初雪 "First Snow" (as in, "first snow of the year")

The personification of the Japanese destroyer [i]Hatsuyuki[/i] in [i][[Kantai Collection]][/i]. 
Character design by [[Shibafu (glock23)|]], voiced by [[Uesaka Sumire]].

h4. Appearance
[tn]See post #2380455.[/tn]

Hatsuyuki has the most distinct personality of the 11th Destroyer Division, (and is consequently more popular), as she has a deadpan, listless voice, and a completely lazy personality.  She constantly says that she'll "try tomorrow" instead of trying today.  She's basically a hikkikomori, and her repair lines imply as much. Combined with her hairstyle, there are similarities with [[Houraisan Kaguya]]. 

Hatsuyuki has [[long_hair|long]] [[black hair]] in a [[hime cut]] with [[blunt bangs]] and has [[brown eyes]]. Like her sisters, she wears a plain white-and-navy-blue [[serafuku]] with a short-sleeved [[collared shirt]], [[neckerchief]], and [[pleated skirt]]. 

In her [[machinery|combat gear]], she wears her [[smokestack]], bridge, and mast like a backpack, and carries torpedo launchers strapped to both thighs.  Her single [[cannon|twin-cannon]] [[turret]] is carried on a purse-like strap mounted to her wrist.  Her [[loafers]] are armored as well. 

h4. History
Historically, she was sunk in an air raid on July 17th, 1943 near Papua New Guinea. (Nearby to, in the same manner as, and just three months after sister-ship [[shirayuki (kancolle)|Shirayuki]] sank.)

h4. [i]Fubuki[/i]-class destroyers
* [[Fubuki (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Shirayuki (Kancolle)|]]
* [b]Hatsuyuki[/b]
* [[Miyuki (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Murakumo (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Usugumo (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Isonami (Kancolle)|]]
* [[Uranami (Kancolle)|]]

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: IJN [i]Hatsuyuki[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hatsuyuki_(1928)]
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