Muse

μ's (muse) is the name of the first generation idol group from the Love Live! series multimedia franchise. In-universe, they are a group of nine school idols from Otonokizaka High School.

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1 Overview

2 Members

2.1 Simplified Profiles

3 Character Icons

4 Cast

5 Related Illustrations

6 Related Tags

7 Articles in other languages

Overview

μ's (ミューズ Myūzu "Muse") is a nine-member school idol group and the first generation of idols from the multimedia franchise Love Live!.

The girls were first serialized in Dengeki G's Magazine back in 2010, where the group names were decided by vote by the readers. The creator of the name went by "御児勇馬". It is based around the concept of the 'nine goddesses of music'.

In real life, μ's made their formal debut on 2010 with the release of their first single Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE. Three months later, they released their most famous song Snow halation. They had their first live performance on February 19, 2012, held at Yokohama BLITZ. They started After their last single MOMENT RING in 2016, the group has disbanded and is currently on a long hiatus from activities.

Members

The ordering of credits as follows: Honoka → Eli → Kotori → Umi → Rin → Maki → Nozomi → Hanayo → Nico

Table below is dvided into groups by second-year, first-year, and third-year, with optional notation.

Honoka Kosaka (Second-Year / Voice: Emi Nitta)	Umi Sonoda (Second-Year / Voice: Suzuko Mimori)	Kotori Minami (Second-Year / Voice: Aya Uchida)

Eli Ayase (Third-Year / Voice: Yoshino Nanjou)	Nozomi Tojo (Third-Year / Voice: Aina Kusuda)	Nico Yazawa (Third-Year / Voice: Sora Tokui)

Rin Hoshizora (First-Year / Voice: Riho Iida)	Hanayo Koizumi (First-Year / Voice: Yurika Kubo)	Maki Nishikino (First-Year / Voice: Pile)

Leader is Honoka. Maki is in charge of music composition, Umi (basically) is in charge of writing lyrics, and Kotori is in charge of costume design.

The numbers who are call out before the Live are Second-Year → First-Year → Third-Year, starting from the oldest. Therefore, Honoka is the oldest Second-Year who goes first and Eli is the youngest Third-Year who comes last.

Simplified Profiles

Colors shown for color notations on the Love Live Blade!. (reference)

Name	Birthday	Blood Type	Year	Color	Cast
Honoka Kosaka	August 3	O	Second-Year	Orange	Emi Nitta
Eli Ayase	October 21	B	Third-Year	Light Blue	Yoshino Nanjou
Kotori Minami	September 12	O	Second-Year	White	Aya Uchida
Umi Sonoda	March 15	A	Second-Year	Blue	Suzuko Mimori
Rin Hoshizora	November 1	A	First-Year	Yellow	Riho Iida
Maki Nishikino	April 19	AB	First-Year	Red	Pile
Nozomi Tojo	June 9	O	Third-Year	Violet	Aina Kusuda
Hanayo Koizumi	January 17	B	First-Year	Green	Yurika Kubo
Nico Yazawa	July 22	A	Third-Year	Pink	Sora Tokui

Character Icons

After the release of smartphone accessory goods, character icons wer ealso created to symbolize each members.

	Icon	Note
Honoka Kosaka	ほ	Homura's 'ほ' (Ho) is also used on her μ's practice clothes
Eli Ayase	Я	"I" in Russian
Kotori Minami	🐥	Based on the meaning of her name
Umi Sonoda	🏹 (➶)	Kyudo Club
Rin Hoshizora	🐱	Because she loves cats
Maki Nishikino	★	Star Nishikino
Nozomi Tojo	☽	Tarot, Spiritual
Hanayo Koizumi	🍚	Love Rice!
Nico Yazawa	😊	Nico Nico Nii

Cast

Name	Date of Birth	Blood Type	Nickname	Birthplace	Affiliated Agency	Cast
Emi Nitta	December 12, 1985	B	Emitsun	Nagano Prefecture Nagano	Difference	Honoka Kosaka
Yoshino Nanjou	July 12, 1984	O	Nanjolno	Shizuoka Prefecture Yaizu	Voice Kit	Eli Ayase
Aya Uchida	July 23, 1986	O	Ucchii	Gunma Prefecture Ota	Across Entertainment	Kotori Minami
Suzuko Mimori	June 28, 1986	AB	Mimorin	Tokyo	Hibiki	Umi Sonoda
Riho Iida	October 26, 1991	B	Rippii	Saitama Fujimi	Houeishinsha	Rin Hoshizora
Pile	May 2, 1988	O	Pile-sama	Tokyo	SPACEY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, Colourful Records	Maki Nishikino
Aina Kusuda	February 1, 1989	A	Kussun	Chiba Narashino	Just Pro	Nozomi Tojo
Yurika Kubo	May 19, 1989	A	Shikako	Nara Prefecture Nara	Stay Luck	Hanayo Koizumi
Sora Tokui	December 26, 1989	O	Soramaru	Chiba Minamiboso	avex pictures	Nico Yazawa