Mei Yoneme

Mei Yoneme is a new main character in Love Live! Superstar!!. She is currently a second year student of Yuigaoka Girls' High School, initially being a first year in the second season (until the final episode where she becomes a second year). She is a member of Liella!. Her image color is rouge.

Background
When Mei was younger, she was told she had a scary look, and all of her friends were scared of her. This affected the way she perceived herself, and thought she didn't suit being a school idol, despite liking them a lot.

Mei can play piano.

Personality
Mei is very shy and doesn't like it when people say nasty things about her. She doesn't like being stared at. She also does not like being called "cute", since it makes her embarrassed.

Her and Shiki have been friends since middle school. Mei was also a massive fan of Liella! before joining the group, and whenever people always mentioned school idols in front of her, it always made her embarrassed. However, after joining Liella!, she has been okay with people mentioning school idols in front of her ever since.

Appearance
Mei has a slim figure with red hair that is tied into a side bun and has blue eyes.

Songs
The songs featuring Mei are:

Solo

 * Parade wa Itsumo

Liella! (Group)

 * WE WILL!!
 * Star Sengen
 * Oikakeru Yume no Saki de
 * Mizushibuki no Sign
 * Irozuite Toumei
 * Yuragu wa
 * Vitamin SUMMER!
 * Chance Day, Chance Way!
 * Utopia Magic
 * POP TALKING
 * Prime Adventure
 * Sing! Shine! Smile!
 * Mirai no Oto ga Kikoeru
 * TO BE CONTINUED
 * Namae Yobiau You ni
 * Time to go

Etymology

 * The name Mei (2) is written in katakana (メイ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (芽依, 芽生 or 芽衣), it could possibly mean:
 * 芽依 - "bud, sprout" (芽) (me) and "rely on" (依) (i).
 * 芽生 - "bud, sprout" (芽) (me) and "life, living" (生) (i).
 * 芽衣 - "bud, sprout" (芽) (me) and "clothing, garment" (衣) (i).
 * Mei's surname Yoneme means "Rice woman" (米女). 米 read as Yone (よね) translates to Rice.

Trivia

 * Along with Kinako Sakurakoji, Mei fulfills the pure attribute of the Liella! second years.
 * Mei is one of the seven girls to join a group after they debuted (like Shioriko Mifune, Mia Taylor, and Lanzhu Zhong), following Kinako Sakurakoji, Natsumi Onitsuka, and joining with Shiki Wakana.
 * Unlike the other students of Yuigaoka and members of Liella!, Mei is the only character to not wear a ribbon on her school uniform.
 * The fourth episode of the second season reveals that she has bad eyesight, as this was the reason why she terrifies other students due to her slight squinting.

Gallery

 * Please refer to this character's Image Gallery.