綾波(アズールレーン) 綾波改(アズールレーン) 綾波 柚
[[Azur Lane]]'s personification of the Japanese destroyer [i]Ayanami[/i]. Character design by [[Ootsuki Momiji]], voiced by [[Taichi You]]. 

She is a Japanese/Korean/Taiwan server-only starter ship, being replaced by [[Z23_(azur_lane)|]] in the English and Mainland Chinese servers. She is claimable after obtaining the other three starters.

She has light gray/[[blonde hair]], [[orange eyes|orange]] or [[red eyes]], and initially wears a modified [[serafuku|schoolgirl uniform]] and [[rudder footwear|rudder boots]], before her remodel switches her to an outfit with miko sleeves, a [[miniskirt]], loafer-type rudder footwear, and [[zettai ryouiki]]. Her clothes are short enough to expose her [[midriff]], and, in her retrofit, a fair amount of [[underboob]] as well.

Her [[rigging]] consists of a single 12.7 cm twin gun mount Type B to her left, a funnel-mast backpack on her back, a [[searchlight]] strapped to her belt on the left, and two 61 cm triple [[torpedo tubes]]. Upon retrofit, her searchlight and gun mount are remounted to the funnel backpack.

h4. Appearance

* !post #2961614: Default
* !post #2947209: [[ayanami_(retrofit)_(azur_lane)|Retrofit]]
* !post #5674635: [[Ayanami (cola_fills_you_with_determination) (Azur Lane)|Cola Fills You With Determination]]
* !post #3891345: [[Ayanami (Covert OPs Cloak) (Azur Lane)|Covert OPs Cloak]]
* !post #3261172: [[Ayanami (Demon's Finest Dress) (Azur Lane)|Demon's Finest Dress]]
* !post #6359637: [[Ayanami (Disarming Deep Blue) (Azur Lane)|Disarming Deep Blue]]
* !post #5817089: [[Ayanami (Dynamic Kick!) (Azur Lane)|Dynamic Kick!]]
* !post #5088994: [[Ayanami (Dynasty Shipgirl) (Azur Lane)|Dynasty Shipgirl]]
* !post #3488809: [[Ayanami (Grade A Sailor Uniform) (Azur Lane)|Grade A Sailor Uniform]]
* !post #3672291: [[Ayanami (Low-key Idol @confused) (Azur Lane)|Low-key Idol @confused]]
* !post #3404328: [[Ayanami (Lunar Demon) (Azur Lane)|Lunar Demon]]
* !post #4117738: [[Ayanami (Nightfall Raiment) (Azur Lane)|Nightfall Raiment]]
* !post #2944261: [[Ayanami (NicoNico) (Azur Lane)|NicoNico]]
* !post #4518410: [[Ayanami (Off-Duty Battle Station Gear) (Azur Lane)|Off-Duty Battle Station Gear]] 
* !post #3729034: [[Ayanami (Pulse of the New Year) (Azur Lane)|Pulse of the New Year]]
* !post #3147262: [[Ayanami (Rock 'n' Demon) (Azur Lane)|Rock 'n' Demon]]
* !post #2961618: [[Ayanami (Witch in Ambush) (Azur Lane)|Witch in Ambush]]

h4. Personality and history
Her personality leans towards being fairly distant, though she quickly warms up to the player as her affection increases, eventually becoming a devoted protector.

One of her skills is named "the Demon". This is a reference to her epithet [i]Demon Queen of the Night[/i] as she formed one part of a three-pronged formation in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal that saw her sink three US destroyers and damaging a fourth plus [[South Dakota (Azur Lane)|]] before she herself was severely damaged and sunk by [[Washington (Azur Lane)|]].

h4. Fubuki-class Destroyers

h6. Type 1 - Fubuki

* [[Fubuki (Azur Lane)|]]
* [[Shirayuki (Azur Lane)|]]
* [[Uranami (Azur Lane)|]]
* [[Miyuki (Azur Lane)|]]

h6. Type 2 - Ayanami

* [b]Ayanami[/b]

h6. Type 3 - Akatsuki

* [[Akatsuki (Azur Lane)|]]
* [[Hibiki (Azur Lane)|]]
* [[Ikazuchi (Azur Lane)|]]
* [[Inazuma (Azur Lane)|]]

h4. Starter Ships

* [b]Ayanami[/b]
* [[Javelin (Azur Lane)|]]
* [[Laffey (Azur Lane)|]]
* [[z23 (Azur Lane)|]]

h4. See also

* [[Ayanami (Kancolle)]]
* [[Ayanami (Warship Girls R)]]
* [[Ayanami (Blue Oath)]]
* [[Ayanami (Black Surge Night)]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: IJN [i]Ayanami[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Ayanami_(1929)]
* "Azur Lane Wiki: Ayanami":[https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Ayanami]
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