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 project under the Love Live! series.

The new school idols were first teased under the title "PERFECT Dream Project". The cast members were revealed during Tokyo Game Show 2017 on September 21, 2017. A new mobile game Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS, which was to become 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!!

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 consists of 9 school idols 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.

Anime
An anime adaptation was announced with a teaser visual during Day 2 of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club First Live with You! No further information was provided.

About The Project
Before the project was teased, a popularity poll started in SIF which asked the players to vote for their favorite N rarity character. Emma Verde won in first place, Shizuku Osaka in second place, and Kanata Konoe coming 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 ceased any activities, and the 9 characters are reunited in a new, combined weekly 4-koma, featuring all of them. Then, from February 1 until March 1, a subunit election for the Nijigasaki High School School Idol Club was held, in order to determine the top 9 possible subunit configurations, to be chosen in a subsequent poll.

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

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 compete in all sorts of games; pasttimes and 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 have ended on December 2018 to make way for new activities for 2019.

Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Albums

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

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club First Live with You!
'''Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club First Live with You!''' is Nijigasaki's live concert that took place at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza on December 14 & 15, 2019.

Monthly Ranking
Regular voting contests for fan popularity occur each month, 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: Rina Tennoji
 * 2nd: Karin Asaka
 * 3rd: Shizuku Osaka
 * 4th: Setsuna Yuki
 * 5th: Kanata Konoe
 * 6th: Kasumi Nakasu
 * 7th: Ai Miyashita
 * 8th: Ayumu Uehara
 * 9th: Emma Verde

The eighth popularity poll ran from February 25 until March 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: The fifteenth popularity poll ran on September 21 until September 27 and the results are as follows: The sixteenth popularity poll ran on October 22 until October 28 and the results are as follows: The seventeenth popularity poll ran on November 22 until November 28 and the results are as follows: The eighteenth popularity poll ran on December 22 until December 28 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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: The twentieth popularity poll ran on February 22 until February 28 and the results are as follows: The twenty first popularity poll ran on March 19 until March 25 and the results are as follows: The twenty second popularity poll ran on April 18 until April 24 and the results are as follows: The twenty third popularity poll ran on May 17 until May 23 and the results are as follows: The twenty fourth popularity poll will 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: 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 18th and the results are as follows: The twenty sixth popularity poll ran from August 13th until August 19th and the results are as follows: The twenty seventh popularity poll ran from September 13th until September 20th 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
 * 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
 * 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

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

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.