Kaede Domyoji

Kaede Domyoji (道明寺 楓 (どうみょうじ かえで) , Dōmyōji Kaede) was the chairwoman of Domyoji Group and the manager of The Maple Hotel, a chain of luxury hotels. She was the mother of Tsubaki and Tsukasa Domyoji. Kaede lived with her husband in New York. They rarely returned to their home in Japan. She opposed her son's relationship with Tsukushi Makino, seeing it as a liability, and became a major opponent in keeping them apart.