Kaede Shimizu

Kaede Shimizu is one of the main characters of the K-ON! Shuffle manga.

Character
Best friends with Yukari Sakuma, the two have sat near each other through all of junior high which has only been intercepted in their high school by Maho.

Kaede is a successful student. Maho thought that Kaede is the honors student among the childhood friends but Kaede explained that Yukari is the one helping her w/ her studies and in-charged of waking her up in the morning.

She is Maho's goal at school that she always competes with Kaede and there shows a hint that Maho likes her.

After she and Yukari attend the Sakuragaoka High School festival and hear its Light Music Club perform, the two decide to join their school's Light Music Appreciation Society. Kaede picks the bass as she not only appreciates its deep sound, but a certain incident involving Sakuragaoka's bassist at the concert which further sways her decision.

Appearance
A girl with beautiful face and model-like figure.

Her black hair is usually tied in pony tail and she got alluring blue eyes.

Sometimes Risa and Ranka does her hair, by removing the pony tail and sweeping her fringe to one side. Kaede has failed to replicate this, so she will sometimes switch between hair styles, if Risa or Ranka are available

Trivia

 * Her surname is taken from the Japanese solo project pop band Skirt band member Yoshiro Shimizu (清水瑶志郎)
 * She and Kano live in the same neighborhood and calls her over often