The lead ship of the Italian Zara-class heavy cruisers in [[Kantai Collection]], named after the city of "Zara, Dalmatia":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zadar], now part of Croatia and known as [i]Zadar[/i].
Character design by [[Jiji (Aardvark)]], voiced by [[Akasaki Chinatsu]].

h4. Appearance
Zara has [[long hair|long]] [[wavy hair|wavy]] [[blonde hair]], with a [[french braid]]. She also has [[brown eyes]] and [[large breasts]].

Zara wears a [[white shirt]] cut to reveal her [[bare shoulders|shoulders]] and [[armpits]], over which she wears a black [[bodice]]. She also wears a red [[miniskirt]] with [[anchor|anchors]] attached, [[brown legwear|brown]] [[pantyhose]] and grey [[boots]]. Accessories include a red [[ascot]] and a [[mini hat]] based on the appearance of the historical Zara's rangefinder. Her [[machinery]] consists largely of four twin-gun [[turret|turrets]].

For her [[Zara due (Kancolle)|second remodel]], she loses the pantyhose and wears a [[garters|garter]] on her left thigh, while her skirt becomes [[layered skirt|layered]], with a layer of white underneath the red. She gains a [[cleavage cutout]] in her corset, and her boots now have [[high heels]]. Her hair now features a [[side braid]] on the left side of her face. For her machinery, the positions of her turrets is altered, and she gains additional secondary batteries and anti-aircraft guns. She now wields a [[seaplane]] launcher that resembles a [[Breda 30]].

h4. History
Many of her voice lines make reference to her sister [[pola (kancolle)|Pola]], who made her debut in the Spring 2016 event, several months after Zara. Consequently, Zara is sometimes depicted as talking with or searching for a nonexistent Pola, usually to the dismay of the other ship-girls. Zara's constant search for the missing Pola (up until the latter's introduction into the game) reference events during the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. The historic Pola got torpedoed and left behind, forcing the historical Zara, her sister ship Fiume and four destroyers, to backtrack and search for Pola (and exposing themselves to the British (including [[Warspite (Kancolle)|]]) in the process, which resulted in the loss of Zara, Fiume and two destroyers).


h4. [i]Zara[/i]-class heavy cruisers
* [b]Zara[/b]
* [[Pola (Kancolle)]]

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

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: Italian cruiser [i]Zara[/i].":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Zara]
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