Love Live! is a Japanese multimedia project created by Hajime Yatate and Sakurako Kimino. Each of the individual titles within the franchise revolves around teenage girls who become "school idols". The first series in the franchise, titled Love Live! School Idol Project, was created in 2010 and introduced a nine-member group named ü's. Aqours, a second nine-member group, was introduced in 2015. In 2017, a 12-member group of solo idols named Nijigasaki High School Idol Club was introduced as part of the then-upcoming game, Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars. The fourth group, Liella!, was introduced in 2020 and has 11 members. In 2023, Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol Club, an eight-member group with yearly member lineup changes, was introduced for the mobile game Link! Like! Love Live!. They are primarily split into four subunits. The sixth group, Ikizurai Club!, was introduced in 2025 and has ten members.
The franchise's music is produced by Bandai Namco Arts under the label, Lantis. Aki Hata serves as the main lyricist for ü's and Aqours.
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The first Love Live! group, ü's, has 50 singles. They were originally active from August 2010 until March 2016. In commemoration of the project's ninth anniversary, they later released the single "A Song for You! You? You!!" in March 2020. Seven of ü's' singles include an anime music video.
Aside from individual and duet singles, the nine idols of ü's are divided into three subunits: Printemps (Honoka, Kotori, and Hanayo), BiBi (Eli, Maki, and Nico), and Lily White (stylized in all lowercase) (Umi, Rin, and Nozomi).
Aqours was introduced in 2015. The nine members of Aqours are grouped into three subunits: CYaRon! (Chika, You and Ruby), Azalea (stylized in all-caps; Kanan, Dia and Hanamaru), and Guilty Kiss (Riko, Yoshiko and Mari). Seven of Aqours' singles include an anime music video, while two others include a live-action music video featuring the members' voice actresses.
Aqours' duo rival group, Saint Snow, has their own singles, as well as one music video. Some songs are included in Aqours' own singles and albums, while others have their own standalone releases. Aqours and Saint Snow also have a joint idol group named Saint Aqours Snow.
The twelve members of Nijigasaki High School Idol Club release music both as solo idols and as a collective group. Though not a member of the idol group, a thirteenth member of the club introduced in the group's anime, Yu, occasionally participates in group releases and events. The group initially debuted with a nine-member lineup in 2018, consisting of Ayumu, Kasumi, Shizuku, Karin, Ai, Kanata, Setsuna, Emma, and Rina. In 2020, Shioriko joined the group, while members Mia and Lanzhu would follow in 2021. They have three anime music videos released across one album and one single.
Unlike the previous subunit format used for ü's and Aqours, the first nine members of Nijigasaki High School Idol Club were instead split into three groups of two, three, and four members. A fourth subunit featuring the last three members to join would later follow. These four subunits are: DiverDiva (Karin and Ai), Aã»Zuã»Na (Ayumu, Shizuku, and Setsuna), Qu4rtz (pronounced "Quartz"; Kasumi, Kanata, Emma, and Rina), and R3birth (pronounced "Rebirth"; Shioriko, Mia, and Lanzhu).