Ayumu Uehara

Ayumu Uehara (上原 歩夢 Uehara Ayumu) is one of the ten main characters of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. She is a second year at Nijigasaki High School who is a member of A・ZU・NA, a unit under the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and her image color is light pink.

Personality
Ayumu is a hardworking girl that puts her everything into what she does. She is not very skilled in her school idol activities, but she continues to try her hardest. Sometimes, she becomes anxious about her capabilities, but she can be comforted by her fellow idols.

She is kind, innocent, and sincere, often responding to the mischief from Karin Asaka and Kasumi Nakasu in a pure manner, which throws the two of them off-guard. However, she doesn't do this intentionally and is truly a pure-hearted girl. She tries her best to be helpful to others.

She can also be rather clumsy at times.

Background
An important friend made her become a school idol.

In the Famitsu 4-koma, she is shown to have a pet snake named Sasuke.

Along with Ai Miyashita and Rina Tennoji, Ayumu works with Famitsu App.

Clubs and Hobbies
Ayumu likes Pokémon, as confirmed in the 4koma.

She tries to study fashion and other "girly" things.

Songs
The songs featuring Ayumu are:
 * Yume e no Ippo (solo)
 * TOKIMEKI Runners (group)
 * Kaika Sengen (solo)
 * Love U my friends (group)
 * Dream Land! Dream World! (as part of A・ZU・NA)
 * Cheer for you!! (as part of A・ZU・NA)
 * Mirai Harmony (group)

Etymology

 * The name Ayumu means "walk" (歩) (ayu) and "dream, vision" (夢) (mu).
 * Ayumu is a Japanese male name.
 * Ayumu's surname Uehara means "above, top, upper" (上) (ue) and "field, plain" (原) (hara).

Gallery

 * Please refer to this character's Image Gallery.

Notes & Trivia

 * Sasuke (Ayumu's pet snake) is not mentioned in later media such as the School Idol Festival All-Stars Everyday Theater, making it a 4koma-only exclusive character.