Doctor Kaede Kojima

Doctor Kaede Kojima is the main protagonist of the Japanese TV-Serial "Emergency Room 24 Hours" also known as its Japanese title as "Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji" who worked as a Medical Doctor at the Hospital Emergency Room and Critical Care Center. As a doctor who handle patient who was admitted for emergency reason, she try to help and save as many patient as she can with various medical problem, as it is her obligation and duties as a medical doctor. Even at a critical time which require evacuation, she chose to remain at the Hospital so she can handle the patient that was needed medical attention and help, thus earning her the nickname "Angel in Reality" among the hospital staff for her effort in saving patients life no matter what happened.
She is played by Nanako Matsushima in the first, third, fourth and fifth season of Emergency Room 24 Hours.
==Biography==
Doctor Kaede Kojima was first introduce in the first season of Emergency Room 24 Hours which was first aired in 1999. She first appeared during the Christmas night in 1999 when she was walking in a middle of city center. Later-on she saw crowd of people who turns-out watching an incident at a construction site that injured its worker. Realize that the injured worker needed medical attention, she then rushed into the construction site crew and identified herself as a Hospital medical staff and urged the uninjured construction worker to called an ambulance as soon as possible. Later-on when the ambulance arrived, she brought the injured construction worker to the hospital where she worked in-order to treat the injured construction worker, thus saving the life of the injured construction worker.
While still new in the medical field, Kaede was then assigned at the Emergency Rooms and Critical Center which handle patient that needed emergency medical attention due to sudden medical problems, under the supervision of the senior doctor Issei Shindo. Throughout the season, she managed to develop her skills as medical doctor and giving her the ability to help more patient, including those who is in a critical condition and saving their life.
In 2005 Kaede are still working as a Doctor in the Emergency and Critical Care Center. However sometime on August 2005, a major earthquake hit Tokyo and causing major damaged throughout the city which injured many of Tokyo citizen. While many of medical staff chose to left the Hospital in-order to go back to their families and check on their condition, Kaede chosen to stay behind and remain in the Hospital to take-care of the patients that are still needed care in the hospital, although it's only with a limited medical equipment due to the earthquake. Kaede still remain at the hospital even when the hospital was flooded by hundreds of the earthquake victim and treat them, even the dying one and thus saving many of the earthquake victim whose life was on the brink.
Eight years after the major earthquake incident, in 2013, Kaede Kojima now appointed as the new chief of Emergency and Critical Care Center. However she was faced with personal tragedy when her nephew, Yu Kojima and the son of his brother Ryu Kojima, severely injured during the fishing trip at Mountain stream. Yu fell and drown into the river and when he was brought into the hospital, Yu has already lost his consciousness. She and her medical staff try her best to save Yu's life. Later-on an outbreak of a new disease occurred and the new disease patients zero was happened to be in her hospital and infected one of the medical staff. When the new disease has infected much of Tokyo citizens, dozens of the infected patients was admitted to Kaede hospital and she once again remain calm and stayed at the Hospital to treat the infected patients along with her fellow medical staff. For her best effort and with the help of her medical staff, Kaede once again managed to save many of the patients life who was on the brink of death.
==Personality==
Kaede Kojima is shown as a professional and calm medical doctor and even though she was always assigned in an Emergency and Critical Care Center which handle patient whose life is already endanger and on the brink, she was always calm no matter what happened, even when she dealt with her own family whose life is in danger, she always remain calm and acted professionally in accordance of a doctor duties and obligation. She always acted professionally when dealing with the patient and try to reveal the truth about their medical condition in a polite way, so the patient can understand and accept the truth.
Kaede also put her duties and obligation as a doctor above anything else and even when a major disaster occurred, she still chose to remain at the hospital and refuse to abandoned her patient and still working to save as many patients life as she can, even when her fiance life is also in danger and remain unknown on where he might be. For her effort in saving the patient life and putting her duties to save patient above anything else in her life, she was credited as an "Angel" who brought hope to the patient whose life is in danger.
Category:Doctors and Scientists
Category:Lawful Good
Category:Pure Good
Category:Female
Category:Live Action Heroes