On
Oha Suta, a "big announcement" on May 28, 2020, officially announced
Police × Heroine Lovepatrina! for the first time. The show stars Miyu Watanabe, Rina Yamaguchi and Yui Yamashita. Lovepatrina was trademarked in February 2020. Yura Sugiura was later confirmed to be Lovepat Shine. Prior to this season, Yamaguchi appeared in
Phantomirage as Sarai, and producers later confirmed that her character will return in
Lovepatrina as a main character. Watanabe also participated in LDH The Girls Audition in 2018. Yamashita was also a member of EXPG Lab. In addition to the main cast, the show's supporting cast includes
Keiji Kuroki (EXILE), Iku Fujihara (EXPG Lab), Yuu Yashiro, BOB, Hosaki Tanaka and
Sayaka Isoyama. Saeko Kamijou voices Lovepyoko with
Phantomirage narrator
, Toshiyuki Toyonaga voicing Warupyoko as well the narrator. Episode 32, which aired on March 7, 2021, was a crossover episode arc with episode 51 of
Tomica Kizuna Gattai Earth Granner. Lovepatrina features Earth Granner R and Earth Granner K, while Tomica Kizuna Gattai Earth Granner features a crossover episode with the Lovepatrina members appearing in animated format. During the show's run, Watanabe, Yamaguchi, Yamashita and Sugiura performed as their characters at events and released music under the name Lovely² (stylized as lovely² and pronounced "lovely lovely"). Girls² sang the opening themes "Daiji na Mono" and "Girls Revolution" with Lovely² made a feature in the songs. == Media ==