球磨 (named after the Kuma river)
Kuma is the lead ship of the Kuma-class light cruisers.

In [[kantai_collection|Kantai Collection]] she has [[brown eyes]], [[long_hair|long]] [[brown hair]] and a [[huge ahoge|big zigzagging ahoge]].
She wears a white [[serafuku]] with light blue/cyan trim, consisting of a [[short_sleeves|short sleeved]] [[shirt]] with [[sailor collar]], [[shorts]] and a [[neckerchief|red neckerchief]].

For Fall 2015 and onwards, she is given a [[camellia]] [[floral_print|print]] [[yukata]] for a festival. She is seen carrying a [[water yoyo]] shaped like a one of those [[enemy aircraft (kancolle)|"takoyaki-shaped" enemy aircraft]] and a bear-shaped serving of [[cotton candy]].

For Christmas 2016, she is given a [[santa costume]] complete with a large sack of presents. When damaged, she appears to be presenting a [[gift|present]] to the player. A hole punched into the sack reveals that she has been carrying at least one [[fish]] in it as well as presents.

As "Kuma" also means "bear" and her catchphrase is "kuma", which she almost always appends to the end of her sentences, she is often depicted with bear-like qualities or dressed in a bear suit. Her Summer 2015 voice line references catching salmon in a river.

Kuma is most often paired with her younger sisters, especially [[Tama (kancolle)|Tama]]. Additionally, there's a joke about the "Kuma Fleet", which also includes [[abukuma (kancolle)|Abukuma]], [[chikuma (kancolle)|Chikuma]], [[Kumano (kancolle)|Kumano]], [[Mikuma (kancolle)|Mikuma]] and occasionally [[noshiro (kancolle)|Noshiro]]. (see post #1543570)

Rather ironic for a nameship, Kuma was last of her class to be given her official [[Kuma Kai Ni (Kancolle)|second remodel]]s on January 13, 2021: [i]Kai-2[/i] and [i]Kai-2-Tei[/i] (D). [i]Kai-2[/i] has her wear a stylized serafuku consisting of a [[white_shirt|white]] [[sailor shirt]] with a [[green_sailor_collar|green]] [[sailor collar]], a [[red_ribbon|red]] [[neck ribbon]], [[white_skirt|white]] [[pleated shorts]] (which can be mistaken for a [[pleated skirt]]), and [[black footwear|black]] [[boots]] as well as upgraded machinery. Her [i]Kai-2-Tei[/i] form changes the color scheme of her serafuku to an [[orange_shirt|orange]] shirt with a [[black_sailor_collar|black]] sailor collar and [[black_skirt|black]] shorts. This form also trades the ability to equip seaplanes and torpedoes with carrying midget submariness and daihatsu. She was sometimes grouped with [[tenryuu (kancolle)|Tenryuu]] and [[shiratsuyu (kancolle)|Shiratsuyu]] as having sisters who received second remodels before being remodeled themselves.

Her seiyuu is [[Sakura Ayane]].
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