{"id":41989,"date":"2018-04-14T21:04:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T19:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/?page_id=41989"},"modified":"2018-04-14T21:04:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T19:04:29","slug":"love","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/love\/","title":{"rendered":"=LOVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>=LOVE<\/strong> is a Japanese idol group formed in 2017. It is produced by Sashihara Rino (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/hkt48\/\">HKT48<\/a>, AKB48) in collaboration with Yoyogi Animation Academy.<\/p>\n<p>It currently consists of 12 members. They are also voice actresses (seiyu).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The name of the idol group is pronounced &#8220;equal love&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>Biography \/ History<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42054\" src=\"http:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2018\/04\/equal-love-2017-idol.jpg\" alt=\"=LOVE\" width=\"150\" height=\"78\" \/>In January 2017, Sashihara Rino held a press conference to announce the creation of the idol group whose she would be a producer.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2017, 13 girls were selected after the final stage of the audition. The members are also students at the\u00a0 Yoyogi Animation Academy. One of them declined later.<\/p>\n<p>The unit&#8217;s name =LOVE was unveiled at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Their first live performance took place at <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Tokyo Idol Festival 2017<\/span> in August.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-40182\" src=\"http:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2017\/09\/equal-love-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"=LOVE\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2017\/09\/equal-love-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2017\/09\/equal-love-3-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Their self-titled major label debut single <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/love-equal-love\/\">=LOVE<\/a><\/span> was released in September 2017 under Sacra Music. The lyrics were written by Sashihara Rino.<\/p>\n<p>The members of the idol group host the regular show <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">EqLove Daitokkun Chuu (\u30a4\u30b3\u30e9\u30d6\u5927\u7279\u8a13\u4e2d\uff01)<\/span> on Showroom since September 2017. It is broadcast every Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2017, Sasaki Maika and Morohashi Sana dubbed some voices in the animation movie <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Starship Troopers Red Planet<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-41012\" src=\"http:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2017\/12\/equal-love-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"=LOVE\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>=LOVE&#8217;s 2nd single <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/equal-love-bokura-no-seifuku-christmas\/\">Bokura no Seifuku Christmas<\/a> (\u50d5\u3089\u306e\u5236\u670d\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9)<\/span> went on sale in December 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The girls were appointed Hanamaru Udon&#8217;s &#8220;beauty and health project&#8221; ambassadors in January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>A Valentine&#8217;s day theme collaboration cafe named <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">=LOVE Valentine<\/span> was opened for a limited period of time from January to February 2018 in Tokyo Area Q. Fans could order original drinks created by the members of the idol group.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42057\" src=\"http:\/\/static.jpop-idols.com\/uploads\/2018\/04\/equal-love-idol.jpg\" alt=\"=LOVE\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/>As actresses, they performed in the stage play <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Kemono Friends (\u3051\u3082\u306e\u30d5\u30ec\u30f3\u30ba)<\/span> at AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo in February 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Their 3rd single <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Teokure Caution (\u624b\u9045\u308ccaution)<\/span> will be released in May 2018.<\/p>\n<p>=LOVE are going to participate in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Japan Expo 2018<\/span> in Paris Nord Villepinte, France, in July.<\/p>\n<h2>Profile<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>=LOVE<\/li>\n<li>Years active : 2017 &#8211; present<\/li>\n<li>Label : Sacra Music<\/li>\n<li>Agency :<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Members<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Otani Emiri (\u5927\u8c37\u6620\u7f8e\u91cc)<\/li>\n<li>Oba Hana (\u5927\u5834\u82b1\u83dc)<\/li>\n<li>Otoshima Risa (\u97f3\u5d8b\u8389\u6c99)<\/li>\n<li>Saito Kiara (\u9f4b\u85e4\u6a39\u611b\u7f85)<\/li>\n<li>Saito (Nagisa)<\/li>\n<li>Sasaki Maika (\u4f50\u3005\u6728\u821e\u9999)<\/li>\n<li>Satake Nonno (\u4f50\u7af9\u306e\u3093\u4e43)<\/li>\n<li>Takamatsu Hitomi (\u9ad9\u677e\u77b3)<\/li>\n<li>Takiwaki Shoko (\u7027\u8107\u7b19\u53e4)<\/li>\n<li>Noguchi Iori (\u91ce\u53e3\u8863\u7e54)<\/li>\n<li>Morohashi Sana (\u8af8\u6a4b\u6c99\u590f)<\/li>\n<li>Yamamoto Anna (\u5c71\u672c\u674f\u5948)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Discography<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Singles<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>06\/09\/2017 : =LOVE<\/li>\n<li>06\/12\/2017 : Bokura no Seifuku Christmas (\u50d5\u3089\u306e\u5236\u670d\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9)<\/li>\n<li>16\/05\/2018 : Teokure Caution (\u624b\u9045\u308ccaution)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Albums<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/equal-love.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Official Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ameblo.jp\/equal-love\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Equal_LOVE_12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/tag\/equal-love\/\">Latest news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>=LOVE is a Japanese idol group formed in 2017. It is produced by Sashihara Rino (HKT48, AKB48) in collaboration with Yoyogi Animation Academy. It currently consists of 12 members. They are also voice actresses (seiyu).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42056,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41989"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41989"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42058,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41989\/revisions\/42058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpop-idols.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}