Yamakaze, (山風, literally, "Mountain Wind,") is the eighth of the ten [i][[Shiratsuyu (kancolle)|]][/i]-class destroyers as personified in [[Kantai Collection]].
Character design by [[Kujou Ichiso]], voiced by [[Hashimoto Chinami (voice Actor)|]].

h4. Personality
Yamakaze has a distinctly "crybaby"-type personality, with a crippling lack of self-confidence in herself or her actions (even denying MVP). Several of her in-game lines relate to fear of bullying, or treating the player's clicking as bullying. Due to the circumstances of her sinking, she also especially fears the night and submarines, and has in-game lines asking the Admiral to hold her hand for reassurance. She also looks up to her sister-ships, [[Umikaze (kancolle)|]] and particularly [[Kawakaze (kancolle)|]], as well as treating [[nachi (kancolle)|Nachi]] and [[Haguro (kancolle)|]] as respected seniors.

h4. Appearance
Yamakaze wears a heavily modified [[black serafuku]] with [[detached sleeves]], similar to her sister-ships Umikaze and Kawakaze. This includes a large white stripe on the front of the blouse, blue [[neckerchief]], [[black_skirt|black]] [[pleated skirt]] with [[black thighhighs]] forming [[zettai ryouiki]], and [[mary janes]]. She has [[long_hair|long]] [[green_hair|mint-green hair]] tied in a [[ponytail]] with a [[black_ribbon|black]] or [[blue_ribbon|dark blue]] [[hair ribbon]], with long [[sidelocks]] formed from [[parted bangs]] held off with [[hairclip]]s and a single strand of [[hair_between_eyes|hair going between]] her [[green eyes]].

Her seasonal CG for New Year 2017 features her dressed in a dark blue [[furisode]] featuring a [[floral print]] along with the hem and sleeves fading to white. She is holding a [[hagoita]].

For Hinamatsuri 2017, she is dressed in a [[miko]]-like outfit with an additional robe and the Empress doll's ornament. With the laddle with a spout she's carrying, she is supposed to be dressed as one of the sake bearer dolls.

Her [[machinery|rigging]] consists of a [[smokestack|funnel]] worn like a backpack, with a mast and [[lifebuoy|life preserver]] strapped behind. She has a single, twin-[[cannon]] [[turret]] attached to her left wrist, and [[torpedo launcher]] turrets strapped on the outside of either thigh.

She later gets her [[Yamakaze Kai Ni (kancolle)|second remodel]] during the September 28, 2021 update. See the page for more details.

h4. History
The real-life [i]Yamakaze[/i] was part of Destroyer Division 24 at the time of Pearl Harbor, alongside sister-ships [i]Umikaze[/i], [i]Kawakaze[/i], and [i][[Suzukaze (kancolle)|]][/i]. [i]Yamakaze[/i]'s first and only major engagement was "The Battle of Java Sea":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Java_Sea, where [i]Nachi[/i] and [i]Haguro[/i] were the largest ships on the Japanese side.

At 19:45, June 25th, 1942, the submarine USS [[Nautilus (Azur Lane)|]] struck [i]Yamakaze[/i] with a torpedo attack near the coast of Japan, causing her sinking about two hours later, approximately 110 km southeast of Yokosuka.

h5.[i]Kantai Collection[/i]'s [i]Shiratsuyu[/i]-class
* [[Shiratsuyu (kancolle)|]]
* [[Shigure (kancolle)|]]
* [[Murasame (kancolle)|]]
* [[Yuudachi (kancolle)|]]
* [[Harusame (kancolle)|]]
* [[Samidare (kancolle)|]]
* [[Umikaze (kancolle)|]]
* [b]Yamakaze[/b]
* [[Kawakaze (kancolle)|]]
* [[Suzukaze (kancolle)|]]

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

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: IJN [i] Yamakaze[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Yamakaze_(1936)]
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