Kaede Akamatsu

Kaede Akamatsu (赤松 楓 Akamatsu Kaede) is a character set to appear in the upcoming New Danganronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing. She will apparently be the protagonist player character, similar to Makoto Naegi in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Hajime Hinata in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.

Information
Kaede was first revealed as part of the Dagnganronpa V3 trailer first shown at Tokyo Game Show 2016, along with the avatars of the rest of the game's cast which up until that point where only shown as silhouettes. While all other characters were only revealed by appearance, Kaede's character name, as well as her voice actress were revealed during the trailer, and it is actually presented by herself.

During the trailer Kaede intruduces herself as the games "protagonist" (主人公 shujinkō), and is shown participating in a class trial.

Trivia

 * Kaede's voice actress, Sayaka Kanda, has already contributed to the Danganronpa franchise as a whole both as a singer (as part of the group TRUSTRICK), singing the opening to Danganronpa 3 - Side: Future alongside Maon Kurosaki as well as its ending, and as a stage actress - playing Junko Enoshima (and Mukuro Ikusaba) in Danganronpa The Stage 2016.