The Idolmaster and Love Live Franchises Clashes in Song Battles on December 9 at Tokyo Dome

In one of the biggest announcements the Idol fandom has ever seen, The Idolmaster and Love Live!! franchises will finally meet head to head in an upcoming song battle happening live at the Tokyo Dome on December 9 and December 10!

The first-ever crossover concert will be happening at the Tokyo Dome, and features several performers from the Idolmaster franchise and Love Live!! including those from The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Million Live, and Cinderella Girls. Love Live will feature the girls from Aqours, Nijigasaki School Idol Club, Liella, and the Hasunosora Girls’ High School Idol Club.

The event is part of a new music event series by the Bandai Namco Group dubbed “Different Dimension Festival” with this collaboration being the first one, implying there may be more massive collaboration events coming in the future between different properties.

Fans can apply for an advanced lottery for ticket sales through the Eplus website, on July 22, 12:00 [JST]. with winners being announced on August 19.

▍The IdolMaster and Love Live!! Song Battle Line-up

The event will be going on for two days, with different members from performing on each day, particularly those from Idolmaster will be swapped out as the Idolmaster has significantly more characters in its roster compared to Love Live!!’s more conservative fewer members per series. The following is a list of all of the performers from each series on specific days.

■ Day 1

The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
Kotomi Aihara as Shiki Ichinose, Hiromi Igarashi as Anzu Futaba, Asami Tanako as Frederia Miyamoto, Iida Yuko as Hayami Kanade, Sumire Uesaka as Anastasia, Miyu Tomita as Akira Sunazuka, Lu Ting as Shuko Shiomi, Teru Ikuta as Natalia, Tachibana Hina as Nagi Hisakawa, and Nanami Yamashita as Yui Otsuki

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The Idolmaster Million Live!
Haruka Yamazaki as Mirai Kasuga, Azusa Tadokoro as Shizuka Mogami Machico as Tsubasa Ibuki, Momo Asakura as Serika Hakozaki, Kotori Koiwai as Tomoka Tenkuhashi, Atsuki Nakamura as Roco Handa, Emi Hirayama as Reika Kitakami, and Yui Watanabe as Nao Yokoyama.

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The Idolmaster Shiny Colors
Karin Isobe as Kogane Tsukioka, Chisa Suganuma as Mamimi Tanaka, Anna Yamaki as Sakuya Shirase, Shio Kisui as Yuika Mitsumine, Mizuki Yuina as Kiriko Yukoku, Honda Kuroki as Amana Osaki, Ryouko Maekawa as Tenka Osaki, Noriko Shibasaki as Chiyuki Kuwayama, Yu Wakui as Toru Asakura, Rio Tsuchiya as Madoka Higuchi, Saran Tajima as Koito Fukumaru, Miho Okasaki (as Hinana Ichikawa, Azusa Shizuki as Nanakusa Nichika, Akira Yamane as Mikoto Aketa.

Aqours(Love Live Sunshine!!)
Anju Inami as Chika Takami, Rikako Aida as Riko Sakurauchi, Nanaka Suwa as Kanan Matsuura, Arisa Komiya as Dia Kurosawa, Shuka Saitō as You Watanabe, Aika Kobayashi as Yoshiko Tsushima, Kanako Takatsuki as Hanamaru Kunikida, Aina Suzuki as Mari Ohara, and Ai Furihata as Ruby Kurosawa.

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Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
Aguri Ōnishi as Ayumu Uehara, Mayu Sagara as Kasumi Nakasu, Miyu Kubota as Karin Asaka, Natsumi Murakami as Ai Miyashita, Akari Kitō as Kanata Konoe, Coco Hayashi as Setsuna Yuki, Maria Sashide as Emma Verde, Chiemi Tanaka as Rina Tennoji, Moeka Koizumi as Shioriko Mifune, Shu Uchida as Mia Taylor, and Akina Homoto as Lanzhu Zhong.

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Liella (Love Live! Superstar!!)
Sayuri Data as Kanon Shibuya, Liyuu as Keke Tang, Nako Misaki as Chisato Arashi, Naomi Payton as Sumire Heanna, Nagisa Aoyama as Ren Hazuki, Nozomi Suzuhara as Kinako Sakurakoji, Akane Yabushima as Mei Yoneme, Wakana Okuma as Shiki Wakana, Aya Emori as Natsumi Onitsuka, Yuina as Wien Margarete, and Sakura Sakakura as Tomari Ontsuka.

Hasunosora Girls’ High School Idol Club.
Nozomi Nirei as Kaho Hinoshita, Kokona Nonaka as Sayaka Murano, Nina Hanamiya as Kozue Otomune, Kotoko Sasaki as Tsuzuri Yugiri, Kanna Kan as Rurino Osawa, and Kona Tsukine as Megumi Fujishima.

■ Day 2

The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
Ayaka Ohashi as Uzuki Shimamura, Ayaka Fukuhara as Rin Shibuya, Sayuri Hara as Mio Honda, Satou Amina as Tachibana Arisu, Tomoyo Kurosawa as Miria Akagi, Hana Tamegai as Risa Matoba, Koichi Makoto as Haru Yuuki, Imai Asaka as Chie Sasaki, Haruse Natsumi as Kaoru Ryuzaki, Komori Yuri as Koharu Koga. Nakazawa Mina as Yukimi Sajo, and Hanatani Maki as Kozue Yusa.

The Idolmaster Million Live!
Aimi as Julia, Ibuki Kido as Kana Yabuki, Arisa Kouri as Kaori Sakuramori, Komagata Yuri as Sayoko Takayama, Rie Suegara as Fuka Toyokawa, Saki Minami as Tsumugi Shiraishi, and Yamaguchi Rikako as Rio Momose.

The Idolmaster Shiny Colors
Sekine Hitomi as Mano Sakuragi, Reina Kondo as Hiori Kazano, Mineda Mayu as Meguru Hachiyama, Kouno Hiyori as Kaho Komiya, Shiraishi Haruka as Chiyoko Sonoda, Mariko Nagai as Juri Saijo, Maruoka Wakana as Rinze Morino, Suzumoto Akiho as Natsuha Arisugawa, Tanaka Yuki as Asahi Serizawa, Eri Yukimura as Fuyuko Mayuzumi, Sayaka Kitahara as Mei Izumi, and Kawaguchi Rina as Luca Ikaruga.

The Love Live cast remains unchanged, except on Day 2 Kaori Maeda joins the stage alongside her fellow members as part of the Nijigasaki Highschool Idol Club.

Aqours(Love Live Sunshine!!)
Anju Inami as Chika Takami, Rikako Aida as Riko Sakurauchi, Nanaka Suwa as Kanan Matsuura, Arisa Komiya as Dia Kurosawa, Shuka Saitō as You Watanabe, Aika Kobayashi as Yoshiko Tsushima, Kanako Takatsuki as Hanamaru Kunikida, Aina Suzuki as Mari Ohara, and Ai Furihata as Ruby Kurosawa.

Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
Aguri Ōnishi as Ayumu Uehara, Mayu Sagara as Kasumi Nakasu, Kaori Maeda as Shizuku Osaka, Miyu Kubota as Karin Asaka, Natsumi Murakami as Ai Miyashita, Akari Kitō as Kanata Konoe, Coco Hayashi as Setsuna Yuki, Maria Sashide as Emma Verde, Chiemi Tanaka as Rina Tennoji, Moeka Koizumi as Shioriko Mifune, Shu Uchida as Mia Taylor, and Akina Homoto as Lanzhu Zhong.