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 μ'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 μ's and Aqours.
Some titles containing English words which are officially stylized in unusual title case are rendered below in normal title case.
Overview
+GroupSeriesDiscographyIntroducedμ'sLove Live! School Idol ProjectLove Live! School Idol Project discography2010AqoursLove Live! Sunshine!!Love Live! Sunshine!! discography2015Saint Snow2016Nijigasaki High School Idol ClubLove Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol ClubLove Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club discography2017Liella!Love Live! Superstar!!Love Live! Superstar!! discography2020Sunny Passion2021Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol ClubLink! Like! Love Live!Link! Like! Love Live! discography2023Ikizurai Club!Love Live! BluebirdLove Live! Bluebird discography2025
Love Live! School Idol Project
The first Love Live! group, μ'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 μ's' singles include an anime music video.
Aside from individual and duet singles, the nine idols of μ'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).
Singles Title Artist(s) Release date Peak Oriconchart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) Notes μ's August 25, 2010 167 μ's' first single "Snow Halation" December 22, 2010 74 μ's' second single "Love Marginal" Printemps May 25, 2011 85 Printemps' first single BiBi June 22, 2011 79 BiBi's first single Lily White July 27, 2011 81 Lily White's first single μ's August 24, 2011 62 μ's' third single February 15, 2012 31 μ's' fourth single "Mermaid Festa Vol. 2 (Passionate)" Honoka Kōsaka (Emi Nitta) and Rin Hoshizora (Riho Iida) April 25, 2012 57Duo singles Nico Yazawa (Sora Tokui) and Nozomi Tojo (Aina Kusuda) May 23, 2012 64 Kotori Minami (Aya Uchida) and Hanayo Koizumi (Yurika Kubo) June 27, 2012 43 "Soldier Game" Maki Nishikino (Pile), Umi Sonoda (Suzuko Mimori) and Eli Ayase (Yoshino Nanjō) July 25, 2012 38 Trio single "Wonderful Rush"μ's September 5, 2012 30 μ's' fifth single January 23, 2013 12 Opening theme of the first season of the Love Live! School Idol Project anime February 6, 2013 8 Ending theme of the first season of the Love Live! School Idol Project anime / "Start:Dash!!" Honoka Kōsaka (Emi Nitta), Kotori Minami (Aya Uchida) and Umi Sonoda (Suzuko Mimori) February 20, 2013 11 Insert songs from the first season of the Love Live! School Idol Project anime / "Wonder Zone" Honoka Kōsaka (Emi Nitta), Kotori Minami (Aya Uchida), Umi Sonoda (Suzuko Mimori), Rin Hoshizora (Riho Iida), Maki Nishikino (Pile), Hanayo Koizumi (Yurika Kubo) and Nico Yazawa (Sora Tokui) / μ's March 6, 2013 7 "No Brand Girls" / "Start:Dash!!" μ's April 3, 2013 5 Lily White June 26, 2013 4 Lily White's second single "Cutie Panther" BiBi July 24, 2013 8 BiBi's second single "Pure Girls Project" Printemps August 21, 2013 10 Printemps' second single "Music S.T.A.R.T!!"μ's November 27, 2013 5 μ's' sixth single / "Paradise Live" January 29, 2014 4 JP: Gold Special single to celebrate 1 million downloads of Love Live! School Idol Festival in Japan "Endless Parade" February 3, 2014 — Special single released alongside the tickets sales for μ's→Next LoveLive! 2014: Endless Parade April 23, 2014 3 JP: Gold Opening theme of the second season of the Love Live! School Idol Project anime May 8, 2014 2 Ending theme of the second season of the Love Live! School Idol Project anime May 28, 2014 3 Insert songs from the second season of the Love Live! School Idol Project anime "Love Wing Bell" / "Dancing Stars on Me!" Rin Hoshizora (Riho Iida), Maki Nishikino (Pile), Hanayo Koizumi (Yurika Kubo), Eli Ayase (Yoshino Nanjō), Nozomi Tojo (Aina Kusuda) and Nico Yazawa (Sora Tokui) / μ's June 11, 2014 3 "KiRa-KiRa Sensation!" / "Happy Maker!"μ's July 9, 2014 3 "Shangri-La Shower" October 1, 2014 5 Love Live! School Idol Paradise exclusive song Printemps November 12, 2014 6 Printemps' third single, in collaboration with Love Live! School Idol Festival as celebration for reaching 3 million downloads in Japan Lily White November 26, 2014 3 Lily White's third single, in collaboration with Love Live! School Idol Festival as celebration for reaching 3 million downloads in Japan BiBi December 24, 2014 2 JP: Gold BiBi's third single, in collaboration with Love Live! School Idol Festival as celebration for reaching 3 million downloads in Japan "CheerDay CheerGirl!" Printemps December 25, 2014 — Released as bonus CDs for those who bought the Love Live! season 2 Blu-ray Discs from Gamers, Animate, and Softmap, respectively Lily White "Silent Tonight" BiBi "Dreamin' Go! Go!!"μ's January 15, 2015 Special single released alongside the tickets sales for μ's Go→Go! LoveLive! 2015: Dream Sensation! April 22, 2015 5 Collaboration single with Dengeki G's Magazine BiBiMay 23, 2015— Lottery prize during Love Live! The School Idol Movie Lily White Printemps"Angelic Angel" / μ's / Maki Nishikino (Pile), Hanayo Koizumi (Yurika Kubo) and Rin Hoshizora (Riho Iida) July 1, 2015 2 Songs from Love Live! The School Idol Movie"Sunny Day Song" / μ's / Nico Yazawa (Sora Tokui), Eli Ayase (Yoshino Nanjō) and Nozomi Tojo (Aina Kusuda) July 8, 2015 2 / "Future Style" μ's / Honoka Kousaka (Emi Nitta), Umi Sonada (Suzuko Mimori) and Kotori Minami (Aya Uchida) July 15, 2015 2 "Heart to Heart!" μ's October 28, 2015 3 Special songs for Love Live! School Idol Festival "Wao-Wao Powerful Day!" Printemps November 25, 2015 3 Lily White December 23, 2015 3 BiBi January 20, 2016 2 JP: Gold "Moment Ring"μ's March 2, 2016 2 JP: Gold This single was considered to be μ's' "final" single before their hiatus "A Song for You! You? You!!" March 25, 2020 2 μ's single with a music video for Love Live! ninth anniversary. Also the first single after a four-year hiatus since "Moment Ring" was released. "—" denotes releases that were ineligible to chart.
Original song CDs BD volume Title Artist Release date Season 1 1 Honoka Kōsaka (Emi Nitta) March 22, 2013 2 "Anemone Heart" Kotori Minami (Aya Uchida) and Umi Sonoda (Suzuko Mimori) April 24, 2013 3 Hanayo Koizumi (Yurika Kubo) May 28, 2013 4 "Beat in Angel" Rin Hoshizora (Riho Iida) and Maki Nishikino (Pile) June 21, 2013 5 Nico Yazawa (Sora Tokui) July 26, 2013 6 Eli Ayase (Yoshino Nanjō) and Nozomi Tojo (Aina Kusuda) August 28, 2013 7 "Loneliest Baby" μ's September 25, 2013 Season 2 1 Honoka Kōsaka (Emi Nitta) June 20, 2014 2 Maki Nishikino (Pile) and Nico Yazawa (Sora Tokui) July 25, 2014 3 Rin Hoshizora (Riho Iida) August 27, 2014 4 "Storm in Lover" Eli Ayase (Yoshino Nanjō) and Umi Sonoda (Suzuko Mimori) September 24, 2014 5 Nozomi Tojo (Aina Kusuda) October 29, 2014 6 Kotori Minami (Aya Uchida) and Hanayo Koizumi (Yurika Kubo) November 21, 2014 7 μ's December 25, 2014 Film μ's December 15, 2015
Albums Title Artist(s) Release date Peak Oriconchart positions Certifications Notes Umi Sonoda (Suzuko Mimori) November 23, 2011 97 Umi Sonoda's first solo album Kotori Minami (Aya Uchida) December 14, 2011 109 Kotori Minami's first solo album Honoka Kōsaka (Emi Nitta) January 25, 2012 90 Honoka Kōsaka's first solo album μ's Best Album Best Live! Collection μ's January 9, 2013 12JP: Gold Singles compilation from the franchise from August 2010 to October 2012 Notes of School Idol Days μ's, A-Rise, & Yoshiaki Fujisawa April 10, 2013 10 Soundtrack from the first season of the Love Live! School Idol Project anime Orange Cheers! Honoka Kōsaka (Emi Nitta)April 2, 2014 44Separated albums from Solo Live! collection Memorial Box II Eli Ayase (Yoshino Nanjō) 28 Kotori Minami (Aya Uchida) 37 Umi Sonoda (Suzuko Mimori) 41 Ring a Yellow Bell Rin Hoshizora (Riho Iida) 53 Scarlet Princess Maki Nishikino (Pile) 31 Nozomi Tojo (Aina Kusuda) 59 Hanayo Koizumi (Yurika Kubo) 52 Nico Yazawa (Sora Tokui) 47 Solo Live! Collection Memorial Box II μ's 8 Second solo album box set Notes of School Idol Days: Glory μ's, A-Rise, & Yoshiaki Fujisawa August 27, 2014 7 Soundtrack from the second season of the Love Live! School Idol Project anime Love Live! 1st Season Compilation Albumμ'sApril 28, 2015—Compilation of songs from its respective season of Love Live! School Idol Project Love Live! 2nd Season Compilation Album μ's Best Album Best Live! Collection II May 27, 2015 1 JP: Gold Singles compilation from the franchise from January 2013 to December 2014 Notes of School Idol Days: Curtain Call μ's, Takayama Minami, & Yoshiaki Fujisawa August 5, 2015 4 Soundtrack from Love Live! The School Idol Movie Memories with Honoka Honoka Kōsaka (Emi Nitta)March 28, 2018 56Separated albums from Solo Live! collection Memorial Box III Memories with Eli Eli Ayase (Yoshino Nanjō) 36 Memories with Kotori Kotori Minami (Aya Uchida) 42 Memories with Umi Umi Sonoda (Suzuko Mimori) 44 Memories with Rin Rin Hoshizora (Riho Iida) 54 Memories with Maki Maki Nishikino (Pile) 43 Memories with Nozomi Nozomi Tojo (Aina Kusuda) 58 Memories with Hanayo Hanayo Koizumi (Yurika Kubo) 50 Memories with Nico Nico Yazawa (Sora Tokui) 55 Solo Live! Collection Memorial Box IIIμ's 11 Third solo album box setμ's Complete Best Box Chapter 01December 25, 2019Separated albums (as "Chapters") from μ's Memorial CD-Box "Complete Best Box" for digital releasesμ's Complete Best Box Chapter 02μ's Complete Best Box Chapter 03μ's Complete Best Box Chapter 04μ's Complete Best Box Chapter 05μ's Complete Best Box Chapter 06μ's Complete Best Box Chapter 07Printempsμ's Complete Best Box Chapter 08BiBiμ's Complete Best Box Chapter 09Lily Whiteμ's Complete Best Box Chapter 10μ'sμ's Complete Best Box Chapter 11μ's Complete Best Box Chapter 12μ's Memorial CD-Box "Complete Best Box"μ's, Printemps, BiBi, & Lily White11CD collection of all μ's' songs up to "Moment Ring" single. Was available for a limited time between December 25, 2019, and March 31, 2021, as part of Love Live! ninth anniversary.Honoka Kōsaka (Emi Nitta)October 25, 2019 (with Blu-ray Box Forever Edition)
September 9, 2020 (digital streaming)Solo albums for Blu-ray Disc original CD songs. These albums are originally included with Love Live! 9th Anniversary Blu-ray Box Forever Edition, later released as separate albums for digital streaming services.Eli Ayase (Yoshino Nanjō)Kotori Minami (Aya Uchida)Umi Sonoda (Suzuko Mimori)Rin Hoshizora (Riho Iida)Maki Nishikino (Pile)Nozomi Tojo (Aina Kusuda)Hanayo Koizumi (Yurika Kubo)Nico Yazawa (Sora Tokui) "—" denotes releases that were ineligible to chart.
Live concerts and video albums