[i][[Kantai Collection]][/i]'s personification of the Japanese destroyer [i]Ariake[/i]. 

She is also the first of the [i]Hatsuharu[/i] class not fleshed out by either artist who illustrated the others; instead, hers is [[Kujou Ichiso]], illustrator of Destroyer Division 27 colleauges [[Shiratsuyu (kancolle)|]] and [[Shigure (kancolle)|]]. The choice actually reflects the real-life [i]Ariake[/i]'s attributes.

h4. Appearance
[tn]See post #3994409.[/tn]

Ariake has [[long_hair|long]] [[black hair]] that [[gradient_hair|gradates]] into [[purple_hair|purple]] and [[orange_hair|orange]] and is tied into a [[low ponytail]] with [[bangs]], [[hair_over_one_eye|some of which partially covering her left eye]], as well as [[purple eyes]]. 

She wears a [[black headwear|black]] [[beret]], a [[long_sleeves|long-sleeved]] [[white_shirt|white]] [[collared shirt]] under a [[black jacket|black]] [[blazer]] with a [[red necktie]], a [[grey skirt|grey]] [[pleated skirt]], and [[black gloves|black]] [[fingerless gloves]]. Under her clothes, she wears a [[sarashi]] which covers her [[medium breasts]].

Her [[machinery]] is composed of a handheld [[adapted turret]], a [[smokestack]] at her back, and [[torpedo launcher]]s on her sides. 

h5. Costumes
* !post #3994409: Default
* !post #4026060: [[Ariake (swimsuit) (kancolle)|Swimsuit]]

h4. [i]Hatsuharu[/i]-class destroyers
h5. Initial group
* [[Hatsuharu (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Nenohi (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Wakaba (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Hatsushimo (Kancolle)|]]
h5. [i]Ariake[/i] group
* [b]Ariake[/b]
* [[Yuugure (Kancolle)|]]

h4. See also:
* [[Ariake (Azur Lane)]]
* [[Heywood L. Edwards (Kancolle)|JDS Ariake]]

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: IJN [i]Ariake[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Ariake_(1934)]
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