Fujinami ("藤波", literally, "Wave of Wisteria" or "Purple Wave") is the twelfth of the nineteen [[yuugumo (kancolle)|Yuugumo]]-class destroyers as portrayed in [[Kantai Collection]].  
Character design by [[Fujikawa]], voiced by [[Tanibe Yumi]].

h4. Appearance
Fujinami has a laid-back and somewhat flippant attitude outside of battle, speaking with "middle school girl" jargon.  She also refers to [[okinami (kancolle)|her sister-ship Okinami]] as "Okicchi", making her similar to [[kitakami (kancolle)|Kitakami]].

Fujinami wears the standard Yuugumo-class [[school uniform]] which consists of a purple [[sleeveless dress]] over a [[white shirt]], a teal-blue [[bowtie]] and [[grey_legwear|grey]] opaque [[pantyhose]] with [[lace-up boots]].  In her damaged art, she is shown to wear [[striped_panties|striped]] [[side-tie panties]]. She has [[yellow eyes]] and [[long_hair|long]] [[purple_hair|purple]]-[[grey hair]] tied in a [[side ponytail]] with a [[white ribbon|white]] [[hair ribbon]].  Her bangs are [[asymmetrical_bangs|asymmetric]], partly blunt and short on the right, with some longer swept hair near the middle and to her left. She also sports a small [[ahoge]].

Fujinami's [[machinery|rigging]] consists of a [[smokestack|funnel]] and [[mast]] worn like a backpack with yellow straps.  Quadruple torpedo launchers are strapped to her thighs, and she carries the usual Yuugumo-class twin-[[cannon]] 12.7cm [[turret]] resting against her hip.

h4. History
In real life, she was completed in 1943, well halfway into the war. [i]Fujinami[/i]'s only major engagement was at "The Battle of Leyte Gulf":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf], where she was part of the main "Center Force".  During the Battle off Samar, [i]Fujinami[/i] rescued the survivors off of, then scuttled the IJN [i][[choukai (kancolle)|Choukai]][/i].  Two days later, she attempted to rescue the survivors of her sister-ship IJN [i][[hayashimo (kancolle)|Hayashimo]][/i], but was struck by aerial attacks from the USS [i][[Essex (Azur Lane)|]][/i], and was lost with all hands, including those from the [i]Choukai[/i]. 

h4. [i]Yuugumo[/i]-class Destroyers
h5. 32nd Destroyer Division
* [[Tamanami (Kancolle)]]
* [[Suzunami (Kancolle)]]
* [b]Fujinami[/b]
* [[Hayanami (Kancolle)]]
* [[Hamanami (Kancolle)]]

h4. See also
* "Wikipedia: IJN [i]Fujinami[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Fujinami]
藤波 藤波(艦隊これくしょん) 藤波(艦これ)