Kaede

Kaede leaves

Kaede
Pronunciation	Ká-é-dé
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Meaning	maple
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Momiji

Kaede (楓) is a Japanese word meaning maple. It is also a Japanese given name.

People

• Kaede Ariyama, murder victim of Kaoru Kobayashi
• Kaede Matsushima, adult video (AV) star
• Kaede Ito, birth name of teenage Japanese model and singer.

Fictional characters

• Lady Kaede, the villain from Akira Kurosawa's Ran (1985 movie).
• Kaede, a Blade Brandier from the .hack//G.U. series.
• Kaede (InuYasha), an InuYasha character.
• Kaede (Last Blade), the main character in The Last Blade series of games.
• Kaede Sakura, a character from the Japanese novel series Kampfer
• Kaede, the female protagonist of Elfen Lied, more commonly known as Lucy
• Kaede, a kunoichi (female ninja) from the video game Onimusha
• Kaede, a female "shadow" or ninja in the video game Shadow of the Ninja.
• Kaede from Ninin Ga Shinobuden
• Kaede Agano, a Neon Genesis Evangelion character
• Kaede Fuyou, a character in the H game and anime Shuffle!.
• Kaede Minami, the Japanese name of Katie, a character from Mirmo! (Selfish Fairy Mirumo de Pon in Japanese)
• Kaede Misumi of the Onegai series.
• Kaede Murenai, a character in the anime Betterman.
• Kaede Nagase, a Negima!: Magister Negi Magi character.
• Kaede Rukawa, a Slam Dunk character.
• Kaede Saitou, an Angelic Layer character.
• Kaede Shirakawa, the female protagonist of Lian Hearn's popular Tales of the Otori trilogy.
• Kaede Smith, a playable character in the video game, "Killer7".
• Kaede Kaburagi, the daughter of Kotetsu T. Kaburagi in Tiger and Bunny.

Other uses

• Kaede was the code-name of an orbital beam platform in the game Armored Core for the Playstation.
• Kaede ~If Trans...~, a VHS released by Japanese rock band Dir en grey
• Kaede (protein), a photoactivated fluorescent protein found in Trachyphyllia geoffroyi