Kaede Kaburagi

Kaede Kaburagi

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Kaede Kaburagi
Japanese	鏑木 楓 Kaburagi Kaede
NEXT Power	Ability Duplication
Profile
Age	9 (episodes 1-13) 10 (episodes 14-25) 11 (episode 25 epilogue)
Gender	Female
Relatives	Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (Father) Tomoe Kaburagi (Mother, Deceased) Barnaby Brooks Jr. (Stepfather) Anju Kaburagi (Grandmother) Muramasa Kaburagi (Uncle) Amanda Kaburagi (Aunt) Kaitlyn Kaburagi (Cousin) Jera Kaburagi (Cousin) Kaito Kaburagi (Cousin)
Media Portrayal
Debut	Episode 1 All's well that ends well
Seiyū	Rina Hidaka Eden Riegel (English)

Kaede Kaburagi (鏑木 楓, Kaburagi Kaede) is Wild Tiger's daughter, though she has only recently discovered her father's dual identity as a hero. As she originally believed that he worked a "normal" job, she was often disappointed and did not understand when he failed to visit her like he promised due to his "emergencies".

She lives with her grandmother, enjoys figure skating, and is a huge fan of Barnaby Brooks Jr.

Appearance

Kaede has brown hair that has bangs swept to the right side and brown eyes.

Her hairstyles are different in Season 1 and Season 2:

• In Season 1, she has side swept bangs and her hair is in a high side ponytail, in a half-up, half-down style.
• In Season 2, her hair has grown up to upper-back length, and she still maintains a half-up half-down hair style with a side ponytail, but slightly longer.

Personality

Kaede is a typical child who enjoys hanging out with friends, ice skating, and typical girly things like stuffed animals and cute things. She dislikes her father Kotetsu Kaburagi at the beginning of the story because he often breaks promises and "lies" to her, along with remaining absent for much of her life. He also frequently treated her like a child since he was gone for so long he couldn't register she was growing up.

However, deep down she loves him and becomes proud of him and grows to understand that his responsibilities come first after learning he is Wild Tiger. She even encourages him to re enter the hero business, stating that he was uncool for always lazing on the couch. Her lonely childhood due to the death of her mother at an early age and frequently absent father caused her to become somewhat fragile. She was worried when her grandmother fell due to the fact she feels she will be lonely and abandoned if her grandmother died.

Overall she is very friendly, easygoing, loyal, and protective of those she loves and cares for. She can have a short temper, but can also be compassionate and gives good advice.

She is a huge fan of Barnaby ever since he saved her, having numerous pictures and posters of him. This is due to his heroism along with his handsome face, much to the exasperation of her father. Barnaby later ends up taking on quite the fatherly role when it comes to Kaede whenever she's around.

By the time of The Rising, Kaede has mellowed about her father's work and is very proud of him. While not aiming to be a hero herself, she respects them and trusts the ones who are Kotetsu's coworkers to help out when she can't be there for him.

History

Kaede was born to Kotetsu Kaburagi and Tomoe Kaburagi after their marriage. When she was 4, her mother died from an unknown illness, and she left to live with her grandmother Anju Kaburagi in Kotetsu's hometown so that her father could continue his work as a superhero in Sternbild City. Prior to episode 20, she was never told of her father's dual identity or even of the fact that he was a NEXT.

Powers and Abilities

It is originally assumed that Kaede has the Hundred Power, like her father Kotetsu Kaburagi. Then, after she becomes magnetic, her father believes her to have two abilities. Later it is revealed that her ability enables her to copy the ability of another NEXT after physical contact with them.

Her copy ability is constantly active as each time she is in contact with another NEXT she will copy their power whether she chooses to or not. The ability she copies will also be immediately overridden with the power of the NEXT she most recently touched. It is unknown how long Kaede is able to hold on to a power she has copied.