Ship Name: Yukikaze Library No: 5 Class: 8th ship of the Kagero-class Type: Destroyer CV: Saki Fujita Artist: Yoshinori Shizuma Appearance: She looks like a young girl with a carefree smile and dazzling white teeth. Her behavior is basically innocent and straightforward, matching her looks, but her pride from surviving fierce battles occasionally shines through. Because of her teeth and the radar parts on both sides of her head looking like round animal ears, she is sometimes treated like a hamster or other small rodent (Hamukaze). The device on her head is a rangefinder. She wears a one-piece sailor suit without a skirt, which is translucent enough to show her white underwear, rivaling Shimakaze in terms of suggestive design. She calls the Admiral "Commander" (Shirei), and in fan works, her childish image and voice often lead to this being written phonetically as "Shiree" to reflect a slight lisp. Given her appearance, lisping speech, and the aforementioned underwear, one might think she has the personality of a child. However, her reaction to the Admiral touching her is a calm "Um, do you have some business with Yukikaze?" Her tone suggests she isn't ignorant of such matters and understands what's happening. She isn't a middle sister of the Kagero-class for nothing. Although she is a Kagero-class, her character design differs from the others. She does not wear the short-sleeved shirt, tie, vest, skirt, spats, or white gloves common to the other early-implemented Kagero-class ships. Since recently implemented ships like Hamakaze, Tanigaze, Urakaze, and Isokaze all wear the same sailor uniform with skirts, there is a theory that Yukikaze's 17th Destroyer Division uniform simply doesn't include a skirt (though this can't be confirmed since the artists are different). Tokitsukaze, implemented in the Summer 2014 event, wears the same outfit as Yukikaze, so it could be considered the uniform for the 1st Section of the 16th Destroyer Division. A subtle point of interest is what she holds in her hands. While other destroyer girls carry armaments like torpedoes, single cannons, or Rensouhou-chan, Yukikaze alone holds binoculars. According to her designer, Yoshinori Shizuma: "In history, she likely witnessed the end of about 60 allied ships. Based on this, I gave her binoculars as an item that can only watch." In the summer of 2014, a younger sister ship built in the same dock—whom Yukikaze herself had to scuttle—was implemented, and in the official 4-koma manga, this was treated as a trauma for her. Yukikaze's binoculars are wet with tears. Overview/Details: A Kagero-class destroyer girl modeled after the legendary destroyer Yukikaze, whose name is etched in Japanese naval history. A lucky ship girl with exceptionally high Evasion and Luck stats. Reflecting the historical fact that the destroyer Yukikaze remained almost unscathed until the end of the war, her Evasion is at the top of all ships (tied with Shimakaze). Her other parameters are also exceptionally high for a destroyer. Her Luck parameter in particular is a staggering 50 at base, reaching 60 at Kai, which was the highest among all ship girls. While she has since been surpassed by Soya (55 base / 77 after remodel) and Warspite (55 base / 70 after remodel), she still holds the 3rd highest value. Her rarity is also at the top alongside Shimakaze among destroyers that can be normally constructed. However, since fewer Kagero and Yugumo-class ships are available through construction (most are drops or event rewards), Yukikaze is actually in the easier-to-obtain category if one repeats construction with the right recipe. Despite being a candidate for a second remodel (Kai Ni) for a long time, her performance at Kai was already high enough to be called "Kai 1.5," and her high Luck meant the opportunity didn't come for a while. Expectations rose after a cryptic official tweet regarding the implementation of a "Summer Young Lady" mode in Kancolle Arcade. A silhouette resembling "Tan Yang" was revealed in the October 2020 issue of Comptiq, and the implementation of both "Tan Yang" and "Yukikaze Kai Ni" was announced at the Una-Fes event on November 1, 2020. Finally, on November 13, 2020, Yukikaze gained a new form in a new land, returning in a way history never allowed...!