Kaede (dancer)

Kaede
Native name 楓
Born Kaede Dobashi (土橋 楓, Dobashi Kaede)
(1996-01-11) 11 January 1996
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Occupation
  • Model
  • dancer
Years active 2011–
Style Fashion
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) (2013)

Kaede (楓, born 11 January 1996, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa)[1] is a Japanese dancer, fashion model and actress who is a member of Happiness and E-girls and an exclusive model for CanCam.

Kaede is represented with LDH.

Biography

Kaede started dancing during her fourth year elementary school, she later went to a dance school in Yokosuka, in which she was introduced to Tetsuya as her instructor, and went to the Exile Professional Gym (EXPG) in Tokyo during her first year in junior high school.[2]

In October 2008, a new performance group was formed by EXPG graduates was called Happiness, in which she started her activities as a dancer stylized as KAEDE.

Kaede made her modelling debut in the March issue of the fashion magazine Glamorous in February 2011.[3] Happiness made their major debut with the single "Kiss Me" in 9 February. Later in April, Kaede, as well with the members of Happiness, became a member of E-girls.

In June 2013 she changed her name from KAEDE to Kaede (楓).[4] Kaede later became an exclusive model in the fashion magazine CanCam in its September issue in July.[5]

In January 2014 she made her acting debut in the Nippon TV series A Perfect Day for Love Letters.

Kaede appeared in the cover of CanCam's June issue in April 2015. This was the first time a member of E-girls appear in a women's magazine cover by herself.[6]

Personal life

  • 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)). From the fans, they became the sub-group Twin Tower.[7] Kaede also co-starred with Sato 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.[8]

Filmography

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

Runways

Year Title Season
2011Tokyo Girls CollectionAutumn/Winter
2012ViVi Night in Osaka
Tokyo Girls CollectionAutumn/Winter
Girls Award
Ryukyu Asia Collection
2013Tokyo Girls CollectionSpring/Summer
Kansai Collection
2014Kobe Collection
Tokyo Runway
2015Girls AwardAutumn/Winter

Catalogues

Year Title
2012Kyoto Kimono Yuzen

TV programmes

Year Title Network Notes
2012Odori Ri-baTV TokyoMC

TV dramas

Year Title Role Network Notes
2014A Perfect Day for Love LettersAi HayakawaNTVEpisode 4
Shark: 2nd SeasonMakoto Yonezawa
2016High & Low: The Story Of S.W.O.R.D.Shiba

Films

Year Title Role
2016Road To High & LowShiba
High & Low: The Movie

Bibliography

Magazines

Year Title Notes
2011ViVi
2013CanCamExclusive model

References

  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. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Kaede (3 Jun 2013). "新聞の一面に！楓". Happiness official blog (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 Jan 2017.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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.
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