Kinako Sakurakoji

Kinako Sakurakoji is a new main character in Love Live! Superstar!!. She is a first year student of Yuigaoka Girls' High School. She is a new member of Liella!. Her image color is maize yellow.

Background
Kinako transferred to Yuigaoka in Tokyo from middle-of-nowhere Hokkaido. She 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.

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

Personality
Kinako isn't athletic, and her grades are average. She is very good at understanding animals and how they're feeling.

Appearance
Kinako has a slim figure with long brown hair that she ties into twintails with white ribbons and has deep-green eyes.

Songs
The songs featuring Kinako are:

Solo

 * Dreamer Coaster

Liella! (Group)

 * WE WILL!!
 * Star Sengen
 * Oikakeru Yume no Saki de
 * Mizushibuki no Sign
 * Go!! Restart
 * Irozuite Toumei
 * Yuragu wa
 * Vitamin SUMMER!

Etymology

 * Kinako's surname Sakurakoji means "cherry blossom" (桜) (sakura) and "alley" (小路) (koji).

Trivia

 * Along with Mei Yoneme, Kinako fulfills the pure attribute of the Liella! first years.
 * Kinako is one of the seven girls to join a group after they debuted (like Shioriko Mifune, Mia Taylor, and Lanzhu Zhong), following Mei Yoneme, Shiki Wakana, and Natsumi Onitsuka.
 * 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.

Gallery

 * Please refer to this character's Image Gallery.