[i][[Kantai Collection]][/i]'s personification of the Japanese light carrier [i]Shouhou[/i]. 
Character design by [[Bob (biyonbiyon)|Bob]], voiced by [[Taneda Risa]]. 

h4. Appearance
[tn]See post #1921393 for base form.[/tn]

Shouhou has [[low-tied_long_hair|low-tied long]] [[black hair]] with a longer sidelock similarly tied low (these are frequently misinterpreted as being twintails) and a [[ahoge]] as well as [[brown eyes]]. She wears a kimono top, a [[bandeau]], a [[black_skirt|black]] pleated [[hakama short skirt]] and [[thighhighs]] that form a [[zettai ryouiki]]. Her top (white with black trim) is worn in [[hadanugi dousa]], her right sleeve tied with a red [[tasuki]] and the left side being stripped down. Many of her clothes are tan and striped.
Her most salient stylistic trait is that she wears her top mostly exposed except for the bandeau. To some artists, this is practically her only characteristic, to the point that jokes are made to justify it (post #1940765).

She obtained her [[Shouhou Kai (Kancolle)|]] art on June 26th 2015. It serves only to update her art to her artist's current art style (post #2050509).

Her first seasonal art is for the 2015 Rainy Season. She fully wears her top and she holds an [[oil-paper umbrella]] behind her head (post #2025086).

Her second seasonal art is for the 2018 Saury Festival. She wears a [[kappougi]] and holds a [[saury]] (post #3282642).

h4. Personality

She has an earnest, but nervous personality, possibly related to how she sank before she was capable of proving herself in battle. Her lines refer to eagerly wanting to prove her worth or worrying that she isn't worthy. To some artists, this is taken as license to take her eagerness to the extreme (post #1785550).

h4. History

She was originally built as submarine support ship before being converted to an aircraft carrier. She was sunk by American carrier aircraft on her first combat operation during the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 7, 1942. She was the first Japanese aircraft carrier to be sunk in World War II.

The name [i]Shouhou[/i] (祥鳳) means [i]Auspicious Phoenix[/i] or [i]Happy Phoenix[/i]. This is somewhat ironic given her very inauspicious sinking.

h4. [i]Shouhou[/i]-class light carriers
* [b]Shouhou[/b]
* [[Zuihou (Kancolle)|]]

h4. See also

* [[Shouhou (Azur Lane)]]
* [[Shouhou (Warship Girls R)]]

h4. External links

* "Kancolle Wikia: Shouhou":http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Shouhou
* "Wikipedia: Japanese aircraft carrier Shouhou":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Sh%C5%8Dh%C5%8D
祥鳳 祥鳳(艦隊これくしょん) 祥鳳(艦これ)