Ikizuraibu! Love Live! Bluebird
Ikizuraibu! Love Live! Bluebird (イキヅライブ! LOVELIVE! BLUEBIRD) is a project in the Love Live! multimedia franchise. It is a mixed media project with content primarily on Twitter and YouTube.[1]
Plot
Love Academy High School (Love 学院高等学校), also known as L High, is a blended learning school with online classes as well as in-person education.[1] The school has satellite campuses in Asakusa, Fukui Prefecture, Umeda, and Sendai.[2]
Hoping to raise funds and attract new students, Polka Takahashi starts a school idol club called the Ikizurai Club! (いきづらい部!) The name stems from an old club, which Polka felt was fitting as she had failed her entrance exams.
Characters
Ikizurai Club!
- Polka Takahashi (高橋 ポルカ, Takahashi Poruka)
- Voiced by: Honon Ayasaki
- polka_lion on Twitter
- A first-year student who attends L High's branch in Asakusa. An energetic girl, she loves to break out into dance and move her feet. She is bad at mathematics. Her parents live in Argentina.
- Mai Azabu (麻布 麻衣, Azabu Mai)
- Voiced by: Rina Endō
- My_Mai_Eld on Twitter
- Mai is a first-year student at the Asakusa campus. She is a web programmer and vice president of the club.
- Akira Gotō (五桐 玲, Gotō Akira)
- Voiced by: Seiri Miyano
- G_Akky304250 on Twitter
- Akira is a first-year student at Asakusa. An avid rock climber and weight lifter, she is from Numazu while her aunt lives near Otonokizaka Academy, so she is fairly knowledgeable about school idol groups like μ's and Aqours.
- Hanabi Komagata (駒形 花火, Komagata Hanabi)
- Voiced by: Kokoro Fujino
- hanabistarmine on Twitter
- A first-year student in Asakusa. She is the daughter of a family who operates a kimono store, and is eager to prove how they can still be worn in modern times.
- Miracle Kanazawa (金澤 奇跡, Kanazawa Mirakuru)
- Voiced by: Aiha Sakano
- MiracleGoldSP on Twitter
- A second-year student at the Fukui campus and a chef who runs an online bakery. She formerly attended a cooking school but clashed with teachers, prompting her to transfer to L High so she could study by herself. Miracle is good friends with Noriko.
- Noriko Chōfu (調布 のりこ, Chōfu Noriko)
- Voiced by: Ria Seko
- Noricco_U on Twitter
- Noriko is a first-year at the Fukui campus. An anime otaku from the Hokuriku region, she aspires to become a voice actress. She and Noriko are close friends.
- Yukuri Harumiya (春宮 ゆくり, Harumiya Yukuri)
- Voiced by: Yuki Okumura
- Yukuri_talk on Twitter
- Yukuri is a first year at the Umeda campus. Skilled at ballet, she is an aspiring theater performer who hopes to join the Takarazuka Revue.
- Aurora Konohana (此花 輝夜, Konohana Ōrora)
- Voiced by: Akane Amasawa
- Rollie_twinkle on Twitter
- Aurora is a beauty YouTuber who frequently travels overseas with her family, and lived in Los Angeles before returning to Japan. She is a second-year student in Umeda.
- Midori Yamada (山田 真緑, Yamada Midori)
- Voiced by: Honoka Motomori
- LittlegreenCom on Twitter
- An environmentalist and first-year student at the Umeda campus. She enjoys camping and nature, and works part-time jobs to donate her payments to charity.
- Shion Sasaki (佐々木 翔音, Sasaki Shion)
- Voiced by: Aoi Suzunose
- ShaunTheBunny on Twitter
- An online streamer and a first-year student at the Sendai campus. Shion was initially doubtful of the club, but is ultimately the final member to join. She is a fan of Umi Sonoda from μ's.
History
The project was announced at the end of the Yokohama leg of the Love Live! Series Asia Tour 2024 on February 2, 2025.[3][4] It formally launched on May 12.[1]
"What is My Life?", the first single by Ikizurai Club!, will be released on July 30, 2025. Each of the ten club members also received solo songs.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "ラブライブ!新プロジェクト『イキヅライブ!』詳細発表 PVやメンバー10人の自己紹介動画など公開【キャスト一覧】". Oricon (in Japanese). May 12, 2025. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ "Love学院高等学校". Love Live! (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ Loo, Egan (February 2, 2025). "Love Live! Franchise Teases Bluebird Project". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
- ^ "ラブライブ!:正体不明「いきづらい部!」「イキヅライブ! LOVELIVE! BLUEBIRD」発表" (in Japanese). Mantan Inc. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (May 14, 2025). "IKIZULIVE! LOVELIVE! BLUEBIRD Releases 10 Solo Singles By Each Member". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)