Ayase Eli (Santa Version) of Love Live

Ayase Eli is one of the nine main characters in Love Live!. She is 17 years old and a third year in Otonokizaka High School. Eli was born on October 21. She has blonde hair that is usually tied up into a ponytail and blue eyes. Her main color is ice blue/cerulean. She is the leader of BiBi, a mini idol unit under μ's. Eli is voiced by Nanjou Yoshino.

Eli is partly Russian from her grandmother. Because of this, she is known to say the Russian word "хорошо" (pronounced "harasho"), which means "good" or "okay". Eli first says it in Season 1 Episode 10 when Sonoda Umi was awoken by the girls' pillow fight and she threw "supersonic pillows" in her rage.

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

She was Otonokizaka High School's student council president before Honoka succeeded the position. She's also good at quilting and crafts and is part of the Idol Research Club. One of her hobbies is making accessories such as earrings and necklaces from scratch.