
Famed in Story: A-RISE has been a popular idol group even before the start of the anime as they already had a nationwide fanbase, which gave them a major advantage over the other school idols during the Love Live competition.Electronic Dance Music: "Private Wars" and "Shocking Party".Color-Coded for Your Convenience: While the individual girls don't seem to have their own colors, the main color of the entire group seems to be yellow, with their main costumes and their ratings bar in the Love Live! being yellow.

But in the second season, they openly challenge µ's and have more lines, though Tsubasa gets more focus than Erena or Anju. Ascended Extra: They only had a handful of lines in the first season and were more of an untouchable rival to µ's.A-RISE, on the other hand, saw µ's as their biggest competition and kept their eye on their progress.Īs an already popular group prior to the start of the story, they are the favorites when it comes to winning the Love Live! competition in both seasons. It was seeing them perform that inspired Honoka to become a school idol and ultimately form µ's. However, they only get to officially meet µ's during episode 3 of Season 2. Consisting of three members, they are presented as µ's main rival throughout the series.
