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Kaede Shimizu
First Appearance
Manga Debut Shuffle Volume 1, Chapter 0
Other Appearances
Voice Provider
Profile
Also Known As Kaede-chan
Kae-chan
Kaede-senpai
Kae-senpai
Kae-chan-senpai
Musical Profile
Role Bassist
Instrument Sherwood Green Metallic Fender Jazz Bass
Characteristics
Gender Female
Hair Black
Eyes Blue

Kaede Shimizu (清水(しみず) (かえで)) is one of the main characters of the K-ON! Shuffle manga. She is the Bassist in Risa And Her Happy Friends (Temporary).

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 with 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 is eventually able to replicate it.

Etymology[]

  • The name Kaede means "maple" (楓).
  • Kaede's surname Shimizu means "clear water/pure water, spring water" (清水).
    • Her surname (Shimizu) is taken from the Japanese solo project pop band Skirt band member Yoshiro Shimizu (清水 瑶志郎, Shimizu Yōshirō).

Trivia[]

  • Kaede and Kano live in the same neighborhood and calls her over often
  • The exact model of her bass is unknown, but based on the cover of Volume 1, the best candidate would be the Fender Japan Hybrid 60s Jazz Bass in Sherwood Green Metallic. Later in the chapter, the bass is depicted with a maple fingerboard with black dot inlays and a mint green pickguard. This combination is rare for a Jazz Bass, with one notable exception being Adam Clayton's 1965 Fender Jazz Bass, which has a 70s maple neck installed.

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