Ren Hazuki

Ren Hazuki is a main character in Love Live! Superstar!!. She is currently a second year student at Yuigaoka Girls' High School, initially being a first year in the first season. She is a member of Liella!. Her image color is sapphire blue.

Background
Ren is dedicated to enriching the lives of her fellow students, as the school's responsibilities were handed down to her by her 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 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.

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.

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 ribbon and has hazel eyes.

Songs
The songs featuring Ren are:

Solo

 * Reverb
 * Binetsu no Waltz
 * Anniversary
 * Dears

Group

 * 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
 * Welcome to Bokura no Sekai

Duo & Trio

 * HAPPY TO DO WA!
 * Crescendo Yu・Ra

Collaboration

 * LIVE with a smile! (Featuring Aqours and Nijigasaki High School Idol Club)

Etymology

 * The name Ren means "love" (恋).
 * Ren's surname 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! second years.
 * Aside from her mother, Ren has a pet dog named Chibi, and a maid named Saya.
 * The nickname given to Ren by Keke Tang is "Ren-Ren."
 * Ren's long haired ponytail is similar to Kanan Matsuura.
 * Ren is the second character in the Love Live! franchise to have a parent that is confirmed to be deceased, the first being Nico Yazawa.
 * The 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.

Gallery

 * Please refer to this character's Image Gallery.