[[Azur Lane]]'s personification of the second-run "Special-Type" destroyer [i]Ayanami[/i] (綾波). 
Character design by [[Ootsuki Momiji]].

She is a Japanese/Korean/Taiwan Server-Only starter ship, being replaced by [[z23_(azur_lane)|Z23]] in English and Mainland Chinese servers. She is claimable after obtaining the other three starters.

h4. Appearance and personality
[tn]See post #2961614 for base and post #2947209 for retrofit.[/tn]

Ayanami is portrayed with 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.

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

h4. History
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. Skins
* [[Ayanami (Covert OPs Cloak) (Azur Lane)|Covert OPs Cloak]]
* [[Ayanami (Demon's Finest Dress) (Azur Lane)|Demon's Finest Dress]]
* [[Ayanami (Dynasty Shipgirl) (Azur Lane)|Dynasty Shipgirl]]
* [[Ayanami (Grade A Sailor Uniform) (Azur Lane)|Grade A Sailor Uniform]]
* [[Ayanami (Low-key Idol @confused) (Azur Lane)|Low-key Idol @confused]]
* [[Ayanami (Lunar Demon) (Azur Lane)|Lunar Demon]]
* [[Ayanami (Nightfall Raiment) (Azur Lane)|Nightfall Raiment]]
* [[Ayanami (NicoNico) (Azur Lane)|NicoNico]]
* [[Ayanami (Off-Duty Battle Station Gear) (Azur Lane)|Off-Duty Battle Station Gear]] 
* [[Ayanami (Pulse of the New Year) (Azur Lane)|Pulse of the New Year]]
* [[Ayanami (Rock 'n' Demon) (Azur Lane)|Rock 'n' Demon]]
* [[Ayanami (Witch in Ambush) (Azur Lane)|Witch in Ambush]]
* [[Ayanami (cola_fills_you_with_determination) (Azur Lane)|Cola Fills You With Determination]]
* [[Ayanami (Dynamic Kick!) (Azur Lane)|Dynamic Kick!]]
* [[Ayanami (Disarming Deep Blue) (Azur Lane)|Disarming Deep Blue]]

h4. Fubuki-Class Destroyers
* [b][u]Type 1 - Fubuki[/u][/b]
** [[Fubuki (Azur Lane)]] (吹雪)
** [[Shirayuki (Azur Lane)]] (白雪)
** [[Uranami (Azur Lane)]] (浦波)
* [b][u]Type 2 - Ayanami[/u][/b] 
** [b]Ayanami (Azur Lane)[/b] (綾波)
* [b][u]Type 3 - Akatsuki[/u][/b]
** [[Akatsuki (Azur Lane)]]  (暁)
** [[Hibiki (Azur Lane)]] (響)
** [[Ikazuchi (Azur Lane)]] (雷)
** [[Inazuma (Azur Lane)]] (電)

h4. Starter Ships
* [b]Ayanami (Azur Lane)[/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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