Liella!

Liella! (リエラ) is a five-member Japanese voice actress group under Lantis portraying the fictional school idols appeared in the multimedia project Love Live! Superstar!!. They are presented as the main group of this fourth project under the Love Live! franchise.

The origin of the group name is a coined word that combines "lier" which means "tie or connect" derived from the school name "Yuigaoka" and "brillante" which means "inner brilliance".

Members

 * Date Sayuri (伊達さゆり) - cast of Shibuya Kanon
 * Liyuu (黎狱) - cast of Tang Keke
 * Misaki Nako (岬 なこ) - cast of Arashi Chisato
 * Payton Naomi (ペイトン尚未) - cast of Heanna Sumire
 * Aoyama Nagisa (青山なぎさ) - cast of Hazuki Ren

2020: Project announcement
On January 19, 2020, an unnamed new project was announced at the ''Love Live! Fes'' event. Following that, a teaser visual was released on March 13 of the same year with the disclosure of the names and designs of the five main characters come after on May 15. It was revealed later in the ''Love Live! Days Vol.08'' magazine that the project's title was clear to be "Love Live! Superstar!!". An open call to decide the group name was also initiated. Shortly after, "Liella!" was set to be the group name after being selected through a fan voting as announced in the subsequent volume of the same magazine.

On December 14, 2020, the five cast members who will be in charge of the main characters were announced. Two of them, Date Sayuri and Aoyama Nagisa, were the candidates who have passed through an audition.

2021: Debut with "Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora"
On January 30, 2021, the first live broadcast, ''Love Live! Superstar!! Liella! Live Broadcast -Yuigaoka Girls School Opening Preparatory Meeting-'', was delivered by five cast members of Liella!. A short version of the music video for "Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora" was also unveiled for the first time.

From February 16, 2021, a web radio program by five cast members of Liella! began to be distributed on the official YouTube channel of Love Live! series.

On February 22, 2021, a joint live broadcast with Aqours and Nijigasaki High School Idol Club of the same franchise was held for the first time. While Liella! was present with their full members, only Inami Anju and Aida Rikako along with Ohnishi Aguri and Murakami Natsumi from their respective group who made to appear at that moment.

A live broadcast, ''Love Live! Superstar!! Liella! Live Broadcast -Yuigaoka Girls Preparatory Meeting Right Before School Opening-'', was held on March 14, 2021, to introduce their debut single.

On March 22, 2021, Liella! appeared in a talk session at the "Love Live! Series Special" on NHK SONGS OF TOKYO along with Aqours and Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.

On March 27, 2021, Liella! featured in the program "Lantis Info Station AJ Special!" at the Anime Japan 2021 to provide commentary regarding their debut. The event also introduced the music video for "Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora".

A live broadcast was planned to be held on April 4, 2021, to commemorate the release of their debut single.

Singles

 * "Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora" (始まりは君の空) (2021)

Official links

 * Lantis
 * Website
 * Twitter
 * YouTube