Lily white

lily white is a sub-unit under μ’s. The unit consists of three members, namely leader Umi Sonoda, Rin Hoshizora, and Nozomi Tojo.

Group Formation
In the anime, the unit was formed by drawing lots.

In real life, the unit was formed in phases


 * 1) March 2011, the three unit leaders, Honoka Kosaka, Umi Sonoda and Eli Ayase were revealed with this key visual. People were then given five sets of possible unit compositions, and asked to vote for which members should belong in each leader's sub-unit.
 * 2) April 2011, the new unit compositions were revealed, and people were asked to submit names for them
 * 3) May 2011, the chosen unit names were revealed.

Etymology
Because of Umi's image of being 大和撫子 (Yamato Nadeshiko lit. the traditional Japanese embodiment of a perfect woman), many Japanese-style names were submitted.

lily white's name was meant to symbolize the austere and pure feel exhibited by the group.

Other highlighted submissions include 天然小町 (Tennen Komachi lit. Natural Belle) and 花鳥風月 (Kachō Fūgetsu lit. Flower, Bird, Wind, and Moon, an idiom for the Beauties of Nature).

Trivia

 * Despite single sales favoring BiBi, lily white is overall observed on forums and comment sections to be the fan favorite μ's sub-unit.
 * lily white's typical live concert routine involves them taking a survey of the audience, whether it be gender, age demographic, or any other factor such as how people made their way to the concert hall that day.
 * lily white is the only μ's sub-unit to consist of one member from each year and each attribute.
 * As named by Love Live! School Idol Festival ~after school activity~, this sub-unit's outfit in Shiranai Love*Oshiete Love is named "Purely Clear". The other sub-units' outfits are also named by the same source.
 * lily white has the most number of appearances, twice in the anime once in the movie. The first was during Nozomi's first verse in No brand girls in Season 1 Episode 11, second was in Season 2 Episode 2 during the mountain hike scene and the third was in Love Live! The School Idol Movie during the preparations for the upcoming live show for all school idols.

Gallery
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