Hatakaze (旗風, lit. "flag wind") is the fifth of the nine [[kamikaze (kancolle)|Kamikaze]]-class destroyers as represented in [[Kantai Collection]]. 

h4. Appearance

Similar to her sister-ships, she wears a [[Meiji schoolgirl uniform]] with a loose gold [[haori]] over a white [[kimono]] top along dark grey-blue [[hakama short skirt]] tied with a sash bearing an [[anchor]] on the end, and [[brown footwear|brown]], [[lace-up boots|laced]], [[knee_boots|knee-high]], leather [[high heel boots|high-heeled]] [[boots]]. She has [[blue eyes|sky blue]] [[tareme]] eyes and [[blonde_hair|dirty blonde]]/[[brown_hair|brown]] [[drill hair]] with [[hair_between_eyes|bangs that come between her eyes]] in front and a medium-length [[ponytail]] held with a [[red_ribbon|red]] [[hair ribbon]] and mast-themed [[hair ornament]] in back.

Her [[machinery|rigging]] includes a [[smokestack|funnel]] attached to her back with an adjoining mast and two twin-tube [[torpedo]] launchers on either side of the funnel. Further out to the sides, at thigh-level, are cutoff-ship-deck-like platforms that bear a single-[[cannon]] [[turret]].  She also carries a single-cannon turret in her left hand like a pistol, which is modeled like a ship's bow in her left hand.

h4. Personality

Hatakaze has a polite, elegant, humble, and mature personality type that resembles the "Yamato Nadeshiko" ideal. Her official voiced lines involve many references about looking up to her older sister-ships, such as Kamikaze, or commenting on [[asakaze (kancolle)|Asakaze's]] night-aversion or [[harukaze (kancolle)|Harukaze's]] cooking.

h4. History

The historical IJN [i]Hatakaze[/i] was launched on March 15th, 1924. At the time of the Battle of Pearl Harbor, she was assigned to Destroyer Division 5 (alongside sister-ships Harukaze, Asakaze, and Matsukaze). Destroyer Division 5 took part as escorts or screens in many of the early South Pacific invasions of the war, including the invasion of the Philippines and Solomon Islands. During the latter of which, [i]Hatakaze[/i] participated in the "Battle of Sunda Straight":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sunda_Strait], performing a torpedo attack against ABDA cruisers.

On the 2nd of March, 1943, [i]Hatakaze[/i] suffered an accidental explosion, and was forced to receive repairs for over a year, emerging in October of the following year. Following the dissolution of Destroyer Division 5, she was put directly into the Combined Fleet. On January 15th, 1945, she was sunk at port in what is now "Kaohsiung, Taiwan":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaohsiung] by Allied aircraft.

h4. [i]Kamikaze[/i]-class Destroyers
* [[Kamikaze (kancolle)|]] - first Kamikaze-class destroyer
* [[Asakaze (kancolle)|]] - second Kamikaze-class destroyer
* [[Harukaze (kancolle)|]] - third Kamikaze-class destroyer
* [[Matsukaze (kancolle)|]] - fourth Kamikaze-class destroyer
* [b]Hatakaze[/b]

h4. See also
* [[Hatakaze (Azur Lane)]]

h4. External links
* "Kancolle Wiki: Hatakaze":http://en.kancollewiki.net/Hatakaze
* "Kancolle English Wikia: Hatakaze":https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/Hatakaze
* "Wikipedia: Japanese destroyer Hatakaze (1924)":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hatakaze_(1924)]
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