Kaname Kaidou

Kaname Kaidou is a character in Cute High Earth Defense Club series. He is the only child of the Kaidou family whose parents died sometime after his birth.

In Arc 1 Episode 12 - Love Forever, it is revealed that he was a Battle Lover himself way before the 8 main protagonists became so. He was well known in the first CIDE battle as Maximum Kanamer and wielded a bo staff.

Appearance
Kaname has celestial blue eyes and white hair. When he was in high school, he wore the 3rd year Binan High uniform but it was mostly white instead of black and had a blizzard rose in his left front pocket. As Maximum Kanamer, his outfit was silver and white, similar to Kyiki's, but with long pants and boots, a double-breasted trench coat, and a much more mature princely appearance. He also had a silver Loveracelet that he gives to Kyiki when he willingly relinquishes his role as a Battle Lover.

Due to being a Loveless for a very long period of time, he still has the appearance of when he was a teenager even though he is now an adult.

Personality
As a teenager, Kaname was seen as the "Haughty Prince of Binan High". However, this was only a mask that he wore in front of the other students because, in reality, he was a very lonely child due to not having any parental figures in his life.

As a Battle Lover, he seemed to act more like a knight than a prince.

As a Loveless, Kaname could not remember anything, making him a quiet doll.

History
During his high school years, Kaiyo was a Battle Lover who defended Earth when Hireashi had attempted to create an Earth-centric reality show called Can I Destroy Earth? However, their plans and show were thwarted by the Battle Lovers known as Maximum R, who had always defeated all the monsters Hireashi sent. Eventually this caused the show to lose its popularity and it was eventually canceled, also causing Hireashi's downfall.

Although the Maximum R members were introduced as villains (such as modifying what they said and depicting Earthlings as ignorant and stupid beings), they gained a good number of fans due to their persistent nature. So much so that the producers canceled the show when they saw that the audience loved the "antagonists" more than the monsters. Sometime after it was canceled, Kaname became a Loveless and had disappeared with no one able to find a trace of him for about 10 years, leading to the rift formed in all of the Maximum R members.

Relationships
Gora Hakone- Gora was Kaname's junior at the time, so he always referred to him as "Kaname-senpai". The two of them trusted each other as teammates and friends so they had a good relationship. Gora seemed to be the only person to him that spoke to him like a normal person at the time before the other Maximum R members had.

Ryite Naruko- Ryite was Kaname's junior at the time, so he always referred to him as "Kaname-senpai". The two of them trusted each other as teammates and friends so they had a good relationship.

Souta Kinugawa- Both of them were in the same year and always referred to each others' names without any honorifics, showing a strong bond of trust between them.

Hinote Zaou- Hinote was Kaiyo's junior at the time, so he always referred to him as "Kaname-senpai". The two of them trusted each other as teammates and friends so they had a good relationship. Throughout the series, Hinote was always seen as a rival to Kaname.

Hoshi Ghaunam- Hoshi was Kaname's junior at the time, so he always referred to him as "Kaname-senpai". The two of them trusted each other as teammates and friends so they had a good relationship.

Chantal Fredonia- Chantal was Kaname's junior at the time, so he always referred to him as "Kaname-senpai". The two of them trusted each other as teammates and friends so they had a good relationship.

Kaiyo Yufuin- Both of them were in the same year. The two of them had a "love-hate" relationship at first and only trusted each other as teammates. However, Kaname always showed signs of having a huge crush on him and he became Hinote's rival for his affections for it.

Yumoto Hakone

En Yufuin

Io Naruko

Atsushi Kinugawa

Ryuu Zaou

Nozomi Ghaunam

Seto Kaiba

Uta

Kyiki Hashimoto

Wombat

Etymology

 * Kaname's name means "main point".
 * Kaname's surname mostly means ocean or sea.

Trivia

 * Like Gora, Kaiyo keeps his form after turning into a Loveless. This could mean that if any former or current Battle Lover becomes a Loveless, they still keep their normal body shapes.
 * He could have had a temporary sense of immortality due to being a Loveless for 10 years, which could explain why he has never physically aged correctly.