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The updates from this page start from July 21, 2014.

December 15, 2014

 * Chapters 15-1 and 15-2 have been added to the main story.
 * New Hit song is Music S.T.A.R.T!!.
 * New Club Members
 * UR Nozomi in Honor Student Scouting!
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until December 19, 2014)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until December 19, 2014)
 * Event Honoka SR also now available in Honor Student Scouting with lower chances.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.
 * New EX Songs were added to B-sides during the maintenance that started at 8:00am on December 15 (UTC). The newly added EX songs will be playable in the B-sides from 12:00am on December 16 (UTC).
 * The new EX Songs are: Korekara no Someday (December 16 - January 5), Yuujou no Change (December 16 - December 25), Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE (December 21 - December 31) and Kaguya no Shiro de Odoritai (December 26 - January 5).

December 15, 2014

 * To celebrate passing 10 million players worldwide, we are running the "Come Fly With Me" Travel Partner Competition.
 * Embark on a trip with a μ's member!
 * We've asked each member of μ's where in the world they would like to go.
 * Who would you like to travel with?
 * Voting: 7:00 am, Dec 15 - 6:00 am, Jan 15（UTC）
 * Results announced: 7:00 am February 5 (TBC)
 * A special UR version of the winning member will be delivered as a login bonus at a later date.
 * Details to follow soon.
 * Options are as follows:
 * Honoka Kousaka: Say aloha to the beaches and the everlasting summer of Hawaii!
 * Eli Ayase: Visit my grandmother in Russia ♪
 * Kotori Minami: Check out the latest trends in Milan, the capital of fashion ♡
 * Umi Sonoda: I'd like to get a good view of Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan.
 * Rin Hoshizora: I wanna go to Africa and run around with wild animals!
 * Maki Nishikino: Go around art galleries in Paries... maybe.
 * Nozomi Toujou: Try our luck in Vegas!
 * Hanayo Koizumi: Have a picnic among the tulips in Holland ♡
 * Nico Yazawa: Gotta be Hollywood, and I'll leave my handprint there!
 * Notes
 * Only one vote per user.
 * Irregular votes will be disqualified.
 * Vote now to participate in this worldwide event.

December 15, 2014

 * To celebrate this holiday season, everyone who logs in between 12:00 am on December 16 and 11:59 pm on January 15 (UTC) will receive special login bonuses.
 * 1st to 4th login:
 * In addition to the regular login bonus, you will also receive a Love Gem.
 * 5th login:
 * In addition to the regular login bonus, you will also receive an Idolized UR Kotori "Snowman, Kotori Style". Once you have received your UR Kotori, the special login bonus will revert to the standard login bonus.

December 12, 2014

 * Love Live! School Idol Festival surpassed 10 million players worldwide on December 8! We have a couple of special promotions planned to celebrate.
 * Round 1:
 * As a big thank you to everyone for playing, we will be giving away Love Gems or Scouting Tickets as login bonuses every day for 7 days starting from Tuesday, December 16.
 * Round 2:
 * Worldwide event: "Come Fly With Me" Travel Partner competition will commence!
 * Vote on which member of μ’s you would like to go traveling with. The winner will be made into a special UR card.
 * This is our first worldwide event, where you the fans from all over the world can play a part!
 * Voting: 7:00 am, Dec 15 - 6:00 am, Jan 15 (UTC)
 * Winner will be announced on February 5 (TBC)

December 5, 2014

 * Limited scouting will be available from 9:00 am on December 5 to 8:00 am on December 15 UTC.
 * There will be two rounds of Special Scouting:
 * Round 1: December 5 to December 9 - lily white only
 * Round 2: December 10 to December 15 - Printemps only
 * The theme of each group will be a secret until the campaign is active.
 * An SR or above guaranteed promotion is not applicable to the Limited Scouting.

December 4, 2014

 * A new event, "Third Round SCORE MATCH", will run from 9:00 am on December 5 to 8:00 am on December 15 UTC.
 * Rewards include SR Hanayo Koizumi, R Alpaca and R Kyoko Sasahara.
 * Choose a difficulty level, and you will be automatically matched with up to three other players. A random Live Show will be selected, and all players will start the Live Show at the same time. At the end of the Live Show, you will be ranked according to your score, and you will receive Event Points based on the difficulty level and your rank.
 * You can easily communicate with other players by using set phrases while you are being matched, and when the results are displayed.

December 3, 2014

 * We have updated School Idol Festival with enhanced features for Live Shows, Practices, and more.
 * To celebrate this occasion, we will be giving away one Love Gem a day as a login bonus for 7 days starting from December 5.

December 1, 2014

 * Chapters 14-3 and 14-4 have been added to the main story.
 * New Hit song is Listen to my heart!!.
 * New Club Members
 * UR Eli in Honor Student Scouting!
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until December 5, 2014)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until December 5, 2014)
 * Event Kotori SR also now available in Honor Student Scouting with lower chances.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.

November 19, 2014

 * Limited scouting will be available from 9:00 am on November 20 to 8:00 am on December 1 UTC.
 * There will be two rounds of Special Scouting:
 * Round 1: November 20 to November 25 - Smile attribute only
 * Round 2: November 26 to December 1 - Pure attribute only
 * The theme of each group will be a secret until the campaign is active.
 * An SR or above guaranteed promotion is not applicable to the Limited Scouting.

November 19, 2014''

 * A new event, "Innocent Declaration!", will run from 9AM on November 20 to 8AM on December 1 UTC.
 * Rewards include SR Honoka Kousaka, R Alpaca, R Satoko Miyama, and R Nanako Yamauchi.
 * Event Details:
 * During the event, special "Cake" rhythm icons will appear in all Live Shows.
 * Touch these icons to get Books and Event Points.
 * Use Cakes to play the B-Side "Pure girls project", where you can get more than the normal amount of Event Points.
 * The amount of Event Points you can get in "Pure girls project" depends on your Score and Combo Rank.
 * We plan to add "Pure girls project" as a Hit song sometime after the event has finished.
 * You will not receive Event Points for Live Shows completed after 8AM on December 1 UTC, even if you start before this time.
 * We will also be running the following specials from midnight on November 28 UTC until the end of the event.
 * x4 Event Songs - Four times the amount of Charms are required to play these songs, but you will also receive four time the Event Pts.
 * Live rewards such as EXP, G, number of Members, and Member levels are the same as for regular event songs.
 * Expert Event Song - A higher difficulty version of the event song is available under B-Sides, Expert.
 * 75 Books required.
 * Playing either versions will not count towards the Event Song Ranking.
 * Certain Normal and above songs give out more Gold than usual: 150% from Normal, 200% from Hard.
 * Eligible songs change every day.

November 14, 2014

 * Chapters 14-1 and 14-2 have been added to the main story.
 * New Hit song is Paradise Live.
 * New Club Members
 * UR Maki in Honor Student Scouting!
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until November 20, 2014)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until November 20, 2014)
 * Event Eli SR also now available in Honor Student Scouting with lower chances.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.
 * New EX Songs were added to B-sides during the maintenance that started at 10:00am on November 14 (UTC). The newly added EX songs will be playable in the B-sides from 0:00 on November 16 (UTC).
 * The new EX Songs are: No brand girls (November 16 - December 05), Love Novels (November 16 - November 25), Shiranai Love*Oshiete Love (November 21 - November 31) and sweet&sweet holiday (November 26 - December 5).

November 4, 2014

 * A new time limited scouting, "School Year Limited Scouting", will run from 9:00 am on November 5 to 8:00 am on November 14 UTC.
 * First Year Limited Scouting - 9:00 am on November 5 to 11:59 pm on November 7 (UTC).
 * Available Members: Rin Hoshizora, Maki Nishikino, Hanayo Koizumi.
 * Second Year Limited Scouting - 12:00 am on November 8 to 11:59 pm on November 10 (UTC).
 * Available Members: Honoka Kosaka, Kotori Minami, Umi Sonoda.
 * Third Year Limited Scouting - 12:00 am on November 11 to 8:00 am on November 14 (UTC).
 * Available Members: Eli Ayase, Nozomi Tojo, Nico Yazawa.
 * An SR or above guaranteed promotion is not applicable to the Limited Scouting.

November 4, 2014

 * A new event, "Second Round SCORE MATCH", will run from 9:00 am on November 5 to 8:00 am on November 14 UTC.
 * Rewards include SR Kotori Minami, R Alpaca and R Kyoko Sasahara.
 * Choose a difficulty level, and you will be automatically matched with up to three other players. A random Live Show will be selected, and all players will start the Live Show at the same time. At the end of the Live Show, you will be ranked according to your score, and you will receive Event Points based on the difficulty level and your rank.
 * You can easily communicate with other players by using set phrases while you are being matched, and when the results are displayed.

November 1, 2014

 * November 1 is Hoshizora Rin's birthday.
 * To celebrate Rin's birthday, we are giving away 5 Love Gems as a Login Bonus today.

October 31, 2014

 * Chapters 13-3 and 13-4 have been added to the main story.
 * New Hit song is Takaramonozu.
 * UR Hanayo in Honor Student Scouting!
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until November 5, 2014)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until November 5, 2014)
 * Event Maki SR also now available in Honor Student Scouting with lower chances.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.

October 24, 2014

 * New Club Members
 * The following new Club Members were added to Honor Student Scouting:
 * Nozomi Tojo (UR)
 * Maki Nishikino (SR)
 * Nico Yazawa (SR)
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until October 31, 2014)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until October 31, 2014)
 * New Regular Students have also been added.

October 21, 2014

 * October 21 is Ayase Eli's birthday.
 * To celebrate Eli's birthday, we are giving away 5 Love Gems as a Login Bonus today.

October 20, 2014

 * Extended Maintenance
 * The maintenance that begun on October 20th at 8 AM UTC, was extended due to some system issues. As a token of apology, everyone receives 3 Love Gems.

October 19, 2014''

 * A new event, "I'm Gonna Get You!", will run from 9AM on October 20 to 8AM on October 31 UTC.
 * Rewards include SR Eli Ayase, R Alpaca, R Satoko Miyama, and R Kyoko Sasahara.
 * Event Details:
 * During the event, special "Book" rhythm icons will appear in all Live Shows.
 * Touch these icons to get Books and Event Points.
 * Use Moons to play the B-Side "Cutie Panther", where you can get more than the normal amount of Event Points.
 * The amount of Event Points you can get in "Cutie Panther" depends on your Score and Combo Rank.
 * We plan to add "Cutie Panther" as a Hit song sometime after the event has finished.
 * You will not receive Event Points for Live Shows completed after 8AM on October 31 UTC, even if you start before this time.
 * We will also be running the following specials from midnight on October 27 UTC until the end of the event.
 * x4 Event Songs - Four times the amount of Charms are required to play these songs, but you will also receive four time the Event Pts.
 * Live rewards such as EXP, G, number of Members, and Member levels are the same as for regular event songs.
 * Expert Event Song - A higher difficulty version of the event song is available under B-Sides, Expert.
 * 75 Books required.
 * Playing either versions will not count towards the Event Song Ranking.
 * Certain Normal and above songs give out more Gold than usual: 150% from Normal, 200% from Hard.
 * Eligible songs change every day.

October 15, 2014

 * Chapters 12-3, 12-4, 13-1 and 13-2 have been added to the main story.
 * New Hit songs are Diamond Princess no Yuutsu and Love Marginal.
 * New Club Members
 * UR Rin in Honor Student Scouting!
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until October 20, 2014)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until October 20, 2014)
 * Event Rin SR also now available in Honor Student Scouting with lower chances.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.
 * New EX Songs were added to B-sides during the maintenance that started at 10:00am on October 15 (UTC). The newly added EX songs will be playable in the B-sides from 0:00 on October 16 (UTC).
 * The new EX Songs are: Oh,Love&Peace! (October 16 - November 05), WILD STARS (October 16 - October 25), Susume→Tomorrow (October 21 - October 31) and Wonder Zone (October 26 - November 5).

October 5, 2014

 * A new event, "First Round SCORE MATCH", will run from 9:00 am on October 6 to 8:00 am on October 15 UTC.
 * Rewards include SR Maki Nishikino, R Alpaca and R Satoko Miyama.
 * Choose a difficulty level, and you will be automatically matched with up to three other players. A random Live Show will be selected, and all players will start the Live Show at the same time. At the end of the Live Show, you will be ranked according to your score, and you will receive Event Points based on the difficulty level and your rank.
 * You can easily communicate with other players by using set phrases while you are being matched, and when the results are displayed.

September 30, 2014

 * Chapters 12-1 and 12-2 have been added to the main story.
 * New Hit song is Ai wa Taiyou Ja Nai?.
 * New Club Members
 * UR Honoka in Honor Student Scouting!
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until October 6, 2014)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until October 6, 2014)
 * Event Nozomi SR also now available in Honor Student Scouting with lower chances.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.

September 25, 2014

 * New Club Members
 * The following new Club Members were added to Honor Student Scouting:
 * Eli Ayase (UR)
 * Rin Hoshizora (SR)
 * Kotori Minami (SR)
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until September 30, 2014)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until September 30, 2014)
 * New Regular Students have also been added.

September 18, 2014''

 * A new event, "We are NAVIGATORS!", will run from 9AM on September 19 to 8AM on September 30 UTC.
 * Rewards include SR Rin Hoshizora, R Alpaca, R Nanako Yamauchi, and R Satoko Miyama.
 * Event Details:
 * During the event, special "Moon" rhythm icons will appear in all Live Shows.
 * Touch these icons to get Moons and Event Points.
 * Use Moons to play the B-Side "After School NAVIGATORS", where you can get more than the normal amount of Event Points.
 * The amount of Event Points you can get in "After School NAVIGATORS" depends on your Score and Combo Rank.
 * We plan to add "After School NAVIGATORS" as a Hit song sometime after the event has finished.
 * You will not receive Event Points for Live Shows completed after 8AM on September 30 UTC, even if you start before this time.
 * We will also be running the following specials from midnight on September 27 UTC until the end of the event.
 * x4 Event Songs - Four times the amount of Charms are required to play these songs, but you will also receive four time the Event Pts.
 * Live rewards such as EXP, G, number of Members, and Member levels are the same as for regular event songs.
 * Expert Event Song - A higher difficulty version of the event song is available under B-Sides, Expert.
 * 75 Moons required.
 * Playing either versions will not count towards the Event Song Ranking.
 * Certain Normal and above songs give out more Gold than usual: 150% from Normal, 200% from Hard.
 * Eligible songs change every day.

September 15, 2014

 * Chapters 11-1, 11-2, 11-3 and 11-4 have been added to the main story.
 * New Hit songs are Start:Dash!! and Sweet&Sweet Holiday.
 * New Club Members
 * UR Kotori in Honor Student Scouting!
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until September 19, 2014)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until September 19, 2014)
 * Event Hanayo SR also now available in Honor Student Scouting with lower chances.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.
 * New EX Songs were added to B-sides during the maintenance that started at 10:00am on September 15 (UTC). The newly added EX songs will be playable in the B-sides from 0:00 on September 16 (UTC).
 * The new EX Songs are: Mermaid Festa Vol. 1 (September 16 - October 05), Bokura wa Ima no Naka de (September 16 - September 25), Wonderful Rush (September 21 - October 1) and Kitto Seishun ga Kikoeru (September 26 - October 5).

September 15, 2014

 * 500,000 Users Reached
 * To celebrate this milestone, starting from September 16 (UTC), we are giving away one Love Gem a day for seven days!

September 12, 2014

 * September 12 is Kotori Minami's birthday.
 * To celebrate Kotori's birthday, we are giving away 5 Love Gems as a Login Bonus today.

September 4, 2014''

 * A new event, "Can I Really Shine?", will run from 11AM on September 5 to 10AM on September 15 UTC.
 * Rewards include SR Nozomi Tojo, R Alpaca, R Kyoko Sasahara, and R Satoko Miyama.
 * Event Details:
 * During the event, special "Charm" rhythm icons will appear in all Live Shows.
 * Touch Charm icons to get Charms and Event Points.
 * Use Charms to play the B-Side "Anone Ganbare!", where you can get more than the normal amount of Event Points.
 * The amount of Event Points you can get in "Anone Ganbare!" depends on your Score and Combo Rank.
 * We plan to add "Anone Ganbare!" as a Hit song sometime after the event has finished.
 * You will not receive Event Points for Live Shows completed after 10AM on September 15 UTC, even if you start before this time.
 * We will also be running the following specials from midnight on September 12 UTC until the end of the event.
 * x4 Event Songs - Four times the amount of Charms are required to play these songs, but you will also receive four time the Event Pts.
 * Live rewards such as EXP, G, number of Members, and Member levels are the same as for regular event songs.
 * Expert Event Song - A higher difficulty version of the event song is available under B-Sides, Expert.
 * 75 Charms required.
 * Playing either versions will not count towards the Event Song Ranking.
 * Certain Normal and above songs give out more Gold than usual: 150% from Normal, 200% from Hard.
 * Eligible songs change every day.

September 1, 2014

 * Chapters 10-3 and 10-4 have been added to the main story.
 * New Hit song is Shiranai Love*Oshiete Love.
 * New Club Members
 * UR Umi in Honor Student Scouting!
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until September 5, 2014)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until September 5, 2014)
 * Event Eli SR also now available in Honor Student Scouting with lower chances.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.

August 29, 2014

 * A new song you can play with Leaves will be added to the event "My First Happy Tune" from 12:00 am UTC on August 29.
 * Some versions of the song "Listen to my heart!!" will be made available.
 * Four times the amount of Leaves required version
 * Four times the amount of Leaves are required to play these songs, but you will also receive four times the Event Pts.
 * EASY: 60 Leaves
 * NORMAL: 120 Leaves
 * HARD: 180 Leaves
 * Live rewards such as EXP, G, number of Members, and Member levels are the same as for regular event songs.
 * Expert version
 * A higher difficulty version of the song is also available under B-Sides, Expert.
 * EXPERT: 75 Leaves
 * Playing either versions will not count towards the Event Song Ranking.

August 27, 2014

 * New Club Members
 * The following new Club Members were added to Honor Student Scouting during the maintenance that ended at 10:30 am on August 27 (UTC):
 * Rin Hoshizora (UR)
 * Nozomi Tojo (SR)
 * Eli Ayase (SR)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until 10:00 am on September 1, 2014 UTC)
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until 10:00 am on September 1, 2014 UTC)
 * New Regular Students have also been added.

August 19, 2014

 * A new event, "My First Happy Tune", will run from 11AM on August 20 to 10AM on September 1 UTC.
 * Rewards include SR Hanayo and R Alpaca.
 * Event Details:
 * During the event, special "Leaf" rhythm icons will appear in all Live Shows.
 * Touch Leaf icons to get Leaves and Event Points.
 * Use leaves to play the B-Side "Listen to My Heart!", where you can get more than the normal amount of Event Points.
 * The amount of Event Points you can get in "Listen to My Heart!" depends on your Score and Combo Rank.
 * We plan to add "Listen to My Heart!" as a Hit song sometime after the event has finished.
 * We will also be running a Bonus Gold event from midnight on August 29 until the end of the event.
 * Certain Normal and above songs give out more Gold than usual: 150% from Normal, 200% from Hard.
 * Eligible songs change every day.

August 15, 2014

 * Chapters 9-3, 9-4, 10-1 and 10-2 have been added to the main story.
 * New Hit songs are Love Novels and Korekara no Someday.
 * New Club Members
 * UR Nozomi in Honor Student Scouting!
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until August 20, 2014)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until August 20, 2014)
 * Event Honoka SR also now available in Honor Student Scouting with lower chances.
 * One new N card has also been added to regular recruitment.
 * New EX Songs were added to B-sides during the maintenance that started at 10:00am on August 15 (UTC). The newly added EX songs will be playable in the B-sides from 0:00 on August 16 (UTC).
 * The new EX Songs are: Baby Maybe Koi no Button (August 16 - September 05), Aishiteru Banzai! (August 16 - August 25), Mogyutto "LOVE" de Sekkin Chuu! (August 21 - August 31) and Kaguya no Shiro de Odoritai (August 26 - September 5).

August 14, 2014

 * We will be performing maintenance for an update on August 15, 10 AM until 11 AM UTC.
 * Event termination.
 * Addition of new Club Members.
 * Addition of new Main Story Chapter.
 * Addition of EX Songs.

August 04, 2014

 * A new event, "Weary Princess", will run from 11AM on August 5 to 10AM on August 15 UTC.
 * Rewards include SR Eli Ayase and R Alpaca.
 * Event Details:
 * During the event, special "Diamond" rhythm icons will appear in all Live Shows.
 * Touch Diamond icons to get Diamonds and Event Points.
 * Use Diamonds to play the B-Side "Diamond Princess no Yuutsu", where you can get more than the normal amount of Event Points.
 * The amount of Event Points you can get in "Diamond Princess no Yuutsu" depends on your Score and Combo Rank.
 * We plan to add "Diamond Princess no Yuutsu" as a Hit song sometime after the event has finished.
 * We will also be running a Bonus Gold event from midnight on August 12 until the end of the event.
 * Certain Normal and above songs give out more Gold than usual: 150% from Normal, 200% from Hard.
 * Eligible songs change every day.

July 31, 2014

 * New Club Members
 * UR Nico & Maki in Honor Student Scouting!
 * Scout 11 Times for SR and above! (until August 5, 2014)
 * Higher chances at new Members♪ (until August 5, 2014)
 * Extra Scouting Event.

July 21, 2014

 * Added "Promo Code" to redeem special cards from Blu-Ray and etc.