Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club (ラブライブ！虹ヶ咲学園スクールアイドル同好会) is a spin-off Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's magazine, the music label Lantis, and the anime studio Sunrise.

The new school idols were first teased under the title "PERFECT Dream Project". The first nine cast members were revealed during Tokyo Game Show 2017 on September 21, 2017. A new mobile game Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS, the official name of PERFECT Dream Project, was also announced during the show.

A TV anime adaptation was announced on December 15, 2019 during Day 2 of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club First Live with You! reinforcing its existence as the next major project after the success of Love Live! Sunshine!! This anime can be watched on Crunchyroll.

Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
Nijigasaki High School Idol Club is the 3rd set of girls originally intended to be exclusive to School Idol Festival: ALL STARS. It initially consisted of 9 school idols and the player character from Nijigasaki High School, three of which are the top three most popular girls with the N rarity in SIF, and the other six being new characters created for the project. Three additional new characters were created to join the project.

Anime

 * More details: Episodes List

An anime adaptation was announced with a teaser visual during Day 2 of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club First Live with You!.

After Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 2nd Live on September 13, 2020, it was confirmed the anime adaption will be aired on October 3, 2020 with Tomoyuki Kawamura as the director. The PV also revealed the seiyuu of Yu Takasaki.

A second season of the anime was announced with a teaser visual during Day 2 of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 3rd Live! School Idol Festival ~Yume no Hajimari~. During the 4th Live on February 27, 2022, the PV was revealed, as well as the release date, April 2, 2022.

Nijiyon Animation was announced with a teaser visual during Day 2 of Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 5th Live! Nijigasaku Basho. On November 24, 2022, it was announced that Nijiyon Animation would start airing on January 6, 2023. On the same day, an OVA was also announced to be released in Summer 2023.

About The Project
Before "PERFECT Dream Project" was first teased, a popularity poll was started in SIF which asked the players to vote for their favorite N rarity character. Emma Verde won first place, Shizuku Osaka landed second place, and Kanata Konoe came in third place. When the project was first announced, the preview image showed the silhouettes of the three winners. After revealing the three girls, six more silhouettes were added for the new characters.

From its inception until mid-December 2018, content was regularly pushed out under the Dengeki Online site, Famitsu App site and SIF app, with the nine girls split into three teams across the three platforms.
 * Dengeki Online: Karin Asaka, Kasumi Nakasu, and Setsuna Yuki
 * Famitsu App: Ai Miyashita, Ayumu Uehara, and Rina Tennoji
 * SIF app: Kanata Konoe, Shizuku Osaka, and Emma Verde

On September 21, 2017, a new game called ''Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS'' was announced. This new game will include characters from Nijigasaki High School Idol Club as well as their predecessors from μ's and Aqours.

Since December 18, 2018, the three company groups have ceased activities and the 9 characters were reunited in a new, combined weekly 4-koma featuring all of them. Then, from February 1 until March 1, unit elections for the Nijigasaki High School School Idol Club were held to determine the top 9 possible unit configurations to be chosen in a subsequent poll.

On March 30, 2019, the results of the first stage of unit elections were released in Dengeki G's Magazine. The next day, the second stage of unit elections started, in order to choose one possible configuration among the available 9 choices. This election lasted until April 15.

On August 3, 2020, Shioriko Mifune officially joined Nijigasaki High School Idol Club as the 10th school idol and overall 11th member of the idol club.

On August 31, 2021, Mia Taylor and Lanzhu Zhong officially joined Nijigasaki High School idol Club as the 11th and 12th school idols and overall 12th and 13th members of the idol club respectively.

Information Programs
Information programs are currently airing to promote the whole franchise, with the voice actresses as hosts.

The program that airs on internet TV is:
 * Love Live! Nijigasaki High School School Idol Club "Nice To Meet You!" Public Live Broadcast (ラブライブ！虹ヶ咲学園スクールアイドル同好会 はじめまして！公開生放送)
 * Love Live! Nijigasaki High School School Idol Club Mieru Radio (ラブライブ！虹ヶ咲学園スクールアイドル同好会 みえるラジオ)

AbemaTV Ultra Games Image Girl Selection
AbemaTV started airing the program every Saturday fortnight from July 21, 2018. Each episode is 1 hour in duration except for the 6th and final episode which was rescheduled to October 20, 2018 and was 1 hour and 30 minutes in duration.

On each episode, the voice actresses competed in all sorts of games; pastimes, party games, console games, VR games, and even visiting sports and amusement centers.

Mayu Sagara won the competition and her character, Kasumi Nakasu, was declared as the Ultra Games image girl.

Other Programs

 * Voice actresses from all three teams have been featured in YouTube videos that have been released on their respective teams' official YouTube channels (Dengeki Online, Famitsu App, and SIF). The main goal of these programs is to let the fans become more familiar with the voice actresses of the characters that attend Nijigasaki High School, as well as various other activities. These activities ended on December 2018 to make way for new activities in 2019.

Albums

 * To see the list of lyricists, composers and arrangers, click here.

Monthly Ranking
Regular voting contests for fan popularity occur each month from 2017 to 2019, with the results published on the official site's news section.

2017
The first popularity poll ran from July 4 until July 10 and the results were as follows:


 * 1st: Karin Asaka
 * 2nd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 3rd: Kanata Konoe
 * 4th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 5th: Ai Miyashita
 * 6th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 7th: Emma Verde
 * 8th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 9th: Rina Tennoji

2018
The seventh popularity poll ran from January 28 until February 3 and the results are as follows:


 * 1st: Karin Asaka
 * 2nd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 3rd: Ai Miyashita
 * 4th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 5th: Kanata Konoe
 * 6th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 7th: Emma Verde
 * 8th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 9th: Rina Tennoji

The ninth popularity poll ran from March 28 until April 3 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Karin Asaka
 * 2nd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 3rd: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 4th: Ai Miyashita
 * 5th: Kanata Konoe
 * 6th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 7th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 8th: Emma Verde
 * 9th: Rina Tennoji

The tenth popularity poll ran from April 21 until April 27 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Karin Asaka
 * 2nd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 3rd: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 4th: Emma Verde
 * 5th: Ai Miyashita
 * 6th: Kanata Konoe
 * 7th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 8th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 9th: Rina Tennoji

The eleventh popularity poll ran from May 28 until June 3 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Setsuna Yuki
 * 2nd: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 3rd: Karin Asaka
 * 4th: Kanata Konoe
 * 5th: Ai Miyashita
 * 6th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 7th: Emma Verde
 * 8th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 9th: Rina Tennoji

The twelfth popularity poll ran from June 21 until June 28 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Setsuna Yuki
 * 2nd: Karin Asaka
 * 3rd: Kanata Konoe
 * 4th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 5th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 6th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 7th: Ai Miyashita
 * 8th: Emma Verde
 * 9th: Rina Tennoji

The thirteenth popularity poll ran from July 19 until July 25 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Kanata Konoe
 * 2nd: Karin Asaka
 * 3rd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 4th: Ai Miyashita
 * 5th: Rina Tennoji
 * 6th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 7th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 8th: Emma Verde
 * 9th: Shizuku Osaka

The fourteenth popularity poll ran from August 20 until August 26 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Kanata Konoe
 * 2nd: Karin Asaka
 * 3rd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 4th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 5th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 6th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 7th: Rina Tennoji
 * 8th: Ai Miyashita
 * 9th: Emma Verde

The fifteenth popularity poll ran on September 21 until September 27 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Setsuna Yuki
 * 2nd: Kanata Konoe
 * 3rd: Karin Asaka
 * 4th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 5th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 6th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 7th: Ai Miyashita
 * 8th: Emma Verde
 * 9th: Rina Tennoji

The sixteenth popularity poll ran on October 22 until October 28 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 2nd: Rina Tennoji
 * 3rd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 4th: Kanata Konoe
 * 5th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 6th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 7th: Karin Asaka
 * 8th: Emma Verde
 * 9th: Ai Miyashita

The seventeenth popularity poll ran on November 22 until November 28 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Rina Tennoji
 * 2nd: Karin Asaka
 * 3rd: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 4th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 5th: Kanata Konoe
 * 6th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 7th: Setsuna Yuki
 * 8th: Emma Verde
 * 9th: Ai Miyashita

The eighteenth popularity poll ran on December 22 until December 28 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Setsuna Yuki
 * 2nd: Ai Miyashita
 * 3rd: Karin Asaka
 * 4th: Emma Verde
 * 5th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 6th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 7th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 8th: Kanata Konoe
 * 9th: Rina Tennoji

2019
The nineteenth popularity poll ran on January 25 until January 31 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Emma Verde
 * 2nd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 3rd: Karin Asaka
 * 4th: Ai Miyashita
 * 5th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 6th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 7th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 8th: Kanata Konoe
 * 9th: Rina Tennoji

The twentieth popularity poll ran on February 22 until February 28 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Ayumu Uehara
 * 2nd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 3rd: Karin Asaka
 * 4th: Ai Miyashita
 * 5th: Emma Verde
 * 6th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 7th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 8th: Rina Tennoji
 * 9th: Kanata Konoe

The twenty-first popularity poll ran on March 19 until March 25 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Shizuku Osaka
 * 2nd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 3rd: Karin Asaka
 * 4th: Ai Miyashita
 * 5th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 6th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 7th: Emma Verde
 * 8th: Kanata Konoe
 * 9th: Rina Tennoji

The twenty-second popularity poll ran on April 18 until April 24 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Ai Miyashita
 * 2nd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 3rd: Karin Asaka
 * 4th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 5th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 6th: Emma Verde
 * 7th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 8th: Rina Tennoji
 * 9th: Kanata Konoe

The twenty-third popularity poll ran on May 17 until May 23 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Setsuna Yuki
 * 2nd: Karin Asaka
 * 3rd: Rina Tennoji
 * 4th: Ai Miyashita
 * 5th: Kanata Konoe
 * 6th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 7th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 8th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 9th: Emma Verde

The twenty-fourth popularity poll ran from June 17 until June 23. Its results (first place) will determine the Headliner for Nijigasaki High School Idol Club's 1st LIVE. The results are as follows: Thus, Setsuna Yuki would be the Headliner for Nijigasaki High School Idol Club's 1st LIVE.
 * 1st: Setsuna Yuki
 * 2nd: Ayumu Uehara
 * 3rd: Karin Asaka
 * 4th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 5th: Ai Miyashita
 * 6th: Kanata Konoe
 * 7th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 8th: Rina Tennoji
 * 9th: Emma Verde

The twenty-fifth popularity poll ran from July 12 until July 18 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Setsuna Yuki
 * 2nd: Kanata Konoe
 * 3rd: Karin Asaka
 * 4th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 5th: Emma Verde
 * 6th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 7th: Ai Miyashita
 * 8th: Rina Tennoji
 * 9th: Shizuku Osaka

The twenty-sixth popularity poll ran from August 13 until August 19 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Setsuna Yuki
 * 2nd: Kanata Konoe
 * 3rd: Karin Asaka
 * 4th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 5th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 6th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 7th: Ai Miyashita
 * 8th: Emma Verde
 * 9th: Rina Tennoji

The twenty-seventh popularity poll ran from September 13 until September 20 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Kanata Konoe
 * 2nd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 3rd: Ayumu Uehara
 * 4th: Karin Asaka
 * 5th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 6th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 7th: Rina Tennoji
 * 8th: Emma Verde
 * 9th: Ai Miyashita

The twenty-eighth popularity poll ran from October 11 until October 17 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Rina Tennoji
 * 2nd: Shizuku Osaka
 * 3rd: Karin Asaka
 * 4th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 5th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 6th: Kanata Konoe
 * 7th: Setsuna Yuki
 * 8th: Ai Miyashita
 * 9th: Emma Verde

The twenty-ninth popularity poll ran from November 15 until November 21 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Emma Verde
 * 2nd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 3rd: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 4th: Karin Asaka
 * 5th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 6th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 7th: Kanata Konoe
 * 8th: Ai Miyashita
 * 9th: Rina Tennoji

The thirtieth and final popularity poll ran from December 20 until December 26 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Ayumu Uehara
 * 2nd: Setsuna Yuki
 * 3rd: Rina Tennoji
 * 4th: Shizuku Osaka
 * 5th: Kanata Konoe
 * 6th: Ai Miyashita
 * 7th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 8th: Karin Asaka
 * 9th: Emma Verde

Other Polls
The SIF 5th Anniversary Campaign Girl poll ran from November 16, 2017 until November 26, 2017 and the results are as follows:
 * 1st: Setsuna Yuki
 * 2nd: Rina Tennoji
 * 3rd: Shizuku Osaka

Annual MVP


 * 2017: Setsuna Yuki
 * 2018: Karin Asaka
 * 2019: Setsuna Yuki

Sub-unit Elections
A two-round Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Unit Matching Voting Campaign poll took place in early 2019, in order to create sub-units of 2, 3 and 4 girls respectively.

The first preliminary round ran from February 1, 2019 to March 1, 2019. The top 9 entries in the preliminary round would proceed to a second main round voting.

The second main round of voting took place between March 30, 2019 and April 15, 2019. The following are the nine combinations offered in the main round:

Member Setting


The winner of the final results of voting is Unit E.

Unit Naming
Unit name suggestions for the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club were held from May 1st, 2019 to May 10th, 2019. The possible names resulting from his poll were as follows:

The final voting for unit names ran from June 1st, 2019 to June 10th, 2019. The winning unit names are DiverDiva for the duo, A • ZU • NA for the trio, and QU4RTZ for the quartet.