Love Live! Sunshine!! character Yō Watanabe (voiced by Shuka Saitō ) is currently in first place in an "image girl" popularity poll. The poll is part of a collaborative campaign with the 7-Eleven convenience store chain. However, this is the intermediate result, and Yō could still lose her crown before the poll closes on September 30.

Riko Sakurauchi (voiced by Rikako Aida ) is currently in second place, and Hanamaru Kunikida (voiced by Kanako Takatsuki ) ranks third. Only time will tell which member of the school idol group Aqours comes out on top. The poll opened on September 1.

Character designer Yūhei Murota will create a special illustration of the winning girl, and the figure company Alter will create an original figure.

Dengeki G's Magazine is also holding its own popularity poll for the Aquors girls. The "1st Cover Girl Election" asks fans which girl they would want to take on a date and where they would want to take them.

Hanamaru is leading the overall poll with the highest total number of votes, while Yoshiko "Yohane" Tsushima (voiced by Aika Kobayashi ) is coming in second, and Yō ranking in at third. This list ranks the girls by total number of votes and lists the top three places that fans would want to bring each girl on a date.

The winning girl will feature on the cover of the magazine's upcoming February issue, which goes on sale in Japan in December. The cover girl will be decided based on which idol and date spot combination gets the highest number of votes.

Yō is again topping that ranking, and fans want to take her to Ra Ra Ra Sun Beach in Namazu. Hanamaru is pulling in second, with fans vying to take her to Shōgetsu, a sweet shop. Yō hogs the ranks by also coming in third with fans' choice to take her to the Izu-Mito Sea Paradise aquarium.

Fans already selected Yō as the "center" idol for the group's second single last year. Umi Sonoda won LAWSON 's Love Live! Image Girl contest in 2014.

Dengeki G's Magazine 's current popularity poll closes on September 30, so Mari and Riko (currently ranked at the bottom of the lists) might still have a chance. Good luck, girls!

[Via Yaraon! (link 2)]