Aota Maeda

is a side character of Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day film. He is a new first-year at Kitauji High School. He joins the band as a percussionist in Kumiko's second year.
== Personality ==
Aota practiced the drums together with his younger twin brother Sousuke since they were in elementary school. He is talented at studying and feels he won't be beaten by anyone when it comes to math.
== Etymology ==
* The name Aota means "blue, pale" (蒼) (ao) and "rice field" (た) (ta). 
* Aota's surname Maeda means "previous/previously, before, earlier, front/in front, former, above, one-time, fore part, privy parts/privates, miss, presence, portion, for, since, forward" (前) (mae) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).
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