Kaede Kinjo

Kaede Kinjou (金城 楓 ー Kinjō Kaede) is one of the minor characters in Free!'s third season, Free!-Dive to the Future-. He currently attends Naribusawa University and has broken multiple tournament records.

Appearance
Kaede is a muscular young man with messy, golden orange hair and sharp, hooded gold eyes.

He sports the standard Naribusawa jacket, yellow with dark and light blue accents. When swimming, he wears a blue cap and goggles and his jammers are patterned with varying shades of blue.

History
Kaede was originally a butterfly swimmer, but in switching to freestyle his times improved significantly. In a practice race, his time beat the national record.

Plot
Kaede is first mentioned by Sousuke as coming close to Rin's times in freestyle, but is not seen. He is also seen in an article written by Kon Kurimiya, described as a "rising supernova with boundless potential," about his recent breaking of a tournament record.

Trivia

 * Kinjou's goggles and jammers appear to be of the brand Mizuno.