The official accounts for Love Live! School Idol Musical the DRAMA, the first live-action drama series in the Love Live! franchise, have released a key visual featuring its ten main cast members. The tagline reads: “Find something more important than an important promise!”
As its title suggests, the drama series is based on School Idol Musical, the first musical series inspired by the franchise, not any of the anime series. As with the musical, the live-actin drama series tells a completely new story that follows an original coming-of-age drama featuring ten girls from two different girls’ schools — Tsubakisakuhana Girls’ High School in Hyogo and Takizakura Girl’s Academy in Osaka. Rurika Tsubaki and Anzu Takizawa — When the two girls, who are daughters of the chancellors of the two opposing schools, meet, the small world around them begins to change in a big way.
The drama series’ ten main cast members have been announced, including some reprising their roles in the musical.
Rurika Tsubaki played by Miho Watanabe (ex-Hinatazaka46)
Anzu Takizawa played by Nanaka Tomita (≠ME)
Yuzuha Sumeragi played by Nanami Asai (ex-AKB48 / the musical cast)
Misuzu Wakatsuki played by Ayaka Yasumoto (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku)
Yukino Hojo played by Julia An (Cho Tokimeki Sendenbu / the musical cast)
Toa Kurusu played by Yuna Nakamura (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku)
Hikaru Amakusa played by Mizuki Yamauchi (AKB48)
Rena Suzuka played by Rina (CROWN POP, Nanie Jyoshihatsu Kumiai)
Maaya Mikasa played by Akari Yura (ex-STU48)
Sayaka Harukaze played by Airi Yamamoto (ex-Last Idol / the musical cast)
The live-action drama series Love Live! School Idol Musical the DRAMA, will begin airing on MBS and other stations in Japan on November 21, 2024.
Source: “Love Live! School Idol Musical the DRAMA” official website / X (formerly Twitter)©”Love Live! School Idol Musical the DRAMA” Production Committee
