Kaede (dancer)

In this Japanese name, the surname is  Dobashi.

Kaede

Kaede at the VMAJ's with E-girls in 2018

Born|

Kaede Dobashi

(1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 28)

Yokosuka, Japan

Nationality|  Japanese
Occupations|

* Model
* dancer

Years active| 2008-present
Agent| LDH
Height| 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) (2013)
Musical career
Genres| J-pop
Labels| Rhythm Zone
Formerly of|

* Happiness
* E-girls

Musical artist

Kaede Dobashi (土橋 楓, Dobashi Kaede, born 11 January 1996, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa),[1] professionally known by her mononym Kaede (楓, Kaede) is a Japanese dancer, model and actress. She is a member of the J-Pop group Happiness and a former member of E-girls and an exclusive model for CanCam. Kaede is represented by LDH.

## Early life[edit]

Kaede was born on January 11, 1996, in Yokosuka, a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She has a younger brother and a younger sister.

She started dancing during her fourth year of elementary school, she later went to a dance school in Yokosuka, in which she was introduced to Exile's Tetsuya as her instructor, and went to the Exile Professional Gym (EXPG) in Tokyo during her first year in junior high school.[2][3] Afterwards, she appeared at Exile's events, music videos and on tour as a background dancer.

## Career[edit]

In October 2008, a new performance group called Happiness was formed by EXPG graduates. Kaede was chosen to be one of their members and started her activities as a dancer stylized as KAEDE.[4]

Kaede made her modelling debut in the March issue of the fashion magazine Glamorous in 2011.[5] Happiness made their major debut with the single "Kiss Me" on February 9. Later in April, Kaede, as well as all the other members of Happiness, were announced to become members of E-girls. They would be having a concurrent position between the group and Happiness.[6]

On June 3, 2013, she changed her name from KAEDE to Kaede (楓).[7] Kaede later became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine CanCam in its September issue in July.[8]

In January 2014 she made her acting debut in the Nippon TV series A Perfect Day for Love Letters alongside other members of E-girls. Later that year she also made her first solo appearance in the drama Shark: 2nd Season.[9]

Kaede appeared on the cover of CanCam's June issue in April 2015. This was her first magazine cover since her debut as a model and the first time a member of E-girls appeared on a women's magazine cover by herself.[10] Since then, she has been chosen as the cover model for CanCam several times.[11]

On August 29, 2017, she released her first photobook titled Nee, Kiite!!.[12]

On March 1, 2019, it was announced that Kaede, Ruri and Sayaka were appointed as ambassadors for DeNA's YOKOHAMA GIRLS☆FESTIVAL 2019 Supported by ありあけ 横濱ハーバー from May 31 to June 2.[13] For this occasion, Kaede threw the opening pitch for the baseball game on the first day of the festival.[14] On April 23, 2019, she was also chosen as one of the representative E-girls members alongside Harumi Sato, Nozomi Bando and Nonoka Yamaguchi for the advertisements of Mister Donut's Tapoica Drink "Tap！Tap！Tapioca！", a new product released on the same day.[15][16] On September 1 in the same year, Kaede announced her collaboration with fashion accessory brand Hash feat.#F for the release of a collection of designer phone cases.[17][18][19]

## Personal life[edit]

* Kaede is the tallest member of Happiness at 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in), but second in E-girls only to Harumi Sato (Flower, 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)). Starting as a nickname from the fans, they became the official model-duo Twin Tower.[20][21] Kaede also co-starred with Harumi in Aoyama One Seg Kaihatsu.
* In March 2014, in the Sankei Sports article "Watashitachiha Hontō no Performance o Todokeru koto o Mezashite iru. Idol de wa naku, Girls Performance Group desu." in which the members of E-girls were interviewed, she said that she has a sense of incongruity when she is an idol.[22]

## Filmography[edit]

> To see her appearances with Happiness, see Happiness (Japanese band); to see her appearances with E-girls, see E-girls

### TV dramas[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Network  | Notes  | Ref.

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2014 | A Perfect Day for Love Letters | Ai Hayakawa | NTV | Episode 4; Lead role  | [23][24]
Shark: 2nd Season | Makoto Yonezawa |  | [9]
2015  | High & Low: The Story Of S.W.O.R.D | Shiba  |  | [25]
2016 | High & Low Season 2 |

### Films[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Ref.

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2016 | Road To High & Low | Shiba  |
High & Low: The Movie | [26]
2017  | High & Low: The Movie 2 / END OF SKY | [27]
High & Low: The Movie 3 / FINAL MISSION | [28]

## Other[edit]

* YOKOHAMA GIRLS☆FESTIVAL 2019 Supported by ありあけ 横濱ハーバー \- Ambassador[29]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "楓 (performer)". Happiness Official Website (in Japanese). LDH. Retrieved 5 Jan 2017.
2. ^ "卒業生の紹介". Exile Professional Gym (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-11-15. Retrieved 5 Jan 2016.
3. ^ "E-girls楓が語る ダンスとの出合いとHIROに見出されたワケ｜日刊ゲンダイDIGITAL". 日刊ゲンダイDIGITAL. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
4. ^ Inc, Natasha. "EXILEの"妹分"Happinessがミスド新キャラクターに". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-07. `{{cite web}}`: `|last=` has generic name (help)
5. ^ Kaede (7 Feb 2011). "みなさんに報告です★KAEDE". Happiness official blog (in Japanese). Ameba Blog. Retrieved 5 Jan 2017.
6. ^ "E-girls（イー・ガールズ） OFFICIAL WEBSITE". E-girls（イー・ガールズ） OFFICIAL WEBSITE (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-07.
7. ^ Kaede (3 Jun 2013). "新聞の一面に！楓". Happiness official blog (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 Jan 2017.
8. ^ "E-girlsの4人が「CanCam」「JJ」「Ray」の専属モデルに抜擢". Model Press (in Japanese). Net Native. 22 Jul 2013. Retrieved 5 Jan 2017.
9. ^ a b "E-girls・楓、ドラマ単独初出演 次世代ジャニーズと三角関係に！". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
10. ^ "E-girls楓「CanCam」単独初表紙に「人気が凄い」編集長も絶賛". Model Press (in Japanese). Net Native. 20 Apr 2015. Retrieved 5 Jan 2017.
11. ^ "E-girls楓『CanCam』表紙が"エモすぎ"「今までよりも大人っぽく」 ｜最新ニュース｜eltha（エルザ）". eltha (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-09-30.
12. ^ "E-girls・楓＆佐藤晴美、写真集の同時発売に感慨「夢をかなえた瞬間」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
13. ^ "DeNA「ガールズフェス」初アンバサダーにE-girls・Happinessが就任". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
14. ^ "E-girls楓、初の始球式で見事なノーバン投球「次は100点満点を目指したい」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
15. ^ "E-girls佐藤晴美、"タピオカデート"に憧れ 「付き合ってくれる彼っていいですよね」 ｜最新ニュース｜eltha（エルザ）". eltha (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
16. ^ "ミスドの新タピオカドリンク「Tap！Tap！Tapioca！」にE-girls 佐藤晴美 楓 坂東希 山口乃々華「タピオカに付き合ってくれる彼氏がいい」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
17. ^ "楓🐰KAEDE on Instagram: "ファッショングッズブランド、 Hashfeat. #Fと 楓がコラボします...🖤🖤🖤 今後、発売日や詳細はインスタグラム( @hashfeat_official)にて チェックしてください!!! お楽しみに🌹🌹🌹 #ハッシュフィート #hashfeat #f #楓…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
18. ^ "Hash feat.#F on Instagram: ". より深い観点で着目したファッションの真髄をいち早く取り入れ発信する誰も想像できなかったファッショナブルでスパイシーなファッショングッズブランド。 . E-girls/Happinessの楓さんとのコラボレーションが実現！ Hashfeat. #F(…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
19. ^ "Hash feat.#F on Instagram: ". KAEDE【E-girls / Happiness】 @kaede__happiness__official . Hashfeat.#F にサプライズ来店してくれました！ お忙しいところありがとうございます . . 2FのBIG PHOTOにサインが... .…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
20. ^ "E-girls佐藤晴美＆楓、"ツインタワー"の圧巻美脚に視線集中＜GirlsAward 2015 A／W＞". Model Press (in Japanese). Net Native. 24 Oct 2015. Retrieved 5 Jan 2017.
21. ^ "佐藤晴美 楓 (ツインタワー) (@twin_tower_ldh) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
22. ^ "非アイドル！E-girls、骨太パフォーマー". Sankei Sports (in Japanese). 15 Mar 2014. Retrieved 5 Jan 2017.
23. ^ "恋文日和". 日本テレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-27.
24. ^ "E-girls、日テレ『恋文日和』でドラマ初主演決定". BARKS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-27.
25. ^ "HiGH&LOW". HiGH&LOW (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-27.
26. ^ "HiGH&LOW". HiGH&LOW (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-27.
27. ^ "HiGH&LOW". HiGH&LOW (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-27.
28. ^ "HiGH&LOW". HiGH&LOW (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-27.
29. ^ "DeNA「ガールズフェス」初アンバサダーにE-girls・Happinessが就任". Full-count | フルカウント ―野球・MLBの総合コラムサイト― (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-27.

## External links[edit]

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E-girls

Members at
time of disbandment|

| Happiness|

* Sayaka
* Kaede
* Karen Fujii
* Anna Suda
* Yurino

|

Flower|

* Reina Washio
* Nozomi Bando
* Harumi Sato

E-girls|

* Anna Ishii
* Nonoka Yamaguchi
* Yuzuna Takabe

Studio albums|

* Lesson 1
* Colorful Pop
* E.G. Time
* E.G. Crazy
* E.G. 11

Compilations|

E.G. Smile: E-girls Best

Singles|

* "Celebration!"
* "One Two Three"
* "Follow Me"
* "The Never Ending Story"
* "Candy Smile"
* "Gomennasai no Kissing You"
* "Kurukuru"
* "Diamond Only"
* "E.G. Anthem: We Are Venus"
* "Odoru Ponpokorin"
* "Highschool Love"
* "Mr.Snowman"
* "Anniversary!!"
* "Dance Dance Dance"
* "Merry × Merry Xmas"
* "E.G. Summer Rider"
* "Pink Champagne"
* "Go! Go! Let's Go!"
* "Love Queen"
* "Kitakaze no Taiyō"
* "Aishiteru to Itte Yokatta"
* "Pain, Pain"

Other songs|

* "Just In Love"
* "Rydeen (Dance All Night)"
* "Music Flyer"
* "Move It!"
* "Dance With Me Now!"
* "All Night Long Lady"
* "Harajuku Time Bomb"

Former members|

* Sayaka Yamamoto
* Mimu Hioki
* Reina Kizu
* Elina Mizuno
* Mayu Sugieda
* Kyoka Takeda
* Chiharu Muto
* Misato Hagio
* Rio Inagaki
* Risa Ikuta
* Momoka Nakajima
* Marina Watanabe
* Kyoka Ichiki
* Erie Abe
* Shizuka Nishida
* Aya Nakamoto
* Ami Nakashima
* Miyuu Oishi
* Ruri Kawamoto
* Shuuka Fujii
* Manami Shigetome
* Mio Nakajima

Related articles|

* Rhythm Zone
* LDH
* Exile

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