Kaede Kayano

**Kaede Kayano** (茅野 カエデ, *Kayano Kaede*), known previously as **Akari Yukimura** (雪村 あかり, *Yukimura Akari*) is a student in Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School, taught by Korosensei. She is one of Nagisa Shiota's best friends.

## Description

### Appearance

Kayano is a short girl with light green hair that is always fashioned in unique cat ear-styled pigtails, hazel eyes and a running gag for her appearance is that she does not have noticeable breasts like the other female students in the class, giving her the nickname "Forever Flat".

In reality, her light green hair is dyed and is black, long, and wavy. When overwhelmed by the tentacles, her hazel eyes became red as a result of her bloodlust. Once her tentacles were removed, she went back to her cat ear-styled pigtails and her eyes returned to hazel.

### Personality

Kayano is one of the most kind, cheerful and passive members of the class who frequently acts as support in assassination attempts with her ability to assess the situation and adapt herself to them.

Despite her apparent passive nature, Kayano is an empathic and strong-willed person who can be extremely determined to the things that interest her or cares about, such as her love for sweets, and more tragically, her sister's fate. She also experiences a severe complex when it comes to her sex appeal, loudly voicing her discomfort when being around large breasted women.

Before confronting Korosensei, the passive and cheerful personality was a facade to hide her true motives. Her only true attributes were her tenacity, adapting skill, and sex appeal complex, the rest being mere fabrications; her love for sweets may have resulted from the influence of the tentacles. However, after getting her tentacles removed, the happy personality she created became a true part of who she is.

## Etymology

* Kaede's surname **Kayano** means "miscanthus reed" (茅) (**kaya**) and "field, wilderness" (野) (**no**).
	+ Her former surname **Yukimura** means "snow" (雪) (**yuki**) and "town, village" (村) (**mura**).

## Trivia

* Kayano was called "Forever Flat" during Class 3-E training using code names. The one who wrote her code name was Muramatsu.
* Kayano is represented as a bunny, although only once.
* Her best subject is Japanese, while her worst is P.E. Her best subjects before joining E Class were Japanese, Civics, Science, and P.E. and her worst was Mathematics.
* Her dream is "to become a capable woman." Volume 15 shows that before joining Class E her dream was to be a famous actress or career professional.
* Her hobby is karaoke-scoring.
* Her favorite food is pudding and has shown she has extensive knowledge of it.
* Her inability to swim, her fixation on breasts, and her love of sweets, are traits she shares with Korosensei and to a lesser extent, Itona, though she had her breast fixation even before the implantation. Her strong will, almost bordering on obsession, and drive once she decides to do something, however, is another key trait they share.
	+ She dislikes people that have a large bust, except Tōka Yada, her sister Aguri Yukimura, and later Irina Jelavić.
* Kayano is the one who gave Koro-sensei his current name, which he has used ever since.
* In the tankobon extras, her statistics were listed as:
	+ **Stamina:** 2
	+ **Mobility:** 2
	+ **Close Combat:** 2
	+ **Marksmanship:** 3.5
	+ **Academics:** 3
	+ **Personal Skill (Master Pastry Chef):** 4
* Her school rankings are:
	+ First Term Midterms: 99th, 324 points
	+ First Term Finals: 45th, 398 points
	+ Second Term Midterms: 54th, 393 points
	+ Second Term Finals: 24th, 356 points
* Her statistics before joining Class E (and Before Tentacle) were listed as:
	+ **Stamina:** 4
	+ **Mobility:** 4.5
	+ **Close Combat:** 0
	+ **Marksmanship:** 0
	+ **Academics:** 4.5
	+ **Personal Skill (Acting):** 5
* Along with her statistics After Tentacle at Full Power:
	+ **Stamina:** 1
	+ **Mobility:** 5
	+ **Close Combat:** 5
	+ **Marksmanship:** 5
	+ **Academics:** 1.75
	+ **Personal Skill (Acting):** 5
* According to Koro Sensei:
	+ In the Art Scores, she's ranked 3rd.
* According to Mr. Karasuma:
	+ In the Trap Making Scores, she's ranked:
		- **Wire & Net Traps:** 3rd
	+ In the Miscellaneous Scores:, she's ranked:
		- **Medical/Pharmaceutical Knowledge:** 4th (tie with Hinano Kurahashi)
		- **Negotiation:** 4th (tie with Nagisa Shiota)