Eli Ayase

Eli Ayase is one of the main characters from the ''Love Live! School Idol Project'' franchise.

Eli is a third year in Otonokizaka High School. Her image color is ice-blue. She is the leader of BiBi, a sub-unit under μ's.

In the Heroes Coalition fics, Eli attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.

Appearance
Eli has long Blonde hair that she ties up into a ponytail that is held up by a White Scrunchie (It can sometimes be blue). She has Sky Blue Eyes. She also is tall and has a good body shape, according to Honoka.

Personality
Eli is shown to be a perfect role model to the students in Otonokizaka High School. As the former student council president, she is often portrayed as a cold and strict character due to her responsibilities, and being against the idea of Honoka Kosaka and her friends forming an idol group to get more attention from the public. However, ironically, Nozomi Tojo reveals that Eli was also trying to save the school, but was denied permission to take action by the chairwoman.

Eli is highly respected and well-known among the students, especially among her juniors, which call her 'Eli-senpai'. Unlike Nozomi, she appears rather stoic and skeptical in the early episodes, but it is shown that Eli is actually very kind and caring towards people who are close to her, like her little sister. She is also dependable as her grandmother entrusted her the responsibility of preventing the school from being shut down. Other than being admirable, Eli also has a lot of fans in the school. After she joined the group, their popularity rose and their ranking among the school idols increased, achieving more fame.

Honoka also complimented her beauty, saying that she is beautiful, tall, and has a great body shape. On top of that, she is also very mature and level-headed and acts as a strategist in promoting their group, as she planned to introduce μ's in Akihabara by having a street performance.

Despite being portrayed as level-headed, Eli can sometimes have an unexpected side to her and it was revealed by Nozomi that she almost ate a plastic chocolate once, thinking it was real. Other source material such as the ''Love Live! School idol diary'' and animated shorts also show her with a more playful personality. She is also afraid of the dark and haunted-house monsters, as seen in Season 2 Episode 12.

Clubs and Hobbies
Eli was Otonokizaka High School's student council president before Honoka succeeded the position. Eli's specialty is quilting and crafts, and her experience with ballet qualifies her as the group's choreographer. One of her hobbies is making accessories such as earrings and necklaces from scratch.

Trivia

 * In early PVs, Eli and Umi were often shown together, implying they seemed closer before the story for the anime was established.
 * According to Love Live! School idol diary, Eli studied in Otonokizaka Middle School, while the anime mentioned that she was admitted mid-semester.
 * Eli originally had 2 little brothers before they were eventually replaced with Alisa.