Height: 156 cm (5'1")

Yuu Takasaki is the primary protagonist in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club and one of thirteen members of the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. She is the manager, songwriter, and founder of Nijigaku. She is a second year student and her image color is black.

Yuu is the budding school idol enthusiast of Nijigasaki High School, and is often seen with her characteristic thigh-high socks and twin-tails tips dyed green. She is Ayumu Uehara's inseparable childhood friend, having grown up as neighbors in the same apartment building near Odaiba.