曙 曙(艦隊これくしょん) 曙(艦これ)
[i][[Kantai Collection]][/i]'s personification of the Japanese destroyer [i]Akebono[/i]. Character design by [[Drew (drew213g)|]], voiced by [[Hayasaka Kozue]]. 

h4. Appearance
She is portrayed with [[purple eyes]] and [[very long hair|very long]] [[purple hair]] in a [[side ponytail]], plus a [[hair flower]] and [[hair bell|hair]] [[jingle bell|bell]] at the place where it is tied. Her default outfit is shared with the other Special Types, consisting of a [[short_sleeves|short-sleeved]] shirt and [[blue_skirt|blue]] [[pleated_skirt]]. She also typically wears [[black socks|black]] [[kneehighs]] and [[loafers]] outside of her combat gear.

Her [[rigging]] consists of her funnel-mast set worn like a backpack, a handheld 12.7 cm twin gun mount, and carried over a shoulder strap.  Her shoes are armored, and she wears dual torpedo turrets on her thighs, like many in the [i]Fubuki-class[/i].

* !post #5779650: Reference sheet

h4. Personality
Her most salient trait is her tendency to refer to the admiral/player as a "[[shitty_admiral_(phrase)|Shitty Admiral]]," and is seemingly always angry about something, stemming from her ill experiences during the war (see the phrase's wiki for details). In some fanworks, calling the admiral "shitty" is so ingrained in her, she even calls the admiral "shitty admiral" when "she's in love,":/posts/1788730 like other girls might say "darling". She's typically portrayed as a [[tsundere]] with almost no dere, at least "not verbally,":/posts/1953700 or a "bitter-tongued tsukkomi.":/posts/2149155 Oftentimes, she's seen playing a big sister role to Ushio, who is often portrayed as the most childish and clumsy of the 7th Des Div.

Along with the rest of the 7th DesDiv, Akebono has been one of the most frequent targets of limited-time special event artwork. See the dedicated Costumes section below.

h4. Costumes (Base and Kai only)
* !post #2082941: Base
* !post #2564226: [[Akebono Kai (kancolle)|Kai]]
* New Year 2014 (post #1883674)
* New Year 2015 (post #2227352)
* [[Akebono (swimsuit mode) (kancolle)|Swimsuit]] (post #2050534)
* Saury Festival (initial) (post #2144671)
* Valentine Mode (post #2270621)
* Tsuyu Mode (post #3917067)
* Nakau collab (post #2501480)
* Saury Festival (current) (post #3297890)
* Spring Mode (post #3837491)
* [[Akebono (7th anniversary) (kancolle)|7th Anniversary]] (post #3961899)
* [[Akebono (9th anniversary) (kancolle)|9th Anniversary]] (post #5291185)
* [[Akebono (10th anniversary) (kancolle)|10th Anniversary]] (post #6248645)
* [[Akebono (11th anniversary) (kancolle)|11th Anniversary]] (post #7495834)
* [[Akebono (Christmas Mode) (kancolle)|Christmas Mode]] (post #6926106)

h4. [i]Ayanami[/i]-class destroyers
* [[Ayanami (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Shikinami (Kancolle)|]]
* Asagiri (<i>Yet to be implemented</i>)
* Yuugiri (<i>Yet to be implemented</i>)
* [[Amagiri (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Sagiri (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Oboro (Kancolle)|]]
* [b]Akebono[/b]
* [[Sazanami (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Ushio (Kancolle)|]]

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: IJN [i]Akebono[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Akebono_(1930)]
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