A-RISE

A-Rise is a school idol group in the Love Live! School Idol Project anime. They're the school idol group of UTX High School. A-Rise consists of three members: the center of the group, Tsubasa Kira is the shortest girl with a charming forehead, who is always seen wearing a white hat; Erina Toudou, the tallest girl with an adult look; and Anju Yuuki, a girl with a sweet voice who has a princess look to her.

Songs
The only songs that is known to be sung by A-Rise is Private Wars and Shocking Party.

Season I
A-Rise makes their first appearance in Episode 1, when their performance is showing on a big screen in front of UTX high school. Because of them, the school is popular and getting a lot of students. Kousaka Honoka was visiting the school because her little sister was planning on applying to UTX instead of Otonokizaka, the high school Honoka attends. Not knowing who they were, Honoka asked the girl next to her (actually Yazawa Nico) if they were celebrities. Shocked, she explains to her that they are the school idol group, A-Rise. After watching them perform their song, Private Wars, Honoka came up with an idea to save her school: form a school idol group.

In Episode 2 and Episode 3, their performance also appears. It is when Honoka, Umi, and Kotori are all at Honoka's house. However, only their voices are heard in Episode 3.

In later episodes, many advertisements that feature A-Rise can be seen around town, advertising the upcoming Love Live! event. It is revealed in Episode 12 that A-Rise is the #1 school idol group. Near the end of the episode, Honoka sadly watches A-Rise perform their song Private Wars.

In Episode 13, Honoka checks the Love Live! rankings on her computer, and A-Rise won first place. Near the end of the episode, A-Rise watched μ's performance of Start:Dash!! on the internet and they have looks of awe.

Season II
In Episode 3, A-Rise finally meets μ's in front of UTX High School when μ's wandered to the front of the school while scouting locations to do their live for the preliminaries of the 2nd Love Live! Tsubasa spots Honoka and pulls her into the school while the rest of μ's gave chase. The two groups gather in a private room at the school's cafe where A-Rise admits to having been watching the progress of μ's and expected them to be their rivals in the last Love Live! Both groups then affirmed to the other that they won't lose the current Love Live!. Tsubasa then offered μ's to perform on their roof with them for the preliminaries, which Honoka immediately accepted. A-Rise would perform Shocking Party with μ's watching in person, and μ's performed Yume no Tobira while A-Rise watched on.