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Honoka Kōsaka (高坂 穂乃果 Kōsaka Honoka?)
Voiced by: Emi Nitta[2] (Japanese); Marieve Herington[3] (English)
Honoka is the main character of the series, and is a second-year student at Otonokizaka Academy. She loves singing and has a cheerful and bubbly personality and she never gives up on anything, to the point of usually overexerting herself. She is shown to be lazy and reluctant t
o do work, but is highly driven when it comes to her school idol activities. She is the leader of μ's, and is seen taking center position in some of the group's songs. Eli Ayase (絢瀬 絵里 Ayase Eri?)
Voiced by: Yoshino Nanjō[4] (Japanese); Erica Lindbeck[3] (English)
Eli is Otonokizaka Academy's third-year student council president who is determined to save the school. Although she opposes Honoka's plan at first, she ends up becoming the second to last girl to join μ's. She is part Russian because of her grandmother, and tends to say the Russian word "хорошо" (IPA: [xərɐˈʂo]; pronounced horosho, "good"). She is extremely talented, excelling at academics and athleticism, and is able perform her duties as the student council president flawlessly. Eli's specialty is quilting, and her experience with ballet qualifies her as the group's choreographer. Kotori Minami (南 ことり Minami Kotori?)
Voiced by: Aya Uchida[5] (Japanese); Cristina Vee[3] (English)
Kotori is Honoka's classmate and childhood friend, who is the daughter of Otonokizaka Academy's chairwoman (Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka (Japanese); Karen Strassman (English)), whom she closely resembles. She is known for having her head in the clouds despite holding responsibility as the group's wardrobe supervisor and choreographer. She is very considerate of the feelings of the people around her, but also indecisive and prone to going with the flow. She later becomes part of the student council and assist Honoka and Umi in doing their student council duties. Umi Sonoda (園田 海未 Sonoda Umi?)
Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori[6] (Japanese); Kira Buckland[3] (English)
Umi is Honoka's classmate and childhood friend who is a member of the school's kyūdō club, in which she is quite accurate. She believes Honoka is bossy and pushy, but realizes the perks of having an adventurous friend, usually acting as the voice of reason for her. She is the main lyricist of the group. As the daughter of a traditional family, Umi has expertise in kendō, koto, nagauta, calligraphy, and traditional dancing. Umi is said to be very scary by Kotori when her sleep is disturbed by others during the training camp/vacation trip with the members of μ's. She later succeeds Nozomi as the student council vice president. Rin Hoshizora (星空 凛 Hoshizora Rin?)
Voiced by: Riho Iida[7] (Japanese); Faye Mata[3] (English)
Rin is an athletic first-year student skilled in hurdling, association football and basketball. Like Honoka, Rin has a cheerful personality but loses motivation easily and is a tomboy. She is best friends with Hanayo, who she tends to look after, and has a habit of ending her sentences with "-nya" (the Japanese equivalent of Meow). She has a complex about looking "cute" due to an incident in her childhood in which several boys made fun of her for attempting to dress more feminine. She is eventually able to get over it with the help of her friends and expresses her femininity more. Maki Nishikino (西木野 真姫 Nishikino Maki?)
Voiced by: Pile[8] (Japanese); Caitlin Glass[3] (English)
Maki is a first-year honor student who comes from a wealthy family of doctors. She is a talented singer and pianist, but is expected to become a doctor and inherit her parent's hospital, which causes her to refuse joining μ's at first. She is initially haughty and standoffish, but eventually warms up to the group over the course of the series. Maki is the main composer and vocal coach of the group. She later becomes the vice president of the Idol Research Club. Nozomi Tojo (東條 希 Tōjō Nozomi?)
Voiced by: Aina Kusuda[9] (Japanese); Laura Post[3] (English)
Nozomi is the third-year student council vice-president, and the oldest of the group. She acts as the voice of reason to Eli, who was the first friend she made after spending her whole school life transferring from one place to another due to her parents' work, choosing to live by herself in order to stay in Otonokizaka. She also acts as the spiritual leader of the group, and has an almost all-knowing vibe to her, acting when she knew things got too far and even naming the group based on events that were yet to happen. Although she is not from that region, Nozomi speaks in Kansai dialect. Her hobby is fortune-telling, and she uses it to quickly fit in at a new school whenever she is forced to move. Despite having a serene personality, she has a rather mischievous side to her, and is prone to groping the other girls when she finds them distracted or depressed in a form of "cheering them up". Hanayo Koizumi (小泉 花陽 Koizumi Hanayo?)
Voiced by: Yurika Kubo[10] (Japanese); Xanthe Huynh[3] (English)
Hanayo is a first-year student interested in drawing and origami. She is referred to as Kayo, an alternate reading of the kanji in her name. Her closest friend is Rin, who is her childhood friend. She has an extreme fondness for rice and eating in general, and is a shy person at heart. Prior to joining μ's, she had poor self-esteem and was prone giving up easily. She has dreamed about being an idol since she was little and her catchphrase is, "Somebody, please help me!" or a variation depending on the media. She later becomes the president of the Idol Research Club. Nico Yazawa (矢澤 にこ Yazawa Niko?)
Voiced by: Sora Tokui[11] (Japanese); Erica Mendez[3] (English)
Nico is a third-year student interested in fashion, and thus acts as the group's wardrobe supervisor alongside Kotori. She has the strongest desire to become an idol out of everyone in μ's, and has tirelessly worked hard in order to achieve her goal. However, much to her chagrin, Nico is childlike in appearance and behavior despite her age, looking much younger than the rest of the group. Nico formed the Idol Research Club, but all of her club members left one after another because of her high standards. When Honoka and her friends ask her to have the club as μ's base of operations, she is reluctant at first, doubting how far they are willing to go to become successful idols, until she approves of their effort and eventually joins the group. She has a tendency of acting like a big shot and constantly craves attention, but is deeply caring of the people around her. Unlike the other members of the group, she has an idol persona, and tends to invoke her catchphrase, "Nico Nico Ni" with an accompanying pose. After she graduates, she passes on the role of club president to Hanayo. Nico's three younger siblings are Cocoa Yazawa (矢澤 ココア Yazawa Kokoa?) (Voiced by: Sora Tokui (Japanese); Janice Kawaye (English)), Cocoro Yazawa (矢澤 ココロ Yazawa Kokoro?) (Voiced by: Sora Tokui (Japanese); Stephanie Sheh (English)) and Cotaro Yazawa (矢澤 虎太郎 Yazawa Kotarō?) (Voiced by: Sora Tokui (Japanese); Julie Ann Taylor (English)). She is a very good cook.
