Love Live! Sunshine!!

To become the next generation of bright, sparkling “school idols”!

Uranohoshi Girls’ High School, a private school in the seaside neighborhood of Uchiura at Numazu city, Shizuoka prefecture. A small high school in a corner of Suruga Bay, it is home to nine teens, led by second-year student Chika Takami, driven by one seriously big dream: To become the next generation of bright, sparkling “school idols”! As long as we don’t give up, any dream can come true... All we have to do now is keep pushing hard for fame and glory! Now their “School Idol Project” begins to make their dreams come true!

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Seasons

1. I Want to Shine!!

Air Date: 2016-07-02

Chika Takami is an ordinary girl who wants to form a School Idol Club to be a school idol. She meets potential members, but how will she get them to join?

2. Catch the Transfer Student!

Air Date: 2016-07-09

On her mission to form a School Idol Club, Chika Takami searches for more members and someone who can help compose their songs.

3. First Step

Air Date: 2016-07-16

We meet Mari Ohara, who makes a deal with Chika and the others. If they can fill the school gym during their first performance, she'll approve their club despite their numbers. Will they be able to gather enough people?

4. Two Girls' Feelings

Air Date: 2016-07-23

Chika wants the first years Hanamaru and Ruby to join the School Idol Club, but they are both hesitant. We learn about the two and what their true feelings are toward school idols.

5. Yohane Descends

Air Date: 2016-07-30

Yoshiko is trying to suppress her alter ego, Yohane, but it's harder than expected. She then comes across the School Idol Club whose members are trying to raise their ranking.

6. Let's Make a PV

Air Date: 2016-08-06

After finding out their school is at risk of closing due to low enrollment, the girls of Aqours decide to take action and find a way to promote the town and the school they love.

7. Tokyo

Air Date: 2016-08-13

Aqours promo video is a huge success. The girls are invited to a School Idol competition in Tokyo, and make the trip to the big city.

8. Isn't it Frustrating?

Air Date: 2016-08-20

The girls get the results from their first big performance, and are forced to make some difficult decisions.

9. Young Dreamer

Air Date: 2016-08-27

Chika and the others discover the secrets that led to the seniors' school idol group breakup.

10. We've Got Stewshine!

Air Date: 2016-09-03

The girls start their summer training camp, and whip up some tasty (and not so tasty) treats to help out at the town's beach snack bar.

11. Aye aye, My Friend!

Air Date: 2016-09-10

Riko heads to Tokyo for her piano competition, while You faces some struggles trying to fill in for her.

12. It's Time to Fly

Air Date: 2016-09-17

The results for the preliminary qualifiers are announced, and Aqours takes another trip to learn more about their own idols.

13. Sunshine!!

Air Date: 2016-09-24

Aqours gets ready for the regional preliminaries with some help from their friends.

1. Next Step

Air Date: 2017-10-07

The second term at Uranohoshi Girls' High School has started. The members of Aqours have renewed their determination to keep their school alive. However, some sudden bad news brings their spirits down.

2. The Sound of Rain

Air Date: 2017-10-14

Despite what Mari's father told her previously, he's giving them a second chance to keep their school alive under the condition that they'll get more prospective students by the end of the year.

3. Rainbow

Air Date: 2017-10-21

Just when the members of Aqours are re-energized and working hard to perform both in the Love Live qualifiers and the school open house, they receive more bad news.

4. Don't Call Me Dia-san

Air Date: 2017-10-28

Dia realizes that Kanan and Mari seem to have gotten closer to the other members of Aqours while she hasn't, and starts wishing that they would call her "Dia-chan."

5. Taking In a Dog

Air Date: 2017-11-04

Yoshiko finds a dog, but she cannot keep the dog herself because she lives in a condo. So she asks Riko to keep the dog until she finds a permanent home for the dog.

6. Aqours WAVE

Air Date: 2017-11-11

In preparation for the Love Live regional prelims, Mari and Dia suggest to Kanan that Aqours use the formation that the three of them came up with two years ago.

7. The Time We Have Left

Air Date: 2017-11-18

After finishing the performance at the Love Live regional prelims, the members of Aqours now face the results. Will they proceed to the final round? Can they save their school?

8. HAKODATE

Air Date: 2017-11-25

Aqours has been invited to the Hokkaido regional prelims. When Chika and the others stop by at Saint Snow's dressing room before their performance, Sarah says that she'll see them again in the final round.

9. Awaken the Power

Air Date: 2017-12-02

With Yoshiko and Hanamaru's support, Ruby and Leah create a song dedicated to their sisters in order to show them that they'll be okay without them after they graduate.

10. Finding a Way to Shine

Air Date: 2017-12-09

Now that their school life is coming to an end, Kanan, Dia, and Mari decide to go search for a shooting star like they did when they were kids.

11. Uranohoshi Girls' High School

Air Date: 2017-12-16

With the school closure approaching, the students at Uranohoshi Girls' High School hold a school closing festival to show their love and appreciation for their school.