People

• Kaede Ariyama, murder victim of Kaoru Kobayashi
• Kaede Matsushima
  Kaede Matsushima
  is a Japanese model, actress and adult video performer who has had a long career as a top AV Idol. She was described as a "Japanese superstar" at Allmovie.-Life and career:...
  
  , 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
  Shadow of the Ninja
  is a futuristic ninja-themed side-scrolling action game by Natsume for the Nintendo Entertainment System originally released in Japan in and in North America and Europe in...
  
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• Kaede from Ninin Ga Shinobuden
  Ninin Ga Shinobuden
  is Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryoichi Koga. The series subtitle is "The Nonsense Kunoichi Fiction". The manga was serialized in MediaWorks' Dengeki Daioh magazine between August 2000 and March 2006; the chapters were later compiled into four tankōbon volumes...
  
  
• Kaede Agano, a Neon Genesis Evangelion
  Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise
  The franchise is an umbrella of Japanese media properties generally owned by the anime studio Gainax. It has grossed over 150 billion yen since 1995. The central works of the franchise feature an apocalyptic mecha action story which revolves around the efforts by the paramilitary organization...
  
  character
• Kaede Fuyou, a character in the H game and anime Shuffle!.
• Kaede Minami, the Japanese name of Katie, a character from Mirmo!
  Mirmo!
  is a manga series written by Hiromu Shinozuka and serialized in Ciao magazine from 2001 Jul through 2005 Dec. It was also published in twelve collected volumes by Shogakukan. The manga series was awarded the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award and the 2004 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. The...
  
  (Selfish Fairy Mirumo de Pon in Japanese)
• Kaede Misumi of the Onegai series.
• Kaede Murenai, a character in the anime Betterman
  Betterman
  is a Japanese anime television series which began airing in 1999. It was created by Sunrise's internal "Studio 7" under the direction of Yoshitomo Yonetani...
  
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• 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
  Tales of the Otori
  Tales of the Otori is a series of historical fantasy novels by Lian Hearn, set in a fictional world based on feudal Japan. The series initially consisted of a trilogy: Across the Nightingale Floor , Grass for His Pillow , and Brilliance of the Moon...
  
  trilogy.
• Kaede Smith, a playable character in the video game, "Killer7
  Killer7
  is an action-adventure video game for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2. It was developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Capcom. The game was written and directed by Goichi Suda, also known by the nickname Suda51, and produced by Hiroyuki Kobayashi...
  
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• 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
  Armored Core
  Armored Core is a mecha-based video game series developed by From Software for the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Mobile Phone platforms. Armored Core games are Mecha Simulation/third-person shooters, in which the player pilots a large mecha called an...
  
  for the Playstation.
• Kaede ~If Trans...~
  KAEDE ~if trans...~
  is a music video compilation released by Dir En Grey on January 15, 1998. It is the band's first video release.-Notes:* "Ash" was also featured on the sampler Behind the Mask, Vol...
  
  , a VHS released by Japanese rock band Dir en grey
• Kaede (protein)
  Kaede (protein)
  Kaede protein is a photoactivatable fluorescent protein naturally originated from a stony coral, Trachyphyllia geoffroyi. It was named Kaede, meaning "maple leaf" in Japanese. With the irradiation of ultraviolet light , Kaede undergoes irreversible photoconversion from green fluorescence to red...
  
  , a photoactivated fluorescent protein found in Trachyphyllia geoffroyi