Love Live! Sunshine!!#Saint Snow

Love Live! Sunshine!! is set in Uchiura, Numazu, Shizuoka{{cite web|title=ABOUT Love Live! Project|url=http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/worldwide/aboutllp.php|website=Lovelive! Sunshine!! Official Worldwide Website|access-date=November 22, 2016}} where one of its schools, the seaside Uranohoshi Girls' Academy, is planned to be shut down and merged with another school in Numazu. Chika Takami, a girl who lacks desires, is inspired by μ's (pronounced "muse") to gather friends and form her own school idol group called {{nihongo|Aqours|アクア|Akua|pronounced "aqua"}}. To prevent their school from shutting down, Aqours enters the Love Live school idol contest which has become more competitive since μ's won.

Where appropriate, plot descriptions mentioned below refer to the anime television series. Other parts of the franchise, such as the manga and novel series, feature some variations in the storyline.

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;{{nihongo|Chika Takami|高海 千歌|Takami Chika}}

:{{voiced by|Anju Inami{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-27/love-live-sunshine-idol-group-name-1st-single-date-revealed/.89783|title=Love Live! Sunshine!! Idol Group's Name, 1st Single Date Revealed|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|website=Anime News Network|date=June 27, 2015|access-date=June 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203235047/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-27/love-live-sunshine-idol-group-name-1st-single-date-revealed/.89783|archive-date=December 3, 2020|url-status=live}}|Jad Saxton{{cite web|url=https://www.animeherald.com/2016/07/30/funimation-announces-love-live-sunshine-dub-cast/|title=Funimation Announces Love Live! Sunshine!! Dub Cast|last=Ferreira|first=Samantha|website=Anime Herald|date=July 30, 2016|access-date=August 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528001555/https://www.animeherald.com/2016/07/30/funimation-announces-love-live-sunshine-dub-cast/|archive-date=May 28, 2022|url-status=live}}}}

:Chika is a second-year student at Uranohoshi Girls' Academy. She always claimed to be too ordinary, but became inspired after finding out that the members of μ's managed to "shine" brightly despite also being normal students. This leads her to form a school idol group, with her determination compounded by the fact that her school is facing the potential crisis of consolidating with another school (with Uranohoshi's students moving to another campus), similarly to how μ's formed after their school was at risk of shutting down. The youngest among three daughters, her family runs a traditional inn known for its open-air hot springs with an ocean view. Sometimes Chika loves to insert terrible puns between her words, even explaining them. She acts as Aqours' leader and primary lyricist.

;{{nihongo|Riko Sakurauchi|桜内 梨子|Sakurauchi Riko}}

:{{voiced by|Rikako Aida|Jeannie Tirado}}

:Riko is a kind, polite, modest, and down-to-earth second-year student at Uranohoshi Girls' Academy. She previously went to μ's former school, Otonokizaka Academy in Akihabara, but was unaware of the group before becoming a school idol. She is a talented young pianist, but felt that she had stopped improving, and moved to Numazu to take inspiration from the sea. She is also a capable violist. She has a fear of dogs, which is not helped by the fact that the Takami family's dog, Shiitake, seems to take an interest in her. She eventually gets over her fear of dogs to the point that she now loves them, and adopts her own puppy by the end of the series. She is also revealed to have an interest in various shōjo and yuri manga, often buying collections on her brief returns to Tokyo. After joining Aqours, she becomes the composer of the group.

;{{nihongo|Kanan Matsuura|松浦 果南|Matsuura Kanan}}

:{{voiced by|Nanaka Suwa|Michelle Rojas}}

:Kanan is a third-year student and Chika's childhood friend. Kanan lives alone with her grandfather on a nearby island where they run a diving gear shop. She is introduced as having taken a leave of absence from school, as she must take care of the shop alone while her father recovers from a fractured bone. She, Dia, and Mari are childhood friends who formed a school idol group in their first year named Aqours, but disbanded quickly, leading the three to separate. Kanan is responsible for their first disbandment, feigning stage fright to treat Mari's sprained leg and to convince her to pursue her studies abroad, all of which were kept secret by her and Dia. Kanan is the most athletic member of the group and acts as their main choreographer. She has a kind, supportive and selfless personality, and is also very mature and level-headed.

;{{nihongo|Dia Kurosawa|黒澤 ダイヤ|Kurosawa Daiya}}

:{{voiced by|Arisa Komiya|Morgan Garrett}}

:Dia is the prideful third-year student council president at Uranohoshi Girls' Academy. She and her younger sister Ruby are part of a well-known and respected family. Dia is also a diehard fan of μ's, but hid her enthusiasm about school idols after she, Kanan, and Mari separated, until she was convinced to join Aqours by Chika and the others. She is the origin of Aqours' name, passing it on to Chika's group from when she, Kanan, and Mari were school idols. She scolds and corrects the other members with her catchphrase {{Nihongo|"Bubbū desu wa!"|ブッブーですわ!}}, the Japanese onomatopoeia for an incorrect buzzer.

;{{nihongo|You Watanabe|渡辺 曜|Watanabe Yō}}

:{{voiced by|Shuka Saitō|Apphia Yu}}

:You is an energetic second-year student who is Chika's childhood friend. She also aims to become a ship captain one day, just like her father.{{cite magazine|title=Love Live! Sunshine!! Characters|magazine=Dengeki G's Magazine|date=August 2015|publisher=ASCII Media Works|language=ja}} Her catchphrase is {{nihongo|"Yōsorō!"|ヨーソロー!||(Keep her) steady!}},{{cite book|title=Kenkyūsha's New Japanese-English Dictionary|publisher=Kenkyūsha|edition=5th|year=2003}} also known as "Aye-aye!" in the English dub. She loves uniforms, whether they are idol costumes or work-related uniforms like police or shrine maiden outfits. Due to this, she is the main costume coordinator of the group.

;{{nihongo|Yoshiko Tsushima|津島 善子|Tsushima Yoshiko}}

:{{voiced by|Aika Kobayashi|Morgan Berry}}

:Yoshiko is a first-year who tries to hide her chūnibyō persona and attend high school like a normal student. She claims that she became a fallen angel for angering God, and refers to herself as {{nihongo|"Yohane"|ヨハネ}}, wanting everyone to call her that (though nobody actually does). She became a chūnibyō because she felt like she was too ordinary. After the other members of Aqours assure her that they accept her chūnibyō persona, she joins the group.

;{{nihongo|Hanamaru Kunikida|国木田 花丸|Kunikida Hanamaru}}

:{{voiced by|Kanako Takatsuki|Megan Shipman}}

:Hanamaru is a hardworking first-year student whose family runs a local temple without several modern-age utilities, such as computers and hand dryers. Because of this, she becomes enamored upon seeing modern technology, much to the surprise of others. She refers to herself as either "ora" or "Maru", and ends many of her sentences with "-zura" because of her Shizuoka dialect. She is also a member of a local choir due to her talent at singing. Before joining Aqours, she was an avid reader at the school's library. She and Yoshiko were friends during kindergarten, and Yoshiko calls her "Zuramaru."

;{{nihongo|Mari Ohara|小原 鞠莉|Ohara Mari}}

:{{voiced by|Aina Suzuki|Jamie Marchi}}

:Mari is a third-year student at Uranohoshi. Her Italian-American father runs a hotel chain{{cite magazine|title=Love Live! Sunshine!!|magazine=Dengeki G's Magazine|date=June 2015|publisher=ASCII Media Works|language=ja}} and she lives in one of their hotels. Mari is an energetic individual who prefers to take action by herself, and does not feel herself to be suited to become a school idol. Her favorite music genre is industrial metal. Due to her background, Mari has an American accent and often mixes English and Japanese (Italian in the English dub) in her speech. Mari's family is one of the main sponsors of Uranohoshi, to the point she was appointed as the school's chairman despite being one of the students. She was childhood best friends with Dia and Kanan, and previously formed an idol unit with them, though it disbanded early on due to Kanan and Dia wanting her to pursue a scholarship she got at a school overseas. Her catchphrase is {{nihongo|"Shiny!"|シャイニー|Shainī}}, which she tends to exclaim whenever she gets excited.

;{{nihongo|Ruby Kurosawa|黒澤 ルビィ|Kurosawa Rubii}}

:{{voiced by|Ai Furihata|Sarah Wiedenheft}}

:Ruby is a first-year student at Uranohoshi Girls' Academy, as well as Dia's shy, timid younger sister, who has long since dreamed of becoming an idol. A very bubbly, sweet and kindhearted girl with reddish-pink hair, she is among the youngest members of Aqours as well as the most childlike in terms of looks and personality. Despite living in a seaside town, Ruby does not know how to swim at all and likes to avoid water. She also has androphobia (a fear of men), since she has never talked to anyone male outside of her own father. In the anime, her shyness is increased so she enters in panic when she is touched by anyone she is not used to regardless of sex, being only comfortable around Dia and Hanamaru at the start of the anime. Her catchphrase is {{Nihongo|"Ganbaruby!"|がんばルビィ}}, a portmanteau of her name with the Japanese verb "ganbaru" meaning to try hard or persevere; in the English dub, this is translated as "Do my Rubesty!"

An idol unit from Hakodate, Hokkaido, which serves as Aqours' rival. Despite being rivals, they are on friendly terms with Aqours.

;{{nihongo|Sarah Kazuno|鹿角 聖良|Kazuno Seira}}

:{{voiced by|Asami Tano|Trina Nishimura}}

:One of the members of the idol duo Saint Snow, a rival of Aqours.

;{{nihongo|Leah Kazuno|鹿角 理亞|Kazuno Ria}}

:{{voiced by|Hinata Satō|Amber Lee Connors}}

:Sarah's sister and partner in Saint Snow. She and her sister were inspired by A-Rise to become school idols in a similar fashion that the members of Aqours are inspired by μ's.

;{{nihongo|Shima Takami|高海 志満|Takami Shima}}

:{{voiced by|Kana Asumi|Colleen Clinkenbeard}}

:Chika's eldest sister and the eldest of the Takami family.

;{{nihongo|Mito Takami|高海 美渡|Takami Mito}}

:{{voiced by|Kanae Itō|Monica Rial}}

:Chika's older sister and the middle child of Takami family.

A manga titled Love Live! Sunshine!!, written by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Masaru Oda, began serialization in the May 2016 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412232915/http://lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/news.php|url=http://lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/news.php|script-title=ja:電撃G'sマガジンにて『ラブライブ！サンシャイン!!』コミック連載がスタート！|publisher=Sunrise|date=April 5, 2016|archive-date=April 12, 2016|access-date=September 2, 2016|language=ja}} The first tankōbon volume was released on September 27, 2016;{{cite web|url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/321607000038|script-title=ja:ラブライブ!サンシャイン!! (1)|publisher=ASCII Media Works|access-date=October 23, 2017|language=ja}} three volumes have been released as of March 27, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/321701000164|script-title=ja:ラブライブ!サンシャイン!! (2)|publisher=ASCII Media Works|access-date=October 23, 2017|language=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブライブ!サンシャイン!! (3) |url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/321712000143|publisher=ASCII Media Works|access-date=August 1, 2020|language=ja}} The manga is published in English in Malaysia by Kadokawa Gempak Starz.{{cite web|url=https://www.shop.gempakstarz.com/gempak-starz-comic/RD16-ENG|title=Love Live! Sunshine!! 01 (English)|publisher=Kadokawa Gempak Starz|access-date=July 21, 2019}}

A 160-page fanbook of Aqours, titled Love Live! Sunshine!! First Fan Book, was released on June 30, 2016. The book was published by ASCII Media Works and contains an introduction of Aqours' members, original manga written by Sakurako Kimino, and a newly drawn cover by Yuhei Murota.{{cite web|url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/321604000061|script-title=ja:ラブライブ!サンシャイン!! FIRST FAN BOOK|publisher=ASCII Media Works|access-date=October 23, 2017|language=ja}}

{{See also|Love Live! Sunshine!! (TV series){{!}}Love Live! Sunshine!! (TV series)}}

A 13-episode anime television series produced by Sunrise, directed by Kazuo Sakai, and written by Jukki Hanada aired between July 2 and September 24, 2016 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-11/love-live-sunshine-idol-project-gets-tv-anime-this-summer/.97449|title=Love Live! Sunshine!! Idol Project Gets TV Anime This Summer|last=Loo|first=Egan|website=Anime News Network|date=January 11, 2016|access-date=January 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503201423/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-11/love-live-sunshine-idol-project-gets-tv-anime-this-summer/.97449|archive-date=May 3, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-05-22/love-live-sunshine-tv-anime-premieres-on-july-2/.102377|title=Love Live! Sunshine!! TV Anime Premieres on July 2|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|website=Anime News Network|date=May 22, 2016|access-date=May 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528001555/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-05-22/love-live-sunshine-tv-anime-premieres-on-july-2/.102377|archive-date=May 28, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-07-01/crunchyroll-details-streaming-for-sweetness-and-lightning-love-live-sunshine-fudanshi-koko-seikatsu/.103785|title=Crunchyroll Details Streaming for Sweetness & Lightning, Love Live! Sunshine!!, Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=July 1, 2016|access-date=July 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503195941/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-07-01/crunchyroll-details-streaming-for-sweetness-and-lightning-love-live-sunshine-fudanshi-koko-seikatsu/.103785|archive-date=May 3, 2022|url-status=live}} The series is licensed in North America by Funimation, in the United Kingdom by Anime Limited, and in Australia by Madman Entertainment.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-23/funimation-to-stream-d-gray-man-servamp-tales-of-zestiria-danganronpa-3-love-live-sunshine-first-/.103544|title=Funimation to Stream D. Gray-man, Servamp, Tales of Zestiria, Danganronpa 3, Love Live! Sunshine!!, First Love Monster, Handa-kun, Tsukiuta, Time Travel Girl, XechS, Regalia|last=Ressler|first=Karen|website=Anime News Network|date=June 23, 2016|access-date=July 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503201428/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-23/funimation-to-stream-d-gray-man-servamp-tales-of-zestiria-danganronpa-3-love-live-sunshine-first-/.103544|archive-date=May 3, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animelab.com/blog/animelab-simulcast-line-up-for-summer-2016/|title=AnimeLab Summer Simulcast Lineup 2016|publisher=Madman Entertainment|website=Animelab|access-date=July 10, 2016|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108112136/https://www.animelab.com/blog/animelab-simulcast-line-up-for-summer-2016/|url-status=dead}} An English dub by Funimation began streaming from July 30, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-14/funimation-to-dub-d.gray-man-servamp-zestiria-danganronpa-3-arslan-love-live-sunshine-more/.104290|title=Funimation to Dub D.Gray-man, Servamp, Zestiria, Danganronpa 3, Arslan, Love Live! Sunshine, More|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=July 14, 2016|access-date=July 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503201411/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-14/funimation-to-dub-d.gray-man-servamp-zestiria-danganronpa-3-arslan-love-live-sunshine-more/.104290|archive-date=May 3, 2022|url-status=live}} The opening and ending themes are {{nihongo|"Aozora Jumping Heart"|青空Jumping Heart}} and {{nihongo|"Yume Kataru Yori Yume Utaou"|ユメ語るよりユメ歌おう}} respectively, both performed by Aqours. Every week while the anime was airing, Bandai Visual released merchandise called "memorial items" inspired by an item in each episode only available for a limited time.{{cite web|url=http://gs.dengeki.com/news/75773/|script-title=ja:ラブライブ！サンシャイン!!』公式メモリアルアイテム紹介 特設ページ|publisher=ASCII Media Works|date=July 9, 2016|access-date=September 18, 2016|language=ja}} A second season aired between October 7 and December 30, 2017.{{cite web|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|title="Love Live! Sunshine!!" TV Anime 2nd Season Confirms October 7 Premiere|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/09/01/love-live-sunshine-tv-anime-2nd-season-confirms-october-7-premiere|website=Crunchyroll|date=September 1, 2017|access-date=September 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120110529/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/09/01/love-live-sunshine-tv-anime-2nd-season-confirms-october-7-premiere|archive-date=November 20, 2020|url-status=live}} The opening and ending themes respectively are {{Nihongo|"Mirai no Bokura wa Shitteru yo"|未来の僕らは知ってるよ|Our Future Selves Know}} and {{Nihongo|"Yūki wa Doko ni? Kimi no Mune ni!"|勇気はどこに？君の胸に！|Where is Courage? In Your Heart!}}, both performed by Aqours. "Aozora Jumping Heart" is used as the opening theme for the final episode. The second season was 2018's best-selling animated series on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan, with 330,102 sales.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Top-Selling Animation in Japan on Blu-ray Disc/DVD by Series: 2018|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-19/top-selling-animation-in-japan-on-blu-ray-disc-dvd-by-series-2018/.141065|website=Anime News Network|date=December 19, 2018|access-date=January 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228185225/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-19/top-selling-animation-in-japan-on-blu-ray-disc-dvd-by-series-2018/.141065|archive-date=February 28, 2022|url-status=live}} An anime film titled Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow was released on January 4, 2019 in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-09/love-live-sunshine-film-title-january-4-2019-opening-revealed/.132675|title=Love Live! Sunshine!! Film's Title, January 4, 2019 Opening Revealed|website=Anime News Network|first=Egan|last=Loo|date=June 9, 2018|access-date=June 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503201435/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-09/love-live-sunshine-film-title-january-4-2019-opening-revealed/.132675|archive-date=May 3, 2022|url-status=live}} An English dub of the film was released on February 25, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-video/love-live-sunshine-the-school-idol-movie-over-the-rainbow-bd-blr-00506/|title=Love Live! Sunshine!!The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow - Movie - BD|website=Funimation|access-date=February 3, 2020}} The main staff and cast return to reprise their roles for the film.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/292814|script-title=ja:映画「ラブライブ！サンシャイン!!」Aqours全員集合ビジュアル、ストーリー公開|website=Natalie|date=July 26, 2018|access-date=October 10, 2018|language=ja}}

An anime fantasy spin-off television series titled {{Nihongo|Yohane of the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror|幻日のヨハネ|Genjitsu no Yohane}} was announced on June 26, 2022. Originally a set of fantasy illustrations appearing in Love Live! Days and featuring Yoshiko as the main character as the name suggests, an anime adaptation was previously announced as an April Fool's 2022 joke before it became official in June. The series is produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks and directed by Asami Nakatani and written by Toshiya Ono, with Yumiko Yamamoto designing the characters, and Tatsuya Katō returning to compose the music.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-26/love-live-sunshine-fantasy-spinoff-genjitsu-no-yohane-sunshine-in-the-mirror-gets-anime-series-in-/.187072|title=Love Live! Sunshine!! Fantasy Spinoff Genjitsu no Yohane -Sunshine in the Mirror- Gets Anime Series in 2023|last=Loo|first=Egan|website=Anime News Network|date=June 26, 2022|access-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630030125/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-26/love-live-sunshine-fantasy-spinoff-genjitsu-no-yohane-sunshine-in-the-mirror-gets-anime-series-in-/.187072|archive-date=June 30, 2022|url-status=live}} It premiered early on Abema on June 25,{{cite news |last1=Pueyo |first1=Ken |title=Love Live Spin-Off Yohane the Parhelion: SUNSHINE in the MIRROR Reveals New Trailer |url=https://animecorner.me/love-live-spin-off-yohane-the-parhelion-sunshine-in-the-mirror-reveals-new-trailer/ |access-date=25 June 2023 |work=Anime Corner |date=4 June 2023 |language=en-us}} and it premiered on July 2, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-04/genjitsu-no-yohane-sunshine-in-the-mirror-anime-2nd-video-unveils-july-2-debut/.198785|title=Genjitsu no Yohane -Sunshine in the Mirror- Anime's 2nd Video Unveils July 2 Debut|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|website=Anime News Network|date=June 4, 2023|access-date=June 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604153618/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-04/genjitsu-no-yohane-sunshine-in-the-mirror-anime-2nd-video-unveils-july-2-debut/.198785|archive-date=June 4, 2023|url-status=live}} The opening theme is {{nihongo|"Genjitsu Mysterium"|幻日ミステリウム}} by Aqours.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/527324|script-title=ja:7月2日に開幕のアニメ「幻日のヨハネ」第2弾予告、ABEMAでシリーズ作品一挙配信|website=Natalie|date=June 4, 2023|access-date=June 14, 2023|language=ja}}

In January 2016, Love Live! Sunshine!! live streamed a special announcement regarding Aqours joining the Love Live! School Idol Festival rhythm game app starting in July 2016.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Love Live! Sunshine!! Idols Join School Idol Festival Game App|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-11/love-live-sunshine-idols-join-school-idol-festival-game-app/.97450|website=Anime News Network|date=January 11, 2016|access-date=September 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616025410/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-11/love-live-sunshine-idols-join-school-idol-festival-game-app/.97450|archive-date=June 16, 2021|url-status=live}} In the game, the Aqours idols get their own stories, new songs, and cards. KLab also added R rarity cards for each Aqours member, even though they were only voiced after July. In June 2016, Chika and Riko were featured in the in-game regular events for the first time. A spin-off game which includes Aqours, Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars, released in September 2019.

In 2017, Hanamaru Kunikida succeeded Rin Hoshizora as the face of Puyo Puyo.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-02-12/love-live-sunshine-sega-image-girl-selected/.112042|title=Love Live! Sunshine!! Sega Image Girl Selected|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|website=Anime News Network|date=February 12, 2017|access-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301064002/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-02-12/love-live-sunshine-sega-image-girl-selected/.112042|archive-date=March 1, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/07/03/zuramaru-gotta-to-go-fast-sega-picks-next-generation-love-live-image-girl|title=Zuramaru Gotta Go Fast! Sega Picks Next Generation "Love Live!" Image Girl|last=Green|first=Scott|website=Crunchyroll|date=June 3, 2017|access-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125023031/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/07/03/zuramaru-gotta-to-go-fast-sega-picks-next-generation-love-live-image-girl|archive-date=January 25, 2021|url-status=live}} Along with μ's, Aqours appears in a game based on the "nesoberi" stuffed dolls sold resembling the characters titled Puchiguru Love Live!.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Love Live! Gets Puchiguru Love Live! Smartphone Game|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-25/love-live-gets-puchiguru-love-live-smartphone-game/.121821|website=Anime News Network|date=September 25, 2017|access-date=April 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523201446/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-25/love-live-gets-puchiguru-love-live-smartphone-game/.121821|archive-date=May 23, 2022|url-status=live}} It was released on April 24, 2018 for Android and iOS,{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Puchiguru Love Live! Smartphone Game Debuts on April 24|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-04-19/puchiguru-love-live-smartphone-game-debuts-on-april-24/.130576|website=Anime News Network|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=April 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301065510/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-04-19/puchiguru-love-live-smartphone-game-debuts-on-april-24/.130576|archive-date=March 1, 2022|url-status=live}} and was shut down on May 31, 2019.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Love Live! Spinoff Smartphone Game Puchiguru Ends Service|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-28/love-live-spinoff-smartphone-game-puchiguru-ends-service/.145121|website=Anime News Network|date=March 28, 2019|access-date=June 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228115941/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-28/love-live-spinoff-smartphone-game-puchiguru-ends-service/.145121|archive-date=February 28, 2022|url-status=live}}

Between August 9–21, 2018, all of the members of Aqours appeared in the mobile RPG Granblue Fantasy as a collaboration event titled {{nihongo|Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours Sky High!|ラブライブ！サンシャイン!! Aqours スカイハイ！}}. The characters are divided into three teams based on their school year. Second-year students (Chika, Riko, You) are obtainable through the event story, while first-years (Hanamaru, Yoshiko, Ruby) and third-year students (Dia, Kanan, Mari) are obtainable by trading material obtainable in-game.{{cite web|script-title=ja:『グランブルーファンタジー』×『ラブライブ！サンシャイン!!』コラボレーションイベント開催のお知らせ|url=http://granbluefantasy.jp/pages/?p=19903|publisher=Cygames|access-date=August 16, 2018|language=ja}}

A side-scrolling action game titled {{nihongo|Yohane the Parhelion: Blaze in the Deepblue|幻日のヨハネ -BLAZE in the DEEPBLUE-}} was announced in June 2023 and is currently in development by Inti Creates. It was released in Japan on November 16, 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and Windows.{{Cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|date=June 26, 2023|title=Inti Creates announces Yohane the Parhelion: BLAZE in the DEEPBLUE for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2023/06/inti-creates-announces-yohane-the-parhelion-blaze-in-the-deepblue-for-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-switch-and-pc|website=Gematsu|access-date=June 26, 2023}}

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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).{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-03-28/results-announced-for-love-live-sunshine-mini-units-name-poll/.100370|title=Results Announced for Love Live! Sunshine Mini-Units Name Poll|website=Anime News Network|date=March 28, 2016|access-date=September 3, 2016}} Seven of Aqours' singles include an anime music video, while two others include a live-action music video featuring the members' voice actresses.

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.

Nick Creamer from Anime News Network reviewed the first season in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/love-live-sunshine/season-one-bd/dvd/.129099|title=Love Live! Sunshine!! Season One BD/DVD - Review|last=Creamer|first=Nick|website=Anime News Network|date=March 19, 2018|access-date=July 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109004605/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/love-live-sunshine/season-one-bd/dvd/.129099|archive-date=November 9, 2020|url-status=live}} He was critical of the overall plot reusing story elements from the original series but said it was utilized very well in making its "genuinely imperfect" main cast relatable and having a more "emotionally resonant" adventure than its predecessor. Creamer wrote that director Kazuo Sakai did an admirable job maintaining the series' visual comedy previously helmed by Takahiko Kyōgoku, giving each character a distinct and expressive trait from one another and improved the CG dance models and scenes to be more eye-pleasing and presentable than before, concluding that: "Simultaneously too similar and extremely different, suffering many of the same failings but rising to its own dramatic heights, Sunshine is ultimately a rewarding show and a fine followup for the Love Live! franchise."

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