sisters, and the rest of Aqours were acting mysteriously about also showing up in Hakodate. At the event, Saint Aqours Snow performed [[Awaken the power]].
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Finding a Way to Shine]]" |シャイニーを探して|"Shainii o Sagashite"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep10 263.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 10, Aqours got a visit from Saint Snow to help them practice. After Aqours switched their kimono for more appropriate practice wear, they were pushed hard by Sarah and Leah.

The guests were surprised to find out the students of Uranohoshi had failed to save their school from the merger, but were quick to show their support. Mari recieved a phone call from her parents offering her the position as director at the new school. Due to already having plans for next year she turned the offer down, making everyone aware of their limited time left together.

The third years gathered the rest of Aqours for a late night drive to find shooting stars. Arriving at a plateau, the rain still had not stopped. Just as the girls wished to be together forever in spite of this, promising to work on making the sky visible, the episode concluded with the clouds clearing up to reveal a night sky full of shooting stars.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Uranohoshi Girls' High School (Episode)|Uranohoshi Girls' High School]]" |浦の星女学院|"Uranohoshi Jogakuin"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep11 234.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| In episode 11, Aqours and the rest of the students of Uranohoshi Girls’ High School were preparing for the School Closing Festival set for the next day. Chika, You and Riko set up an arch at the entrance, Mari set up a stand to serve an improved version of her Stewshine dish, and it turned out Yoshimi, Itsuki and Mutsu were the ones to suggest holding the festival.

Preparations continued, with Hanamaru and Yoshiko working together, Ruby making costumes and Dia putting aside her student council duties to focus on the event. Everything was going smoothly until Shiitake turned up at school, setting everyone back by destroying some of the decorations. To give students more time to finish preparations, Mari arranged for transport home with the help of her family.

The next day at the festival, everyone’s hard work paid off. Chika walked around school seeing Kanan and You’s underwater showcase, Ruby and Dia’s Love Live! Quiz, Yoshiko, Hanamaru and Riko’s fortune telling stand, as well as her older sisters’ serving grilled mikan. At the end of the day, Yoshimi, Itsuki and Mutsu showed an impressive balloon display.

After the festival, the students all gathered around a bonfire. Mari spoke about how much the school had meant to her, and ended up voicing her regret about not being able to save it through tears. The student body cheered her up by showing their support for Aqours through a chant, and finally they all sang together.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Sea of Light]]" |光の海|"Hikari no Umi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep12 325.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| In episode 12, the members of Aqours met up at school, and set off toward the Love Live! Final in Tokyo. Arriving in Tokyo, the girls headed to Kanda Shrine, where they prayed for good fortune in the competition and realized many other school idols had done the same. Before leaving, they met Saint Snow, and Sarah asked Chika if they wanted to win the Love Live!.

Back at the inn, they started a pillow fight to take their thoughts off of the upcoming performance. Chika, You and Riko decided that come tomorrow they would all go their separate ways before meeting up at the venue.

In the morning, Chika asked the other members of Aqours if they wanted to win the Love Live!. After going on their respective excursions, the first years crossed paths and reflected on their past, present and future. Finally, all nine girls ran toward the concert as a group, and did one final Aqours chant together before performing [[WATER BLUE NEW WORLD]] at the Love Live!.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Our Own Radiance]]" |私たちの輝き|"Watashitachi no Kagayaki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep13 342.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| In episode 13, the day had finally come for the combined graduation and school closing ceremony. At school, Yoshiko had hair dressing problems, attended to by Ruby and Hanamaru.

Dia was surprised to find out Mari had arranged for the students to paint farewell messages on the school walls, and the student body arrived at the ceremony splattered with paint. Mari handed out diplomas to the graduating students, and Dia held a speech as student council president. To conclude the ceremony, Aqours announced their Love Live! victory, and [[Aozora Jumping Heart]] was used as an insert song.

Afterwards, Aqours and the other students went around the school to close doors and finish saying their goodbyes, to each other and to the school. You and Riko were in the music room, Yoshiko, Hanamaru and Ruby in their classroom, Kanan and Dia in Mari’s office giving her her diploma, and Chika closed the door to the club room. Finally, Chika was about to break down in tears as she was closing the school gates, but received help from her friends.

Some time later, Chika went to the school auditorium and found Aqours, including the third years who had come back to sing together one last time. For their last performance, Aqours sang [[WONDERFUL STORIES]].
|}
</tabber>

==Trivia==
* Hanamaru fulfills the smile attribute of the Aqours first years.
*The name '''Hanamaru''' means "flower, blossom" (花) ('''hana''') and "round, circle, pills, purity, suffix for ship names, complete" (丸) ('''maru'''), in which her character symbol consists of a spiral and a flower.
* Hanamaru's surname '''Kunikida''' means "country" (国) ('''kuni'''), "tree, wood" (木) ('''ki''') and "field, rice paddy" (田) ('''ta'''/'''da''').
*Unlike the rest of Aqours, Hanamaru wears a yellow cardigan in her winter uniform, similar to [[Nico Yazawa]] wearing her pink cardigan as part of her summer uniform in the original [[Love Live!]].
*Hanamaru is the fictional artist of ''Maru's 4-koma'', a 4-frame comic strip detailing Aqours's activities that started serialization in Dengeki G's Magazine October 2015.
*In real life, Hanamaru's home is based on [https://goo.gl/maps/6ygwXbJRJxo Raikoji Temple].
*Unlike the other girls, Yoshiko calls Hanamaru {{Nihongo|"Zuramaru"|ずら丸}}, as a reference to the latter's verbal tic.
**This is also done by [[Ai Miyashita]] in [[Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS]].
*Hanamaru is the shortest of the Aqours characters at 152 cm (or 5'0"), which is ironic since her seiyuu is the tallest of the Aqours seiyuus.

==Gallery==

:''Please refer to this character's [[Hanamaru Kunikida/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
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Mari Ohara

2025-04-16T21:39:51Z

Misterfunnyman: Ported over fandom wiki text. Holy cow how do we not have all the main character pages created yet?

'''Mari Ohara''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Sunshine!!]]''. She was a re-enrolled third-year student at [[Uranohoshi Girls' High School]] until she graduated in the anime's [[Our Own Radiance|series finale]]. She is a member of [[Guilty Kiss]], a sub-unit under [[Aqours]] and was a member of the original group. Her image color is violet.

==Background==
Mari is a third-year student whose parents (her mother and Italian-American father) manage a hotel chain, Ohara Hotels and Resorts, including [[Hotel Ohara]] on Awashima Island (based on the actual [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Awashima+Hotel/@35.0358862,138.8865076,17.75z Awashima Hotel], currently the Wyndham Grand Awashima) where Mari lives in a suite, which proves her upbringing from a very wealthy family.<ref name="LLSS translated intro">[http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/worldwide/member.php Official Character Introductions]</ref> She's childhood friends with [[Kanan Matsuura]] and [[Dia Kurosawa]], knowing them since elementary school.

Due to her part Italian-American upbringing, Mari speaks with an accent and often inserts English words into her speech every few lines (in the English dub, the English words are replaced with Italian words).<ref>[[Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM|Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM Radio Dramas]]</ref> She also tends to speak in the third-person.

She is first seen in [[I Want to Shine!!|the first episode]] flying in the family's helicopter, before formally appearing in [[First Step|Episode 3]], where she becomes the director of Uranohoshi Girls' High School (despite still being a student) after her family contributed a large amount of money to the school. [[Let's Make a PV|Season 1 Episodes 6]], [[Isn't it Frustrating|8]] and [[Young DREAMER|9]] reveal that she, Kanan and Dia formed a school idol group two years ago while on their first year, Kanan having convinced Mari to join. However, Mari had suffered an injury right before an important performance, so Kanan and Dia decided to step down and not perform. Later on, Mari leaves Uchiura to study abroad after the three disband their school idol group. Once Mari learns the truth in Episode 9, she confronts Kanan over it, but both reconcile with the other and decide to become school idols once again, joining Aqours alongside Dia.

==Personality==
Mari has a cheerful, eccentric and mischievous personality, makes many jokes, and often prefers to work by herself. She always keeps her chin up when faced with hardship so as not to burden others, and is ready to try her hand at anything. However, as a half-foreigner, she does not feel that she is very suited to being a Japanese-style idol.

Despite Mari's cheerful personality, there are times when she can be serious as shown in Season 1 Episode 9.

Mari speaks with an accent, and she has a high, cheerful voice. Mari often inserts English words (Italian in the English dub) into her sentences, but when she is sad or serious, the pitch of her voice becomes lower, she loses her accent, and she uses English words less.

==Clubs and Hobbies==
Mari's hobbies include sports and horseback riding, and her talent is in her flexibility and singing. Her favorite genre of music is industrial metal, as stated in her official introduction and shown in Season 2 Episode 2.

== Appearance ==
Mari has a slim figure with light blond hair that she has tied into a braided headband with a loop on the left side and bright green eyes.{{clr}}

==Other Data==
:''Note: '''Dengeki G's Magazine''' is a monthly magazine that is part of the Love Live! and Love Live! Sunshine!! multimedia projects. As it is usually the first source of news for all major projects under these titles, its monthly sections will detail how the project has progressed over time. The issues are usually published a month ahead of time. For example, the July 2010 issue would've been released on 30th May 2010.''

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|[[File:Sunshine!! character intro - Ohara Mari.png|center|350px]]

Eeeh!? Me becoming an idol? You mean like being in formation with everyone wearing frilly uniforms, dancing dances that look like they were from games back in kindergarten, becoming someone like those funny girls!?!? ... Ah, sorry. I didn't mean to say anything bad. Japanese idols are re~ally cute, I know, I know but, but it's a bit too strict for me, SO HARD--- Yeah, I'm not really suited for it. Ahahahaha --♪ You see, my favorite genre of music is industrial metal. That's why I'm sorry. If you're all gonna do it, I'll cheer everyone on from faraway♡ I have horseback riding lessons later so I gotta head home, okay? Ciao~♪♪
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'''Official Translation'''<ref name="LLSS translated intro" />
[[File:Sunshine!! translated character intro - Ohara Mari.png|center|350px]]
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine Sep 2015 Ohara Mari Scan.jpg|center|350px]]

Aa--- Great wind today too! 
On sunny days with great wind like this, living on even this tiny island--- might not be too bad, I think. 
Since my family runs a hotel chain, I can stay anywhere I want all across the world--- What did I do to deserve staying on this tiny tiny island in the middle of Izu peninsula in Shizuoka, sometimes I question that. 
But, oh well. 
At any rate, once I graduate from high school, I'll leave Japan and go to college overseas. Until then, I think experiencing life in such a Japanese countryside isn't bad too. 
It's a bit boring but--- The air is great, the scenery is beautiful, and there aren't that many people, and the seafood is the best♪ 
What I want is an intense and vibrant daily life similar to the hard rock I love--- I'll be entirely OK even after leaving here. Right? 
But for now, I'll take it easy. 
And enjoy the natural life. 
That's why--- 
School idol, you said? 
To become something like that--- even though I made it clear from the start I would have no part of it. 
She absoluuutely won't give up, that--- junior of mine, [[Chika Takami|Takami Chika-chan]], was it? 
Ahahahaha---♡ I can't take it anymore! 
No matter how many times I refused her, she just insisted that she wanted me to join their "Aqours" group. 
With zero signs of ever giving up. 
But unexpectedly, I don't hate such a straightforward approach. 
If she's going to approach me that seriously--- I'll treat her just the same. 
But if it's like that, it's now--- Sumo wrestling, Su-Mo-U! 
A traditional method of deciding matches in Japan, right? 
Challenging me--- If I lose then I'll take part in your group. Ciao~♡ Something like that--- If I try messing around like that, would she get mad? 
But, under the clear skies and refreshing wind, splashing about in the surging waves--- An idol, really? 
I think it's almost like a reckless battle, but--- 
I don't hate that. 
The stronger the enemy, the more fired up it gets, right?

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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''Time'''
| style="text-align:center;" |'''Activity'''
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''8:00am:'''
|Wake up
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''9:00am:'''
|Yoga
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''10:00am:'''
|Shower
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''11:00am:'''
|Brunch
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''12:00pm:'''
|Afternoon nap
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''2:00pm:'''
|Shower
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''3:00pm:'''
|Horse-riding
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''5:00pm:'''
|Shower
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''6:00pm:'''
|Dinner
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''7:00pm:'''
|Surf the net
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''8:00pm:'''
|Homework
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''10:00pm:'''
|Take a bath
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| style="text-align:center;" width="12%" |'''11:00pm:'''
|Fall asleep
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine Oct 2015 Yoshiko Mari.jpg|center|350px]]

Hi! It's Mari♪ Today--- I'm just enjoying the sunshine for a bit at my own poolside♡ 
This year's summer, has everyone been to the sea or pool already? Lately, all the girls have been doing whitening measures perfectly, it seems that the trend is to avoid tanning but--- It's Mari's rule that the summer sun has to be enjoyed to the fullest! Even if there's a faint tan line from the swimsuit--- Don't you think that's another hallmark of summer? 
Fufu♡ These wonderful hips that will draw your eyes unwittingly are still in the process of production, so look forward to it! Ah, also, we wanted to make an idol song that brings about the sparkling image of this summer sun--- Today, I'm in the midst of creating musical ideas for Aqours by the poolside. Right now, I'm having some great feelings about that, so do look forward to that too! Ciao~♪
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Aqours Afterschool Talk Mari.png|center|350px]]

''Caption: Mari will make everyone happy with her smile♪ Do you know? Smiles hold the power of magic!''

Hi~♪ Everyone, I'm so happy to meet you♡ 
I'm Mari from Aqours! 
From here on out, using our greatest smiles and lovely singing voices, we'll make everyone happy♡ 
In just a little bit more, our song will reach out to everyone so--- wait for us until then, okay? 
Though we're usually typical high school girls in our uniforms, with these cute costumes and our dance, we're school idols that will send a smile to everyone's faces. 
Thus, that was how I started my activities with everyone else--- There was only one thing I had in mind. And that is the fact that smiles really have the power to make people happy. 
If you think that's a lie, hey, why don't you try forcing a smile right now? 
If you do that, then that mouth of yours--- 
Mari will give you a smooch♡♡ 
See, you immediately became happy, right? It's a miracle♪
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine Dec 2015 Dia Mari Kanan.jpg|center|350px]]
'''MESSAGE from Mari''' 
''Caption: We did it! With this, Uranohoshi Girls' High School belongs to us♡ Everyone, come and play~♪''

Just kidding--- Fufufu♡ 
Today's the video-shoot for our promotional video-- We sneaked into the principal's office♪ 
With this, we've captured the nerve center of Uranohoshi! 
Aqours has finished conquering the school. 
If the school has such cute rulers, everyone would want to enter this school, no mistake about that--- Fufufu☆ 
Just joking around, while sitting on the sofa. 
Hmm as expected, this sofa is great. The school's seats are all hard and screechy, I have always really disliked them. 
Alright, from here onwards, I'll skip classes, and come here whenever I want to take afternoon naps! 
If I declare that loudly--- Dia played the straight man and hit me for it. No way, what did I say? This is supposed to be the principal's office? "Isn't it obvious that the principal would be here during class time," she said. 
That - is - why! 
For the time being, that's not the scenario today~!! 
After all, the Mari today is the ruler of this school! 
Okay for now, I'll act as the principal, Kanan is the vice-principal, and then--- Dia is the curriculum coordinator♡ 
Ah, if that's not okay, that's fine~, hmm let's see, then I'll promote Dia to vice-principal, Kanan can be the principal--- I'll be the board chairman♪ Fufu, the globe-trotting jet-setter, enigmatic super board chairman!! Someone who casually appears every now and then, and kidnaps cute girls to turn them into idols♡ 
So cool~♪ Seems like something out of a drama! 
Alright, then it's about time everyone decided on their pose, and we can shoot the introduction scene. Is everyone ready? One, two, three♪ 
"Hi, everyone, it's Aqours from Uranohoshi Girls' High School! If you come to Uranohoshi, seniors as cute as this will be waiting for you♡ Please definitely come play sometime!!
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<big>Appealing For Votes</big><ref name="DGM Nov 2015" /> 
''Caption: Let's all shine together with Aqours's song!♪''

"If you become a school idol, you definitely must aim for the center!" That's what everyone says, but--- Is being the center really that amazing?? If that's the case, then it's time for Mari to make her debut♡ After all, I've come all this way and it's the first time I've seen this in my life, dancing with such amazingly frilly costumes--- If it's come to this, then I definitely have to seize the center position and be number one♡ After all, look at this short skirt! No matter how you look at it, just the process of turning would make some things get revealed~♪ Hey, fufu--- My way of doing things is by never letting go of my intended prey. I have you locked on! I won't let you escape♡

<big>Results Comments: 8th Place</big><ref>Dengeki G's Magazine December 2015 issue</ref> 
''Caption: Sparkling☆Idol, practicing her smiles!''

Hi everyone, did you enjoy voting? Thank you for all the support♡ After reflecting about it, I made everyone mad by voting for Kanan-chan who always took care of me~♡ What a mistake, next time I'll follow the rules properly♪
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[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine Apr 2016 KoiAqua Dia Mari Kanan.jpg|center|350px]]
<big>Costume Reveal</big><ref>Dengeki G's Magazine April 2016 issue</ref> 
''Caption: If you get struck by my cute school idol's lovely beam you'll fall immediately♪''

Look look~! That's school idol for you!! This time, the costume is super super cute~♪ The white knee-high socks are so cute, right? With an aquarium theme, 9 beautiful mermaids have made their appearance♡ Jeez, if everyone is this cute, it's impossible to just choose one person, I understand that feeling--- That's why I'll do the choosing instead, and I choose you♡ I'll shoot you straight through the heart♪

[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine May 2016 Kanan Mari Dia.jpg|center|350px]]
<big>Purchase Bonus Art</big><ref>Dengeki G's Magazine May 2016 issue</ref> 
''Caption: A serene springtime love together with Mari--- Wouldn't you like to try that?♪''

Once it's spring, the coats come off and things get exciting, it's a season where everyone starts new things--- Hey, did you know? Spring is actually the breeding season for many animals. Fufufu♡ 
Hearing that must make you feel excited and restless right~♪ Hooray, did you get hit by Mari's magic? No matter when, you'll always be in Mari's grasp♡♡
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Magazine June 2016 Q&A Kanan Dia Mari.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: Notice our voices, from this town where one can see the sea---''

'''What is the charm of being a school idol?''' 
I'm grateful for everyone's energy in trying to liven the school up, even though it's already been decided to be abolished soon--- Although it's coming from me who's also a part of Aqours. Now every day is just a simplistic happiness, almost enough to forget that slightly serious objective♪ Whether it's for lives or events, I like going on expeditions by train to all sorts of places with the other members♡

'''What are the good points about Uranohoshi Girls' High School?''' 
Perhaps the part where everyone gets along well? Also the hillside road that stretches on and on to the school, surrounded by orange trees♡ And--- the kind teachers who would help deliver food even if I forget my lunch box, being in the sunlight during afternoon classes is the greatest, the classroom I always take afternoon naps in is wonderful too--- That's right, everything! Ura Girls' is full of great things♪ Everyone, come play with us!
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag July 2016 Mari.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: Aah~, I let out a good sweat today too♪ As expected, morning baths are the best, huh?''

Mari's mornings always start with horse-riding and jogging♡ 
Uchiura in this season has a refreshing morning breeze--- Every day is a perfect weather for riding.

Horse-riding is unexpectedly taxing on the muscles, you know? 
On the back of a swaying horse, holding on and maintaining the posture so as to not be thrown off is mainly dependent on leg strength and torso muscles. I have confidence in my abs and thighs♡ 
Yes, that's why---. 
If you ever--- If somewhere in Japan you are ever in trouble being chased by ruffians. 
Like a prince on a white horse, I'll appear wearing a cowboy hat, and definitely rescue you by bringing you away on my horse♪ 
Hehe---♡ 
My honed reflexes are also well suited for Aqours's dances, it would be great if I could show off my strong points but---. 
How about it, maybe that's something for you to look forward to more from here onwards? 
--- Ufufu♪

Since it can't be helped, for starters right now---. 
I'll show you one of my good points in this bathroom♪ 
Everyone loves it, right? 
Things like these♡ 
Mari will always be waiting for your support with this open heart that hides nothing. 
Even if we're separated, our hearts will always be together♡ 
Then, I'll see you later~, Ciao~♡♡♡
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Aug 2016 Guilty Kiss.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: Ah, we've discovered a leak there too!!'' 
''Rainy days like these are for Aqours to do battle with the leaky roofs♪''

Ahhh, [[Riko Sakurauchi|Riko-chan]], stop!! 
I've discovered a leak over there too! 
Ehh, we have to get them all, catch them while they're in the air♪ 
Just kidding♡ 
Ufufu!

It's amazing~! 
We've discovered another leak yet again♡ 
I've heard that Ura Girls' is a school with a long history, but I was surprised to see it leak like this whenever it rains! 
Really, it's a school full of surprises~♪ 
And not just that, but the repairs can't really keep up, so during rainy days, everyone just places buckets everywhere like this to catch the leaks! 
Amazing! 
It's way too interesting!! 
Ah--- But if it leaks, maybe ghosts might appear too? 
Wow, So cool!! 
A building where ghosts appear, that would be extremely popular overseas~♡ 
Appearing quietly within an underground basement filled with moisture and dripping water droplets, an intangible white ghost! 
Kyaa!♪ 
I want to meet it too. The ghost living within Ura Girls'♪ 
Of course, it's bound to be a cute and lovely female high school girl☆ 
If I take a video and upload it, it'll likely become an amazingly hot topic~♪ 
Oh yes, if it's come to this, why don't we search all over the school building thoroughly, and map out all the school's leaks? 
If we don't place buckets and bowls properly, it would be bad if an underclassman slips on the wet floors and gets hurt--- right♡♡
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Sept 2016 Yoshiko Mari.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Mari''' 
''Caption: Aqours's little demon-chan is seriously troubled♪''

Come on~, jeez, don't make that face♪ 
Even if you want to be a serious demon, how about some juice? 
Take it easy♡ 
I went through the trouble of buying it for you after all!

Jeez, [[Yoshiko Tsushima|Yohane-chan]] is a serious person after all~. 
Missing a bus just once, it's not such a big deal, right? 
If we just wait here like this, the bus is sure to come back eventually after all♡ 
Waiting like this until that happens--- it's not bad, right? 
Let's take a break for a bit, take a break♪ 
Aah♡ 
Maybe it's a reward for us two, for going out shopping on behalf of the other members? 
That's right~, that's definitely it! 
On such a hot day, carrying such heavy things, it's definitely a reward for the two of us working so hard♡ 
From who? Of course, that would be from God♪ 
--- Ah. 
...... 
Speaking of which, Yohane-chan would be the little demon who's the furthest existence from God. 
Sorry, sorry, so sorry~!! 
Then, it's definitely a present from Lucifer in hell?? 
Let's just go with that♪

--- Hey, Yohane-chan. 
Though I also think being serious is one of the Japanese people's virtues and wonderful traits--- Just putting it out there, we're a demon, an angel and a foreigner, right? 
For something small like this, it's suitable for the situation♡ 
Let's just enjoy the present~♪ 
Let's Enjoy, positive thinking~♡♡♡
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Dec 2016 Mari.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: I'm always connected to my partner, heart to heart♡''

I've loved horse-riding since childhood♡ 
Ah, even though I said horse-riding--- What I do isn't the troublesome-looking, formal British style--- but rather the cowboy-style, with simply riding along quickly as its basis♪ 
Though horses can't speak--- It's really clever, and I've really loved it ever since it was small♡♡ 
With just the slightest movements of my body--- it's able to sense my feelings. 
And just by meeting our eyes--- we can understand each other's feelings. 
It's always been my greatest friend. 
I can't lie to it either♡ 
Once I climb onto its back and ride along the country roads, I'll soon forget any unpleasant things no matter how bad they were! 
But in Japan, it's truly a pity that there aren't many places where you can ride a horse. 
I'm certain Starbright here would definitely have wanted to move about a wide open field too---. 
Right now, all I can do is ride it on the road around the island twice a day, in the morning and evening. 
Sorry, Starbright. 
But--- you understand, right? 
--- Hehe♡

I'm not very good at explaining things in words. 
My true feelings---. 
It seems that I'm the type who always conveys them directly through physical contact like this, from the bottom of my heart. 
And whenever I'm troubled--- I hug and cuddle it like this. 
Once we huddle together like this--- Just that is definitely enough to make anything alright♡ 
This simple person that I am--- Someday I want to do this with you too. 
With a hug--- Won't you hold me? 
Okay? It's definitely a promise♡♡♡
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Mar 2017 Mari.jpg|center|350px]]
'''MESSAGE from Mari''' 
''Caption: In a peaceful and clear winter sky― A Valentine’s kiss from Mari♪ ''

Hey, everybody― how are you doing? 
(Giggle)― Me, I’m feeling a little bored♡ 
In Izu the atmosphere stays calm even in winter― there are a lot of fair-weather days. 
Even here in Uchiura― the sky is still pure blue. 
A sky without a single cloud as far as the eye can see. 
It is cold, but― the clear atmosphere without a thorn is gentle. 
On days like this with nothing to do, I feel like strolling down by the seaside, and singing a song♪ 

Although, I have to go to school everyday, for a poor little school student like me…. 

I’ve been captured yet again by sunny classes. 
Boring lessons that continue every day. 
Classes that I have to sit in 6 times for 50 minutes each. 
Oh, poor me―. 
My cute butt is shrieking about it. 
Oh― as I gaze out the window in boredom― won’t my prince come and save me? 
(Chuckle)♡ 

Yes, good idea♪ 
Truly― hey, won’t somebody come help me before I die of boredom? 
Like Rapunzel leaning over her windowsill from the tall castle she’s trapped in―or Juliet standing on her balcony, cursing the names that forbid her marriage. 

If it were me― I’d prefer to be Juliet♡ 
(Giggle)♡ 
Oh, my dear Romeo― quickly, quickly come to me♪ 
My passionate blown kiss is waiting for you, my hero―. 
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Mar 2017 HAPPY PARTY TRAIN Bonus Art 2.jpg|center|350px]]
<big>Travel Comments</big><ref>Dengeki G's Magazine March 2017 issue</ref> 

I’ve lived in a foreign country for a long time, and I love port towns. It’s an exciting place where various cultures mix and many tastes clash to create new sensations♡ I’ve also been excited a great deal here in Uchiura♪ That’s why this time, it’s my turn to give you that excitement♡♡

''Places I would like to travel to: Yokohama, Kobe and Singapore.''
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|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Apr 2017 Mari Kanan Dia.jpg|center|350px]]
'''MESSAGE from Mari''' 
''Caption: Aqours's journey is--- A tour filled with smiles and kindness♡''

When I heard that the new and upcoming Aqours song would have a railway motif, I was pretty surprised~!

I mean, there aren’t any railways in Uchiura, right?

Everyone goes to school by walking or by bike. 
Other than that, people like Yohane who live just a bit far away commute only by bus. 
In the first place, the closest railway station is more than a 30 minute car ride away. 
Or so I thought. 
I can see it now. 
Even if it’s a railway, it’s also a train for travelers -- it’s alright if I put it that way♡ 
No matter how you put it, Uchiura is filled with beautiful seas and mountains. 
With hot springs, delicious fish, aquariums and tourist spots, it's a great place for a holiday♡

Thus, we came to do a test shot for a PV with everyone. As expected, we have to start with the appeal of the seaside view! And so, here we are.

When I look at the sea -- somehow... 
Memories surface. 
I remember the time when I had just came here. 
Uchiura was even more out in the sticks than I had imagined--- but the sea was beautiful. 
For someone like me who doesn't like flocking around with other people very much--- I often looked at the sea. 
Rather than people, I preferred the sea. 
Every time I’m on the tip of the cape, when I listen to music while looking at the empty sea, I would feel as if I’m the only person in the world. 
In this world, I’m this tiny--- 
However, it’s a world I’ve monopolized for my own. 
I loved this empty world that stretched on endlessly.

But---. 
If it's now. 
When I’m with everyone, the world looks completely different. Strange, isn't it? 
Being together with someone else -- isn't bad too. 
Or perhaps I should say, it’s more fun than I thought♪ 
So, everyone, please don’t be afraid of change. 
Don’t worry! 
Don’t be afraid!! 
If you'd open the door, Aqours's smiles will always be there. 
I’m always by your side. Don’t forget that, OK? 
Let's continue Aqours's journey together no matter where it takes us♪
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | OUR PRIVATE LIFE: We'll Tell You About Our Secrets♡ (July 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine July 2017 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag July 2017 Mari Ruby.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Mari''' 
''Caption: ''

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours's Gallery (August 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine August 2017 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Aug 2017 Mari.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption:''

|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | OUR PRIVATE LIFE: We'll Tell You About Our Secrets♡ (December 2017)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine December 2017 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Dec 2017 Dia Mari.jpg|center|350px]]
'''Mari''' 
''Caption: ''

|}
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Aqours DIARY: Everyone's Diary (April 2018)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine April 2018 issue</ref>
|-|
|[[File:Dengeki G's Mag Apr 2018 Mari.jpg|center|350px]]
''Caption: ''

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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="600px" | Question & Answer Corner
|-|
|'''What kind of music is industrial metal?'''<ref name="DGM Sep 2015" /> 
''Asked by ハイレモンさん　@Twitter''

Ah--- You heard about that? You heard about it--- Yep, you definitely heard about it. Kusu kusu♪ Hmm, I think you'll definitely understand it right away if you listened to it on the internet but--- It's a bit like the intense feeling of deep bass in heavy rock? It's fun when there's fire and explosions♡ It's exhilarating~! Please try to give it a listen♪

'''You take horse-riding lessons, but is there a particular horse you have a really great relationship with?'''<ref name="DGM Sep 2015" /> 
''Asked by 紫鮫さん @Twitter''

There is~! Of course♪ The horse I get along best with since I was a child is Starbright! A thoroughbred horse with a large build, it has a pattern on its forehead that resembles a cool white star. It's tall so riding it is a bit hard, and its temper is also a bit rough, but it's clever and kind only to me, a real tsundere horse♡ And oh, it's female, by the way. It's my best friend!

'''What do you wear when you go to sleep!?'''<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine June 2016 issue</ref> 
''Asked by ポイントBさん @Twitter''

The answers everyone is looking forward to are of course, "Only underwear♡" or "Negligee", or maybe "Just perfume♡"--- That's right, isn't it? 
No no, that's no good~, having such perverted expectations♪ 
But I'm sure if I don't tell you all, you would have a looot more anticipation, and might not be able to sleep well so--- I'll tell you specially just this once♡ 
I'm the sort who always sleeps in a camisole♪ 
T-shirts always feel constrictive around my chest and make it painful so I don't really wear them much, I think?

'''Do you have any favorite Japanese idioms?'''<ref name="DGM Nov 2016">Dengeki G's Magazine November 2016 issue</ref> 
''Asked by 堕天涙子さん''

Tons of them~!! "''Shichijitsugōken''" (A strong, silent personality), "''Kūzenzetsugo''" (The first and probably the last), "''Itchōisseki''" (In a short period of time), "''Kadai sanseki''" (Challenges abound)!! I especially love phrases that rhyme, with words flow together smoothly~♡ It almost feels like they're music, right? Though English poetry also has rhymes, Japan's phrases has tighter connections and feel sharper in a good way♪ They're so cute they make me excited♡♡

'''How good are you at horse-riding?'''<ref name="DGM Nov 2016" /> 
''Asked by 彩狐さん''

I only do horse-riding as a hobby right now--- so of course I'm nowhere near the level of an actual athlete. Plus it's not the British-style show jumping you might expect in Japan, but a Western style♡ But riding along as though I was one with my horse is always extremely fun! You can leave it to me if you want to ride together♪

'''Are there any times when you are troubled because your home is a hotel?'''<ref name="DGM Nov 2016" /> 
''Asked by オルテガー派さん''

Troubling times--- Not really, I think♡ Ah--- If there was any, it would probably be that it's a little hard for me to receive any secret packages? The mail is always delivered to the reception, and the concierge always delivers it to the rooms, so I think the sender would definitely be checked. All the people who want to send me secret fan letters from here on, please take note♪

'''You like punk and metal, but after becoming a school idol, have there been any new genres of music that you've started to like?'''<ref name="DGM Nov 2016" /> 
''Asked by ゆいるびさん''

Japan's idol songs are unique--- I didn't quite understand them at first, but rather than just being cute, lately I've come to understand that there's also a surprisingly funky side to them--- I think sticking to their cute image is also pretty cool too♡ But it would be great if someday Aqours could form a punk unit, and sing a baa~ad song. Everyone headbanging together♪

'''What's the best present you ever received that made you happiest?'''<ref name="DGM Nov 2016" /> 
''Asked by るなまじっくさん''

That question is so hard--- I mean, any present filled with emotion would make Mari the happiest in the world, so--- Ah, but then, that's right. During my birthday before summer vacation, all the other members sang the birthday song for me♡ That's the best present that made me happiest lately. I won't ever forget the sight of the messy cake which Ruby accidentally flipped over♪

'''It seems you have your own personal chef, but can you cook?'''<ref name="DGM Nov 2016" /> 
''Asked by べーやんさん''

My speciality dish is hot sandwiches wrapped in aluminium foil cooked in an outdoors bonfire♡ Before going on any long rides with my horse, I make them using bread and corned beef. Paired with hot coffee brewed in a pot, it's the best! And so the cuisine I cook is solely outdoors♪ Maybe next time I'll try making baked apple in a Dutch oven next time♡

'''Does Starbright have any other horses as friends?'''<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine January 2017 issue</ref> 
''Asked by 鈴生昴さん''

Right now, it's alone in its stable--- so while it's sad, it doesn't have any other horses as friends, but it seems like it's friends with the cats and penguins raised on the island. Hehe--- Isn't it amazing, for it to have penguins as friends--- Living in a hotel is also interesting in that aspect. So Cute♪ I'm certain it'll make friends with the sea lions and dolphins while living here too♡♡
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==Songs==
The songs featuring Mari are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[New winding road]]
[[Shiny Racers]]
[[Love is all, I sing love is all!]]
[[Mata Kimi ni Aunda]]
</poem>
|-|
Aqours =
<poem>
[[Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai?]]
[[Step! ZERO to ONE]]
[[Aqours☆HEROES]]
[[Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM]]
[[Mattete Ai no Uta]]
[[Todokanai Hoshi da to Shitemo]]
[[Aozora Jumping Heart]]
[[Humming Friend]]
[[Yume Kataru yori Yume Utaou]]
[[Sunshine Pikkapika Ondo]]
[[Mijuku DREAMER]]
[[Omoi yo Hitotsu ni Nare]]
[[MIRAI TICKET]]
[[Pops heart de Odorun damon!]]
[[Daydream Warrior]]
[[Thrilling・One Way]]
[[Taiyou o Oikakero!]]
[[Jingle Bells ga Tomaranai]]
[[Seinaru Hi no Inori]]
[[HAPPY PARTY TRAIN]]
[[SKY JOURNEY]]
[[Shoujo Ijou no Koi ga Shitai]]
[[Landing action Yeah!!]]
[[Mirai no Bokura wa Shitteru yo]]
[[Kimi no Hitomi o Meguru Bouken]]
[[Yuuki wa doko ni? Kimi no Mune ni!]]
[["MY LIST" to you!]]
[[MY Mai☆TONIGHT]]
[[MIRACLE WAVE]]
[[Awaken the power]] (Featuring [[Saint Snow]])
[[WATER BLUE NEW WORLD]]
[[WONDERFUL STORIES]]
[[Kiseki Hikaru]]
[[Hop Step Waai!]]
[[Thank you, FRIENDS!!]]
[[No.10]]
[[Bokura no Hashittekita Michi wa…]]
[[Next SPARKLING!!]]
[[Hop? Stop? Nonstop!]]
[[Brightest Melody]]
[[Over The Next Rainbow]] (Featuring Saint Snow)
[[Jump up HIGH!!]]
[[I-n-g, I TRY!!]]
[[Bouken Type A, B, C!!]]
[[Mitaiken HORIZON]]
[[Deep Resonance]]
[[Dance with Minotaurus]]
[[KOKORO Magic "A to Z"]]
[[Wake up, Challenger!!]]
[[CYaZALEA☆Kiss☆DADANDAAAN]]
[[Fantastic Departure!]]
[[Aqours Pirates Desire]]
[[JIMO-AI Dash!]]
[[Sora mo Kokoro mo Hareru kara]] (9 Members Ver)
[[Future flight]]
[[Smile smile ship Start!]]
[[Kokoro no Hane yo Kimi e Tondeke!]]
[[DREAMY COLOR]]
[[KU-RU-KU-RU Cruller!]]
[[SUKI for you, DREAM for you!]]
[[Namida×]]
[[Not ALONE not HITORI]]
[[GEMSTONE "DE‐A‐I"]]
[[Nando Datte Yakusoku!]]
[[Yume + Mirai = Mugendai]]
[[BANZAI! digital trippers]]
[[KA-GA-YA-KI-RA-RI-RA]]
[[SORA, FUJI, SUNSHINE!]]
[[Genjitsu Mysterium]]
[[GAME ON!]]
[[Kimi no Tame Boku no Tame]]
[[SILENT PAIN]]
[[Wonder sea breeze]]
[[La la Yuuki no Uta]]
[[Numazu Yassa Yoisa Uta]]
[[BLOOM OF COLORS]]
[[Deep Blue]]
[[SAKURA-saku KOKORO-saku]]
[[Bokura no Umi de Mata Aou]]
[[Eikyuu hours]]
[[Bokura no Tabi wa Owaranai]]
</poem>
|-|
Guilty Kiss =
<poem>
[[Strawberry Trapper]]
[[Guilty Night, Guilty Kiss!]]
[[Guilty Eyes Fever]]
[[Kowareyasuki]]
[[Shadow gate to love]]
[[Guilty!? Farewell party]]
[[New Romantic Sailors]]
[[Love Pulsar]]
[[Phantom Rocket Adventure]]
[[Shooting Star Warrior]]
[[Deep Sea Cocoon]]
[[Nameless Love Song]]
</poem>
|-|
Duo & Trio =
<poem>
[[G Senjou no Cinderella]]
[[Natsu e no Tobira Never end ver.]]
[[Yosoku Fukanou Driving!]]
[[Tousou Meisou Mobius Loop]]
[[Namida ga Yuki ni Naru Mae ni]]
[[Hey, dear my friends]]
[[Best wishes]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]] and [[Liella!]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>
{{clr}}

==Chronology==
<tabber>
Season I =
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[I Want to Shine!!]]" |輝きたい!!|"Kagayakitai!!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep1 159.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 1, Uranohoshi Girls' High School student [[Chika Takami]] discovered the school idol group [[Muse|μ's]] while trying to catch a runaway flyer. Having had looked for something to devote her all to for a long time, she was inspired and decided to form her own school idol group.

After third year student and student council president Dia Kurosawa denied Chika permission to form a school idol club, Chika and [[You Watanabe]] took the ferry to meet up with Kanan Matsuura, who told them she would not be re-entering school for a while longer. The three of them look up and notice a pink helicopter flying past, in which Ohara Mari was sitting.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[First Step]]" |ファーストステップ|"Faasuto Suteppu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep3_273.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 3, Chika, You, and [[Riko Sakurauchi]] were training on the beach when they saw the Ohara family's helicopter flying by, which eventually landed near them.

With Mari's arrival to the school, she introduced herself as the new chairwoman of Uranohoshi Girls' High School. Dia, who knew Mari back from their first year in Uranohoshi, pointed out how unbelievable it was for a third year to be the new chairwoman. Mari showed her proof and stated that she came to support Chika, You, and Riko. She then challenged them to fill the gym with audience in order to get her approval for their School Idol Club. The three second year students realized that there weren't enough students in their school to fill the gym, which caused them to advertise their concert in other places as well.

Before their concert, Aqours worried about people not attending due to the rain. They laughed it off and stood behind the stage's curtain, hand in hand. However, when the curtains raised, they only had a small group of audience. Included in the audience were Mari, [[Ruby Kurosawa]], [[Hanamaru Kunikida]], and a disguised Yoshiko. Despite this, they continued their concert and performed "[[Daisuki dattara Daijoubu!]]" while Kanan and Dia listened from outside the gym.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Two Girls' Feelings]]" |ふたりのキモチ|"Futari no Kimochi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep4 084.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 4, the school idol club was finally approved by Mari. Although delighted, the second years questioned why she was so keen on helping them.

A surprised Kanan got a visit from Mari, who explained she had come to scout Kanan as a school idol. The two were revealed to already know each other, and the scene concluded with Mari sighing at Kanan’s stubbornness.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Yohane Descends]]" |ヨハネ堕天|"Yohane Daten"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep5 231.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 5, the school idol club uploaded a fallen angel themed video online using their new costumes. This upset Dia, but in contrast Mari expressed liking the video.

In the last scene of the episode, Dia confronted Mari about an email she had received. Mari stated it meant exactly what it said and the flustered Dia asked if she was kidding. However, it was not revealed what was written in the email.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Let's Make a PV]]" |PVを作ろう|"PV o Tsukurou"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep6_150.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 6, Mari told Dia that Uranohoshi Girls’ Academy might be closing due to a declining number of applicants and merging with a high school in Numazu. Mari expressed how important the school was to her, and how she thought school idols could save it, with which Dia disagreed.

Kanan payed Mari a visit to ask about the school shutting down, to which Mari replied that it was something they would have to fight for, and that she wanted Kanan to fight again.

Showing the chairwoman their promotional video, Mari told Chika and the rest of Aqours that they did not know what it was that made their town and their school great. After Mari proclaimed she knew better herself, Chika decided not to ask, considering it something they had to figure out for themselves for it to be worth something.

On her way to the clubroom Chika spotted Dia on stage in the empty auditorium. While she did decline Chika’s offer of joining the school idol club, Dia stated she was happy that they wanted to save the school. As Dia was leaving the room, Ruby stopped Chika from calling out to her, and a flashback showed the third years seemingly right before a school idol performance. Mari showed up and told Dia you can’t run away, only move forward, but Dia denied she had been trying to run away.

In accordance with Uchiura tradition, all the town members gathered early in the morning of the first day of beach season to make and release floating lanterns. Riko, for whom it was the first time experiencing the tradition, talked about how she did not realize there were so many people living in the town and suggested that maybe that was the special thing about Uchiura and Uranohoshi Girls’ High School. Hearing this, Chika gathered everyone’s attention and introduced Aqours, saying they needed the help of everyone in town to save their school. "[[Yume de Yozora o Terashitai]]" was performed as an insert song by the currently six Aqours members, thus concluding the episode.

|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[TOKYO]]" |TOKYO}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep7_038.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 7, Aqours were invited to perform at an event in Tokyo. Dia confronted Mari, worried that Aqours would not succeed in Tokyo. To this Mari responded that Dia could try to stop them if she wanted, but questioned if Dia did not have hope that Aqours could succeed where she, Mari and Kanan had previously failed.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Isn't it Frustrating?]]" |くやしくないの?|"Kuyashikunai no?"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep8_145.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 8, Kanan met up with Mari after hearing that Aqours had come in last place at the event. She asked Mari what she was going to do, and said saving the school by winning Love Live! was impossible. Mari asked if giving up was a better option, and Kanan walked off the scene saying it was indeed better to do so before someone got hurt, ignoring Mari’s open arms. A crying Mari was left behind, set on regaining the feeling she had had with Kanan and Dia in their school idol group two years prior.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Young DREAMER]]" |未熟DREAMER|"Mijuku DREAMER"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep9_184.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 9, a flashback showed Kanan quitting the third years’ school idol group after their return from Tokyo. She mentioned Mari’s turning down an opportunity to study abroad and also said Dia agreed with her there was no point in them continuing.

On one of her early morning walks Kanan was followed by the school idol club, who overheard Kanan and Mari talking about Kanan’s returning to school. However, Kanan said she was not going to become a school idol again and that she did not want to talk to Mari any more.

At school, Kanan and Mari got into a heated argument, which made Chika burst into the room and yell at them to break it up, and to come to the club room of the school idol club after school. There, Kanan continued to claim that the fact she could not sing in Tokyo was the reason she had quit being a school idol. Once she had left the room, the other girls pushed Dia into revealing that Kanan did not sing at the event to prevent Mari from performing with an injury, and that she quit being a school idol because she did not want Mari turning down other opportunities.

Crying, Mari sprinted out into the rain, and ended up at Uranohoshi Girls’ High School. Kanan joined her there and Mari said they needed to talk. She shared her feelings, and slapped Kanan, saying she shouldn’t take it lightly that Mari cared about her. Kanan answered she should tell her straight if that was the way she felt, and the two of them hugged.

Aqours convinced Dia to join them, Chika saying they’d all help out if juggling school idol duties and student council president duties got too much, and Ruby handing her a stage costume. All nine girls performed “[[Mijuku DREAMER]]” as an insert song, and Dia turned out to be the one who wrote “Aqours” in the sand, it being the same name the third years’ previous idol group had.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[We've Got Stewshine]]" |シャイ煮はじめました|"Shai-ni Hajimemashita"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep10_076.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 10, summer vacation began for the now nine members of Aqours. Summer is the season of the Love Live! competition, and Dia had somehow managed to get her hands on the training schedule μ's used when they were active. Since Kanan and Chika had been asked to help run a snack bar on the beach, the members decided to camp at the Takami family inn in order to make time for practice.

Initially intimidated by a competing snack bar on the beach, Dia quickly took charge and assigned tasks once she received encouragement from Mari. Riko, Chika and Kanan begun advertising in order to draw in customers, seemingly somewhat unwillingly. Meanwhile, You, Yoshiko and Mari started cooking the food.

With everyone exhausted after attempting to train the way μ's did, they all sat down to eat Mari’s Stewshine and Yoshiko’s ''Tears of a Fallen Angel'' takoyaki that had not sold during the day.

Aqours's second day of managing the snack bar wasn’t all too successful either, but everyone enjoyed the curry You made using both Mari’s and Yoshiko’s culinary creations. Dia tried to hold a lesson on Love Live! history, but it was cut short due to Chika’s sister Mito thinking they were being too loud.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Aye-aye, My Friend]]" |友情ヨーソロー|"Yuujou Yousoro"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep11_218.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 11, all the members of Aqours saw Riko off as she left for Tokyo to compete in a piano competition that would take place the same day as the regional Love Live! qualifiers. They made the promise to sing together on the same stage next time.

As “special practice”, Dia got the eight of them to help clean up the school’s pool, and once they finished they decided to practice their dance in the empty pool. With Riko missing, Aqours needed to adjust their formation, and opted for You to fill in Riko’s spot.

Having been surprised to discover the first two Aqours members were Chika and You rather than Chika and Riko, Mari confronted You suggesting she was jealous of the relationship between Chika and Riko. Although initially denying the accusation, You eventually opened up and took Mari’s advice to be honest with Chika to heart.

The night of the Love Live! qualifiers and Riko’s piano competition, everyone wore the matching scrunchies Riko had sent as bracelets. Riko played her piece at the competition, and the remaining eight Aqours members performed “[[Omoi yo Hitotsu ni Nare]]” on stage.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[It's Time to Fly]]" |はばたきのとき|"Habataki no Toki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS_S1Ep12_190.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 12, the members of Aqours were happy and relieved to find out they made it through the regional qualifiers of the Love Live! after a nervous wait. While the video of their performance had gotten a lot of views and comments, the number of applicants for the school’s open house was still zero.

Chika couldn’t help but compare Aqours to μ's, and wondered if the school idols she looked up to weren’t regular people after all. Calling the other Aqours members, she suggested they’d all go to Tokyo before Riko went back home, and try to figure out what made μ's great.

In Tokyo, Chika had arranged for Aqours to meet up with Saint Snow, who told Chika and the others they did not know what made μ's and A-RISE different. To them, what mattered was winning and following in the footsteps of their predecessors. Together, both groups watched the announcement of the Love Live! finals being held at the Akiba Dome on the screen outside the UTX High School building.

At Riko’s suggestion, Aqours visited Otonokizaka High School. They learned that μ's had not left anything from their school idol days at Otonokizaka, saying their hearts would be connected even without those things. Chika and Riko said the visit had brought them closer to the answer of their question.

On the train back to Numazu, the nine of them took a stop to look at the sea. Chika said that they couldn’t compare themselves to μ's, and all of the members started realizing that they had to run freely, stand on their own feet and not chase after someone else in order to become great. They decided that what they were running towards was turning the zero into a one.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Sunshine!!]]" |サンシャイン!!|"Sanshain!!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S1Ep13 240.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 13, Aqours were practicing for the Love Live! regionals during the hot days of summer vacation. Meanwhile, the number of applicants for Uranohoshi Girls’ High School was still zero. At the end of the day, Mutsu, Itsuki and Yoshimi showed up to tell Chika that they, along with other people in the school, were also interested in saving the school and had thought about becoming school idols. Chika invited them to sing with Aqours at the Love Live!.

The nine members of Aqours met up with Mutsu, Itsuki and Yoshimi, who brought with them an abundance of other Uranohoshi Girls’ High School students. However, everyone’s excitement was restrained when Riko announced that the rules said only the people who had applied initially would be allowed on stage. In the end, although only Aqours would be on stage, all the other girls decided to cheer them on from the audience.

Before their performance, the school idol club members reflected on their time together. Ruby and Hanamaru were embraced by Yoshiko, while Mari, Kanan and Dia thanked each other for getting this far, and Chika told You and Riko she wanted to enjoy everything the future had in store together. Proclaiming there weren’t just nine of them, Chika opened the door to the stage.

Prior to performing their song, Aqours introduced themselves by telling the audience their story and their goal. When they counted to nine, part of the audience yelled “ten”, pronouncing their being the tenth member of the group.

Halfway through the performance of “[[MIRAI TICKET]]”, Chika called out for everyone to shine together with them. The Aqours supporters of the audience ran down to stand next to the stage, creating a circle of blue light sticks around it. Meanwhile, the number of applicants for the school flipped from zero to one.
|}
|-|
Season II =
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Next Step]]" |ネクストステップ|"Nekusuto Suteppu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep1 184.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 1, Mari and Dia were motivating the student body, including the rest of Aqours, to work hard at attracting students to the school this term, too. Chika showed up just when the upcoming Love Live! was mentioned, and they all decided Aqours was going to participate.

During their regular afternoon practice session on the roof, the girls started discussing holding a concert at the open house. Mari noticed someone calling her phone, but did not pick up. Realizing they would not be able to stay as long at school with the buses’ fall timetable, they set out to find a place to practice in Numazu. Kanan seemed to take note of Mari not acting like her usual self.

Having argued with her father over the phone about something happening too soon, Mari was confronted by Kanan who wondered what had been bothering her. Mari initially lied and tried to evade the question, but eventually opened up to Kanan.

The next day at school, Aqours revisited the issue of a new practice space. Without anyone noticing the third years suddenly disappeared. Dia overheard Mari and Kanan talking and realized the truth they were trying to protect her from.

In a locale made available to the group thanks to You’s father, the third years revealed that the open house has been cancelled, and the decision about the school merger was made final. Chika reacted strongly, saying she would personally seek Mari’s father out and convince him to change his mind, but let it go when the others explained to her how there was nothing to be done. Disheartened, the girls went home.

When Chika showed up at school early to tell the universe she was not going to give up yet, she was surprised to find the rest of Aqours followed a similar impulse and were there, too. Together, they decided to keep working toward their goal no matter how impossible it may seem. They were going to aim for a miracle.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Sound of Rain]]" |雨の音|"Ame no Oto"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep2 182.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 2, Aqours got the news that the school would stay open for another year if the number of prospective students was raised to at least one hundred. Although this initially sounded like to much for them to handle, Chika motivated them by saying they should not worry about whether it was possible, but rather simply make it happen.

With the Love Live! coming up sooner than expected, the second years found the workload of having to create two songs at once difficult to handle. To make it easier on them, everyone decided to split the workload and had the second years create a song for the open house while the third and first years created one to perform at the Love Live!.

While Chika, Riko and You headed for Chika’s house to work on their song, the rest of the girls initially tried Mari’s home as a work space, but found the extravagance there too distracting. Having moved somewhere more understated, they discovered that the differing tastes of the third contra the first years made it difficult to agree on lyrics and music for the song.

Ruby sent a text to Chika, Riko and You, who so far had not come up with anything either, asking them to come at once. In order to better work together, the first and third years decided to spend some time together try to get to know each other better.

Having tried a couple of activities together, it was clear that the two groups did not find the same things fun. Needing to seek shelter from a sudden rainstorm, the girls headed to a temple nearby as per Hanamaru’s suggestion.

Revisiting the idea of creating a song together, it still seemed hopeless until the ceiling started leaking. Together, they all helped place plates and pots on the floor to catch the water, and found that although the tones and tempo of the different raindrops were out of tune, they all came together to create music.

When all nine girls regrouped, celebrating the two completed songs, Mari received a phone call.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Rainbow]]" |虹|"Niji"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep3 146.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 3, a new problem arose. The school open house was postponed by a week, putting both the Love Live! qualifiers and the open house on the same Sunday.

Aqours tried to find a way to travel between the two venues in time to perform at both events, without luck. With going by boat and by helicopter both out of the question, it seemed the only possible way to make it in time would be to perform as the first group and catch a bus.

As the order of the performances would be decided by lottery, the group decided to let Yoshiko do the honors. Much to everyone’s disappointment, they ended up as the 24th group to perform. The group thought the only option left was to choose just one event, but could not decide on one. The next day Chika and Riko suggested they split the group and perform at both events, to which the group reluctantly agreed.

When Sunday finally came, Chika, Riko, You, Dia and Ruby were overjoyed to be joined by the other four onstage for the performance of [[MY Mai☆TONIGHT]]. Confused when the second years immediately ran off after the song ended, the group found out Chika had arranged for them to use a monorail for mikan transport to travel back to school. With this and help of their school mates, they made it back in time to perform [[Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai?]] at the open house.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Don't Call Me Dia-san]]" |ダイヤさんと呼ばないで|"Dia-san to Yobanaide"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep4 033.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 4, Chika woke up in an unusually happy mood. In reply to the other girls’ queries about why she was not nervous to see whether or not they had passed the Love Live! qualifiers, she stated she was sure they would pass, something that proved true moments later. In celebrating their success, Dia noticed how her fellow third years seemed to be getting along well with the younger students, while she still felt a disconnect.

Chika’s mood fell with the realization that Aqours was out of funds after the recent performances. As they turned both to the gods and Mari’s family in a futile effort to get more money, Dia felt left out when Mari and Kanan both were addressed more informally than she was.

After they had parted with the others, Dia tried to tell Mari and Kanan how she felt. When they got too close to the truth however, she became defensive and made it sound like she thought it was inappropriate for them to be too close with the first and second year girls. They were not fooled by this, and hoped Dia would come along soon.

Forced to come up with an idea to replace the one she shot down, Dia led the group into setting up a stand at a flea market. Once again, her expectations of getting close to the others and being addressed informally fell short as she became upset with the rest of the girls not handling the task in the same way she would.

Afterwards, Chika noticed how there seemed to be something wrong with Dia and spoke of her concerns to Kanan, who said she and Mari would take care of it. As the two confronted Dia, she finally admitted that she would like to be addressed more informally in order to feel closer to the others. The other two teased her about this, but when they met up at Izu Mito Sea Paradise the next day they suggested she use the time they would spend working together to show her less formal side to the others.

Dia tried her best to make small-talk and play around, becoming increasingly frustrated as the others took this to mean she was angry or upset with something. Finally, Mari and Kanan told the others what was going on, explaining how Dia, despite her cold exterior, gets lonely easily. When a class of kindergartners at the aquarium ran amok, Dia took control of the situation by being authoritative but not as harsh as usual.

At the end of the day, Aqours gathered. Chika told Dia that it was best if she acted like herself, and how they all appreciate her for who she is. Dia accepted this, and was delighted to finally be addressed with the preferred honorific.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Taking in A Dog]]" |犬を拾う。|"Inu o Hirou."}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep5 029.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 5, Aqours had to cut their practice short due to the rain. Yoshiko was offered a ride with the others but said no as she lived nearby.

The group gathered at Chika’s house to decide on a theme for their performance in the Love Live! regionals. While the girls were discussing trying new things for this performance, they noticed Yoshiko had gone home early without warning.

A few days later, the members of Aqours became concerned with Yoshiko and Riko's weird behavior.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Aqours WAVE]]" |Aqours WAVE}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep6 048.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 6, the venue for the Love Live! regional preliminaries was revealed to be the same as during the last Love Live!. Meanwhile, the third years worried that their deadline for raising the number of prospective students was drawing close.

During practice, everyone was happy to discover Aqours on a list of groups most likely to make the national competition. Before they had time to finish celebrating, the less good news that success in the regionals would rely heavily on the number of students in the school hit them.

Later at night, Dia and Mari discovered that Kanan had been thinking about the move that cost the first Aqours its place in the Love Live! finals. Kanan thought their idea of trying it again was nothing but harmful. After she tried to throw the notebook containing the move into the sea, Mari dove in to retrieve it.

Chika brought the question of what made Aqours special up at practice, prompting Mari to introduce the move to the rest of the group, much to Kanan’s dismay. Despite Kanan’s warnings that it would be the most difficult for the center, Chika said she would be able to do it.

As Chika was struggling to learn the move, everyone became increasingly more worried that she was pushing herself too far. After almost a week of endless trying and failing, she agreed to Kanan’s demand that she give up if she could not do it come next morning.

Determined to make it work, Chika spent the night on the beach practicing. Despite Riko, You and the first years coming to cheer her on, she failed and felt that she had not accomplished anything. Riko and You reminded her that she had forgotten to thank herself for how far they had come already. As Chika was getting ready to try the move one last time the third years showed up, and the episode concluded with Chika perfectly landing the move during the performance of [[MIRACLE WAVE]] at the Love Live! regional preliminaries.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Time Left]]" |残された時間|"Nokosareta Jikan"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep7 120.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 7, Aqours was announced to be one of the groups in the Love Live! finals. The video of their performance had been doing well, the only problem was that the number of applicants for the school was not rising as hoped.

Calling in another favor from Mari’s father, the girls managed to get an extension until 5 AM the next morning. Chika initially was eager to do anything she could to help make the number rise, but was talked out of it by the rest of the girls.

By 1 AM, there still were only 87 applications. Becoming more and more desperate and restless, they sent out the first years to buy something to eat.

They were still six applicants short by the final hour. Everyone was on edge waiting for the last two applications to drop in during the last minute. Finally, the application page shut down.

The next day, Mari announced the news to the rest of the school. Aqours initially tried to ignore what had happened and commence practice as usual, but stopped when Chika started crying. They decided to call it a day and take some time to think about whether they still wanted to partake in the Love Live!.

[[Sora mo Kokoro mo Hareru kara]] was performed as an insert song while everyone took to their respective houses to consider what to do next. Meeting up the next morning, the nine girls agreed that they would never manage to shine as school idols when they had not succeeded in saving their school. At this moment, the rest of the student body showed up saying that they would like for their school to be remembered through Aqours, and convinced the girls not to end their journey yet.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[HAKODATE]]" |HAKODATE}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep8 054.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 8, Aqours were invited to Hakodate to attend the Hokkaido Love Live! preliminaries as guests. Before the competition, they visited [[Saint Snow]] in their dressing room. Chika accepted [[Sarah Kazuno]]’s challenge to bring their best to the Love Live! finals, but Ruby noticed that something seemed to be the matter with [[Leah Kazuno]].

During Saint Snow’s performance, they made a mistake in the choreography and fell on stage, which ended up costing them their spot in the finals. When Aqours went back to their dressing room, they had already left.

The Uchiura girls went sightseeing in Hakodate, and ended up at the restaurant where Sarah and Leah worked. At dinner the sisters’ fight about Leah wanting to disband Saint Snow resurfaced. In contrast to the other Aqours members, Ruby seemed to understand Leah’s feelings, saying she probably was afraid being a school idol would not be worth it without her sister.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Awaken the power (Episode)|Awaken the power]]" |Awaken the power}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep9 291.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In episode 9, the first years told the rest of Aqours they would be staying behind for a while, neglecting to mention the actual reason they were doing so. On the plane ride home, Dia was having trouble making her peace with the idea of not having Ruby with her.

Back in Uchiura, Chika told the others how she suspected the first years might be working on something of their own. The next day, Mari received an email from Ruby.

Ruby and Leah finally revealed their secret to their sisters, and the rest of Aqours were acting mysteriously about also showing up in Hakodate. At the event, Saint Aqours Snow performed [[Awaken the power]].
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Finding a Way to Shine]]" |シャイニーを探して|"Shainii o Sagashite"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep10 170.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| In episode 10, Mari remembered how she tried to wish on a shooting star with Kanan and Dia when they were little, but failed to do so because of the sudden rain.

On New Year’s Day, Aqours were paid a visit by Saint Snow to help them practice. After Aqours switched their kimono for more appropriate practice wear, they were pushed hard by Sarah and Leah.

The guests were surprised to find out the students of Uranohoshi had failed to save their school from the merger, but were quick to show their support. Mari received a phone call from her parents offering her the position as director at the new school. Due to already having plans for next year she turned the offer down, making everyone aware of their limited time left together.

Later that night, Mari, Dia and Kanan met up and shared a heartfelt moment of wishing they did not have to part ways after graduation. They reminisced on Mari sneaking out and threatening to disown her parents as an elementary school student, and while they were happy to realize they had taught each other a lot, their attempts to make a wish were once again hindered by downpour.

The third years gathered the rest of Aqours for a late night drive to find shooting stars. Arriving at a plateau, the rain still had not stopped. Just as the girls wished to be together forever in spite of this, promising to work on making the sky visible, the episode concluded with the clouds clearing up to reveal a night sky full of shooting stars.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Uranohoshi Girls' High School (Episode)|Uranohoshi Girls' High School]]" |浦の星女学院|"Uranohoshi Jogakuin"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep11 252.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| In episode 11, Aqours and the rest of the students of Uranohoshi Girls’ High School were preparing for the School Closing Festival set for the next day. Chika, You and Riko set up an arch at the entrance, Mari set up a stand to serve an improved version of her Stewshine dish, and it turned out Yoshimi, Itsuki and Mutsu were the ones to suggest holding the festival.

Preparations continued, with Hanamaru and Yoshiko working together, Ruby making costumes and Dia putting aside her student council duties to focus on the event. Everything was going smoothly until Shiitake turned up at school, setting everyone back by destroying some of the decorations. To give students more time to finish preparations, Mari arranged for transport home with the help of her family.

The next day at the festival, everyone’s hard work paid off. Chika walked around school seeing Kanan and You’s underwater showcase, Ruby and Dia’s Love Live! Quiz, Yoshiko, Hanamaru and Riko’s fortune telling stand, as well as her older sisters’ serving grilled mikan. At the end of the day, Yoshimi, Itsuki and Mutsu showed an impressive balloon display.

After the festival, the students all gathered around a bonfire. Mari spoke about how much the school had meant to her, and ended up voicing her regret about not being able to save it through tears. The student body cheered her up by showing their support for Aqours through a chant, and finally they all sang together.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Sea of Light]]" |光の海|"Hikari no Umi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep12 323.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| In episode 12, the members of Aqours met up at school, and set off toward the Love Live! Final in Tokyo. Arriving in Tokyo, the girls headed to Kanda Shrine, where they prayed for good fortune in the competition and realized many other school idols had done the same. Before leaving, they met Saint Snow, and Sarah asked Chika if they wanted to win the Love Live!.

Back at the inn, they started a pillow fight to take their thoughts off of the upcoming performance. Chika, You and Riko decided that come tomorrow they would all go their separate ways before meeting up at the venue.

In the morning, Chika asked the other members of Aqours if they wanted to win the Love Live!. After going on their respective excursions, the third years crossed paths and reminisced on their past, present and future. Finally, all nine girls ran toward the concert as a group, and did one final Aqours chant together before performing [[WATER BLUE NEW WORLD]] at the Love Live!.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Our Own Radiance]]" |私たちの輝き|"Watashitachi no Kagayaki"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLSS S2Ep13 343.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| In episode 13, the day had finally come for the combined graduation and school closing ceremony. Dia was surprised to find out Mari had arranged for the students to paint farewell messages on the school walls, and the student body arrived at the ceremony splattered with paint. Mari handed out diplomas to the graduating students, and Dia held a speech as student council president. To conclude the ceremony, Aqours announced their Love Live! victory, and [[Aozora Jumping Heart]] was used as an insert song.

Afterwards, Aqours and the other students went around the school to close doors and finish saying their goodbyes, to each other and to the school. You and Riko were in the music room, Yoshiko, Hanamaru and Ruby in their classroom, Kanan and Dia in Mari’s office giving her her diploma, and Chika closed the door to the club room. Finally, Chika was about to break down in tears as she was closing the school gates, but received help from her friends.

Some time later, Chika went to the school auditorium and found Aqours, including the third years who had come back to sing together one last time. For their last performance, Aqours sang [[WONDERFUL STORIES]].
|}
</tabber>

== Etymology ==

* The name '''Mari''' means "ball" (鞠) ('''ma''') and "white jasmine" (莉) ('''ri''').
* Mari's surname '''Ohara''' means "small" (小) ('''o''') and "field, plain" (原) ('''hara''').

==Trivia==
*Mari fulfills the smile attribute of the Aqours third years.
*In real life, Mari's home is based on the actual [https://goo.gl/maps/FCxgs3kisEk Awashima Hotel], currently the Wyndham Grand Awashima.
*Unlike the rest of Aqours, Mari wears a turquoise vest in her summer uniform and wears white socks as opposed to black socks.
*Mari has similar features to µ's members [[Eli Ayase]] and [[Nozomi Tojo]].
**Both Mari and Eli are blondes, the tallest of the group, foreigners, and third years.
**Both Mari and Nozomi are Geminis, the bustiest of the group, fluent in English, and love to grope their fellow members.
*Mari is the tallest of all of the Aqours characters at 163 cm (or 5'4"), which is ironic since her seiyuu is the shortest of Aqours seiyuus.
*Mari is the oldest school idol of Aqours.
*Mari is the second school idol to slap her childhood friend. The first being [[Umi Sonoda]].
*Mari is the second character since Dia to run away from arranged marriages set up by her parents (in Mari's case, her mother).
*In the [[Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai?]] PV, Mari's personality was shown to be more quiet and reserved, compared to her anime personality, where she is more loud and energetic.
*It was stated in Mari's SIF side stories that she has liked marching bands ever since she was a little girl.

==References==
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Kanon Shibuya

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{{Infobox character
|Color = #9932CC
|Japanese Name=澁谷かのん
|Romanized Name=Shibuya Kanon
|Year=2nd
|Birthday=May 1
|Gender=Female
|Blood Type=O
|Height=19cm
|Zodiac Sign=Taurus
|Favorite Food=
* Baked Apples
* Tomatoes
* Hamburger Steak
* Café Au Lait
|Disliked Food=Bell Peppers
|Charm Point=Her charming smile
|Debut=[[This Yet Unknown Feeling|Season 1, Episode 1]]
|Seiyuu Kanji=伊達さゆり
|Seiyuu Romaji=Date Sayuri
|Name=Kanon Shibuya
|Image=
<tabber>
|-|Version 1 = [[File:Kanon Shibuya Character Portrait (V1).png|300px]]
|-|Version 2 = [[File:Kanon Shibuya Character Portrait (V2).png|300px]]
</tabber>
|Icon=[[File:Kanon Icon.png|50px]]
|Signature=[[File:Kanon Signature.png|175px]]
|English Seiyuu Name={{W|Kristi Rothrock}}
}}
'''Kanon Shibuya''' is the primary protagonist in ''[[Love Live! Superstar!!]]''. She was a third-year student at [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]] until she graduated in the anime's [[Forever and Ever!|series finale]]. She is a first-generation member and the leader of [[Liella!]], as well as a member of the sub-unit [[CatChu!]]. She was also a member of [[TomaKanoTe (group)|TomaKanoTe]]. Her image color is marigold.<ref>https://official-goods-store.jp/lovelive/v2/product/detail/LLV431</ref>

==Background==
While singing has always been her most cherished pastime, Kanon is more likely to be seen helping her mother manage the family cafe, serving customers their special baked apples with cream. Kanon's father works as a translator and her grandmother is from Spain, whose homemade paellas are one of Kanon's favorite dishes. As her home, Kanon has had many fond memories of the cafe, with much of her time there spent alongside her childhood friend, [[Chisato Arashi]]. Together they would often interact with Kanon's pet owl, Manmaru ("Roundy"), who now serves as the cafe's ever-popular mascot.

==Personality==
Kanon is seen as being somewhat shy and flustered, admitting that she is not good at communicating in front of others. However, while walking in town Kanon would often listen to music on her headphones, and would usually find herself singing the words to a song. Although she yearns to sing in front of people, Kanon is particularly nervous about doing so. Despite seeing herself as being very ordinary - having no particular talents or aspirations for her life - Kanon wishes to cheer people up through her favorite songs. Deciding to become a school idol was a way for her to do so, and to break away from merely seeing herself as simply "normal." But even though she thinks girly outfits are cute to look at, Kanon is a little shy and apprehensive about wearing anything too frilly or slightly revealing.

Her favorite saying is, "It's always sunny above the clouds."

Kanon, despite being more shy than previous protagonists [[Honoka Kosaka]] and [[Chika Takami]], has nonetheless a natural charisma and people orientation. She is very kind-hearted, friendly, cheerful, passionate and supportive. She's a selfless and loyal friend, with sense of justice, and used to front bullies who threatened Chisato when they were children. She's shown to like animals, as seen when she plays with a stray cat on the street.

She's very charismatic, with a magnetic personality and a natural affinity for people. Not only she loves to help others, she's also willing to befriend them, even when they don't treat her well at all, as seen in her interactions with Wien. It's also shown she can be idealistic to the point of being naive, finding good where more cynical characters wouldn't (for example, unlike Sumire, she didn't believe that Natsumi was actually the gold-digger she turned out to be).

Despite her natural kindness, Kanon has a more boyish and blunt side, displayed when she's at home and in her more nervous moments, though this happens mostly at the beginning, due to her personal frustration and considering herself a failure before she met Keke.

==Appearance==
Kanon has a slim figure with orange hair that reaches her shoulders and has purple eyes.

==Clubs and Hobbies==
Kanon joined the school idol club with [[Keke Tang]] and she mentions her dream is to own a cat.

In the second season, she becomes the vice president of Yuigaoka's student council.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Kanon are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Kokoro Kirarara]]
[[Aozora o Matteru]]
[[Free Flight]]
[[Memories]]
[[Message]]
[[Dreamer Coaster]]
[[Kakeru Merry-Go-Round]]
</poem>
|-|
Liella! =
<poem>
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora]]
[[Dancing Heart La-Pa-Pa-Pa!]]
[[Dreaming Energy]]
[[Watashi no Symphony]]
[[START!! True dreams]]
[[Dakara Bokura wa Narasunda!]]
[[Mirai wa Kaze no You ni]]
[[Kono Machi de Ima Kimi to]]
[[Mirai Yohou Hallelujah!]]
[[GOING UP]]
[[1.2.3!]]
[[Tokonatsu☆Sunshine]]
[[Wish Song]]
[[Bye Bye Shichaeba!?]]
[[Matataki no Saki e]]
[[Nonfiction!!]]
[[Starlight Prologue]]
[[Day1]]
[[Dream Rainbow]]
[[Primary]]
[[Departure]]
[[Sagashite! Future]]
[[Tu Tu Tu!]]
[[What a Wonderful Dream!!]]
[[Unison]]
[[WE WILL!!]]
[[Star Sengen]]
[[Oikakeru Yume no Saki de]]
[[Mizushibuki no Sign]]
[[Welcome to Bokura no Sekai]]
[[Go!! Restart]]
[[Irozuite Toumei]]
[[Yuragu wa]]
[[Vitamin SUMMER!]]
[[Chance Day, Chance Way!]]
[[Utopia Magic]]
[[POP TALKING]]
[[Prime Adventure]]
[[Sing! Shine! Smile!]]
[[Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru]]
[[TO BE CONTINUED]]
[[Namae Yobiau You ni]]
[[Time to go]]
[[Hoshizora Monologue]]
[[Including you]]
[[Second Sparkle]]
[[MIRACLE NEW STORY]]
[[Kirakyun☆]]
[[UNIVERSE!!]]
[[Jump Into the New World]]
[[Shekira☆☆☆]]
[[FANTASTiC]]
[[Aikotoba!]]
[[Let's be ONE]]
[[Seishun HOPPERS]]
[[DAISUKI FULL POWER]]
[[Within a Dream]]
[[Itsumo no Peace Sign]]
[[Fighting Call]]
[[Zettaiteki LOVER]]
[[Dazzling Game]]
[[QUESTION99]]
[[Makka.]]
[[Egao no Promise]]
[[Superstar!!]]
[[Kimi・Machi・Sora・Hoshi]]
[[Hitohira Dake]]
</poem>
|-|
CatChu! =
<poem>
[[Alternate]]
[[Kage Asobi]]
[[Distortion]]
[[Zenryoku Riot]]
</poem>
|-|
Misc. =
<poem>
[[Tiny Stars]]
[[Stella!]]
[[Kawaranai Subete]]
[[Bubble Rise]]
[[Omoware Marionette]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Aqours]] and [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]])
[[Ijigen★♥BIGBANG]] (Featuring Uzuki Shimamura, Shizuka Mogami, Kogane Tsukioka, [[Chika Takami]], [[Ayumu Uehara]] and [[Kaho Hinoshita]])
[[Bring the LOVE!]] (Featuring [[You Watanabe]], [[Ayumu Uehara]], [[Kaho Hinoshita]] and [[Honoka Kosaka]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>

== Etymology ==

* The name '''[https://www.behindthename.com/name/kanon Kanon]''' is written in hiragana (かのん), which has no special meaning. However, the official Chinese-subbed version of the 2nd season anime PV revealed that her name when written in kanji is 香音, which could mean "fragrant sound"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi53z-Q8uM4</ref>.
* '''Shibuya''' is a well-known place name, but it also exists as a surname. (澁) ('''shibu''') has various meanings. In this context, it suggests stagnant or slow-flowing water. And (谷) ('''ya''') means "valley".

==Trivia==
*Along with [[Ren Hazuki]], Kanon fulfills the cool attribute of the Liella! third years.
**She is the first idol with an orange image color to not be a smile attribute, and currently the only one not to be a second year.
*Kanon's family's cafe was initially modeled after Cafe Casa, an actual cafe located in Shibuya. However, the owner did not fully agree with Love Live staff to use the building's likeness, and due to several incidents involving the Love Live fanbase such as some Japanese fans review-bombing the establishment and elaborate cosplayers taking unauthorized photo shoots on the premises, the owners and anime staff came to an agreement that they would no longer use the building as Kanon's home in the anime series, and it was changed to not further resemble Casa Cafe<ref>[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E23YsW7VEAYMjsI.jpg Statement from Love Live! staff (Japanese)]</ref>
*The headphones Kanon wore in the Anime is the [https://www.sony.jp/headphone/special/WH-1000XM4/ WH-1000XM4 Wireless Noise-Cancelling Over-The-Ear Headphones] by Sony. The color variation she uses is the limited edition "Silent White" color.
*Unlike the character design and the illustrated visuals seen until the 9th volume of the ''Love Live! Days'' magazines, later depictions of Kanon is shown wearing mid-calf socks instead of tights.
**The ''Super Special Series'' Kanon figurine by FuRyu is the only PVC figure depicted with her tights.
*Kanon wears glasses, though only at home.
*Even though she does not want to be a fashion-conscious person, Kanon always does her hair carefully in the morning. <ref name=":0">LoveLive! Days Vol.24, Kanon no Uta</ref> At home, sometimes she ties her hair up as seen in the anime.
*Kanon had always taken her bangs for granted until she became a school idol, and it became her signature after receiving numerous compliments on how cute they were<ref name=":0" />.
*She often sings out loud while taking a bath, which annoys her mother and younger sister<ref>LoveLive! Days Vol.27, Kanon no Uta</ref>.
*She often confess to Manmaru about things she would rather not say to others. She said she would always be honest every time she looked into Manmaru's round eyes<ref>LoveLive! Days Vol.26, Kanon no Uta</ref>.
*When she cannot think of new ideas for writing lyrics or essays, she often do a yoga pose, which she calls the "concentrating pose".
*Neither Kanon's Spanish ancestry nor her grandma were mentioned in the anime.

==Gallery ==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Kanon Shibuya/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}

Tomari Onitsuka

2025-04-15T21:26:07Z

Misterfunnyman: Ported over fandom wiki text

{{Warning}}{{Infobox character|Name=Tomari Onitsuka|Icon=[[File:Tomari_Icon.png|50px]]|Image=[[File:Tomari Onitsuka Character Portrait (V1).png|300px]]|Gender=Female
|Japanese Name = 鬼塚冬毬
|Romanized Name = Onitsuka Tomari
|Birthday = December 28
|Zodiac Sign = Capricorn
|Gender = Female
|Blood Type = B
|Height = 163 cm
|Favorite Food = Baked sweet potatoes
|theme = super-star
|Debut = [[The Path I've Chosen|Season 3, Episode 1]]
|Year = First Year
|Seiyuu Kanji = 坂倉花
|Seiyuu Romaji = [[Sakura Sakakura|Sakakura Sakura]]
|English Seiyuu Name =
|Icon = [[File:Tomari Onitsuka (Icon).png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Tomari Onitsuka signature.png|50px]]
}}'''Tomari Onitsuka''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Superstar!!]]''. She is a second-year student at [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]] and a third-generation member of [[Liella!]] and [[5yncri5e!]]. She was also a member of [[TomaKanoTe (group)|TomaKanoTe]]. Her image color is smoky blue.<ref>https://www.lovelive-anime.jp/yuigaoka/live/live_detail.php?p=4thlive</ref>

==Background==
Tomari is the younger sister of [[Natsumi Onitsuka]].

Tomari's hobby is playing puzzle games. Her skills are keeping things tidy, scheduling and mental arithmetic. Her favourite subjects in school are geography and statistics. Her favorite animal is a jellyfish.

She is already very athletic and a great dancer, but she doesn't see the point in training every day, which angers Margarete.

==Personality==
Tomari dislikes wasting time. Tomari is organized, analytical but kind, even though her words can be misinterpreted.

Her favorite saying is, "Dreams can't nourish you."

Like her older sister, Tomari views school idol activities as a potential income stream that will generate profit for her family. Unlike her sister however, Tomari's personality comes off as stiff and calculating to others. Because of her natural talent for dancing, she does not see much of a point in showing up to practice sessions unless she has something to gain from attending. While she can be very aloof, Tomari has a deep respect for her older sister, and decides to follow in Natsumi's example after seeing how much being a school idol meant to her.

==Appearance==
Tomari has a slim figure with shoulder-length sea green hair that she ties into two high braided pigtails and hot pink eyes. Just like her sister, Tomari has two-toned hair, with the tips being light blue.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Tomari are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[dolce]]
</poem>
|-|
Liella! =
<poem>
[[Jump Into the New World]]
[[Shekira☆☆☆]]
[[FANTASTiC]]
[[Watashi no Symphony]]
[[Aikotoba!]]
[[Let's be ONE]]
[[Seishun HOPPERS]]
[[DAISUKI FULL POWER]]
[[Within a Dream]]
[[Itsumo no Peace Sign]]
[[Fighting Call]]
[[Zettaiteki LOVER]]
[[Dazzling Game]]
[[QUESTION99]]
[[Makka.]]
[[Egao no Promise]]
[[Superstar!!]]
[[Wish Song|Wish Song ~11 Ver.~]]
[[Kimi・Machi・Sora・Hoshi]]
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora|Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora ~11 Ver.~]]
</poem>
|-|
5yncri5e! =
<poem>
[[Dancing Raspberry]]
[[A Little Love]]
[[Jellyfish]]
[[Thank you Good morning]]
</poem>
|-|
Misc. =
<poem>
[[Bubble Rise]]
[[11th moon]]
[[Teenage・Loneliness]]
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Chronology==
<tabber>
Season III=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Path I've Chosen]]" |私の決めた道|"Watashi no Kimeta Michi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep1 276.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| Tomari stands outside the School Idol Club room and listens to her sister, Natsumi, get told she'll have to drink a red-hot chili smoothie as punishment. Tomari then walks way.

During the first day of the first term, Tomari approaches Kanon and Margarete as she had heard rumors about a new School Idol Club.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[TomaKanoTe]]" |トマカノーテ|"TomaKanōTe"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Bubble Rise 45.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|Tomari witnesses Margarete refuse to allow Kanon to join her club. Tomari points out that terms that are written in after a contract is signed would be null and void, siding with Kanon's choice to join the club. Margarete and Kanon are curious about Tomari, prompting Tomari to admit she'd like to confirm something about school idols, which is why she's considering joining Margarete's club. Tomari tells Kanon and Margarete not to pay attention to her, and leaves when the school bell rings. On her way back inside, Tomari tells herself she will see just what Natsumi is truly capable of.

Tomari approaches Kanon and Margarete again, telling the duo that the Yoyogi Fes will only profit if people watch it. Kanon tells Tomari that the fes organizers aren't collecting money or selling anything, prompting Tomari to recall what Natsumi told her about Kanon. Margarete becomes frustrated with Tomari, so Kanon suggests they practice. However, Tomari won't practice until she thinks it's necessary for her to participate. Tomari declares that she doesn't want to waste time today, and excuses herself from practice. Margarete takes offense to calling practice a waste of time, so Tomari shows them her dance skill. Tomari admits she is quite confident in her core, and asks the girls to contact her once they have the general details about their song. Tomari then hands her club application to Margarete, revealing to the girls that she is Natsumi's younger sister.

Tomari approaches Liella! on the roof to explain everything. Tomari starts by thanking Liella! for looking after Natsumi, before explaining that she joined the other club to see what school idols fundamentally do with her own eyes. Tomari recalls Natsumi telling her that being a school idol is special because it allows her to dream. Tomari reveals she is working with Kanon and Margarete the absolute minimum possible. She figured she could rationally analyze various things if she was in a different group than Natsumi. Tomari apologizes for her sudden visit, and leaves.

Later that night, Natsumi knocks on Tomari's door. However, Tomari dismisses her because she's currently tracking her income and expenditures. Tomari doesn't say a word when Natsumi tells her to take being a school idol seriously, and be a school idol they can all be proud of. While looking at a picture of Liella!, Tomari tells herself that school idols are going to hurt Natsumi.

The next day, Tomari tells Kanon and Margarete that she made a website with their profiles, and that given the view count, she predicts they'll get over 50,000 viewers on the day of the livestream. With the song finished, Tomari observes as Margarete accepts to write the song's lyrics. During practice, Tomari pulls off a move that stuns Kanon and Margarete. Tomari believes that would be the minimum necessary if they want to garner attention, but Kanon unfortunately the idea. Sometime later, Tomari shows them an outfit she has in mind, and reveals that they could create and install their own exclusive payment system. Kanon quickly rejects the idea, which Tomari notes as harsh. While jogging with Kanon and Margarete, she stops with them to look at the Yoyogi Fes stage.

Oh the day of the livestream, Tomari is prepared for the performance, and is curious about why they're running late. Tomari, alongside Kanon and Margarete, are informed that the view count is below 10,000. Tomari concludes that getting over 10,000 likes at this point is impossible, and that there's no reason to sing now. Tomari thinks it's unfortunate, and listens as Margarete admits the low view count must be because of her. As Margarete walks away, Tomari is surprised when Kanon decides they should still sing. Tomari agrees to sing, and performs [[Bubble Rise]] with them. After the performance, Tomari can't see it having any value, but Kanon tells her she'll get it someday. Tomari is then surprised when Kanon hugs both her and Margarete.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The White-Colored Center]]" |白色のセンター|"Shiroiro no Sentā"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep3 026.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| Tomari, alongside Kanon, reads comments about Margarete when they performed Bubble Rise, which embarrases Margarete. Tomari then points out that nothing will change the fact they won't be able to participate in Yoyogi Fes. Tomari is informed by Margarete that her goal has always been to win Love Live, so Yoyogi Fes doesn't matter. When Liella! is talking about TomaKanoTe, Keke imagines Tomari posing alongside Kanon and Margarete as "Newella!".

On the day of Yoyogi Fes, Tomari walks into the Shibuya family's cafe, and is surprised to see Kanon and Margarete. Tomari is informed that Kanon lives there, before Margarete angrily tells her that practice is over for today. Tomari admits she was told by Natsumi that she could get some delicious apple pie from this cafe, so she was going to ask if it was available as a take-away order. Margarete argues if Tomari can bother coming to the cafe, then she needs to come to practice, but Tomari reminds her that she'll practice when she thinks it's necessary. Kanon stops Tomari from arguing further by telling her to watch Liella! perform at Yoyogi Fes.

At Yoyogi Fes, Tomari is told to shut up by Margarete after she reveals she heard Margarete had immediately bought a ticket. After Liella! performs [[Special Color]], Tomari leaves with Kanon and Margarete to practice.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[No Rain, No Rainbow]]" ||"No Rain, No Rainbow"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep4 263.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Ni hao! Shanghai! Xiaolongbao~!]]" |你好！上海！小籠包〜！|"Nǐ hǎo! Shànghǎi! Xiǎo lóng bāo~!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep5 118.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Treasure]]" |タカラモノ|"Takaramono"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Zettaiteki LOVER 35.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[In Order To Win Against Liella!]]" |Liella!に勝つために|"Liella! ni Katsu Tame ni"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep7 254.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Yuigaoka VS Yuigaoka]]" |結ヶ丘 VS 結ヶ丘|"Yuigaoka VS Yuigaoka"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Dazzling Game 56.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Salzburger Nockerl]]" |ザルツブルガー・ノッケルン|"Zarutsuburugā・Nokkerun"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep9 019.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Kinako Sakurakoji (Episode)|Kinako Sakurakoji]]" |桜小路きな子|"Sakurakoji Kinako"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Egao no Promise 044.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Superstar!! (Episode)|Superstar!!]]" |スーパースター!!|"Sūpāsutā!!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Superstar!! 043.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Forever and Ever!]]" |ずっとずっと！|"Zutto Zutto!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S3Ep12 199.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|}
</tabber>
}}

==Video==
{{Liella Tab|
<center>
<tabber>
Character Introduction = [[File:Liella! Member Introduction Video - Tomari Onitsuka|thumb|center|400px]]
|-|
Self Introduction New Ver. = [[File:Liella! Self Introduction Video (Tomari Onitsuka - Jump Into the New World Version)|thumb|center|400px]]
</tabber>
</center>

==Etymology==
*The name '''Tomari''' means "winter" (冬) ('''to''') and "ball" (毬) ('''mari''').
*Tomari's surname '''Onitsuka''' means "demon, ogre, daemon" (鬼) ('''oni''') and "mound, hill/hillock, heap, knoll, pile, drift, stack, bank" (塚) ('''tsuka''').

==Trivia==
*Of the four Liella! members whose voice actresses were selected through open auditions, Tomari is the only one not to be a part of Yuigaoka's student council.
*Tomari has three pet jellyfish, two of which are named after [[Natsumi Onitsuka|Natsumi]] and [[Wien Margarete|Margarete]].

==References==
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}

Honoka Kousaka

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Misterfunnyman: Redirected page to Honoka Kosaka

#REDIRECT [[Honoka Kosaka]]

TomaKanoTe (group)

2025-04-15T14:55:33Z

Misterfunnyman:

{{Groups Infobox new|Name=TomaKanoTe|Image=[[File:tomakanote.jpg|300px]]|Members=[[Wien Margarete]] [[Kanon Shibuya]] [[Tomari Onitsuka]]|Japanese Name=トマカノーテ|Romanized Name=TomaKanōTe|Debut=[[TomaKanoTe|Season 3 Episode 2]]}}

'''TomaKanoTe''' (トマカノーテ) was a school idol group formed and led by [[Wien Margarete]]. They debuted with the song [[Bubble Rise]] and served as a rival unit to [[Liella!]] before later merging with them.

==Members==
{| class="wikitable" style="background: #dcc7de;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="border: 3px solid #ffffff;" | '''[[Liella!]]'''
|-
| style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:Wien Margarete.png|150px|link=Wien Margarete]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:Kanon Shibuya.png|150px|link=Kanon Shibuya]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:Tomari Onitsuka.png|150px|link=Tomari Onitsuka]]
|}

==Etymology==
The name "TomaKanoTe" comes from syllables of the members' names: '''Toma'''ri, '''Kano'''n, Margare'''te'''.

==Discography==
*[[Bubble Rise]]
*[[Dazzling Game]]<ref name = "erm akshully">Performed with the rest of Liella!; however, story-wise, the groups did not merge until after the performance.</ref>

== References ==
<references />

File:Tomakanote.jpg

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Misterfunnyman:

Nesoberi

2025-04-15T14:21:34Z

Misterfunnyman: Combined all the face design stuff into one big section

The term '''nesoberi''' (寝そべりぬいぐるみ, lit. "lying down plush doll") refers to a line of plush toys produced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Fave SEGA Toys] with a distinctive "lying down" appearance.

Debuting in 2015 to [[SEGA]]-licensed crane machines throughout Japan, the nesoberi plush series has proliferated far and wide, reaching even legacy or non-anime series such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Closed Detective Conan] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project Touhou Project]. However, as the original series for which they were produced, the nesoberi plush is still strongly associated with [[Love Live! (series)|Love Live!]], with many different variations and form factors of the plush being produced - some are still exclusive to Love Live! nesoberi even today.

Nesoberi are often colloquially referred to as "'''nesos'''" by fans.

==Characteristics==
Nesoberi are plushes characterized by their large, round heads and comparatively small, cylindrical bodies, with arms and legs (also simple tubes which lack hands and feet) outstretched to convey a "lying down" position, hence the name. They lack detailed facial features, typically only having embroidered eyes (brows optional) and mouth, and felt blush stickers on their cheeks. Their bodies are made of soft felt, while their bodies are stuffed with cotton fill with the exception of plastic nesoberi figurines (which, of course, are made of and filled with plastic).

Albeit a trait not exclusive to them, Love Live! series nesoberi are noted for having rather large blank eyes as opposed to ones which adhere to their actual series' artstyles. The eye outline on most commercially-available Love Live! nesoberi merchandise is black, and the interior is white; however, nesoberi featured in [[Puchiguru Love Live!]] have colored outlines corresponding to the members' respective [[Image color|image colors]].

Earlier releases of nesoberi featured stitched-on felt clothing, with certain characters (such as [[Honoka Kosaka|Honoka]] and [[Nico Yazawa|Nico]]) featuring polyester accessories such as bows. Other characters, such as [[Eli Ayase|Eli]] and [[Ai Miyashita|Ai]] feature stuffed protrusions to represent their hairstyles.

However, perhaps as a cost saving measure, nesoberi releases following the release of the [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]] Mega Jumbo series began to feature printed-on clothing patterns which adheres to the form of the nesoberi's body. Additionally, the aforementioned felted blush sticker was replaced with a flat embroidered pattern.

Nesoberi come in a variety of sizes:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Series name (English) !! Series name (Japanese) !! Length (head to foot) !! Example !! Description
|-
| Petit (figurine) || プチ || 3cm || [[File:Puchi Neso Chika.jpg|center|150px]]|| Also frequently rendered as "puchi", they are not actually plushes, but figurines made of plastic. Some releases featured keychains, while others had magnets on their undersides.
|-
| Petit (plush) || プチ || 10cm || || In a rather confusing decision to reuse the "petit" classification, this range of nesoberi was exclusive to a collaboration between [[Love Live! Sunshine!!]] and Hatsune Miku in order to promote the song "[[BANZAI! digital trippers]]". These nesoberi notably have features much different from other Love Live! series nesoberi, with small black eyes and smaller mouths among others.
|-
| Keychain Mascot (KCM) || キーチェンマスコット || 10 ~ 13cm || [[File:Keychain Mascot Chika uniform.jpg|center|150px]]|| A small nesoberi intended to be displayed on bags or lanyards. Typically come with a silver ball chain attached to their heads. Also referred to by "SS" (super small).
|-
| Normal (NNN) || 寝そべりぬいぐるみ || 15 ~ 16 cm || [[File:DigiTrippers Chika Neso S.png|center|150px]] || A normal sized nesoberi. Tend to have somewhat fat, squashed-looking heads in comparison to other nesoberi. Originally, they came with ball chains attached to their heads but this was removed in later releases, leaving only the ball chain loop (if at all). Prize machine nesoberi of this class tend to be referred to as "NNN", but retail nesoberi (i.e., which must be purchased from a shop) tend to be referred to as "S" (small) and frequently lack the ball chain loop.
|-
| Jumbo (J/JNN) || ジャンボ || 30cm || || A somewhat uncommon nesoberi size which is generally reserved for limited releases. Retail nesoberi of this size are generally referred to as "M" nesoberi.
|-
| Mega Jumbo (MEJ) || メガジャンボ || 40cm || [[File:Mega Jumbo Chika uniform.png|center|150px]] || Originally "Hyper Jumbo (HJNN)" (ハイパージャンボ寝そべりぬいぐるみ, "hyper jumbo lying down plush"), these are the first class of nesoberi to be released in crane games. Mega jumbo nesoberi have somewhat soft, underfilled bodies in comparison to the other nesoberi. Also referred to as "L" nesoberi. These nesoberi are frequently [[Bootleg nesoberi|bootlegged]] due to their popularity.
|-
| Large (LL) || ジャンボ || 50 ~ 60cm || || Rather confusingly, they are also referred to as "jumbo nesoberi", despite the jumboness conveyed by "mega jumbo" being considerably greater. These somewhat inconveniently sized nesoberi are quite uncommon and are restricted to in-store purchase only. Also sometimes referred to as "GJNN"/"Giga Jumbo" (ギガジャンボ), especially in the context of non-Love Live! nesoberi.
|-
| Tera Jumbo (TJNN) || テラジャンボ || 100cm || [[File:Tera Jumbo Chika Neso.jpg|center|150px]] || The largest commercially available size of nesoberi at a whopping one meter in length. These nesoberi notably come shipped in bespoke boxes adorned with nesoberi imagery and a cloth transit bag in the member's image color. Additionally, they come with certificates of purchase to ensure their authenticity.
|-
| Hyper Fabulous Ultimate Jumbo Nesoberi EX (HFUJNEX) || ハイパーファビュラスアルティメットジャンボ寝そべり || 10000cm || [[File:Hyper Fabulous Ultimate Jumbo Chika.jpeg|center|150px]] || At 7 meters tall and 10 meters long, it is far too large to keep in your home. In reality, this inflatable Chika nesoberi was erected as part of an [[April Fools' Day]] [https://pier21.co.jp/BLOG/bl-lovelive promotion] in [[Numazu]]. It was summarily [[:File:HFUJNEXChikaDies.jpeg|killed]] a few days later, making it the only extinct species of nesoberi.
|}
==Face designs by character==
===Love Live! series===
====[[Honoka Kosaka]]====
Honoka's eyes are circle-shaped, without eyelashes.
====[[Eli Ayase]]====
Eli's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
====[[Kotori Minami]]====
Kotori's eyes are circle-shaped, without eyelashes.
====[[Umi Sonoda]]====
Umi's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes.
====[[Rin Hoshizora]]====
All of Rin's Nesoberi have her with her eyes closed. In the Puchiguru Love Live! game, some of her outfits show her with her eyes opened, which are oval-shaped without eyelashes.
====[[Maki Nishikino]]====
Maki's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye. She is always winking with her left eye.
====[[Nozomi Tojo]]====
Nozomi's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes.
====[[Hanayo Koizumi]]====
Hanayo's eyes are circle-shaped, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
====[[Nico Yazawa]]====
Nico's eyes are circle-shaped, with two straight eyelashes at the bottom on each eye.
===Love Live! Sunshine!! series===
====[[Chika Takami]]====
Chika's eyes are circle-shaped, with one straight eyelash at the top near the center on each eye.
====[[Riko Sakurauchi]]====
Riko's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes.
====[[Kanan Matsuura]]====
Kanan's eyes are slightly ovoid-shaped, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
====[[Dia Kurosawa]]====
Dia's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with three straight eyelashes, one at the top and two at the bottom on each eye. Her face features a mole under her mouth.
====[[You Watanabe]]====
You's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
====[[Yoshiko Tsushima]]====
Yoshiko's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with one straight eyelash at the top on each eye.
====[[Hanamaru Kunikida]]====
Hanamaru's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes. She usually has a surprised expression.
====[[Mari Ohara]]====
Mari's eyes are oval shaped, with one eyelash at the middle curled downwards on each eye. Her mouth is long and wavy.
====[[Ruby Kurosawa]]====
Ruby's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes.
====[[Sarah Kazuno]]====
Sarah's eyes are almond shaped, each with one eyelash on the middle.

====[[Leah Kazuno]]====
Leah's eyes are nearly semi-circular, each with one eyelash on the middle.

===Nijigasaki High School Idol Club===
====[[Ayumu Uehara]]====
Ayumu's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
====[[Kasumi Nakasu]]====
Kasumi's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes.
====[[Shizuku Osaka]]====
Shizuku's eyes are slightly oval shaped, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
====[[Karin Asaka]]====
Karin's eyes are slightly ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
====[[Ai Miyashita]]====
Ai's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
====[[Kanata Konoe]]====
Kanata's eyes are oval shaped, with one eyelash at the bottom curled downwards on each eye. She is always winking with her right eye.
====[[Setsuna Yuki]]====
Setsuna's eyes are oval shaped, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
====[[Emma Verde]]====
Emma's eyes are oval-shaped, without eyelashes. She doesn't have freckles.
====[[Rina Tennoji]]====
Most Rina Nesoberi plushies released initially had her Rina-chan Board glued to her face, whether it was the paper version or the electronic one. As a result, if buyers forcefully removed the board, Rina was left faceless. Newer Rina plushies no longer include the board, instead featuring her face with oval-shaped eyes and no eyelashes.
====[[Shioriko Mifune]]====
Shioriko's eyes are sightly ovoid-shaped at the top, without eyelashes. Her mouth is always open showcasing her fang on the left side.
====[[Mia Taylor]]====
Mia's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with two straight eyelashes, both at the top on each eye, with one eyelash being shorter than the other.
====[[Lanzhu Zhong]]====
Lanzhu's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with two eyelashes at the top on the left and right side curled upwards on each eye.
====[[Yu Takasaki]]====
Yu's eyes are slightly semi-circular with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===Love Live! Superstar!! series===
====[[Kanon Shibuya]]===
Kanon's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
====[[Keke Tang]]====
Keke's eyes are circle-shaped, with one straight eyelash at the bottom on each eye.
====[[Chisato Arashi]]====
Chisato's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
====[[Sumire Heanna]]====
Sumire's eyes are circle-shaped, without eyelashes. Her curls are much thicker and curlier compared to her official design.
====[[Ren Hazuki]]====
Ren's eyes are oval-shaped, without eyelashes.
====[[Kinako Sakurakoji]]====
Kinako's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with three straight eyelashes at the bottom, with one of them being closer to the center on each eye.
====[[Mei Yoneme]]====
Mei's eyes are almond-shaped, with one straight eyelash on each eye.
====[[Shiki Wakana]]====
Shiki's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with two straight eyelashes at the bottom on each eye. Her left ear features a small red earring.
====[[Natsumi Onitsuka]]====
Natsumi's eyes are slightly ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes. Her eyebrows are blonde. She is the first Love Live! Nesoberi whose eyebrows are colored instead of black.
====[[Margarete Wien]]====
Margarete's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with four straight eyelashes, two at the top and two at the bottom on each eye. Her eyebrows are purple.
====[[Tomari Onitsuka]]====
Tomari's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes. Her eyebrows are teal.
===Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol Club===
====[[Kaho Hinoshita]]====
Kaho's eyes are slightly ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes.
====[[Sayaka Murano]]====
Sayaka's eyes are oval-shaped, with four straight eyelashes, two at the bottom and two at the top on each eye. Her mouth is slightly lower than other Nesoberi.
====[[Kozue Otomune]]====
Kozue's eyes are slightly oval-shaped, without eyelashes.
====[[Tsuzuri Yugiri]]====
Tsuzuri's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with two straight eyelashes at the bottom.
====[[Rurino Osawa]]====
Rurino's eyes are circle-shaped, with five straight eyelashes, three at the bottom and two at the top on each eye. Her mouth is always open showcasing her fang on the left side.
====[[Megumi Fujishima]]====
Megumi's eyes are circle-shaped, with two straight eyelashes at the top on each eye.
====[[Ginko Momose]]====
Ginko's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash curled upwards at the top.
====[[Kosuzu Kachimachi]]====
Kosuzu's eyes are circle-shaped, with one straight eyelash at the middle-top on each eye.
====[[Hime Anyoji]]====
Hime's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes.
====[[Ceras Yanagida Lilienfeld]]====
Ceras's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom with two curled eyelashes on each eye, one on the top left and one on the top right. Her eyebrows are light gray.
====[[Izumi Katsuragi]]====
Izumi's eyes are oval-shaped, without eyelashes.

==Other Nesoberi==
*[[Manmaru]]
==In the Anime==
[[File:Neso whack a mole.png|thumb|Cotaro's whack-a-mole game.]]
[[File:Nesos in tokyo.png|thumb|Nesoberi depicted in-universe.]]
Cotaro Yazawa is briefly seen playing a whack-a-mole type game featuring Muse nesoberi drawings in [[No. 1 Idol in the Universe]].

In the episode [[TOKYO]], nesoberi are seen among other pieces of Muse merchandise.

==Games==
:''See main article [[Puchiguru Love Live!]]''

==Notes & Trivia==
*Currently, there are no [[A-RISE]], [[Sunny Passion]], or [[School Idol Musical]] School Idols with a nesoberi.
*While previous members have had multiple sizes of nesoberi, only NNN nesos have so far been released for [[Wien Margarete|Margarete]], [[Tomari Onitsuka|Tomari]], and the [[Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol Club]].

Nesoberi

2025-04-15T14:14:24Z

Misterfunnyman: /* Ceras Yanagida Lilienfeld */

The term '''nesoberi''' (寝そべりぬいぐるみ, lit. "lying down plush doll") refers to a line of plush toys produced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Fave SEGA Toys] with a distinctive "lying down" appearance.

Debuting in 2015 to [[SEGA]]-licensed crane machines throughout Japan, the nesoberi plush series has proliferated far and wide, reaching even legacy or non-anime series such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Closed Detective Conan] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project Touhou Project]. However, as the original series for which they were produced, the nesoberi plush is still strongly associated with [[Love Live! (series)|Love Live!]], with many different variations and form factors of the plush being produced - some are still exclusive to Love Live! nesoberi even today.

Nesoberi are often colloquially referred to as "'''nesos'''" by fans.

==Characteristics==
Nesoberi are plushes characterized by their large, round heads and comparatively small, cylindrical bodies, with arms and legs (also simple tubes which lack hands and feet) outstretched to convey a "lying down" position, hence the name. They lack detailed facial features, typically only having embroidered eyes (brows optional) and mouth, and felt blush stickers on their cheeks. Their bodies are made of soft felt, while their bodies are stuffed with cotton fill with the exception of plastic nesoberi figurines (which, of course, are made of and filled with plastic).

Albeit a trait not exclusive to them, Love Live! series nesoberi are noted for having rather large blank eyes as opposed to ones which adhere to their actual series' artstyles. The eye outline on most commercially-available Love Live! nesoberi merchandise is black, and the interior is white; however, nesoberi featured in [[Puchiguru Love Live!]] have colored outlines corresponding to the members' respective [[Image color|image colors]].

Earlier releases of nesoberi featured stitched-on felt clothing, with certain characters (such as [[Honoka Kosaka|Honoka]] and [[Nico Yazawa|Nico]]) featuring polyester accessories such as bows. Other characters, such as [[Eli Ayase|Eli]] and [[Ai Miyashita|Ai]] feature stuffed protrusions to represent their hairstyles.

However, perhaps as a cost saving measure, nesoberi releases following the release of the [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]] Mega Jumbo series began to feature printed-on clothing patterns which adheres to the form of the nesoberi's body. Additionally, the aforementioned felted blush sticker was replaced with a flat embroidered pattern.

Nesoberi come in a variety of sizes:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Series name (English) !! Series name (Japanese) !! Length (head to foot) !! Example !! Description
|-
| Petit (figurine) || プチ || 3cm || [[File:Puchi Neso Chika.jpg|center|150px]]|| Also frequently rendered as "puchi", they are not actually plushes, but figurines made of plastic. Some releases featured keychains, while others had magnets on their undersides.
|-
| Petit (plush) || プチ || 10cm || || In a rather confusing decision to reuse the "petit" classification, this range of nesoberi was exclusive to a collaboration between [[Love Live! Sunshine!!]] and Hatsune Miku in order to promote the song "[[BANZAI! digital trippers]]". These nesoberi notably have features much different from other Love Live! series nesoberi, with small black eyes and smaller mouths among others.
|-
| Keychain Mascot (KCM) || キーチェンマスコット || 10 ~ 13cm || [[File:Keychain Mascot Chika uniform.jpg|center|150px]]|| A small nesoberi intended to be displayed on bags or lanyards. Typically come with a silver ball chain attached to their heads. Also referred to by "SS" (super small).
|-
| Normal (NNN) || 寝そべりぬいぐるみ || 15 ~ 16 cm || [[File:DigiTrippers Chika Neso S.png|center|150px]] || A normal sized nesoberi. Tend to have somewhat fat, squashed-looking heads in comparison to other nesoberi. Originally, they came with ball chains attached to their heads but this was removed in later releases, leaving only the ball chain loop (if at all). Prize machine nesoberi of this class tend to be referred to as "NNN", but retail nesoberi (i.e., which must be purchased from a shop) tend to be referred to as "S" (small) and frequently lack the ball chain loop.
|-
| Jumbo (J/JNN) || ジャンボ || 30cm || || A somewhat uncommon nesoberi size which is generally reserved for limited releases. Retail nesoberi of this size are generally referred to as "M" nesoberi.
|-
| Mega Jumbo (MEJ) || メガジャンボ || 40cm || [[File:Mega Jumbo Chika uniform.png|center|150px]] || Originally "Hyper Jumbo (HJNN)" (ハイパージャンボ寝そべりぬいぐるみ, "hyper jumbo lying down plush"), these are the first class of nesoberi to be released in crane games. Mega jumbo nesoberi have somewhat soft, underfilled bodies in comparison to the other nesoberi. Also referred to as "L" nesoberi. These nesoberi are frequently [[Bootleg nesoberi|bootlegged]] due to their popularity.
|-
| Large (LL) || ジャンボ || 50 ~ 60cm || || Rather confusingly, they are also referred to as "jumbo nesoberi", despite the jumboness conveyed by "mega jumbo" being considerably greater. These somewhat inconveniently sized nesoberi are quite uncommon and are restricted to in-store purchase only. Also sometimes referred to as "GJNN"/"Giga Jumbo" (ギガジャンボ), especially in the context of non-Love Live! nesoberi.
|-
| Tera Jumbo (TJNN) || テラジャンボ || 100cm || [[File:Tera Jumbo Chika Neso.jpg|center|150px]] || The largest commercially available size of nesoberi at a whopping one meter in length. These nesoberi notably come shipped in bespoke boxes adorned with nesoberi imagery and a cloth transit bag in the member's image color. Additionally, they come with certificates of purchase to ensure their authenticity.
|-
| Hyper Fabulous Ultimate Jumbo Nesoberi EX (HFUJNEX) || ハイパーファビュラスアルティメットジャンボ寝そべり || 10000cm || [[File:Hyper Fabulous Ultimate Jumbo Chika.jpeg|center|150px]] || At 7 meters tall and 10 meters long, it is far too large to keep in your home. In reality, this inflatable Chika nesoberi was erected as part of an [[April Fools' Day]] [https://pier21.co.jp/BLOG/bl-lovelive promotion] in [[Numazu]]. It was summarily [[:File:HFUJNEXChikaDies.jpeg|killed]] a few days later, making it the only extinct species of nesoberi.
|}

==Love Live! series==
===[[Honoka Kosaka]]===
Honoka's eyes are circle-shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Eli Ayase]]===
Eli's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Kotori Minami]]===
Kotori's eyes are circle-shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Umi Sonoda]]===
Umi's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Rin Hoshizora]]===
All of Rin's Nesoberi have her with her eyes closed. In the Puchiguru Love Live! game, some of her outfits show her with her eyes opened, which are oval-shaped without eyelashes.
===[[Maki Nishikino]]===
Maki's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye. She is always winking with her left eye.
===[[Nozomi Tojo]]===
Nozomi's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes.
===[[Hanayo Koizumi]]===
Hanayo's eyes are circle-shaped, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Nico Yazawa]]===
Nico's eyes are circle-shaped, with two straight eyelashes at the bottom on each eye.
==Love Live! Sunshine!! series==
===[[Chika Takami]]===
Chika's eyes are circle-shaped, with one straight eyelash at the top near the center on each eye.
===[[Riko Sakurauchi]]===
Riko's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Kanan Matsuura]]===
Kanan's eyes are slightly ovoid-shaped, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Dia Kurosawa]]===
Dia's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with three straight eyelashes, one at the top and two at the bottom on each eye. Her face features a mole under her mouth.
===[[You Watanabe]]===
You's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Yoshiko Tsushima]]===
Yoshiko's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with one straight eyelash at the top on each eye.
===[[Hanamaru Kunikida]]===
Hanamaru's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes. She usually has a surprised expression.
===[[Mari Ohara]]===
Mari's eyes are oval shaped, with one eyelash at the middle curled downwards on each eye. Her mouth is long and wavy.
===[[Ruby Kurosawa]]===
Ruby's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Sarah Kazuno]]===
Sarah's eyes are almond shaped, each with one eyelash on the middle.

===[[Leah Kazuno]]===
Leah's eyes are nearly semi-circular, each with one eyelash on the middle.

==Nijigasaki High School Idol Club==
===[[Ayumu Uehara]]===
Ayumu's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Kasumi Nakasu]]===
Kasumi's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Shizuku Osaka]]===
Shizuku's eyes are slightly oval shaped, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Karin Asaka]]===
Karin's eyes are slightly ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Ai Miyashita]]===
Ai's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Kanata Konoe]]===
Kanata's eyes are oval shaped, with one eyelash at the bottom curled downwards on each eye. She is always winking with her right eye.
===[[Setsuna Yuki]]===
Setsuna's eyes are oval shaped, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Emma Verde]]===
Emma's eyes are oval-shaped, without eyelashes. She doesn't have freckles.
===[[Rina Tennoji]]===
Most Rina Nesoberi plushies released initially had her Rina-chan Board glued to her face, whether it was the paper version or the electronic one. As a result, if buyers forcefully removed the board, Rina was left faceless. Newer Rina plushies no longer include the board, instead featuring her face with oval-shaped eyes and no eyelashes.
===[[Shioriko Mifune]]===
Shioriko's eyes are sightly ovoid-shaped at the top, without eyelashes. Her mouth is always open showcasing her fang on the left side.
===[[Mia Taylor]]===
Mia's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with two straight eyelashes, both at the top on each eye, with one eyelash being shorter than the other.
===[[Lanzhu Zhong]]===
Lanzhu's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with two eyelashes at the top on the left and righ side curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Yu Takasaki]]===
Yu's eyes are slightly semi-circular with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
==Love Live! Superstar!! series==
===[[Kanon Shibuya]]===
Kanon's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Keke Tang]]===
Keke's eyes are circle-shaped, with one straight eyelash at the bottom on each eye.
===[[Chisato Arashi]]===
Chisato's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Sumire Heanna]]===
Sumire's eyes are circle-shaped, without eyelashes. Her curls are much thicker and curlier compared to her official design.
===[[Ren Hazuki]]===
Ren's eyes are oval-shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Kinako Sakurakoji]]===
Kinako's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with three straight eyelashes at the bottom, with one of them being closer to the center on each eye.
===[[Mei Yoneme]]===
Mei's eyes are almond-shaped, with one straight eyelash on each eye.
===[[Shiki Wakana]]===
Shiki's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with two straight eyelashes at the bottom on each eye. Her left ear features a small red earring.
===[[Natsumi Onitsuka]]===
Natsumi's eyes are slightly ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes. Her eyebrows are blonde. She is the first Love Live! Nesoberi whose eyebrows are coloured instead of black.
===[[Margarete Wien]]===
Margarete's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with four straight eyelashes, two at the top and two at the bottom on each eye. Her eyebrows are purple.
===[[Tomari Onitsuka]]===
Tomari's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes. Her eyebrows are teal.
==Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol Club==
===[[Kaho Hinoshita]]===
Kaho's eyes are slightly ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes.
===[[Sayaka Murano]]===
Sayaka's eyes are oval-shaped, with four straight eyelashes, two at the bottom and two at the top on each eye. Her mouth is slightly lower than other Nesoberi.
===[[Kozue Otomune]]===
Kozue's eyes are slightly oval-shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Tsuzuri Yugiri]]===
Tsuzuri's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with two straight eyelashes at the bottom.
===[[Rurino Osawa]]===
Rurino's eyes are circle-shaped, with five straight eyelashes, three at the bottom and two at the top on each eye. Her mouth is always open showcasing her fang on the left side.
===[[Megumi Fujishima]]===
Megumi's eyes are circle-shaped, with two straight eyelashes at the top on each eye.
===[[Ginko Momose]]===
Ginko's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash curled upwards at the top.
===[[Kosuzu Kachimachi]]===
Kosuzu's eyes are circle-shaped, with one straight eyelash at the middle-top on each eye.
===[[Hime Anyoji]]===
Hime's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes.

===[[Ceras Yanagida Lilienfeld]]===
Ceras's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom with two curled eyelashes on each eye, one on the top left and one on the top right. Her eyebrows are light gray.

===[[Izumi Katsuragi]]===
Izumi's eyes are oval-shaped, without eyelashes.

==Other Nesoberi==
*Manmaru
==In the Anime==
[[File:Neso whack a mole.png|thumb|Cotaro's whack-a-mole game.]]
[[File:Nesos in tokyo.png|thumb|Nesoberi depicted in-universe.]]
Cotaro Yazawa is briefly seen playing a whack-a-mole type game featuring Muse nesoberi drawings in [[No. 1 Idol in the Universe]].

In the episode [[TOKYO]], nesoberi are seen among other pieces of Muse merchandise.

==Games==
:''See main article [[Puchiguru Love Live!]]''

==Notes & Trivia==
*Currently, there are no [[A-RISE]], [[Sunny Passion]], or [[School Idol Musical]] School Idols with a nesoberi.
*While previous members have had multiple sizes of nesoberi, only NNN nesos have so far been released for [[Wien Margarete|Margarete]], [[Tomari Onitsuka|Tomari]], and the [[Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol Club]].

Nesoberi

2025-04-15T14:13:55Z

Misterfunnyman:

The term '''nesoberi''' (寝そべりぬいぐるみ, lit. "lying down plush doll") refers to a line of plush toys produced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Fave SEGA Toys] with a distinctive "lying down" appearance.

Debuting in 2015 to [[SEGA]]-licensed crane machines throughout Japan, the nesoberi plush series has proliferated far and wide, reaching even legacy or non-anime series such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Closed Detective Conan] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project Touhou Project]. However, as the original series for which they were produced, the nesoberi plush is still strongly associated with [[Love Live! (series)|Love Live!]], with many different variations and form factors of the plush being produced - some are still exclusive to Love Live! nesoberi even today.

Nesoberi are often colloquially referred to as "'''nesos'''" by fans.

==Characteristics==
Nesoberi are plushes characterized by their large, round heads and comparatively small, cylindrical bodies, with arms and legs (also simple tubes which lack hands and feet) outstretched to convey a "lying down" position, hence the name. They lack detailed facial features, typically only having embroidered eyes (brows optional) and mouth, and felt blush stickers on their cheeks. Their bodies are made of soft felt, while their bodies are stuffed with cotton fill with the exception of plastic nesoberi figurines (which, of course, are made of and filled with plastic).

Albeit a trait not exclusive to them, Love Live! series nesoberi are noted for having rather large blank eyes as opposed to ones which adhere to their actual series' artstyles. The eye outline on most commercially-available Love Live! nesoberi merchandise is black, and the interior is white; however, nesoberi featured in [[Puchiguru Love Live!]] have colored outlines corresponding to the members' respective [[Image color|image colors]].

Earlier releases of nesoberi featured stitched-on felt clothing, with certain characters (such as [[Honoka Kosaka|Honoka]] and [[Nico Yazawa|Nico]]) featuring polyester accessories such as bows. Other characters, such as [[Eli Ayase|Eli]] and [[Ai Miyashita|Ai]] feature stuffed protrusions to represent their hairstyles.

However, perhaps as a cost saving measure, nesoberi releases following the release of the [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]] Mega Jumbo series began to feature printed-on clothing patterns which adheres to the form of the nesoberi's body. Additionally, the aforementioned felted blush sticker was replaced with a flat embroidered pattern.

Nesoberi come in a variety of sizes:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Series name (English) !! Series name (Japanese) !! Length (head to foot) !! Example !! Description
|-
| Petit (figurine) || プチ || 3cm || [[File:Puchi Neso Chika.jpg|center|150px]]|| Also frequently rendered as "puchi", they are not actually plushes, but figurines made of plastic. Some releases featured keychains, while others had magnets on their undersides.
|-
| Petit (plush) || プチ || 10cm || || In a rather confusing decision to reuse the "petit" classification, this range of nesoberi was exclusive to a collaboration between [[Love Live! Sunshine!!]] and Hatsune Miku in order to promote the song "[[BANZAI! digital trippers]]". These nesoberi notably have features much different from other Love Live! series nesoberi, with small black eyes and smaller mouths among others.
|-
| Keychain Mascot (KCM) || キーチェンマスコット || 10 ~ 13cm || [[File:Keychain Mascot Chika uniform.jpg|center|150px]]|| A small nesoberi intended to be displayed on bags or lanyards. Typically come with a silver ball chain attached to their heads. Also referred to by "SS" (super small).
|-
| Normal (NNN) || 寝そべりぬいぐるみ || 15 ~ 16 cm || [[File:DigiTrippers Chika Neso S.png|center|150px]] || A normal sized nesoberi. Tend to have somewhat fat, squashed-looking heads in comparison to other nesoberi. Originally, they came with ball chains attached to their heads but this was removed in later releases, leaving only the ball chain loop (if at all). Prize machine nesoberi of this class tend to be referred to as "NNN", but retail nesoberi (i.e., which must be purchased from a shop) tend to be referred to as "S" (small) and frequently lack the ball chain loop.
|-
| Jumbo (J/JNN) || ジャンボ || 30cm || || A somewhat uncommon nesoberi size which is generally reserved for limited releases. Retail nesoberi of this size are generally referred to as "M" nesoberi.
|-
| Mega Jumbo (MEJ) || メガジャンボ || 40cm || [[File:Mega Jumbo Chika uniform.png|center|150px]] || Originally "Hyper Jumbo (HJNN)" (ハイパージャンボ寝そべりぬいぐるみ, "hyper jumbo lying down plush"), these are the first class of nesoberi to be released in crane games. Mega jumbo nesoberi have somewhat soft, underfilled bodies in comparison to the other nesoberi. Also referred to as "L" nesoberi. These nesoberi are frequently [[Bootleg nesoberi|bootlegged]] due to their popularity.
|-
| Large (LL) || ジャンボ || 50 ~ 60cm || || Rather confusingly, they are also referred to as "jumbo nesoberi", despite the jumboness conveyed by "mega jumbo" being considerably greater. These somewhat inconveniently sized nesoberi are quite uncommon and are restricted to in-store purchase only. Also sometimes referred to as "GJNN"/"Giga Jumbo" (ギガジャンボ), especially in the context of non-Love Live! nesoberi.
|-
| Tera Jumbo (TJNN) || テラジャンボ || 100cm || [[File:Tera Jumbo Chika Neso.jpg|center|150px]] || The largest commercially available size of nesoberi at a whopping one meter in length. These nesoberi notably come shipped in bespoke boxes adorned with nesoberi imagery and a cloth transit bag in the member's image color. Additionally, they come with certificates of purchase to ensure their authenticity.
|-
| Hyper Fabulous Ultimate Jumbo Nesoberi EX (HFUJNEX) || ハイパーファビュラスアルティメットジャンボ寝そべり || 10000cm || [[File:Hyper Fabulous Ultimate Jumbo Chika.jpeg|center|150px]] || At 7 meters tall and 10 meters long, it is far too large to keep in your home. In reality, this inflatable Chika nesoberi was erected as part of an [[April Fools' Day]] [https://pier21.co.jp/BLOG/bl-lovelive promotion] in [[Numazu]]. It was summarily [[:File:HFUJNEXChikaDies.jpeg|killed]] a few days later, making it the only extinct species of nesoberi.
|}

==Love Live! series==
===[[Honoka Kosaka]]===
Honoka's eyes are circle-shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Eli Ayase]]===
Eli's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Kotori Minami]]===
Kotori's eyes are circle-shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Umi Sonoda]]===
Umi's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Rin Hoshizora]]===
All of Rin's Nesoberi have her with her eyes closed. In the Puchiguru Love Live! game, some of her outfits show her with her eyes opened, which are oval-shaped without eyelashes.
===[[Maki Nishikino]]===
Maki's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye. She is always winking with her left eye.
===[[Nozomi Tojo]]===
Nozomi's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes.
===[[Hanayo Koizumi]]===
Hanayo's eyes are circle-shaped, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Nico Yazawa]]===
Nico's eyes are circle-shaped, with two straight eyelashes at the bottom on each eye.
==Love Live! Sunshine!! series==
===[[Chika Takami]]===
Chika's eyes are circle-shaped, with one straight eyelash at the top near the center on each eye.
===[[Riko Sakurauchi]]===
Riko's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Kanan Matsuura]]===
Kanan's eyes are slightly ovoid-shaped, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Dia Kurosawa]]===
Dia's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with three straight eyelashes, one at the top and two at the bottom on each eye. Her face features a mole under her mouth.
===[[You Watanabe]]===
You's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Yoshiko Tsushima]]===
Yoshiko's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with one straight eyelash at the top on each eye.
===[[Hanamaru Kunikida]]===
Hanamaru's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes. She usually has a surprised expression.
===[[Mari Ohara]]===
Mari's eyes are oval shaped, with one eyelash at the middle curled downwards on each eye. Her mouth is long and wavy.
===[[Ruby Kurosawa]]===
Ruby's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Sarah Kazuno]]===
Sarah's eyes are almond shaped, each with one eyelash on the middle.

===[[Leah Kazuno]]===
Leah's eyes are nearly semi-circular, each with one eyelash on the middle.

==Nijigasaki High School Idol Club==
===[[Ayumu Uehara]]===
Ayumu's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Kasumi Nakasu]]===
Kasumi's eyes are oval shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Shizuku Osaka]]===
Shizuku's eyes are slightly oval shaped, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Karin Asaka]]===
Karin's eyes are slightly ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Ai Miyashita]]===
Ai's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Kanata Konoe]]===
Kanata's eyes are oval shaped, with one eyelash at the bottom curled downwards on each eye. She is always winking with her right eye.
===[[Setsuna Yuki]]===
Setsuna's eyes are oval shaped, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Emma Verde]]===
Emma's eyes are oval-shaped, without eyelashes. She doesn't have freckles.
===[[Rina Tennoji]]===
Most Rina Nesoberi plushies released initially had her Rina-chan Board glued to her face, whether it was the paper version or the electronic one. As a result, if buyers forcefully removed the board, Rina was left faceless. Newer Rina plushies no longer include the board, instead featuring her face with oval-shaped eyes and no eyelashes.
===[[Shioriko Mifune]]===
Shioriko's eyes are sightly ovoid-shaped at the top, without eyelashes. Her mouth is always open showcasing her fang on the left side.
===[[Mia Taylor]]===
Mia's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with two straight eyelashes, both at the top on each eye, with one eyelash being shorter than the other.
===[[Lanzhu Zhong]]===
Lanzhu's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with two eyelashes at the top on the left and righ side curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Yu Takasaki]]===
Yu's eyes are slightly semi-circular with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
==Love Live! Superstar!! series==
===[[Kanon Shibuya]]===
Kanon's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with one eyelash at the top curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Keke Tang]]===
Keke's eyes are circle-shaped, with one straight eyelash at the bottom on each eye.
===[[Chisato Arashi]]===
Chisato's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash at the bottom curled upwards on each eye.
===[[Sumire Heanna]]===
Sumire's eyes are circle-shaped, without eyelashes. Her curls are much thicker and curlier compared to her official design.
===[[Ren Hazuki]]===
Ren's eyes are oval-shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Kinako Sakurakoji]]===
Kinako's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with three straight eyelashes at the bottom, with one of them being closer to the center on each eye.
===[[Mei Yoneme]]===
Mei's eyes are almond-shaped, with one straight eyelash on each eye.
===[[Shiki Wakana]]===
Shiki's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with two straight eyelashes at the bottom on each eye. Her left ear features a small red earring.
===[[Natsumi Onitsuka]]===
Natsumi's eyes are slightly ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes. Her eyebrows are blonde. She is the first Love Live! Nesoberi whose eyebrows are coloured instead of black.
===[[Margarete Wien]]===
Margarete's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the top, with four straight eyelashes, two at the top and two at the bottom on each eye. Her eyebrows are purple.
===[[Tomari Onitsuka]]===
Tomari's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes. Her eyebrows are teal.
==Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol Club==
===[[Kaho Hinoshita]]===
Kaho's eyes are slightly ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes.
===[[Sayaka Murano]]===
Sayaka's eyes are oval-shaped, with four straight eyelashes, two at the bottom and two at the top on each eye. Her mouth is slightly lower than other Nesoberi.
===[[Kozue Otomune]]===
Kozue's eyes are slightly oval-shaped, without eyelashes.
===[[Tsuzuri Yugiri]]===
Tsuzuri's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with two straight eyelashes at the bottom.
===[[Rurino Osawa]]===
Rurino's eyes are circle-shaped, with five straight eyelashes, three at the bottom and two at the top on each eye. Her mouth is always open showcasing her fang on the left side.
===[[Megumi Fujishima]]===
Megumi's eyes are circle-shaped, with two straight eyelashes at the top on each eye.
===[[Ginko Momose]]===
Ginko's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, with one eyelash curled upwards at the top.
===[[Kosuzu Kachimachi]]===
Kosuzu's eyes are circle-shaped, with one straight eyelash at the middle-top on each eye.
===[[Hime Anyoji]]===
Hime's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom, without eyelashes.

===[[Ceras Yanagida Lilienfeld]]===
Ceras's eyes are ovoid-shaped at the bottom with two curled eyelashes on each eye, one on the top left and one on the top right.

===[[Izumi Katsuragi]]===
Izumi's eyes are oval-shaped, without eyelashes.

==Other Nesoberi==
*Manmaru
==In the Anime==
[[File:Neso whack a mole.png|thumb|Cotaro's whack-a-mole game.]]
[[File:Nesos in tokyo.png|thumb|Nesoberi depicted in-universe.]]
Cotaro Yazawa is briefly seen playing a whack-a-mole type game featuring Muse nesoberi drawings in [[No. 1 Idol in the Universe]].

In the episode [[TOKYO]], nesoberi are seen among other pieces of Muse merchandise.

==Games==
:''See main article [[Puchiguru Love Live!]]''

==Notes & Trivia==
*Currently, there are no [[A-RISE]], [[Sunny Passion]], or [[School Idol Musical]] School Idols with a nesoberi.
*While previous members have had multiple sizes of nesoberi, only NNN nesos have so far been released for [[Wien Margarete|Margarete]], [[Tomari Onitsuka|Tomari]], and the [[Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol Club]].

File:Nesos in tokyo.png

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File:Neso whack a mole.png

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TomaKanoTe (group)

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Misterfunnyman: idk if this is how footnotes work

{{Groups Infobox new|Name=TomaKanoTe|Image=[[File:tomakanote.png|300px]]|Members=[[Wien Margarete]] [[Kanon Shibuya]] [[Tomari Onitsuka]]|Japanese Name=トマカノーテ|Romanized Name=TomaKanōTe|Debut=[[TomaKanoTe|Season 3 Episode 2]]}}

'''TomaKanoTe''' (トマカノーテ) was a school idol group formed and led by [[Wien Margarete]]. They debuted with the song [[Bubble Rise]] and served as a rival unit to [[Liella!]] before later merging with them.

==Members==
{| class="wikitable" style="background: #dcc7de;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="border: 3px solid #ffffff;" | '''[[Liella!]]'''
|-
| style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:Wien Margarete.png|150px|link=Wien Margarete]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:Kanon Shibuya.png|150px|link=Kanon Shibuya]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:Tomari Onitsuka.png|150px|link=Tomari Onitsuka]]
|}

==Etymology==
The name "TomaKanoTe" comes from syllables of the members' names: '''Toma'''ri, '''Kano'''n, Margare'''te'''.

==Discography==
*[[Bubble Rise]]
*[[Dazzling Game]]<ref name = "erm akshully">Performed with the rest of Liella!; however, story-wise, the groups did not merge until after the performance.</ref>

== References ==
<references />

TomaKanoTe (group)

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{{Groups Infobox new|Name=TomaKanoTe|Image=[[File:tomakanote.png|300px]]|Members=[[Wien Margarete]] [[Kanon Shibuya]] [[Tomari Onitsuka]]|Japanese Name=トマカノーテ|Romanized Name=TomaKanōTe|Debut=[[TomaKanoTe|Season 3 Episode 2]]}}

'''TomaKanoTe''' (トマカノーテ) was a school idol group formed and led by [[Wien Margarete]]. They debuted with the song [[Bubble Rise]] and served as a rival unit to [[Liella!]] before later merging with them.

==Members==
{| class="wikitable" style="background: #dcc7de;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="border: 3px solid #ffffff;" | '''[[Liella!]]'''
|-
| style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:Wien Margarete.png|150px|link=Wien Margarete]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:Kanon Shibuya.png|150px|link=Kanon Shibuya]] || style="border: 3px solid #ffffff; width: 150px;" | [[File:Tomari Onitsuka.png|150px|link=Tomari Onitsuka]]
|}

==Etymology==
The name "TomaKanoTe" comes from syllables of the members' names: '''Toma'''ri, '''Kano'''n, Margare'''te'''.

==Discography==
*[[Bubble Rise]]
*[[Dazzling Game]]<ref>Performed with the rest of Liella!; however, story-wise, the groups did not merge until after the performance.</ref>

File:Tomakanote.png

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[[File:Love live but very american.png|thumb|560x560px|Fun fact: "Yoneme" (米女) can be translated as "American woman."]]
American fan of Love Live since 2019. Massive nerd.

Top 3 girls in each group:

* '''[[μ's]]'''
*# [[Maki Nishikino]]
*# [[Nico Yazawa]]
*# [[Umi Sonoda]]
* '''[[Aqours]]'''
*# [[Kanan Matsuura]]
*# [[You Watanabe]]
*# [[Hanamaru Kunikida]]
* '''[[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]'''
*# [[Shizuku Osaka]]
*# [[Kanata Konoe]]
*# [[Shioriko Mifune]]
* '''[[Liella!]]'''
*# [[Chisato Arashi]]
*# [[Tomari Onitsuka]]
*# [[Mei Yoneme]]
* Idk I haven't watched enough Hasu content to form a definitive ranking

Mei Yoneme

2025-04-13T14:14:01Z

Misterfunnyman: /* Chronology */

{{Warning}}
{{Infobox character|Name=Mei Yoneme|icon=[[File:Mei_Icon.png|50px]]|Image=[[File:Mei Yoneme Character Portrait (V1).png|300px]]|Gender=Female
|Japanese Name = 米女メイ
|Romanized Name = Yoneme Mei
|Birthday = October 29
|Zodiac Sign = Scorpio
|Gender = Female
|Blood Type = A
|Height = 155cm
|Favorite Food = Blueberries Soufflé Parfaits
|theme = super-star
|Debut = [[Welcome to Liella!|Season 2 Episode 1]]
|Year = Second Year (Season 3) First Year (Season 2)
|Seiyuu Kanji = 薮島朱音
|Seiyuu Romaji = [[Akane Yabushima]]
|Icon = [[File:Mei Logo.png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Mei Signature.png|150px]]}}
'''Mei Yoneme''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Superstar!!]]''. She is a third-year student at [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]]. She is both a second-generation member of [[Liella!]] and a member of the sub-unit [[CatChu!]]. Her image color is rouge.

==Background==
When Mei was younger, she was often mischaracterized as a delinquent due to her "scary eyes", which in reality turns out to be a side effect of her poor eyesight. This affected the way she perceived herself, and thought she didn't suit being a school idol, despite liking them a lot. She initially enrolled in Yuigaoka to watch Liella! from a distance as a fan, and had no intention in joining the group until she was personally invited by the club members after they saw how passionate she was about them.

Mei has been friends with Shiki since middle school.

Mei can play piano.

She becomes the president of the School Idol Club following [[Chisato Arashi|Chisato's]] graduation.

==Personality==
Mei speaks to strangers in a rather abrasive tone and comes off as frightening to other students, but she is actually very shy and has a diehard adoration for school idols that she keeps secret out of fear of being judged. Mei gets embarrassed when she is called "cute".

After joining, Mei starts to come out of her shell, and becomes much more comfortable being herself around her new friends. Her tone of speaking changes from sarcastic and dry to calm and soft during live performances. She is very close with Shiki, and confides in her regularly about her troubles.

==Appearance==
Mei has a slim figure with red hair that is tied into a side bun and has blue eyes.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Mei are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Akane Gokoro]]
[[Parade wa Itsumo]]
</poem>
|-|
Liella! =
<poem>
[[WE WILL!!]]
[[Star Sengen]]
[[Oikakeru Yume no Saki de]]
[[Mizushibuki no Sign]]
[[Irozuite Toumei]]
[[Yuragu wa]]
[[Vitamin SUMMER!]]
[[Chance Day, Chance Way!]]
[[Utopia Magic]]
[[POP TALKING]]
[[Prime Adventure]]
[[Sing! Shine! Smile!]]
[[Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru]]
[[TO BE CONTINUED]]
[[Namae Yobiau You ni]]
[[Time to go]]
[[Including you]]
[[Second Sparkle]]
[[Watashi no Symphony]]
[[MIRACLE NEW STORY]]
[[Kirakyun☆]]
[[UNIVERSE!!]]
[[Jump Into the New World]]
[[Shekira☆☆☆]]
[[FANTASTiC]]
[[Aikotoba!]]
[[Let's be ONE]]
[[Seishun HOPPERS]]
[[DAISUKI FULL POWER]]
[[Within a Dream]]
[[Special Color]]
[[Itsumo no Peace Sign]]
[[Fighting Call]]
[[Zettaiteki LOVER]]
[[Dazzling Game]]
[[QUESTION99]]
[[Makka.]]
[[Egao no Promise]]
[[Superstar!!]]
[[Wish Song|Wish Song ~11 Ver.~]]
[[Kimi・Machi・Sora・Hoshi]]
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora|Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora ~11 Ver.~]]
</poem>
|-|
CatChu! =
<poem>
[[Alternate]]
[[Kage Asobi]]
[[Distortion]]
[[Zenryoku Riot]]
</poem>
|-|
Misc. =
<poem>
[[Blooming Dance! Dance!]]
[[Summer Escape!!]]
[[Tsumi DA・YO・NE]]
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Chronology==
<tabber>
Season II=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Welcome to Liella!]]" |ようこそLiella!へ！|"Youkoso Liella! e!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep1 050.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Second-years and First-years]]" |2年生と1年生|"Ni Nensei to Ichi Nensei"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep2 199.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Next in Line to Win]]" |優勝候補|"Yūshō Kōho"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep3 224.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Two in the Science Room]]" |化学室のふたり|"Kagaku-shitsu no Futari"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep4 270.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Money Makes the World Go Round]]" |マニーは天下の回りもの|"Manī wa Tenka no Mawari Mono"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep5 035.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| "[[DEKKAIDOW!]]" (''"DEKKAIDOW!"'')
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Vitamin SUMMER! 28.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[UR Ren Hazuki]]" |UR 葉月恋|"UR Hazuki Ren"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep7 097.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| "[[Chance Way]]" (''"Chance Way"'')
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep8 034.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[For Victory]]" |勝利のために|"Shōri no Tame ni"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep9 216.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Song That Resonates Through Shibuya]]" |渋谷に響く歌|"Shibuya ni Hibiku Uta"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Sing! Shine! Smile! 37.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Dream]]" |夢|"Yume"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep11 044.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Story That'll Make Me Come True]]" |私を叶える物語|"Watashi wo Kanaeru Monogatari"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru 53.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|}
|-|
Season III=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Path I've Chosen]]" |私の決めた道|"Watashi no Kimeta Michi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep1 254.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[TomaKanoTe]]" |トマカノーテ|"TomaKanōTe"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S3Ep2 093.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The White-Colored Center]]" |白色のセンター|"Shiroiro no Sentā"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Special Color 26.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[No Rain, No Rainbow]]" ||"No Rain, No Rainbow"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep4 267.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Ni hao! Shanghai! Xiaolongbao~!]]" |你好！上海！小籠包〜！|"Nǐ hǎo! Shànghǎi! Xiǎo lóng bāo~!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep5 188.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Treasure]]" |タカラモノ|"Takaramono"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Zettaiteki LOVER 31.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[In Order To Win Against Liella!]]" |Liella!に勝つために|"Liella! ni Katsu Tame ni"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep7 073.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Yuigaoka VS Yuigaoka]]" |結ヶ丘 VS 結ヶ丘|"Yuigaoka VS Yuigaoka"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Dazzling Game 38.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Salzburger Nockerl]]" |ザルツブルガー・ノッケルン|"Zarutsuburugā・Nokkerun"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep9 127.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Kinako Sakurakoji (Episode)|Kinako Sakurakoji]]" |桜小路きな子|"Sakurakoji Kinako"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Egao no Promise 013.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Superstar!! (Episode)|Superstar!!]]" |スーパースター!!|"Sūpāsutā!!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Superstar!! 030.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Forever and Ever!]]" |ずっとずっと！|"Zutto Zutto!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S3Ep12 226.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|}
</tabber>

==Etymology==
*The name '''[https://www.behindthename.com/name/mei-2 Mei]''' is written in katakana (メイ), which has no special meaning. Her name is officially written in Chinese as 芽衣, meaning "bud, sprout" (芽) ('''me''') and "clothing, garment" (衣) ('''i''').
*Mei's surname '''Yoneme''' means "rice woman" (米女). While it is a real surname, it is extremely rare and exists in very small numbers.
**"米" read as '''Yone''' (よね) translates to "rice, paddy".

==Trivia==
*Along with [[Kinako Sakurakoji]], Mei fulfills the pure attribute of the Liella! second years.
*Mei is the only Yugiaoka student seen not wearing a ribbon on her school uniform.
*[[The Two in the Science Room|The fourth episode of the second season]] reveals that she has bad eyesight, as this was the reason why she terrifies other students due to her slight squinting.

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Mei Yoneme/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}

Mei Yoneme

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{{Warning}}
{{Infobox character|Name=Mei Yoneme|icon=[[File:Mei_Icon.png|50px]]|Image=[[File:Mei Yoneme Character Portrait (V1).png|300px]]|Gender=Female
|Japanese Name = 米女メイ
|Romanized Name = Yoneme Mei
|Birthday = October 29
|Zodiac Sign = Scorpio
|Gender = Female
|Blood Type = A
|Height = 155cm
|Favorite Food = Blueberries Soufflé Parfaits
|theme = super-star
|Debut = [[Welcome to Liella!|Season 2 Episode 1]]
|Year = Second Year (Season 3) First Year (Season 2)
|Seiyuu Kanji = 薮島朱音
|Seiyuu Romaji = [[Akane Yabushima]]
|Icon = [[File:Mei Logo.png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Mei Signature.png|150px]]}}
'''Mei Yoneme''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Superstar!!]]''. She is a third-year student at [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]]. She is both a second-generation member of [[Liella!]] and a member of the sub-unit [[CatChu!]]. Her image color is rouge.

==Background==
When Mei was younger, she was often mischaracterized as a delinquent due to her "scary eyes", which in reality turns out to be a side effect of her poor eyesight. This affected the way she perceived herself, and thought she didn't suit being a school idol, despite liking them a lot. She initially enrolled in Yuigaoka to watch Liella! from a distance as a fan, and had no intention in joining the group until she was personally invited by the club members after they saw how passionate she was about them.

Mei has been friends with Shiki since middle school.

Mei can play piano.

She becomes the president of the School Idol Club following [[Chisato Arashi|Chisato's]] graduation.

==Personality==
Mei speaks to strangers in a rather abrasive tone and comes off as frightening to other students, but she is actually very shy and has a diehard adoration for school idols that she keeps secret out of fear of being judged. Mei gets embarrassed when she is called "cute".

After joining, Mei starts to come out of her shell, and becomes much more comfortable being herself around her new friends. Her tone of speaking changes from sarcastic and dry to calm and soft during live performances. She is very close with Shiki, and confides in her regularly about her troubles.

==Appearance==
Mei has a slim figure with red hair that is tied into a side bun and has blue eyes.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Mei are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Akane Gokoro]]
[[Parade wa Itsumo]]
</poem>
|-|
Liella! =
<poem>
[[WE WILL!!]]
[[Star Sengen]]
[[Oikakeru Yume no Saki de]]
[[Mizushibuki no Sign]]
[[Irozuite Toumei]]
[[Yuragu wa]]
[[Vitamin SUMMER!]]
[[Chance Day, Chance Way!]]
[[Utopia Magic]]
[[POP TALKING]]
[[Prime Adventure]]
[[Sing! Shine! Smile!]]
[[Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru]]
[[TO BE CONTINUED]]
[[Namae Yobiau You ni]]
[[Time to go]]
[[Including you]]
[[Second Sparkle]]
[[Watashi no Symphony]]
[[MIRACLE NEW STORY]]
[[Kirakyun☆]]
[[UNIVERSE!!]]
[[Jump Into the New World]]
[[Shekira☆☆☆]]
[[FANTASTiC]]
[[Aikotoba!]]
[[Let's be ONE]]
[[Seishun HOPPERS]]
[[DAISUKI FULL POWER]]
[[Within a Dream]]
[[Special Color]]
[[Itsumo no Peace Sign]]
[[Fighting Call]]
[[Zettaiteki LOVER]]
[[Dazzling Game]]
[[QUESTION99]]
[[Makka.]]
[[Egao no Promise]]
[[Superstar!!]]
[[Wish Song|Wish Song ~11 Ver.~]]
[[Kimi・Machi・Sora・Hoshi]]
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora|Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora ~11 Ver.~]]
</poem>
|-|
CatChu! =
<poem>
[[Alternate]]
[[Kage Asobi]]
[[Distortion]]
[[Zenryoku Riot]]
</poem>
|-|
Misc. =
<poem>
[[Blooming Dance! Dance!]]
[[Summer Escape!!]]
[[Tsumi DA・YO・NE]]
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Chronology==
{{Liella Tab|
<tabber>
Season II=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Welcome to Liella!]]" |ようこそLiella!へ！|"Youkoso Liella! e!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep1 050.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Second-years and First-years]]" |2年生と1年生|"Ni Nensei to Ichi Nensei"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep2 199.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Next in Line to Win]]" |優勝候補|"Yūshō Kōho"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep3 224.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Two in the Science Room]]" |化学室のふたり|"Kagaku-shitsu no Futari"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep4 270.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Money Makes the World Go Round]]" |マニーは天下の回りもの|"Manī wa Tenka no Mawari Mono"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep5 035.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| "[[DEKKAIDOW!]]" (''"DEKKAIDOW!"'')
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Vitamin SUMMER! 28.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[UR Ren Hazuki]]" |UR 葉月恋|"UR Hazuki Ren"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep7 097.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| "[[Chance Way]]" (''"Chance Way"'')
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep8 034.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[For Victory]]" |勝利のために|"Shōri no Tame ni"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep9 216.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Song That Resonates Through Shibuya]]" |渋谷に響く歌|"Shibuya ni Hibiku Uta"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Sing! Shine! Smile! 37.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Dream]]" |夢|"Yume"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S2Ep11 044.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Story That'll Make Me Come True]]" |私を叶える物語|"Watashi wo Kanaeru Monogatari"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru 53.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|}
|-|
Season III=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Path I've Chosen]]" |私の決めた道|"Watashi no Kimeta Michi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep1 254.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[TomaKanoTe]]" |トマカノーテ|"TomaKanōTe"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S3Ep2 093.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The White-Colored Center]]" |白色のセンター|"Shiroiro no Sentā"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Special Color 26.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[No Rain, No Rainbow]]" ||"No Rain, No Rainbow"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep4 267.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Ni hao! Shanghai! Xiaolongbao~!]]" |你好！上海！小籠包〜！|"Nǐ hǎo! Shànghǎi! Xiǎo lóng bāo~!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep5 188.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Treasure]]" |タカラモノ|"Takaramono"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Zettaiteki LOVER 31.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[In Order To Win Against Liella!]]" |Liella!に勝つために|"Liella! ni Katsu Tame ni"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep7 073.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Yuigaoka VS Yuigaoka]]" |結ヶ丘 VS 結ヶ丘|"Yuigaoka VS Yuigaoka"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Dazzling Game 38.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Salzburger Nockerl]]" |ザルツブルガー・ノッケルン|"Zarutsuburugā・Nokkerun"}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:LLS S3Ep9 127.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Kinako Sakurakoji (Episode)|Kinako Sakurakoji]]" |桜小路きな子|"Sakurakoji Kinako"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Egao no Promise 013.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Superstar!! (Episode)|Superstar!!]]" |スーパースター!!|"Sūpāsutā!!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Superstar!! 030.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Forever and Ever!]]" |ずっとずっと！|"Zutto Zutto!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:LLS S3Ep12 226.jpg|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|
|}
</tabber>
}}

==Etymology==
*The name '''[https://www.behindthename.com/name/mei-2 Mei]''' is written in katakana (メイ), which has no special meaning. Her name is officially written in Chinese as 芽衣, meaning "bud, sprout" (芽) ('''me''') and "clothing, garment" (衣) ('''i''').
*Mei's surname '''Yoneme''' means "rice woman" (米女). While it is a real surname, it is extremely rare and exists in very small numbers.
**"米" read as '''Yone''' (よね) translates to "rice, paddy".

==Trivia==
*Along with [[Kinako Sakurakoji]], Mei fulfills the pure attribute of the Liella! second years.
*Mei is the only Yugiaoka student seen not wearing a ribbon on her school uniform.
*[[The Two in the Science Room|The fourth episode of the second season]] reveals that she has bad eyesight, as this was the reason why she terrifies other students due to her slight squinting.

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Mei Yoneme/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}

Chisato Arashi

2025-04-13T14:07:18Z

Misterfunnyman: Added chiito info

{{Warning}}{{Infobox character|Name=Chisato Arashi|Birthday=February 25|Height=155 cm|Zodiac Sign=Pisces|icon=[[File:Placeholder_Icon.png|50px]]|Japanese Name=嵐千砂都|Romanized Name=Arashi Chisato|Seiyuu Kanji=岬なこ|Seiyuu Romaji=[[Misaki Nako]]|Favorite Food=Takoyaki, Peaches, Cola|Image=
<tabber>
|-|Version 1 = [[File:Chisato Arashi Character Portrait (V1).png|300px]]
|-|Version 2 = [[File:Chisato Arashi Character Portrait (V2).png|300px]]
</tabber>|Gender=Female|Blood Type=B
|Debut = [[This Yet Unknown Feeling|Season 1 Episode 1]]
|Year = Third Year (Season 3) Second Year (Season 2) First Year (Season 1)
|Disliked Food = Bell Peppers
|English Seiyuu Name = [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=196336 Maddie Matsumoto]
|Icon = [[File:Chisato Logo.png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Chisato Signature.png|150px]]
}}
'''Chisato Arashi''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live! Superstar!!]]''. She was a third-year student at [[Yuigaoka Girls' High School]] until she graduated in the anime's [[Forever and Ever!|series finale]]. She is a first-generation member of [[Liella!]] and a member of the sub-unit [[5yncri5e!]]. Her image color is peach pink.

==Background==
Chisato is the childhood friend of [[Kanon Shibuya|Kanon]]. Having an athletic spirit, she entered the school primarily to dance, but after a chance encounter with the other girls, Chisato would instead focus more on becoming a school idol. However, despite having an interest in school idols, Chisato initially didn't want to become one as she thought she was better off supporting Kanon instead. While attempting to also establish a dance club at Yuigaoka, Chisato strives to build up her physical fitness each day, often devoting mornings to long-distance running. Perhaps stemming from her love of cooking and intense fascination of round objects, Chisato works as a part-timer at a takoyaki food truck, which can be seen parked within Aoyama's "Commune" open-air food court. She became the president of the School Idol Club in her second year.

She initially belonged to Yuigaoka's music program but made the decision to transfer to the general program after deciding to join Liella!.
==Personality==
Chisato is very kind, sweet, loyal and supportive towards Kanon - and later all the other group members. Although she describes herself as having a friendly and congenial personality, Chisato admits that others would find her "scary" whenever she gets angry - a thought that rarely crosses her mind. She loves to converse with her friends and go shopping together. Chisato is also very well-attuned to the latest news and rumors traveling within her school, seemingly to the extent that she might one day become Yuigaoka's official gossip girl.

Chisato likes anything that is round shaped; especially Kanon's pet Manmaru, who seems to be wary around Chisato when she comes to visit.

Her favorite sayings are, "The early bird gets the worm," and, "Fortune comes in at the merry gate." Her catchphrase is "Wissu Wissu Wissu!", "wiisu" (うぃーっす) being an informal Japanese greeting typically used by young males.<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%86%E3%81%83%E3%83%BC%E3%81%A3%E3%81%99</ref>

She used to be bullied as a kid as she was meek and soft-spoken, and was defended by the more assertive Kanon.

==Appearance==
Chisato has a slim figure with white hair that is tied into high side buns, as well as dark pink eyes.

==Songs==
The songs featuring Chisato are:

<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Yuuki no Kakera]]
[[Flyer's High]]
[[Kimi o Omou Hana ni Naru]]
[[Memories]]
[[Ringing!]]
[[Kakeru Merry-Go-Round]]
</poem>
|-|
Liella! =
<poem>
[[Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora]]
[[Dancing Heart La-Pa-Pa-Pa!]]
[[Dreaming Energy]]
[[Watashi no Symphony]]
[[START!! True dreams]]
[[Dakara Bokura wa Narasunda!]]
[[Mirai wa Kaze no You ni]]
[[Kono Machi de Ima Kimi to]]
[[Mirai Yohou Hallelujah!]]
[[GOING UP]]
[[1.2.3!]]
[[Tokonatsu☆Sunshine]]
[[Wish Song]]
[[Bye Bye Shichaeba!?]]
[[Matataki no Saki e]]
[[Nonfiction!!]]
[[Starlight Prologue]]
[[Day1]]
[[Dream Rainbow]]
[[Primary]]
[[Departure]]
[[Sagashite! Future]]
[[Tu Tu Tu!]]
[[What a Wonderful Dream!!]]
[[Unison]]
[[WE WILL!!]]
[[Star Sengen]]
[[Oikakeru Yume no Saki de]]
[[Mizushibuki no Sign]]
[[Welcome to Bokura no Sekai]]
[[Go!! Restart]]
[[Irozuite Toumei]]
[[Yuragu wa]]
[[Vitamin SUMMER!]]
[[Chance Day, Chance Way!]]
[[Utopia Magic]]
[[POP TALKING]]
[[Prime Adventure]]
[[Sing! Shine! Smile!]]
[[Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru]]
[[TO BE CONTINUED]]
[[Namae Yobiau You ni]]
[[Time to go]]
[[Hoshizora Monologue]]
[[Including you]]
[[Second Sparkle]]
[[MIRACLE NEW STORY]]
[[Kirakyun☆]]
[[UNIVERSE!!]]
[[Jump Into the New World]]
[[Shekira☆☆☆]]
[[FANTASTiC]]
[[Aikotoba!]]
[[Let's be ONE]]
[[Seishun HOPPERS]]
[[DAISUKI FULL POWER]]
[[Within a Dream]]
[[Special Color]]
[[Itsumo no Peace Sign]]
[[Fighting Call]]
[[Zettaiteki LOVER]]
[[Dazzling Game]]
[[QUESTION99]]
[[Makka.]]
[[Egao no Promise]]
[[Superstar!!]]
[[Kimi・Machi・Sora・Hoshi]]
[[Hitohira Dake]]
</poem>
|-|
5yncri5e! =
<poem>
[[Dancing Raspberry]]
[[A Little Love]]
[[Jellyfish]]
[[Thank you Good morning]]
</poem>
|-|
Misc. =
<poem>
[[Stella!]]
[[Kawaranai Subete]]
[[Omoware Marionette]]
</poem>
|-|
Collaboration =
<poem>
[[LIVE with a smile!]] (Featuring [[Aqours]] and [[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]])
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Etymology==
*The name '''Chisato''' is a common female name and can be written with various kanji characters. "thousand" (千) ('''chi'''), "sand, grit" (砂) ('''sa''') and "metropolis, capital" (都) ('''to''').
*Chisato's surname '''Arashi''' means "storm, tempest" (嵐).

==Trivia==
*Along with [[Sumire Heanna]], Chisato fulfills the smile attribute of the Liella! third years.
*"Chii-chan" is the nickname given to Chisato by her best friend, Kanon Shibuya.
*While [[Nico Yazawa]] and [[Ai Miyashita]] are shown rapping in their songs, Chisato is one of the [[Sumire Heanna|three]] [[Keke Tang|characters]] in ''Superstar'' whose rapping ability is seen on-screen.
*As seen in the [[Mirai wa Kaze no You ni]] outro sequence, Chisato is the ninth character in the entire ''Love Live!'' franchise to do a Kotori-style photobomb. Another [[Keke Tang|member]] of Liella! even did a Kotori-bomb style in [[What's Your Name?|Season 1 Episode 9]] of the ''Superstar!!'' anime.

===References===
{{Reference Box4|References=<references />}}

Nico Yazawa

2025-04-13T13:57:30Z

Misterfunnyman: Added logo and signature

{{Warning}}
{{Infobox character
|Color = #fb4192
|Name={{PAGENAME}}
|Image=[[File:LL-SIF-ASA-Nico.png|250px]]
|Year = Third Year (Season 1-Movie)
|Birthday = July 22 (Cancer)
|Gender = Female
|Occupation = School Idol Former Idol Research Club President µ's Assistant Costume Designer
|Blood Type = A
|Height = 154 cm
|image = [[File:Love Live! infobox - Yazawa Nico.png|250px]]
|Debut = [[Come True! Our Dreams!|Season 1 Episode 1]]
|Seiyuu Kanji = 徳井青空
|Seiyuu Romaji = [[Sora Tokui|Tokui Sora]]
|English Seiyuu Name = {{W|Erica Mendez}}
|Japanese Name = 矢澤にこ
|Romanized Name = Yazawa Niko
|Three Sizes = B 74 (actually 71)<ref name="nico SID chapter 1">Love Live! School idol diary ~Yazawa Nico~ Chapter 1: {{Nihongo|Measurement of Niconi's Secret♡|ニコニーの秘密測定♡|Niconi no himitsu sokutei♡}}</ref>, W 57, H 79
|Favorite Food = Sweets
|Disliked Food = Spicy food
|Charm Point = Her light skin<ref name="first fanbook">[[Love Live! Publications#Love Live.21 First Fan Book|Love Live! First Fan Book]]</ref>
|Icon = [[File:Nico_Logo.png|50px]]
|Signature = [[File:Nico_Signature.png|150px]]}}

'''Nico Yazawa''' is a main character in ''[[Love Live!]]''. Despite her childlike stature, she was a third-year student at [[Otonokizaka High School]] until she graduated in the anime's [[Come True! Everyone's Dream|series finale]], but still retained her status in ''[[Love Live! The School Idol Movie]]''. She is a member of [[BiBi]], a sub-unit under [[Muse|μ's]]. Her image color is pink.

==Background==
In [[Nico Attacks|Season 1 Episode 5]], it is discovered that during her first year of high school she started an idol group. However, one by one the members gave up because Nico's standard for idols was too high for them and they couldn't keep up.

In [[No. 1 Idol in the Universe|Season 2 Episode 4]], it is revealed she has two younger sisters named [[Cocoro Yazawa|Cocoro]] and [[Cocoa Yazawa|Cocoa]], and a younger brother [[Cotaro Yazawa|Cotaro]]. Nico's father has been out of the picture, and so her mother is constantly out of the house in order to work and financially provide needs for her four children. Due to being in a single-parent household, money is tight and their living space is compact. Because Nico's mother is nearly never home, Nico has long since assumed the role of their household's head (or possibly sole) caretaker. Nico is the eldest by the largest age gap, with her three siblings being all much younger than her and closest to age with each other. Because of this, Nico is accustomed to and skilled in cooking and housekeeping. Most importantly, however, she seems to care very much for her younger siblings, and will do anything to make them smile. She will go as far as to lie in order to make them happy. This is discovered when Nico's siblings express their belief that the other members are Nico's backup dancers, which was a lie that Nico told them and substantiated with altered μ's posters in which she was the center (switched with Honoka). Unaware of the truth, Cocoro, Cocoa, and Cotaro act happy, proud and inspired by the idea of their oldest sister's unparalleled success.

All of this information comes as a surprise to the other members, as it runs contrary to her often self-centered behavior at school and during idol work. However, the revelation of Nico's home life provides insight as to why Nico's specific personality traits and values developed and how they inform her behavior within μ's. Her brazen desire for the spotlight and to be doted on is a product of not being afforded such attention due to her home situation. Nico's obsession with making others smile with her catchphrase ("Nico Nico Nii!" or にっこにっこにー) is related to when Nico would try her hardest to cheer up her family members during hardships.

==Personality==
[[File:NicoNicoNii.png|thumb|311x311px|Nico's famous "Nico Nico Nii" catchphrase.]]
Normally, Nico has quite an abrasive personality, but when she takes on her alternate personality, she becomes a happy, upbeat character who is always smiling, often saying her catchphrase, "Nico Nico Nii!" (にっこにっこにー), accompanied with a pose. She usually thinks a bit highly of herself but, despite that, she is also caring.

It is later revealed in [[No. 1 Idol in the Universe|Season 2 Episode 4]] that her obsession with performative, over-the-top happiness and cuteness is because of the difficulty of her home situation. Her family circumstances and the role she plays in it have led her to fixate on both making sure as many people as possible are smiling and also seeking and receiving attention and praise. This manifests in her idol obsession and subsequent persona.

A common joke in the series is that she's often ignored by the other members of μ's when she claims that she is the better idol. An example of her trying to make the others believe she is the better idol is in [[No Upperclassmen Allowed!|Season 1 Episode 10]] when Nico claims that she has a personal chef like [[Maki Nishikino|Maki]] and has never cooked before. [[Kotori Minami|Kotori]] falls for the lie unknowingly. However, she accidentally forgot about her lie when it was dinner time, and ended up cooking for everyone to reveal the truth.

Sometimes, her determination to become the best idol causes her to be a little bit cold, calculating, and somewhat ill-intentioned. An example of this is in [[Who'll Be the Center?|Season 1 Episode 6]] where she is seen suggesting that the girls hold a karaoke and dancing competition, hoping to outshine the others, so that everyone will accept that she is the better idol and to be able to claim centre position.

Nico often gets annoyed with the former student council president, [[Eli Ayase]], for taking away the spotlight from her with Eli's beauty and maturity.

She also argues a lot with Maki, since their personalities often clash together. However, they have a good friendship and they actually care about each other.

==Clubs and Hobbies==
Nico was the Idol Research Club's president (before she passed on the role to [[Hanayo Koizumi|Hanayo]]) and is interested in fashion. Therefore, she designs the group's outfits with Kotori. Her special skill is hair arrangement.

In Season 1 Episode 10, Nico is shown to be a very skilled cook despite saying she has never cooked before.

==Appearance==
Nico has a petite figure. She has long black hair that she ties into twintails and crimson eyes. {{clr}}
==Other Data==
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="800px" | Nico's Diary (January 2011)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine January 2011 issue</ref>
|- |
|[[File:Nico Dengeki G's Mag Jan 2011.jpg|center|350px]]

Yan~♡ If you keep--- looking at me like that--- I'll, I'll be troubled--- ...... What should Nico do? This is embarrassing---. As I thought, Nico looks weird somewhere, doesn't she? Like, maybe my chest is too small? Maybe my butt is--- too flat? Yan~, if that is the case, what should Nico do. If it was something like this, Nico should have put more effort into dieting and exercising---. Yesterday too, I received cupcakes with colorful chocolate toppings, and they were so terribly cute that I couldn't resist and ate two of them--- Caramel and marshmallows and candy, I really love all of them, so, everyone can always count on me to have a few ready in my bag. Ah, after all, you see--- Nico is an idol, so as expected, it's better to be prepared with a supply of lozenges for the throat, and sweet things to replenish calories during prolonged recordings---. Giggles. Aah, God! Please--- don't tempt Nico with the temptations of all maidens any more than this! Also, I'll definitely, definitely stick to my diet from tomorrow onward, so please just for today--- Please take away the calories from yesterday!! At least I came here without having breakfast this morning but--- is my stomach fine? But--- the truth is, it wouldn't be good if people didn't look at me a lot either. I know that much. After all--- Nico is an idol! Yes. A swimsuit photoshoot, of course that's a first for me too. Wearing such a small bikini is also a first, so Nico is extremely embarrassed as expected, but! If there were people who would look at such a Nico, Nico would--- do her best with the world's greatest Nico Nii Smile! Nico Nii, Nico Nii, Nico Nico Nii♡ A Nico Nico Nii for your happiness~♡♡♡
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width="800px" | Nico's Holiday (June 2012)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine June 2012 issue.</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;" width="20%" |'''Time: Task'''
| style="text-align:left;" |'''Description'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''8:00am: Wake up'''
|I love holidays in which I can sleep all I want in the morning! Since it's just 8 am--- time to go back to sleep♪ And with that said, back to bed.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''10:00am: Wake up again'''
|The room had become unbearably bright, I can't stand it anymore~!
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''10:30am: Brunch♡'''
|Breakfast/Lunch aka brunch's menu is the trendy {{W|A%C3%A7a%C3%AD_na_tigela|Acai bowl}}♪ I'll have some honey pancakes heaped with fresh cream for a snack later since I can't make it by myself♡
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''11:30am: Step out♪'''
|Since I'm full and energetic from that brunch, time to dress up fashionably and head out♡ Lately, my favorite spot is {{W|Omotesand%C5%8D|Omotesando}}! If I cross that giant traffic crossing in front of {{W|Laforet}} and wander aimlessly many, many times--- I'll soon find someone who's scouting for Nico's cuteness, right?
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''1:00pm: It's here♡'''
|Rendezvous in front of Omotesando Hills. Ah~ it's here, it's here! Elichika's glasses super suits her, Nico♪ From now, the three of us including Kotorin are gonna do lots of shopping♡
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''3:30pm: Snacking time♡'''
|I've been looking forward to it since morning, time to head to the pancake shop! A big pancake heaped with fresh cream and ice cream♪ I'll fully enjoy this utter bliss Nico~!!
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''4:00pm: Continue shopping'''
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''5:30pm: Split!'''
|It's sad how fun things always end so quickly. Today's trophy is a cute lacy vest♡
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''6:00pm: Bath'''
|With the bubbles and my rubber ducky♪
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''7:00pm: Dinner'''
|Dinner while watching comedy shows on TV♪ Nico quite likes rhythm-based comedy♡
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''8:00pm: Secret Activity♡'''
|Tweet about today's events on my smartphone♡ And then check other idols' photo collections, practice dance--- Research time, I guess? It's a secret from everyone else in μ's okay?
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |'''10:00pm: Go to bed'''
|The fact that this good girl Nico goes to bed early is a given! Sleeping lets Nico grow♡ It'll be great if it was good weather tomorrow too~ And so everyone, good night Nico♡♡
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="800px" | Secret Short Cuts Cut 1: Nico & Maki (July 2013)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine July 2013 issue</ref>
|- |
|[[File:Secret Short Cuts Cut 1 (Scanlated).jpg|center|350px]]
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="800px" | Secret Short Cuts Cut 10: Nico & Honoka (May 2014)<ref>Dengeki G's Magazine May 2014 issue</ref>
|- |
|[[File:Secret Short Cuts Cut 10 (Scanlated).jpg|center|350px]]
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="800px" | Vital Statistics<ref name="first fanbook" />
|- |
|Studies: ★★★ Reflexes: ★★★ Aggressiveness: ★★★ Conformity: ★ Nico-nii♪: Unmeasurable
|}

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" width="800px" | ~μ's Member Q&A~
|- |
|
'''You spend a lot of time together with Maki-chan, but which parts of her do you love?'''<ref name="DGM May 2013">Dengeki G's Magazine May 2013 issue</ref> ''Asked by きよ９オさん from Tokyo''

Maki-chan's good points are--- her cleverness and her honesty♡ Maki-chan's smart, so whenever we're together, she does even my portion of the thinking, see? So it becomes easy for me, and on top of that, she's reaaally honest and kind. She doesn't lie, and all her thoughts show up clear as day on her face, that cute personality of hers is what Nico likes best♡

'''What's your signature dish at home?'''<ref name="DGM Jan 2015">Dengeki G's Magazine January 2015 issue</ref> ''Asked by レイアンさん from Hyogo Prefecture''

Fried rice, maybe? It's my specialty~♡ Shaking the wok with a clatter, cooking crunchy fried rice♪ Because my younger sisters are still kids, I often cook fried rice with small fish and fish sausage as ingredients, Nico. I'll definitely garnish it with a vegetable salad too, Nico~♡

'''Do you have any ambitions or things that you want to try after becoming top idol in the future?'''<ref name="DGM Jan 2015" /> ''Asked by まーりゃんさん from Hokkaido''

Even though you ask that, geez, I'm already a top idol~♡ Well, that aside, I guess in the end--- The Tokyo Dome live I aspire for is definitely on my list♪ And then surprisingly, what I long for is to be like a celebrity overseas, and be welcomed by lots of fans at the airport. I want to be introduced on the evening news, Nico~♡♡♡

'''If you could swap bodies with any of the other members for a day, who would you want to be and what would you want to do?'''<ref name="DGM Jan 2015" /> ''Asked by 越後いなほさん from Niigata Prefecture''

There's only one obvious choice! I'll swap with Eli-chan and have her take the test in Nico's place!!! And during that time, Nico will laze around at home watching idol DVDs and do idol research diligently, Nico~♪

'''Please teach me tips to keep a smile on always!...... Lately, work has been really busy (sobs)'''<ref name="DGM Jan 2015" /> ''Asked by はやぽんさん from Hyogo Prefecture''

Aww, that seems so pitiful, Nico! For such a sad Hayapon-san, Nico will cast a magic spell for you to smile♡ First, place your right hand's index finger on your right cheek, then your left hand's index finger on your left cheek♪ If you then pull upwards, see, you're smiling!! Ehehe♪ When you come upon hard times, even if you have to force it, once you try smiling in front of a mirror, you'll feel energetic♡ Nico will be cheering for you too, Nico~!!!

'''What kind of sweets does Nico-chan like?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2015">Dengeki G's Magazine October 2015 issue</ref> ''Asked by まみこさん from Shizuoka Prefecture''

I'm a girl after all, so I love all sorts of sweets! Although, what I've been into lately has to be candy, maybe? I feel at ease by always carrying a tiny candy pack around with sweets-chan inside♡ During times of exhausting practice in the hot summers, I give everyone salt-lemon candies as a countermeasure against heatstroke--- Kya~, to think that Nico Nii is actually this wonderful!♪ And also, everyone gives me all sorts of sweets in exchange, so it's actually a strategy that kills two birds with one stone, using a small bait to fish up great rewards♡ When it turns to winter, my target changes to Tirol-Choco instead, Nico~♪

'''How many types of dishes do you have in your repertoire of specialties?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2015" /> ''Asked by だいすさん from Tokyo''

Hmm, I never really counted so I'm not sure--- Nico Nii's cooking isn't done by firmly deciding on a menu and then getting the required ingredients, but rather by cooking a suitable dish based on what's within the refrigerator, because it's a cost-saving style of cooking, ehehe♪ But you know--- Lately, it's been weighing on my mind that delicious food doesn't really have to be expensive Nico. Everyday, I'm able to make delicious dishes from simple ingredients like beansprouts and minced meat too! My latest hit that's popular with my family is Nico's special soft and fluffy tofu hamburger♪ Its fluffiness is so amazing you wouldn't be able to believe it! I definitely want everyone to eat it too~♡

'''Do you have any new recipes that's been popular with your family lately?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2015" /> ''Asked by わらいあんこさん from Ibaraki Prefecture''

Ah, just as I was saying, Nico's special soft and fluffy tofu hamburger! The refreshing yet full-bodied flavor of my secret soy-sauce demi-glace is delicious~! It's definitely Nico's recommendation♡ I wonder if there's any family restaurant willing to serve it as part of an idol collaboration menu... Hehe♪

'''If μ's members were to be a family, what would Nico-chan be?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2015" /> ''Asked by マッサキさん from Aichi Prefecture''

Definitely, definitely, the youngest sister!! The cutest and most spoiled, that everyone is kind towards--- The absolute cutest!!!!! That's decided, Nico♡

'''Other than being an idol, is there any other occupation you wanted to become?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2015" /> ''Asked by レイ from Hyogo Prefecture''

Nothing right now Nico~ After all, Nico's already become an idol♪ Ehehe--- As for from here onwards, whether it's being an idol/newscaster, idol/weather reporter, idol/actress, I will work hard at a value-added career, I think? But in the end, Nico Nii likes idols the most of all in this world, so Nico will work hard for the sake of continuing to sparkle as an idol until the end of time♡

'''Previously Maki-chan compared Nico-chan and tomatoes and declared that she likes tomatoes more, but what do you think?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2015" /> ''Asked by スイッチさん from Aichi Prefecture''

Eeeh, something like that would definitely be a LIE, so I won't pay it any heed Nico~♪ Jeez, that Maki-chan, it's all because she's such a shy person! The truth is she loves Nico~♪ And of course, Nico loves Maki-chan more than tomatoes♡ Hey, Maki-chan, did you hear that~? It's alright, because Nico understands Maki-chan's feelings very well! It's OK for you to confess your love to me any time, Nico~♡♡♡

'''Everyday I keep thinking about Nico-chan, I can't focus on anything else. What should I do?'''<ref name="DGM Oct 2015" /> ''Asked by 満塁男さん from Gunma Prefecture''

Aah~, Nico is so sorry. That's a disease that even Nico Nii can't save you from~! Aah, this Nico Nii is so cute it's truly sinful♡ But it'll be fine. That is actually a very common and expected phenomenon, evidence that you have eyes that are capable of seeing--- So there's no need to worry Nico. From here onwards too, I want you to continue caring about Nico Nii until you feel like dying, Nico♡♡♪
|}

==Songs==
The songs featuring Nico are:
<center><tabber>
Solo =
<poem>
[[Mahoutsukai Hajimemashita!]]
[[Hane wa Shitte Shimatta no?]]
[[Niko puri♥Joshi dou]]
</poem>
|-|
µ's=
<poem>
[[Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE]]
[[Yuujou No Change]]
[[Snow halation]]
[[Baby maybe Koi no Button]]
[[Natsuiro Egao de 1,2,Jump!]]
[[Mermaid festa vol.1]]
[[Mogyutto "love" de Sekkin Chuu!]]
[[Aishiteru Banzai!]]
[[Wonderful Rush]]
[[Oh,Love&Peace!]]
[[Bokura wa Ima no Naka de]]
[[WILD STARS]]
[[Kitto Seishun ga Kikoeru]]
[[Kaguya no Shiro de Odoritai]]
[[START:DASH!!]]
[[Korekara no Someday]]
[[Wonder zone (song)|Wonder zone]]
[[No brand girls]]
[[Kakumei desu ne? Kamisama!]]
[[LONELIEST BABY]]
[[Music S.T.A.R.T!!]]
[[LOVELESS WORLD]]
[[Takaramonozu]]
[[Paradise Live]]
[[ENDLESS PARADE]]
[[Koremade no Love Live!]]
[[Sore wa Bokutachi no Kiseki]]
[[Datte Datte Aa Mujou]]
[[COLORFUL VOICE]]
[[Yume no Tobira]]
[[SENTIMENTAL StepS]]
[[Love wing bell]]
[[Dancing stars on me!]]
[[KiRa-KiRa Sensation!]]
[[Happy maker!]]
[[Soshite Saigo no Page ni wa]]
[[Shangri-La Shower]]
[[Ruteshi Kisuki Shiteru]]
[[Dreamin' Go! Go!!]]
[[Mi wa µ'sic no Mi]]
[[Super LOVE=Super LIVE!]]
[[Angelic Angel]]
[[SUNNY DAY SONG]]
[[Bokutachi wa Hitotsu no Hikari]]
[[HEART to HEART!]]
[[Arashi no Naka no Koi dakara]]
[[Korekara]]
[[MOMENT RING]]
[[Sayounara e Sayonara!]]
[[A song for You! You? You!!]]
[[Natte Shimatta!]]
</poem>
|-|
BiBi =
<poem>
[[Diamond Princess no Yuuutsu]]
[[Love Novels]]
[[Cutie Panther]]
[[Natsu, Owaranai de.]]
[[Fuyu ga Kureta Yokan]]
[[Trouble Busters]]
[[Silent tonight]]
[[Saitei de Saikou no Paradiso]]
[[Sakkaku CROSSROADS]]
[[PSYCHIC FIRE]]
</poem>
|-|
Duo & Trio =
<poem>
[[Otome Shiki Ren'ai Juku]]
[[Listen to my heart!!]]
[[After school NAVIGATORS]]
[[Zurui yo Magnetic today]]
[[？←HEARTBEAT]]
</poem>
</tabber></center>

==Chronology==
<tabber>
Season I=
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Come True! Our Dreams!]]" |叶え!私たちの夢――|"Kanae! Watashitachi no Yume"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:093_S1Ep1.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|Nico Yazawa first appears in Episode 1 in a noticeable disguise that consists of a scarf, heavy jacket, face mask, and sunglasses. Nico was at [[UTX High School|UTX]] when [[Honoka Kosaka]] appears, watching [[A-RISE]] perform on a screen. Because of Nico's first attempt at becoming an idol failed, Nico showed resentment towards A-RISE. Not knowing who they were, Honoka asked Nico who the group on the screen were. Shocked, Nico explains to her that they're a school idol group, and that UTX was getting a lot of students because of their fame.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Let's Start Becoming Idols!]]" |アイドルを始めよう!|"Aidoru wo Hajimeyou!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:089 S1Ep2.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 2, Nico appeared behind Hanayo, who was looking at the µ's poster, asking what it was with an obviously displeased tone.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[First Live]]" |ファーストライブ|"Faasuto Raibu" }}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:284 S1Ep3.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"| In Episode 3, Nico was secretly watching Honoka, Umi, and Kotori performing "[[START:DASH!!]]" in their concert.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[MakiRinPana]]" |まきりんぱな|"MakiRinPana"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:339 S1Ep4.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 4, Nico, who was in the Idol Research Club's club room, browses through photos of the new µ's members. She then comments on how inexperienced they are through the internet.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Nico Attacks]]" |にこ襲来|"Niko Shuurai" }}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:358 S1Ep5.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|Nico confronts Honoka and Kotori to tell them, µ's, to break up. Later on, Nico meets the rest of μ's who ask her to end her Idol Research Club so they can create a School Idol Club, since they have enough members to form a club. Nico flat out refuses and tries to run away, but fails when [[Rin Hoshizora]] catches her, thanks to her lack of stamina. Still remaining stubborn and her belief in μ's being inexperienced idols based on their lack of personas, Nico says no again and locks them out of the club room.

The school's vice-president, [[Nozomi Tojo]], explains to μ's that Nico once attempted to become a school idol, but failed because she set the bar too high for her group, causing them to quit one by one. After some thinking, Honoka comes up with the idea to join Nico's Idol Research Club to ask Nico to teach them how to improve μ's. Nico was reluctant to accept at first, but became willing after hearing their determination to continue even though it was going to be hard.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Who'll Be the Center?]]" |センターは誰だ?|"Sentaa wa Dare da?" }}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:316 S1Ep6.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 6, Nozomi records interviews with μ's, but stops to ask Honoka why she is the leader when she does nothing for the group. Nico then suggests to have a karaoke and dance contest to determine the leader (although secretly trying to outshine everyone else). However, her plan backfires when everyone gets similar scores. Honoka then suggests that μ's doesn't need a leader and everyone agrees, despite believing that Honoka was the most worthy of becoming the leader. μ's performed the song "[[Korekara no Someday]]".
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Elichika]]" |エリーチカ|"Erichika" }}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:116 S1Ep7.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 7, Hanayo tells μ's about the [[Love Live! (School Idol Tournament)|Love Live!]] tournament, a contest where the top 20 school idol groups compete in. Needing permission to enter, the girls then go over to the chairwoman for permission. The chairwoman tells them that they can enter, but only if they all pass the upcoming exams. Nico gets paired up with Nozomi to study, even though she says that she doesn't need any help. Once the exams are done and everyone passes, everyone goes to the chairwoman's office, but overhear her telling Eli that the school would be shutting down next year.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[What I Want To Do Is...]]" |やりたいことは|"Yaritai Koto wa" }}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:322 S1Ep8.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 8, following the events of the previous episode, the chairwoman clarifies to μ's that the school will shut down if the upcoming open day is received negatively. [[Umi Sonoda]] suggests to the group to get Eli to teach them how to dance. Eli agrees to their offer and puts the group into intense training, but is surprised by their willingness to continue. Nozomi tells μ's that Eli wants to join, but believes she can't because of how she treated them in the past. μ's go to Eli and formally invite her to join. Eli becomes honest with her feelings and joins, along with Nozomi who reveals that she came up with the group's name: μ's, which refers to the nine goddesses of music. Coincidentally, there are nine members in μ's. The now complete group performs "[[Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE]]" at the open day to a pleased crowd, making the open day a success.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Wonder Zone]]" |ワンダーゾーン|"Wandā Zōn" }}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:263 S1Ep9.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 9, the group goes to Akihabara and discover that they're being featured as merchandise. Nico, not being able to find any items of her, freaks out and begins looking through the rest of the members' merchandise. Nico soon comes across merchandise of her and happily takes pictures of it. They also discover that Kotori has been secretly working at a maid café after school to build confidence. Finding Akiba a good place for a concert, Eli assigns Kotori the job of writing lyrics for μ's next song. Kotori struggles with this, however, but after receiving help from Honoka and Umi, she is able to successfully write "[[Wonder zone (song)|Wonder zone]]" by recalling the feelings she gets whenever she works in Akihabara.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[No Upperclassmen Allowed!]]" |先輩禁止|"Senpai Kinshi!" }}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:215 S1Ep10.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 10, μ's decide to go to Maki's beach house after getting permission from her parents. Eli creates a rule that no one is allowed to use the honorifics "senpai" for the duration of the trip, so they can break down the barrier between upper and underclassmen. The girls spend the whole day at the beach playing, but Nozomi and Eli are quick to notice Maki not participating. At night, Nozomi initiates a pillow fight and all of them join in except for Umi, who is already fast asleep. However, two pillows hit Umi while she was sleeping, causing her to get cranky and begin throwing "supersonic pillows" at everyone, hitting Nico, Honoka, and Eli. At the end of the episode, all of μ's go out to the beach and watch the sunrise while holding hands.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Greatest Live Performance]]" |最高のライブ|"Saikō no Raibu" }}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:305 S1Ep11.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 11, μ's has reached rank #19 on the school idol website, meaning they are eligible to perform in the Love Live! tournament. However, things don't go their way when they are unable to secure a spot on the auditorium for the upcoming school festival, thanks to Nico failing a lottery spin. Honoka suggests that they instead hold their performance on the school rooftop where they train, but the other members are slightly hesitant to this idea but eventually agree. For the whole episode, Kotori is preoccupied about a letter she received in episode 9. Umi notices her distress and calls her later that day, discovering that Kotori had been wanting to tell Honoka something. Honoka, meanwhile, had overworked herself for the whole episode that she wakes up with a fever the day of the festival, but goes to school, anyway. At the concert, μ's perform "[[No brand girls]]," but after it finishes, Honoka faints.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Friends]]" |ともだち|"Tomodachi" }}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Ep12_00163.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 12, following the events of the previous episode, Eli tells the audience that one of the members had an accident. The next day, μ's go to Honoka's house to check on her. They discover that she's still recovering and has a sprained leg. They sadly tell Honoka that they dropped out of the Love Live! tournament, meaning their ranking was removed from the school idol ranking site. Honoka blames herself for the incident, but μ's tell her that it's everyone's fault, instead. Everyone gets depressed from this event, but Honoka the most. At the rooftop, Maki, Hanayo, and Rin all announce that the school has been saved, thus the group decides to have a celebration. At the party, however, Umi and Kotori are noticed to not be in jolly spirits. Umi then reveals to μ's that Kotori is moving to a fashion boarding school for the rest of her high school career. Everyone is surprised by the announcement, but Honoka gets angry at Kotori for not telling her earlier. Kotori explains to her that she wanted to tell them but couldn't, and runs away.

The next day, on the rooftop, μ's reveal to Honoka that they're planning to do a final live before Kotori leaves. However, Honoka tells them that it was her fault and that none of this would've happened if it wasn't for the accident. The members tell her to stop saying that, but Honoka then says that the school is saved, therefore there's no reason to keep on performing and that it's impossible to go against a group like A-RISE. Honoka tells them that she quits, but before she leaves, Umi slaps her cheek, saying that she didn't think that she's that kind of person and that she's the worst there is.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Muse's Music Start!|μ's Music Start!]]" |μ'sミュージックスタート!|"Myūzu Myūjikku Sutāto!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Ep13_00149.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 13, Eli decides to put μ's on a hiatus. Despite this, Nico tells Hanayo and Rin to continue practicing. Later, while on her way home, Honoka comes across Nico, Hanayo, and Rin training. Nico tells Honoka that she loves being an idol and that everything that has happened is because Honoka quit being an idol. Rin and Hanayo tell Nico that she's being too harsh on her, but Honoka tells them that Nico is right.

After Honoka brings back Kotori from the airport, later on in the episode, μ's performs "[[START:DASH!!]]" in the auditorium, despite wearing their school uniforms, and this time with the auditorium filled with people. Afterwards, Honoka tells the crowd to say "μ's Music Start!" and μ's are in the school idol ratings again.
|}
|-|
Season II =
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" align="center"
! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Ep.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
! scope="col" style="width:25%;text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Love Live! Once Again]]" |もう一度ラブライブ!|"Mōichido Rabu Raibu!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:S2Ep01_00081.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 1, Principal Minami announces that [[Otonokizaka High School|Otonokizaka]] will still accept student applications for next year. After the announcement, the podium is then passed on to the succeeding student council president, Honoka Kosaka, to deliver her speech. Honoka managed to introduce herself but had forgotten the contents of her speech.

At the student council room, Umi scolds Honoka for forgetting her speech that they wrote together then places a large amount of student council work in front of her. Eli arrives at the student council room together with Nozomi to check on the trio.

On the rooftop, Nico shows Rin, Hanayo, and Maki the results of her "special training". Maki tells her that it was disgusting and Nico accidentally told them her true motive for trying to help them. Just then, Hanayo receives a notification on her phone. Hanayo quickly ran to their club room's computer to confirm the news. After confirming, the four of them ran and looked for Honoka. They eventually found her eating bread while sitting under a tree. They told her that it's going to be held once again.

μ's talked about the news about Love Live! being held once more. They were hesitant at first because of the thought that they have to compete against A-RISE for the preliminaries, but after Umi stated that it was too early to give up, they all agreed to give it a shot, except for Honoka who told them that it's okay for them not to enter Love Live!. All of them were shocked at Honoka's statement and asked her if there was anything wrong with her but she said that she was happy just being able to sing and dance with everyone. Honoka then suggests that they all hang out together after school for a change of pace.

That night, the members of μ's, except for Honoka, talked about Honoka's weird behavior. Nozomi told them that the regular dance practices and sessions may be enough for Honoka.

The next day, Nico challenges Honoka to a race to decide whether the group enters Love Live! or not. During the race, Honoka finally understood the meaning of [[Yukiho Kosaka|Yukiho]]'s words, as at that time, Eli, Nozomi, and Nico will graduate and no longer be school idols, making this year's Love Live! the last opportunity for μ's to perform together as a group of nine.

Everyone told Honoka their feelings about entering Love Live! making Honoka state her true desire to enter Love Live! as well. They all sang "[[Susume→Tomorrow]]" and Honoka told them that they will aim for victory.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Aim for Victory]]" |優勝をめざして|"Yūshō o Mezashite"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:231 S2Ep2.png|150px]]
|-
| colspan="3"|In Episode 2, Hanayo tells everyone that only unreleased songs are allowed to be performed at Love Live!, meaning they can't use any of their existing songs. Eli tells them that they have no choice but to make a new song and decides to go on a camping trip.

They were amazed that Maki's family had a vacation house even at the mountains. When they were about to leave the train station and head for the bus, Rin told them that they might be forgetting something. They forgot about Honoka who was still sleeping on the train.

Everyone was amazed yet again when they saw the house and the things inside. They found out that Maki still believed in Santa when they were talking about the fireplace. Nico was about to laugh and mock her for it but the others prevented her from doing so, claiming that it was a serious crime to say it. After settling down, Maki, Umi, and Kotori proceeded to doing their jobs upstairs while the others proceeded to doing some basic drills outside.

While in the living room, Honoka noticed that Maki wasn't anywhere near the piano and decides to take the tea that Hanayo made to the girls upstairs. Honoka opens the door to where Umi was staying but found no one inside, finding a note on the table stating "Please don't look for me" instead. Panicked, Honoka proceeded to Kotori's room and found no one inside as well, finding a picture on the wall with the words "Help me" instead. Honoka soon noticed that there was cloth tied by the window that leads outside. She looks outside and finds the three sighing.

The others found out that the three were in a slump because of the pressure and decides to split the work to all of them. They decided on forming three groups, with the first group consisting of Kotori, Hanayo and Honoka to work on the costumes, the second group consisting of Umi, Rin and Nozomi to work on the lyrics, and the third group consisting of Maki, Nico, and Eli to work on the music. There was no progress for the first few hours but after hearing some encouraging words from their group mates, the three who're originally assigned for the tasks met on the house and was able to finish everything that night. The others found the three of them sleeping in the living room with their finish products and decided to let them sleep for a while. They immediately started practicing as soon as the three woke up and continued to practice hard even after returning from their trip, aiming to win Love Live!.
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| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[The Door to Our Dreams]]" |ユメのトビラ|"Yume no Tobira"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:S2Ep03_00335.jpg|150px]]
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| colspan="3"|In Episode 3, Honoka, Hanayo, and Eli were browsing the Love Live! site. They saw the different stages prepared for the preliminaries. Hanayo told them that because of the number of groups that will enter the preliminaries, they are allowed to perform anywhere other than the concert halls. After practice, μ's talked about the mechanics of the contest. Four groups will be able to move on to the final round of the preliminaries. They also concluded that there will only be three spots to compete for, knowing that A-RISE will get a place for sure. Honoka suggests that they use their school as their stage so that they can perform comfortably. Nico and Hanayo told Honoka that she was naive and that they only have one shot at it. They needed something original to stand out and catch everyone's attention. But before they can decide the place, they still needed to practice being on air so they asked the broadcasting club for help. Honoka, Umi, and Hanayo were the ones who tried out the mic. The results wasn't what they really wanted but at least it was very μ's-like.

After that, μ's decided to look for a place to hold their live but it turns out that they're out of new stages. They looked elsewhere and ended up in front of the UTX building. The group saw A-RISE's promotion and Honoka says that they won't lose. Just then, A-RISE's [[Tsubasa Kira]] appeared in front of the second year trio. Tsubasa hushed Honoka before others could see her then she grabbed Honoka's arm and ran, dragging her inside the building. Hanayo and Nico noticed that Tsubasa was there, running with Honoka and chased after them.

A-RISE revealed to μ's that they've been watching and keeping an eye on the group for quite a while. They thought that μ's was going to be their biggest rivals during the last Love Live!. Tsubasa, [[Erena Todo|Erena]], and [[Anju Yuuki|Anju]] then revealed each of μ's members' good points. Tsubasa tried to comment on Nico's good points, but she could not think of anything, so she thanked her for always sending flowers to A-RISE. Nico was not satisfied with that answer, so Tsubasa called her a cute devil who's integral to the group. Eli asked them why they knew so much and Tsubasa answers that it was because it was rare to see a group with a caliber like μ's and that they didn't want to lose to μ's. Honoka also states that they won't lose either and says thank you to them. Tsubasa then offers to perform with μ's on the same stage, which is their school's rooftop, to which Honoka immediately agrees, surprising the rest of μ's members.

The day of the preliminaries came, A-RISE's Tsubasa and μ's Honoka agreed to give it their all and shook hands. [[Alisa Ayase|Alisa]] and Yukiho are shown watching with a laptop at the Kosaka residence. Alisa was worried but Yukiho assured her that they will be fine. A-RISE performed their new song, "[[Shocking Party]]". Seeing A-RISE perform, most of μ's members were starting to feel that they can't win. Honoka immediately disagreed and cheered everyone up. Some of there schoolmates came and cheered them on as well. μ's found a new hope and was ready to perform. μ's performed their new song, "[[Yume no Tobira]]" and received good responses from their audience.
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| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[No. 1 Idol in the Universe]]" |宇宙No.1アイドル|"Uchuu Nanbā 1 Aidoru"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:S2Ep04_00303.png|150px]]
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| colspan="3"|In Episode 4, Hanayo checks the site for the results of the preliminaries. When the results came out, µ's was delighted to discover that they have qualified for the next round. Everybody ran out of the room to spread the good news, except for Umi who was left covering her ears.

The rest of the girls caught up and called out to Nico who was about to go home. Nico said that she's going to have to skip practice because she has other things to do and left. The others decided to follow Nico secretly because she was acting suspicious, but Nico spotted them and was able to escape.

While the others were wondering why Nico was desperate to escape, Hanayo saw a little girl who looks a lot like Nico. They then learned that she was Nico's little sister, Cocoro. While Cocoro was leading them to their home, they learned that Nico told her siblings that she was the center of µ's and the others were her backup dancers. After arriving at the Yazawa residence, they met Cotaro, Nico's little brother who also believed that they were backup dancers. There, they saw the posters of µ's that were edited to make it look like Nico was the center in all of them.

After some time, Nico arrived and they chased after her once again. Nico wasn't able to escape this time because her other little sister, Cocoa, met her in front of the elevator. Nico apologized and explained that she was skipping practice to look after her siblings and that she's been telling them that she was a super idol from the beginning.

On the way home, Nozomi tells the others that Nico was telling her siblings all that even after she failed to become a super idol in her first year because she didn't want their vision of her to be destroyed. After hearing this, the girls arrange for Nico to give a special performance for her siblings, claiming it to be her last performance as a 'solo idol' before joining her fellow idols as equals in μ's.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''05'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[A New Me]]" |新しいわたし|"Atarashī Watashi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:S2Ep05_00218.png|150px]]
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| colspan="3"|In Episode 5, µ's prepares for a performance in a fashion event on the weekend, however, the second years are on their school trip in Okinawa and both Eli and Nozomi are busy taking care of student council work, leaving the other four to practice with themselves. Rin thought that the second years must be having a blast with their trip, but in reality, they weren't enjoying much because of the storm.

When Eli told Rin that she's going to be the temporary leader, Rin isn't confident in herself and ends up struggling with the responsibilities.

After Eli told the others that the second years wouldn't make it back in time for the performance, it was decided that Rin would take the center for their performance. Rin feels she isn't cute enough for the fancy dress given to the center and passes on the role to Hanayo, though the others can tell she is bothered about it.

On the day of the event, the group arranges for Rin to wear the dress whilst everyone else wears groom outfits, feeling it fits her the most. Rin was still in denial at first but Hanayo and Maki encouraged her with their feelings. Rin finally accepted and wore the dress, receiving some compliments from the audience. The six members then performed the song "[[Love wing bell]]" and the event turns out to be a huge success. Rin then decides to be more confident with expressing her femininity and decides to wear a skirt for practice making everyone happy for her.
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| style="text-align:center;"|'''06'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Happy Halloween]]" |ハッピーハロウィーン|"Happī Harouīn"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:S2Ep06_00359.png|150px]]
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| colspan="3"|In Episode 6, Eli told the other members about µ's and A-RISE being invited to the Halloween event. Nico then declared that they should make a stronger impact than A-RISE.

While using mascots, Honoka, Kotori, Nico, and Maki talked about how the impact from the Halloween performance would give them advantages for the final round of the preliminaries. Eli then reminded them that A-RISE won the last contest and that they are much known than them.

Honoka, Rin, and Nico went to the opening of the Halloween event. A-RISE made an amazing impact even though they were not present on the opening itself. The three talked about what happened earlier at Honoka's room. Nico stated that they have to conquer that Halloween event or else they would have a hard time at the final round of the preliminaries.

µ's tried changing their outfits in search for the impact they're looking for but it didn't work out. They tried impersonating each other next but it didn't work out as well. Eli then suggested that they try not to present themselves as idols, resulting to µ's sporting a rock look, which didn't work out as well. Principal Minami even called them to her office because of it.

While making the costumes, Hanayo made a mistake. Nico then asked Kotori why they were the ones that are making the costumes. Hanayo answered that everybody else is preparing the other things. Nico was not happy about it, saying they've been wasting time on pointless things. On the other hand, Kotori did not thought it was pointless at all. She said that she had fun and that it gave her hints on new designs.

On the day of their performance, Honoka thinks that they don't need to change themselves, as they already have quite varied members themselves, and they perform together with their natural abilities. µ's performs the song "[[Dancing stars on me!]]" and aims to win Love Live!.
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| style="text-align:center;"|'''07'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[We Have to Do Something!]]" |なんとかしなきゃ!|"Nantoka Shinakya!"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:S2Ep07_00286.png|150px]]
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| colspan="3"|In Episode 7, after finding out about Honoka and Hanayo's weight, Umi made a diet plan for the two of them. Both were consoling each other when a group of three first years appeared and asked them for autographs. A first year complimented Umi's figure, the other complimented Kotori's, while the last one complimented Honoka's energy instead.

While climbing the stairs to the [[Kanda Shrine|shrine]], Honoka and Hanayo found it harder to reach the top than before. Nico told them that it was because of the extra weight. Later, Umi found out that Honoka and Hanayo were sneaking off during their runs to eat rice. After letting them explain themselves, Hanayo was told that she regained her past weight while Honoka's weight did not change at all.

Honoka and the others soon found out that the Art Club's budget request was approved before the budget meeting. They tried to talk to the girl from the Art Club but it did not work. Eli and Nozomi offered to help but Honoka said that it was their mistake and that they should fix it themselves.

After working hard to fix everything and making a budget plan for all the clubs, Honoka, Kotori, and Umi managed to end the budget meeting well. During the process of fixing everything, Honoka told everyone that she forgot to eat and managed to regain her old weight. Nozomi and Eli are then left assured that the student council is in good hands.
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| style="text-align:center;"|'''08'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[My Wish]]" |私の望み|"Watashi no Nozomi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:341_S2Ep08.png|150px]]
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| colspan="3"|In Episode 8, Honoka announces during an interview that µ's will definitely win Love Live!. Everyone was amazed and surprised at the sudden declaration of victory.

Nico asked Honoka why she said that all of a sudden. Maki told her that since they're really aiming to win Love Live!, it shouldn't be a problem. Umi agreed and said that A-RISE did say that the last round of the preliminaries would be as competitive as the Love Live! itself. Eli then told everyone to decide on which song they want to perform with. Nico suggested that they go for a new song . Nozomi then suggested that they make it a love song which surprised everyone. Hanayo told them that love songs are necessary for idol groups but µ's has yet to sing one. They asked Umi why there haven't been any love songs for µ's and Nozomi answered that it's because Umi has no romantic experience yet. Maki told them that it's too late to make a new song anyway but Eli disagreed and said that she thinks it's too early to give up. Though everyone wonders how they'd write a love song, Nozomi thought of an idea. They tried practicing giving gifts but the idea didn't help.

On the way home, Maki told them that she still thinks it's better if they don't take the risk. Umi agrees and believes that they should focus on perfecting what they already have instead. Most of the members agreed as well but Eli said that she still thinks that a love song would be powerful and that Nozomi's predictions are usually spot on. Honoka then said that they think about a little more.

While at Honoka's house, everyone tried to come up with ideas once again. Kotori suggested that they watch a romance movie for reference, however Maki says that these halfhearted efforts to write a new song will lower the quality of their performance. After finally deciding on using the songs they already have, they decided on calling it a day and go home.

Maki and Eli decided to call over the others to Nozomi's house, and deciding to go ahead with writing the song. Hanayo saw a picture frame with a picture of their "START:DASH!!" performance. Nozomi grabbed it immediately, feeling embarrassed. It soon began to snow, and the girls ran outside. Each and every one of them caught a snowflake and became lyrically inspired.
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| style="text-align:center;"|'''09'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Melody of the Heart]]" |心のメロディ|"Kokoro no Merodi"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:295_S2Ep09.png|150px]]
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| colspan="3"|In Episode 9, the day of the final preliminaries arrives. At Nico's house, Cocoro and Cocoa practiced doing Nico's signature move, "Nico Nico Nii". Nico felt happy and told her two sisters that they'll definitely pass the preliminaries. Cotaro suddenly opened the door, surprising Nico, before saying the he completed something. Cotaro showed them his µ's snow art. Nico thanked Cotaro and told her siblings that she'll sing her heart out as center, after all, everyone in µ's is the center.

Nozomi and Eli went to Nico's house to fetch her. Nico asked them why they showed up and tried to close the door on them, but Nozomi was able to stop her. Eli said that Nozomi told her that the three of them should go together. Nozomi denied that and said that it was the cards who told her that they might regret it if the three of them won't go together at least once.

At school, the teacher said that they'll be starting the open house an hour later that scheduled because of the weather. Honoka called Eli to tell them the situation. Eli said that she'll explain the situation to the staff and they'll rehearse with six members.

While accommodating the guests, Honoka received a call from Eli. Eli apologized and said that they arrived at the venue. Nozomi said that with a venue that big, they'll need all 9 members of µ's. Eli told Honoka to come immediately after they're done.

Rin and Hanayo looked at the stage, amazed that they would be able sing there. Maki asked Eli if anyone would even watch them since it's still snowing. A-RISE suddenly arrived and told them that the place would be full of people later. Erena noticed that µ's was missing some members. Eli told them that Honoka and the others would be late because of a school event but they'll be there by the time they perform. Tsubasa then asked Eli to tell Honoka and the others that both µ's and them should give it their best, and that they won't lose.

With Honoka, Kotori, and Umi rejoining the others just in time, the girls of μ's take on the feelings of all of their supporters and perform the song that they all wrote together. They performed the song "[[Snow halation]]".
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''10'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Muse (Episode)|µ's]]" |µ's|"Myūzu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:71_S2Ep10.png|150px]]
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| colspan="3"|In Episode 10, Nozomi, Nico and Eli, who are helping out at the shrine, were greeted by the rest of the µ's members. After leaving, the third years worried about the time they'll graduate and thought that they should talk about it with the others.

With μ's needing to make an impression to give them an advantage during Love Live!, Hanayo suggests they come up with a group catchphrase for the official website that best represents the group.

The next day, the girls get together at Honoka's store to make mochi for all of their supporters, thinking that it would help them come up with their catchphrase, though they still weren't able to come up with one.

Later, upon encountering people's ema at the shrine giving their support for μ's, Honoka comes to understand the group's driving force came from everyone's support and decides on the catchphrase, "The story we all realize."
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| style="text-align:center;"|'''11'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[That Which We Decided]]" |私たちが決めたこと|"Watashi-tachi ga Kimeta Koto"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:233_S2Ep11.png|150px]]
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| colspan="3"|In Episode 11, at the club room, with one month left until Love Live!, Umi explains their training schedule. Everyone noticed that it was not strict like usual. Umi answered that she followed A-RISE's advice and left some free days. Umi noticed that Honoka was quiet and asked if she was paying attention. Maki then brought up the topic about Alisa and Yukiho passing and that led to talking about the third years' graduation. Everyone got depressed, but Eli told them that they agreed not to talk about it until after Love Live! and started practice.

While training, Honoka was still thinking about what Yukiho said, making Umi and Kotori notice. Umi asked her what she wants to do and Honoka answered that she wants to continue being a school idol but she's not sure about staying as µ's. Nico told them to continue and that they have to keep the name. Nozomi then stopped the conversation and said that they agreed not to talk about it. Hanayo asked if it was really fine that way, saying that they have to give Yukiho and Alisa an honest answer. Hanayo thinks that µ's has to be the nine of them and that it will be different even with just one person missing. Maki agrees but understands what Nico's saying, so it might be best to just keep going. They then asked Eli for her opinion, but Eli told them that it was Honoka and the others' decision to make.

Honoka called the others on a Sunday to have fun. Since they couldn't decide on one place, they decided to go to all the places that each of them wants to go to. After having fun at many places, Honoka decided that she wants to go watch the sea with just the nine of them there.

After arriving at the beach, they had a little fun and held hands. Honoka decided to say their decision about what would happen to µ's once the third years graduate. She said that it turned out that all six of them had the same decision about it. They decided that after Love Live!, µ's will disband. Eli and Nozomi agreed with their decision but Nico thought that if they disband, what she worked hard for will all be for nothing. Maki then promised her that no matter what happens, they'll continue to be idols but they want µ's to be theirs alone and that they don't want a µ's without Nico and the others. Just then, Honoka shouted, surprising everyone, and saying that they'll miss the train if they don't hurry back.

Everyone ran at full speed but it turns out that there were still many trains left. Honoka said that it was because she was afraid that they would never stop crying if they stayed there and decides to take a picture with everyone.

At the train station, while laughing at the pictures, Hanayo started to cry. Everyone ended up crying a lot as well. Nico ended up crying the most, despite saying she wasn't going to cry.

With just one week left until their last performance, µ's decided to prepare and give it their best together.
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| style="text-align:center;"|'''12'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Last Live]]" |ラストライブ|"Rasuto Raibu"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:294_S2Ep12.png|150px]]
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| colspan="3"|In Episode 12, Nico was able to draw the last number for the performance order, much to everyone's delight.

At the club room, Nico felt proud of her accomplishment, but nobody seems to appreciate it that much. Eli then said that they should start their practice. Before heading out to practice, Hanayo told Nico that it's alright and that everyone feels really grateful although they don't express it. Nico told her that she knows that and they were just trying to stay the way they've always been until the end.

After practice, Hanayo realized that it was their last practice, making everyone realize it and feel down as well. Nico then told them that they shouldn't feel sad and just focus on Love Live!.

µ's went to their local shrine and prayed together. After praying, the girls find it difficult to part ways. Honoka then suggested to have a sleepover at school.

At school, they set up their beds and found out that it fitted perfectly. Umi asked if it was really okay to have a sleepover at school. Kotori said that her mom approved of it. Afterwards, they ate the dinner that Nico and Hanayo prepared. Later on, Honoka and Rin wanted to do something exciting like test of courage. The girls then found out that Eli was afraid of the dark. Honoka noticed that the stars looked beautiful and suggested that they go to the rooftop to see. The girls were mesmerized by how the city looked like and shouted out their feelings.

The next day, the girls arrive at the venue for Love Live! finals. Wearing their new and cute costumes, µ's performed the song "[[KiRa-KiRa Sensation!]]". The audience loved it so much that they called for an encore. µ's then performed the song "[[Bokura wa Ima no Naka de]]", wearing the costume that their schoolmates prepared for them.
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''13'''
| {{Nihongo|"[[Come True! Everyone's Dream]]" |叶え！みんなの夢――|"Kanae! Minna no Yume"}}
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:442_S2Ep13.png|150px]]
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| colspan="3"|In Episode 13, at the school gates, Honoka met with Rin, Maki, and Hanayo. They then met Nico's mother along with Nico's siblings and even discovered Nico's unexpected side. Nico showed her family their trophy from winning Love Live!, earning her a "congratulations" from her mother. Maki then reminded Honoka the reason she had to go to school on time.

During the ceremony, after Principal Minami congratulated the graduates, it was now Honoka's turn to deliver her speech. Honoka stated that she wasn't really good at expressing herself with words but she loved singing, therefore, instead of a speech, she dedicated a song for the seniors instead. With Maki playing the piano, everyone joined Honoka and sang "[[Aishiteru Banzai!]]".

At the club room, Nico cleaned up her personal stuff, leaving the shelf completely empty. Hanayo said that with all the stuff gone, it feels a little empty and lonely. Nico then said that they should just have the next club president bring some stuff from home. Nico decided to make Hanayo the next club president because they all felt that she's the right person for the job. When Hanayo finally agreed to become the president, she assigned Maki to be the vice-president.

The girls decided to have a last look around the school. Arriving at the rooftop where everything began, Honoka gives a proper sendoff to the name of μ's.

At the school gates, before the girls can get a chance to part ways, Hanayo received some 'big news', prompting everyone to rush back to the club room.
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! scope="col" style="width:10%;text-align:center;"|'''Vol.'''
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|'''Title'''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|'''01'''
| Love Live! School idol project 1
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| colspan="2"| 
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| style="text-align:center;"|'''02'''
| Love Live! School idol project 2
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| colspan="2"| 
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| style="text-align:center;"|'''03'''
| Love Live! School idol project 3
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| colspan="2"| 
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| style="text-align:center;"|'''04'''
| Love Live! School idol project 4
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| colspan="2"| 
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==Trivia==
* Nico fulfills the smile attribute of the µ's third years.
*The name '''[https://www.behindthename.com/name/niko/submitted Nico]''' is written in hiragana (にこ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (仁子, 仁湖, 仁胡, 二子, 二胡, 日子 or 日湖), it could possibly mean:
**仁子 - "compassionate" (仁) ('''ni''') and "child" (子) ('''ko''').
**仁湖 - "compassionate" (仁) ('''ni''') and "lake" (湖) ('''ko''').
**仁胡 - "compassionate" (仁) ('''ni''') and "barbarian, foreign" (胡) ('''ko''').
**二子 - "two" (二) ('''ni''') and "child" (子) ('''ko''').
**二胡 - "two" (二) ('''ni''') and "barbarian, foreign" (胡) ('''ko''').
**日子 - "sun, day" (日) ('''ni''') and "child" (子) ('''ko''').
**日湖 - "sun, day" (日) ('''ni''') and "lake" (湖) ('''ko''').
* Nico's surname '''Yazawa''' means "arrow" (矢) ('''ya''') and "marsh" (澤) ('''sawa'''/'''zawa''').
*Unlike the rest of μ's, Nico wears a pink cardigan on top of her school uniform's shirt, and under her winter uniform's blazer.
*Before the anime aired, Nico wore her hair in low ponytails, similar to Nozomi, and she had longer hair.
*In Japanese, the onomatopoeia for smile is {{Nihongo|''Niko Niko''|ニコニコ}}.
*In {{W|Japanese_wordplay#Numeric_substitution|Japanese onyomi readings}}, Nico's first name is equivalent to being read as the number "25".
**The number "25" is often seen on items, such as Nico's wristband and Cotaro's shirt, as well as meat (Niku) at a price of 2525 yen as a reference to Nico's first name while the number "25252" refers to her catchphrase.
*Nico was the only member of μ's who was never shown as a child until the 2018 April's Fools Event in the [[Love Live! School idol festival]] mobile game.
*Nico appears to be the rapper of the subunit BiBi.
*Nico is the only member of μ's Maki addresses with honorifics, specifically "Nico-chan".
*Nico predicted that her chest could grow 3 cm more. Therefore, she wrote 74 instead of 71 for her chest size.<ref name="nico SID chapter 1" />
*The posters in Nico's room are published official art.<ref>[[No. 1 Idol in the Universe|Season 2 Episode 4]]</ref>
*In the manga, Nico has a more easy-going personality (similar to Nozomi) in contrast to her vain, jaded and prideful attitude in the anime. She is also shown as wanting to attend UTX and join A-RISE, but could not due to her family's financial background.
*Nico shares the same birthday with the ''Puyo Puyo'' game series' protagonist [https://arleandcarbuncle.fandom.com/wiki/Arle_Nadja Arle Nadja], who, coincidentally, shares the same English voice actress.
*Nico makes a cameo as "Colonel 252 of the Earth Defense Forces" in the Chapter 38 of Famitsu App 4Komas for [[Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]. She later makes another cameo, albeit unmasked, in the [https://x.com/LoveLive_staff/status/1857317614126543112 27th chapter] of the "Rebellion of Nijigasaki" comic series.
*Nico signature pose (Nico-Nico-Nii!!) could be a reference for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILY_sign sign language] for "I Love You".
**During [[Muse|µ's]] early days, Nico's signature pose was a peace. This can be seen in the PV for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIgoFjO9Mg4 Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE] in minute 4:39 and the MV for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMRjF5sav3o Oh,Love&Peace!] in minute 1:53.
*Nico does not know how to swim.

==Gallery==
:''Please refer to this character's [[Nico Yazawa/Image Gallery|Image Gallery]].''

==References==
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Misterfunnyman:

[[File:Love live but very american.png|thumb|560x560px|Fun fact: "Yoneme" can be translated as "American woman."]]
American fan of Love Live since 2019. Massive nerd.

Top 3 girls in each group:

* '''[[μ's]]'''
*# [[Maki Nishikino]]
*# [[Nico Yazawa]]
*# [[Umi Sonoda]]
* '''[[Aqours]]'''
*# [[Kanan Matsuura]]
*# [[You Watanabe]]
*# [[Hanamaru Kunikida]]
* '''[[Nijigasaki High School Idol Club]]'''
*# [[Shizuku Osaka]]
*# [[Kanata Konoe]]
*# [[Shioriko Mifune]]
* '''[[Liella!]]'''
*# [[Chisato Arashi]]
*# [[Tomari Onitsuka]]
*# [[Mei Yoneme]]
* Idk I haven't watched enough Hasu content to form a definitive ranking

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