Matsukaze (松風, lit. "Pine Wind") is fourth of the nine [[Kamikaze (kancolle)|]]-class destroyers in [[Kantai Collection]]. 
Character design by [[Parsley-F]], voiced by [[Itou Shizuka]].

h4. Appearance

Similar to her sister-ships, she wears a [[Meiji schoolgirl uniform]] with a white [[furisode]] top along with a dark green [[hakama skirt]] tied with a sash bearing an [[anchor]] on the end, and [[knee_boots|knee-high]] [[lace-up boots]]. She has [[green eyes|green]] [[tsurime]] eyes and [[short_hair|short]], [[wavy_hair|wavy]] [[black hair]] with [[swept bangs]] in front and a short cow-lick [[ahoge]] up top. She also wears a [[mini top hat]] tilted to the right side of her head.

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.

h4. Personality

Matsukaze has a confident, competitive, and tomboyish (and refers to herself with the boyish "boku", similar to [[hatsuzuki (kancolle)|Hatsuzuki]], among others), but also fairly warm personality. Unlike some of her sisters, she's not afraid of the night, and in her hourlies, greets them in the morning.

h4. History

The historical IJN [i]Matsukaze[/i] was launched October 30th, 1923. At the time of The Battle of Pearl Harbor, she was assigned to Destroyer Division 5 (alongside sister-ships [[Harukaze (kancolle)|]] and [[Asakaze (kancolle)|]]). As one of the more obsolete classes of destroyers, her early-war career was spent escorting troop transports for invasions, although in the Battle of Sunda Straight, she helped sink an auxiliary minesweeper.

Throughout the middle of the war (1943-1944), [i]Matsukaze[/i] was engaged in "Tokyo Express" expeditions. [i]Matsukaze[/i] was at Truk during Operation Hailstone, but survived with no direct hits from major ordinance. Later in the year, while escorting a convoy near Saipan, [i]Matsukaze[/i] was struck by a torpedo from the USS [i]Sailfish[/i] and sank on August 25th, 1944.

h4. Trivia

Her boyish character, androgynous appearance and Taisho-era clothing have drawn comparisons with "Takarazuka Revue":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takarazuka_Revue and the otokoyaku role.

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

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

h4. External links
* "Kancolle Wiki: Matsukaze":http://en.kancollewiki.net/Matsukaze
* "Kancolle English Wikia: Matsukaze":https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/Matsukaze
* "Wikipedia: IJN [i]Matsukaze[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Matsukaze_(1923)]
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