敷波 ("Spreading Waves")

Shikinami is the 12th Fubuki-class destroyer/2nd ship of the Ayanami-class destroyers in [i][[Kantai Collection]][/i].
Character design by [[Shibafu (glock23)|]], voiced by [[Touyama Nao]].

h4. Appearance
[tn]See post #3226378.[/tn]

In-game, [i]Shikinami[/i] has [[medium hair|medium-length]] [[brown hair]] tied in a [[ponytail]], and [[brown eyes]].
She and [[ayanami (kancolle)|Ayanami]] wear a [[brown sailor collar]] version of the Fubuki-class [[serafuku]], complete with a [[brown skirt]].

She would obtain [[Shikinami Kai Ni (Kancolle)|her second remodel]] with the February 7th 2020 update, her outfit is essentially the default Special Type Kai Ni uniform. See the page for more details.

h4. History
In real life, [i]Shikinami[/i] was part of DesDiv19 alongside her sister Ayanami and her half-sisters Isonami and Uranami. She first saw action in the battle of the Sunda Strait where she fired the torpedo that sank [[Houston (Kancolle)|]].

Later seeing action in the [[battle of Midway]] and Naval Guadalcanal, she rescued [[Shirayuki (Kancolle)|]]'s survivors in the battle of the Bismarck Sea and spent the rest of her combat duty as a convoy escort, where she was sunk in one of these in September 1944.

h4. [i]Ayanami[/i]-class destroyers
* [[Ayanami (Kancolle)|]]
* [b]Shikinami[/b]
* [[Amagiri (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Sagiri (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Oboro (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Akebono (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Sazanami (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Ushio (Kancolle)|]]

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: IJN [i]Shikinami[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shikinami_(1929)]
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