Kanata Konoe is one of the main characters of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. She is a third year at Nijigasaki High School. Her image color is violet. She is a member of QU4RTZ, a unit under the reformed Nijigaku and is a co-founder of the original group.
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Background
Kanata is known as the group's "sleeping beauty," Kanata has the uncanny ability to somehow relax anybody in her presence. She formerly attended Shinonome Academy and has a little sister named Haruka. Along with Shizuku Osaka and Emma Verde, Kanata works with the Love Live! School idol festival app.
Kanata attends Nijigasaki Academy on scholarship, so she studies really hard at night everyday, thus her sleep deprivation.
Personality
Kanata is often seen as being very sleepy and often takes naps during the day. She is very easygoing and prone to napping in the laps of others, although in the Niji-Yon 4-koma series she seems to like Emma's lap the most. She also carries a pillow around with her at school.
At times, she will appear to be sleeping but is actually awake and listening to what's going on around her.
Despite seeming always tired, Kanata is motivated as a school idol by her younger sister and others' praise. She often mentions her dream of being able to take a nap with the audience during a performance. Kanata loves being doted on, but is also very sisterly and capable of looking after others. She loves being a big sister, and tends to look after the other idols in various, little ways. Kanata can be very diligent in matters that are important to her. Her grades are good despite her sleepiness.
Clubs and Hobbies
She the skilled at cooking, and the best cook in the club. She is a member of the Health Committee. It is revealed in Season 1 Episode 7 that Kanata works part-time as a grocery store clerk at a shopping center named SOROR.
Appearance
Kanata has a slim figure with long, light brown, messy hair and violet eyes.
Other Data
| Official Introduction from Website[1] |
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 Good morning~ everyone...... I’m Kanata-chan~. |
| Official Introduction from Love Live! School idol festival Website[2] |
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Ah, ouch— Why am I in a classroom...? Even though I was in the infirmary... Why are we shooting... my introduction video... in a classroom? Wouldn’t it normally be in the infirmary? ...Because, it has beds... and filming me while I sleep... would be the best... What, that’s no good? I’m not allowed to... sleep? How tough... aren’t you being a little too stubborn...? This place doesn’t have beds, or a soft Haruka-chan... if we start like this... I won’t have any motivation... So... I’ll caress you. [TL note: what I translated as “caress” could also be something like “pat”.] A reward... for taking me from the infirmary to the classroom. Come on, let me caress you. “Time to get serious”? I’m already at maximum seriousness here—. Imagine...? That on the other side of the camera... is Haruka-chan...!? Expecting... the heroic Kanata-chan? Ooh, this onee-chan can’t help but be encouraged by that—. *perks up* Sigh... that’s it. My enthusiasm has a time limit. I really did well, trying my best to the end. What...? I have to persevere for a little longer? You’re merciless—. Ahh, I guess it can’t be helped. Without me... you’re hopeless... Well, onee-chan will have to try her best—. Probably... definitely... maybe... well, uh, ready yourself...? Yawn... ugh, could we just start after I sleep for five more minutes~? |
| Question & Answer Corner[3] |
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What has been good about becoming a school idol? Good things... I was able to start chatting with Haruka-chan about school idols~...
Good school idol activities... depend on getting good sleep...
I felt that Emma-chan has the same aura as me... Emma-chan is a big sister too~, so we chat a lot about the hardships of being a big sister... Being a big sister is tough. Shizuku-chan was... shining brilliantly~...
I’m very diligent~, and I’m busy every day...
It’s surprising to be asked this~.
Sleeping... Aside from sleeping... expressing my love for Haruka-chan... yes, I suppose...
T-t-that’s... difficult... I’m just the way I am, so I don’t really like or dislike anything about myself...
...I want to stand on stage with everyone~. I’m happy when I’m dreaming too... so it really is a win-win situation, right~?
I’m sad that they can’t understand... And when I don’t have my pillow... I can’t think straight...
If I wrote it down, it’d take more than 6000 sheets... so is it really fine to talk about it...?
This is Kanata-chan, everyone~. |
| Monthly Rankings (November 2017) |
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Video
Songs
The songs featuring Kanata are:
Solo
Group
- TOKIMEKI Runners
- Love U my friends
- Mirai Harmony
- Just Believe!!!
- Nijiiro Passions!
- Sweet Eyes
- NEO SKY, NEO MAP!
- Zensoku Dreamer
- Yume ga Koko Kara Hajimaru yo
- Hurray Hurray
- L! L! L! (Love the Life We Live)
- Miracle Stay Tune!
- LIVE with a smile!
QU4RTZ
Chronology
| Ep. | Title | Air Date |
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| 01 | "The First Thrill" (はじまりのトキメキ "Hajimari no Tokimeki") |
October 3, 2020 |
| 02 | "Cutest♡Girl" (Cutest♡ガール "Cutest♡Gāru") |
October 10, 2020 |
| 03 | "Shout Out Your Love" (大好きを叫ぶ "Daisuki o Sakebu") |
October 17, 2020 |
| 04 | "The Uncharted Path" (未知なるミチ "Michi Naru Michi") |
October 24, 2020 |
| 05 | "Something I Can Only Do Right Now" (今しかできないことを "Ima Shika Dekinai Koto o") |
October 31, 2020 |
| 06 | "The Shape of Smiles (〃＞▽＜〃)" (笑顔のカタチ(〃＞▽＜〃) "Egao no Katachi (〃＞▽＜〃)") |
November 7, 2020 |
| 07 | "Haruka, Kanata, and Beyond" (ハルカカナタ "Haruka Kanata") |
November 14, 2020 |
| 08 | "Shizuku, Monochrome" (しずく、モノクローム "Shizuku, Monokurōmu") |
November 21, 2020 |
| 09 | "Friends but Rivals" (仲間でライバル "Nakama de Raibaru") |
November 28, 2020 |
| 10 | "Summer Begins." (夏、はじまる。 "Natsu, Hajimaru.") |
December 5, 2020 |
| 11 | "Everyone's Dream, My Dream" (みんなの夢、私の夢 "Minna no Yume, Watashi no Yume") |
December 12, 2020 |
| 12 | "Blossoming Feelings" (花ひらく思い "Hanahiraku Omoi") |
December 19, 2020 |
| 13 | "School Idol Festival (The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True)" (スクールアイドルフェスティバル（みんなの夢を叶える場所） "Sukūru Aidoru Fesutibaru (Minna no Yume o Kanaeru Basho)") |
December 26, 2020 |
| Chapter | Title | |
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| 07 | "World of Dreams from the Selfish Princess" | |
Trivia
- Kanata fulfills the smile attribute of the NijiGaku third years.
- Kanata was originally introduced to Love Live! School Idol Festival mobile game exclusively as a N rarity character in 2013.
- Prior to any announced plans of a new Love Live! project, Bushiroad held multiple seemingly inconsequential popularity polls on the LLSIF app in which participants could vote for their favorite N rarity character. By the end of this campaign, Kanata Konoe finished in third place.
- Later in 2017, when the Perfect Dream Project (temporary name of Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS) was announced, Bushiroad revealed that the three N rarity characters with the most votes from the previous polls would be fleshed out and added as new school idols for the project. [4]
- This included new artwork and designs that were more consistent with the style and quality typical for the main cast members in µ's and Aqours, as well as the promise of casting official voice actors.
- Later in 2017, when the Perfect Dream Project (temporary name of Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS) was announced, Bushiroad revealed that the three N rarity characters with the most votes from the previous polls would be fleshed out and added as new school idols for the project. [4]
- To date, all of her songs musically make heavy reference to clocks, especially it's ticking, by way of their beat, metrics, and more explicitly, mechanical sounds and/or literal clock ticks.
- Kanata and her sister Haruka share a bedroom with a bunk bed. Kanata sleeps on the bottom bunk while her younger sister sleeps on the top bunk.
- Shinonome Academy, Kanata's former school in the School Idol Festival Series games, is within the Shinonome district near Nijigasaki.
- In the anime, it was never suggested that Kanata attended Shinonome Academy while her sister Haruka still attends the said school.
Gallery
- Please refer to this character's Image Gallery.
