History Characters / LoveLiveMuse

* AnimalMotifs: Cats. She's prone to making {{Cat Smile}}s, [[VerbalTic ends many of her sentences with]] "nya" (the Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat meowing) and even wears [[CatGirl cat ears and a tail]] during one of the music videos they shoot in the anime. [[{{Irony}} Despite that]], she dislikes fish and is actually allergic to cats.

* CatSmile: She sports one from time to time, and it fits her playful, somewhat mischievous nature.

* {{Yandere}}: Not in-series, but it's PlayedForLaughs and Parodied in memetic material, joking about her ''very'' loyal and somewhat dependent nature through showing her in rather creepy and obsessive moments.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the manga, while still calm, Umi was noticeably more cheerful and even considered Honoka to be her "super childhood friend". This is not the case in the anime, where she is more withdrawn, much more prone to getting worked out by incompetence, and her dynamic with Honoka is [[VitriolicBestBuds more vitriolic]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Umi ''is'' kind and shows from time to time that she cares for her friends, but unfortunately the group (and especially Honoka) doesn't seem to understand not to push her too far, which happens often and causes Umi to show her harsh side.

* ArcherArchetype: Umi is one of the calmest and most down-to-earth of the girls, and is in the archery club.

* AccentSlipUp: Nozomi stops using the Kansai dialect when she's flustered, [[spoiler:as the rest of µ's learns when they confront her in her room]].

* JerkassHasAPoint: Prior to joining µ's, Eli [[ObstructiveBureaucrat pretty much goes out of her way to get them to quit]] and looks down on them (and all {{Idol Singer}}s for that matter) as "amateurs", something Umi eventually calls her out for. However, Eli does make one solid argument- Otonokizaka High has never had a school idol before, and so if they fail (which as Eli's convinced, they will), they'll just end up making the school look even worse than it already does. Not only is [[spoiler: Eli talking from experience when she says this]], but even [[{{Determinator}} Honoka]] can't deny the plan has no guarantee of success. In fact, [[spoiler: a fear of making the school look bad is precisely why Honoka is initially reluctant to take part in Love Live at the beginning of season 2, since she believes that, as the new StudentCouncilPresident, she might end up embarrassing the school and undo all their hard work from the previous season.]]

* TheKirk: Can be considered as this in her best friends trio, as compared to OnlySaneWoman Umi and carefree, airheaded GenkiGirl Honoka she's fairly levelheaded and well-balanced, yet naive and overindulgent at times.

* {{Yandere}}: PlayedForLaughs and Parodied in memetic material, joking about her ''very'' loyal and somewhat dependent nature showing her in rather creepy and obsessive moments.

* NiceGirl: Sort of a {{deconstruction}}. Umi is fundamentally a very kind, polite and loyal girl who cares for her friends and selflessly supports them. Though, being also traditional and diligent, she is also mature and generally takes things very seriously and dislikes inefficiency and laziness, while her friends are rather zany. What happens if things go far? Well, it would be accurate to say that Umi ''is'' a nice girl per se, but her friends tend to bring out her stricter and more annoyed side quite often.

* NotSoStoic: Despite typically being the most cool and level-headed member, Eli is ''deathly'' afraid of the dark and freaks out at the slightest spook.

* {{Hypocrite}}: As seen in ''School Idol Festival'', Maki doesn't believe in magic, but in the anime's second season, she believes in Santa Claus.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nico is actually pretty surly [[TheFakeCutie despite her cutesy act]], and at worst she can be an obnoxious egomaniac. However, she's still a good person deep down, and is more caring than one would first think. She cares a lot about her friends and takes care of her younger siblings the best she can, also wanting them to believe she's an incredibly good idol.

A cool quarter-Russian third-year and president of the Student Council. She's the last girl to join µ's and serves as the group's choreographer. Eli has a sister, Alisa, who went to Otonokizaka Middle School.\\\

* NiceGirl: While she takes a while to show it, Eli is ultimately a very kind girl who acts like a CoolBigSis to the group's younger members. [[spoiler: She even gently snaps Honoka out of her HeroicBSOD in the season 1 finale.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: After μ's very first performance, Eli had the [[SarcasmMode genius]] idea of uploading it to the internet, considering their performance to be amateurish. Thanks to this, [[HoistByHerOwnPetard μ's popularity skyrockets instead]].

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Official subs for the anime use Eli instead of the more literal reading "Eri". Some translations even use "Ellie".
** However, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gFZW03b-Yw this video]] uses Eri.
** The Filipino dub takes the confusion even further by changing her name between seasons 1 and 2, where she is "Eri-chi" in the former and "Erich" in the latter.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: She gives a very effective one to Honoka in episode 2, which causes her to realise that she hasn't been taking the whole idol thing seriously up until that point, and that her plan may have the opposite effect of what she intended:
-->'''Eli:''' Just think about it. We've never had a school idol here before. How is it going to look to everyone if we try and end up failing miserably at it?

* JerkassHasAPoint: One of the arguments she makes against the formation of an IdolSinger group is that their school has never had one before and if they fail, they'll just end up making the school look even worse than it already does. Even [[TheDeterminator Honoka]] can't deny that the plan has no guarantee of success, which is ultimately what pushes her to take the whole thing seriously (which she previously hadn't been doing). [[spoiler: It eventually turns out that Eli is talking from experience, as she put all her effort into becoming a ballerina only for it to be AllForNothing in the end.]]

* ExtremeDoormat: Not that she lacks willingness to do things, but Kotori is quite passive and [[YesMan exceedingly agreeable]], going along with what her friends want to do (especially Honoka).

* BirdsOfAFeather: Hinted to be this towards Nico as, despite their pretty contrasting personalities, the two actually get along fairly well with their passionate nature and shared love for idols. Hanayo is the first to stand up for Nico's behavior in the fourth episode of the second season, since she can understand Nico's strong will to become an idol, and is even picked to be the one to imitate her when the group are pretending to be each other in season 2, episode 4. [[spoiler:Nico PassingTheTorch off to Hanayo to become the new Idol Research Club president is something of an acknowledgement of this.]]

* BirdsOfAFeather: Hinted to be this towards Nico as, despite their pretty contrasting personalities, the two actually get along fairly well with their passionate nature and shared love for idols. Hanayo is the first to stand up for Nico's behavior in the fourth episode of the second season, since she can understand Nico's strong will to become an idol. [[spoiler:Nico PassingTheTorch off to Hanayo to become the new Idol Research Club president is something of an acknowledgement of this.]]

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Rin's tomboy.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Hanayo's girly girl.

* DetrimentalDetermination: In episode 11, since she had already been training very hard, the other girls tell her to take it easy. She refuses and, [[TooDumbToLive one day during the rain, keeps training]]. [[spoiler:It later bites her back by [[HeroicRROD contracting a severe fever that jeopardizes her performance at the school festival]].]]

* NiceGirl: {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed. Honoka is well-meaning and kind with a positive attitude, and likes to make others happy. On the other hand, though, given her [[GenkiGirl energy]] and her persistent never-say-die attitude, she can be a little pushy, inconsiderate, impulsive and slightly self-absorbed at times. This is shown especially in Season 1, where her decisions earn her the scrutiny from the group, eventually culminating in a [[ArmorPiercingSlap slap]] from Umi in an attempt to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan snap her back to reality]].

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her last name is romanized as "Kosaka" in ''School Idol Festival'' and official art, although "Kousaka" is a common way of romanizing it as well.

* ComminalityConnection: She gets along notably better with Eli than either of the other third-years, due to them both being the most mature and level-headed members of µ's. While initially she's just happy to no longer be the only person taking the whole thing seriously, she later states that she really is glad Eli has joined them.

* OnlySaneWoman: Probably the one with most common sense of the group. She even lampshades this when getting relieved over the fact that once Eli joins, she's no longer the only one taking things seriously. However, since Eli has some CoolBigSis tendencies and sometimes goes along with the other girls' antics, Umi still plays this role anyway.

* CoolBigSis: Like Nozomi, she often has good advice for the other girls, even if she comes off as antagonistic with it.

* JerkassHasAPoint: One of the arguments she makes against the formation of an IdolSinger group is that their school has never had one before and if they fail, they'll just end up making the school look even worse than it already does. Even [[TheDeterminator Honoka]] can't deny that the plan has no guarantee of success, which is ultimately what pushes her to take the whole thing seriously (which she previously hadn't been doing). [[spolier: It eventually turns out that Eli is talking from experience, as she put all her effort into becoming a ballerina only for it to be AllForNothing in the end.]]

* BigBad: A milder variant for the anime's first eight episodes, as she constantly roadblocks µ's from achieving their goals and is the biggest direct obstacle they face. Once her FreudianExcuse and [[BeneathTheMask her actual desires]] come to light, she [[HeelFaceTurn turns around and joins the group]], landing the rest of the show squarely in NoAntagonist territory.

* CharacterCatchPhrase: "хорошо!"[[note]]Transliterated as "harasho" into Japanese and as "khorosho" into English, due to Russian spelling not being fully reflective of pronunciation (English transliterations generally prioritize the former, while the Japanese ones follow the latter).[[/note]], which is [[GratuitousRussian Russian]] for "good", "fine" or "okay". Strangely, she occasionally says it when a situation ''isn't'' okay.

* StaticCharacter: Downplayed. While Umi does become more prone to going along with her friends, it should be noted her [[ShrinkingViolet reserved]], yet [[BewareTheNiceOnes assertive]] nature doesn't change throughout the anime, and she never has [[ADayInTheLimelight a character focus episode]].

* StaticCharacter: While Maki does become less prone to bursting and more open to joining the girls on their activities, she remains a {{Tsundere}} with a SugarAndIcePersonality throughout the entire series, up until the end.

* StockShoujoHeroine: Extremely nice and cheerful, a BigEater, BookDumb, and a MagneticHero as well, Honoka is almost a textbook example.