Police × Heroine Lovepatrina! is a Japanese tokusatsu TV drama series that began airing on July 26, 2020. It is the fourth instalment in the Girls × Heroine! Series produced by Takara Tomy and OLM, Inc.. The series is directed by Takashi Miike and stars Miyu Watanabe, Rina Yamaguchi, and Yui Yamashita. Additional cast members include Keiji Kuroki and Saeko Kamijo. The plot centers around Lovepatrina, a group of young girls who protect people's love from the antagonist Warupyoko, who plans on removing love from the world to create his own. The show is expected to launch a brief idol career for the main cast, who performs as the Japanese idolgirl group lovely².
Plot
Waking up as an orphan without warning, a girl named Tsubasa Aiba is suddenly nominated to become a Lovepatrina after meeting an alien named Lovepyoko. In order to save her parents, whose love has been taken by the Warupyoko Troupe—a team of villains trying to steal the world's love—she transforms into a Lovepatrina. She fights alongside Sarai, a cheerful girl with a mysterious past; Kohana, a tomboyish honor student and athlete; and Director Loveji, their mentor.
Characters
Love Patrina
Lovepatrina is a group of three girls who fight against the Warupyoko Troupe from stealing the love from the world. In order to stop them, they transform using the Lovepat Shuffle and attack with the Lovepat Wing. The Lovepat Cards give them various abilities they can use with the Lovepat Shuffle. Tsubasa Aiba Sarai Shihara Kohana Aose
Secret Headquarters
Lovepyoko Director Loveji Hayato Kenzaki Sora Nanairo
Warupyoko Troupe
Warupyoko Warinne Pack Rincho
Others
Yuu Aiba
Production
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. 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, Iku Fujihara, Yura Sugiura, Yuu Yashiro, BOB, Hosaki Tanaka and Sayaka Isoyama. Saeko Kamijou voices Lovepyoko and acts as narrator of Phantomirage, and Toshiyuki Toyonaga voices Warupyoko and serves as the narrator. During the show's run, Watanabe, Yamaguchi, and Yamashita performed as their characters at events and released music under the name Lovely². Girls² sang the opening theme "Daiji na Mono".
