Kaede Midorikawa

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* Act 1 (Manga)
* Act 1 (Anime)

**Kaede Midorikawa** (翠 (みどり) 川 (かわ) 楓 (かえで) , *Midorikawa Kaede*?) is a major character in Magilumiere Co. Ltd. series, written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki.

He was responsible for advertising and sales for Magilumiere. He was one of the founders of Magilumiere along with Shigemoto. Some time later it is discovered that he had been infiltrating Magilumiere for 10 years under the orders of Kamakura.

## Etymology

* The name **Kaede** means "*maple*" (楓) (**kaede**).
* Kaede's surname **Midorikawa** means "*green*" (翠) (**midori**) and "*river/stream*" (川) (**kawa**).

## Appearance

Kaede is a tall person being about the size of Shigemoto.

His hair is short and brown, his eyes are usually closed expressing emotion and happiness.

He is seen wearing formal suits being a white shirt, green tie and black pants his characteristic outfit, he always wears formal suits since at any time he can find a client.

In the past, Kaede had long hair with a painted strand. He wore piercings in his ears in addition to dressing elegant clothes due to his work as a host.

## Personality

He usually takes his job seriously so he is always seen working without taking breaks.

He is usually kind and gentle with people due to his work as a salesman, although he has been seen to be kind to everyone in general so it is usual to see him happy.

His kind and gentle personality has helped him get many contacts, which is why he is considered a trustworthy person to get what is necessary for the company.

He is usually very friendly and often encourages or supports his co-workers to keep up his good efforts.

After it was revealed that Kaede was infiltrated in Magilumiere, Kaede would begin to act in a colder way towards his friends and ex-coworkers of Magilumiere, however this was a performance to protect them.

## History

Kaede used to be a host in the ALICE club, considered one of the best hosts in the club. One day he would meet Shigemoto at that club. Shigemoto would attend the club several times to talk to Kaede making a regular client in the club, one day, Shigemoto would contribute to Kaede on the kaii calamity and that he would have renounced his work due to the promise he had done with a magic girl who she died in that incident. After a while, Shigemoto would discover that the calamity could have been carried out by one of his ex-co-workers, hearing this Kaede would offer to contact the suspect making a promise with Shigemoto. Shigemoto would accept and ask Kaede to join him in his new company of magic girls, calling Magilumiere.

From that moment, both would begin to look for magical girls until they met Koshigaya who would be their first magical girl.

From that moment, and with the inclusion of Niko, Kana, Akane, Iroha and Hibiki, Magilumiere would gain recognition for being the first company of Magic Girls in using the system known as the Alice system.

After the Tonomori shrine incident, Kaede would get Shigemoto the next target for Kamakura and Sho. After learning that it was Tokyo Bay, Magilumiere's team set out to stop Kamakura and Sho. After achieving his objective, Magilumiere would be accused of causing the incident, for which he would be dissolved.

After Magilumiere dissolved, Kaede would return to work for Kamakura since he had fulfilled his work of dissolving the company, Kamakura would monitor his old boss to design RABBIT.

## Relationships

**Coworkers at Magilumiere:**

* Kouji Shigemoto: Despite being his boss, Kaede and Shigemoto tend to treat each other as friends, and Shigemoto often trusts him for business in the company. Because Kaede seems to know the real reason for Shigemoto's outfit, the two seem close.

* Hitomi Koshigaya: They both seem close and Kaede knows Koshigaya's personality and tastes, so whenever he can, he usually brings her some food.

* Kazuo Nikoyama: Due to Kaede's kind nature, he tends to worry about Niko and often encourages him with his work. They both seem to be friends.

* Kana Sakuragi: As with his other coworkers, Kaede often cares for Sakuragi and cheers her on, as well as giving her gifts for her good work on missions.

* Akane Makino: They have a good relationship.

* Iroha Akasaka: They have a good relationship.

* Hibiki Yamimori: They have a good relationship.

**Allies and Friends:**

* Hana Ginji: Being Magilumiere's magic broomstick engineer, Kaede is usually professional with her and her assistant as well as having a good relationship with her.

* Nishina: Kaede usually treats Nishina with courtesy and kindness although they also have a good relationship.

## Trivia

* According to Kouji Shigemoto, Kaede is capable of multitasking while being considered a talent.
	+ He is also good at video editing.

## References

*Magilumiere Co. Ltd.* Manga: Chapter 24 (p. 4).
*Magilumiere Co. Ltd.* Manga: Chapter 24 (p. 7).