Men in Love Live!

Despite the fact that they're not usually seen on-camera, the **Men** in the Love Live! universe was often (*ironically*) treated as "endangered" or "extinct" (since *Sunshine!!*) by the fandom due to their extremely limited appearances.

## Known males in the series

### Anime

* School Idol Project:
	+ Honoka Kousaka's father
	+ The white Alpaca (An animal example)
	+ Cotaro Yazawa (Anime-only character, does not appear in School Idol Diary)
	+ The male lover in a black-and-white movie (Season 2, Episode 8: My Wish)
	+ Maki Nishikino's father (Non-physical appearance)
	+ The Males in America (The School Idol Movie)
* Sunshine!!:
	+ You Watanabe's Father (mentioned, later made a brief appearance in *Sunshine!! School Idol Diary*)
	+ Kanan Matsuura's father (mentioned, unseen)
	+ The "Shrubs" (mentioned by Dia Kurosawa in *Sunshine!!*)
	+ An old man (mentioned by Dia in the April Fools video)
	+ Mari Ohara's father (previously mentioned, now physically appeared in Sunshine!! S2 Ep10)
	+ Chika Takami's father
	+ Riko Sakurauchi's father (partially appearing)
	+ The males in Italy (The School Idol Movie: Over The Rainbow)
	+ A few men in Numazu (The School Idol Movie: Over The Rainbow)
		- The Shougetsu cafe chef (The School Idol Movie: Over The Rainbow)
	+ A few men in Hakodate (Dazzling White Town PV)
* Nijigasaki High School Idol Club:
	+ The construction workers (Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 1 Episode 2)
	+ One of the professors at Yu's recital (Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 1 Episode 13)
	+ Mia Taylor's father and grandfather (Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2 Episode 9)
	+ Emma Verde's two brothers (Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2 Episode 13)
* Superstar:
	+ Kanon Shibuya's father (Superstar!! Episode 2)
	+ Ren Hazuki's father (mentioned in Superstar!! Episode 7)
	+ Manmaru (English dub of Superstar!!)
	+ Chibi (English dub of Superstar!!)
* Yohane the Parhelion:
	+ Judge (Episode 01)
	+ Tonosama (Episode 4)
	+ Yohane's father (first mentioned in Episode 1)
	+ Lew and Setsu
	+ Mari's father (first appeared in episode 5)
	+ Mamoru

### Published works (Manga, Novels)

* Maki Nishikino's father (School Idol Project manga, School Idol Diary novels/manga)
* Eli Ayase's father (seen in School Idol Project manga as part of Eli's family portrait)
* Nico Yazawa's father (School Idol Diary novel)
* Nozomi Tojo's father (School Idol Diary novel)
* Kanan Matsuura's grandfather (mentioned in Sea Side Diary)
* Kotori Minami's father (A small portion in the School Idol Diary novel)
* Mr. Inoki (Seen in Hanayo's chapter of the School Idol Diary novels)
* Mr. Kitamura (Seen in Hanayo's chapter of the School Idol Diary novels)
* Mr. Peterson (Seen in Hanayo's chapter of the School Idol Diary novels)
* Hanamaru Kunikida's father (Seen in the Blu-Ray Bonus School Idol Diary chapter)
* Hanamaru Kunikida's grandfather (Seen in the Blu-Ray Bonus School Idol Diary chapter)
* Emma Verde's brother (The 34th chapter from the SiF app 4Komas from PDP)
* Akimoto (mentioned by Ayumu Uehara in the Famitsu App 4Komas from PDP)
* TK (mentioned by Ayumu in the Famitsu App 4Komas from PDP)
* Emma Verde's father (Seen in the Emma Verde Tapestry Comic)
* Kaho Hinoshita's father (seen in the 10th chapter of the "Entrance preparation chapter" 4koma for *Link! Like! Love Live!")*

### Songs

* The "Gentlemen" part of the opening introduction for AZUNA's "*Dream Land, Dream World*"

### Video Games (SIF, LLAS)

* A young boy (LLAS Chapter 11)
* A male novel protagonist (Mentioned by Setsuna in LLAS)
* Zombie audio in LLAS Chapter 18 and 19
* Setsuna Yuki/Nana Nakagawa's father

### Drama CDs

* The male audience (heard in the beginning of the "Aqours' Style, Key to Victory" audio drama included in Fantastic Departure!)
* Dia and Ruby's late father (3rd Audio Drama for *Yohane the Parhelion*)

### Characters from other Franchises

* Mr. Mayor and Mojo Jojo (SIF x Powerpuff Girls Collaboration)
* Gran, and some other various male characters (SIF x Granblue Collaboration)
* Shinnosuke Nohara (SIF x Crayon Shin Chan Collaboration)
* Lelouch vi Britannia aka Lelouch Rolo Lamperouge (SIF x Code Geass Collaboration)
* Benimaru and Ranga (Yohane the Parhelion X Tensura Collaboration)

### Real Life

* Tatsuya Kato (Sunshine's BGM Composer)
* Ed Sheeran (Mentioned at the All Stars 1st Anniversary Celebration Special Livestream)
* Khoi Dao (Manmaru's voice actor in the English dub of Love Live! Superstar!!)
* Ben Balmaceda (Chibi's voice actor in the English dub of Love Live! Superstar!!)

## Notes & Trivia

* Other males that were mentioned but did not make it to the future series include:
	+ Hanayo's older brother
	+ Eli's 2 younger brothers (replaced by Alisa)
	+ Umi's younger brother (this is familiar to some fans)
* In *Sunshine!!*, Dia is only character to indirectly mention the unseen minor male characters, as she mentioned that "those *"shrubs* can't complete with the lure of a woman". (But whether these shrubs is also referring to the minor female characters as well, considering the franchise's female-to-female ship teasing plus the fans' depiction of their universe being entirely female-dominated)
* Yuuhei Murota (the character designer for the franchise) has drawn a few unnamed male character designs in a style of the Love Live! characters for his "*How to Make a Hit Character Design by Animator Yuuhei Murota* (アニメーター室田雄平が考えるヒットするキャラクターデザインの作り方)" artbook.

* The music video for Ayumu Uehara's "Walking Dream" features a scene of an astrological compatibility with both a male and female symbol present, though this contributes nothing to the MV's plotline.

### Meta and Out of Canon

* The meme was actually originated by a currently unknown user from Facebook.
* In terms of pairing, any males in the series are mainly un-shippable with the main female protagonists by the Yuri shippers' standards.
* Some of their faces had a tendency for being obstructed unless you're a foreigner or a chef from a cafe.
	+ Their existence ***also*** had a tendency for being widely mocked unless it's a dad, (Well, some of them, at least).
		- The fathers are also designated as "survivors" of the *Love Live!* universe.
* Most of the (if not, all) men are sometimes designated as "Buff females", "masculine-looking girls", or "Reverse Traps".
* Tsuki Watanabe's androgynous appearance is a source of debate in her first appearance in one of the trailers for the *Over the Rainbow* movie, at least until the official PV reveals her true gender.
	+ This also results in a meme called "***Pulling a Tsuki***".
* Some believe that Emma Verde's siblings are entirely sisters instead of having both sisters and brothers, as her live performance of "Koe Tsunagou yo" in the *Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club First Live with You!* concert features young girls performing as Emma's sisters without any young boys to represent her brothers.
	+ This was later disproven in the 13th episode in the anime's second season, as one of the scenes featured two of Emma's brothers.

* During *Sunshine!!'*s run, fans speculate whether the males are slowly vanishing as they rarely appeared in the show. In the second season's third episode (Rainbow), a scene (pictured) ***probably*** confirms that the gender is extinct in their universe, as there is a female legend sign as the only sign present in the dome's restroom. (If by "probably", we mean before season 2, episode 10, the *School Idol Movie: Over The Rainbow* , and the Dazzling White Town PV Jossed this).
* Some fans theorized that Yu Takasaki was formerly a male and a huge fan of *Live Live!* franchise before he was reincarnated as Yu as evidence in some of her gestures and her prefered fashion still retaining her boyish characteristics.

## See Also

* A page about men from other series.
* ~~Umi Sonoda~~ Mimori's husband
* What most male Love Livers actually imagine themselves as.