The escort ship Matsuwa, the second of the Etorofu-class of coastal defense ships, as depicted in [i][[Kantai Collection]][/i].

h4. Apperance

Matsuwa has [[long_hair|long]], mostly [[black hair]] that [[gradient_hair|transitions]] to [[pink_hair|pink]] or [[purple_hair|purple]] near the tips. She has [[green_eyes|green]] [[tareme]] eyes. She wears a [[serafuku]] similar to Etorofu's: an elementary school serafuku with [[long sleeves]] and prominent [[buttons]], with a [[hat]] bearing a [[blue ribbon]], [[blue_neckerchief|light blue]] [[neckerchief]], [[white gloves]], and [[blue_skirt|blue]] [[pleated skirt]]. She differs from Etorofu by wearing [[white_legwear|white]] [[kneehighs]], silver [[loafers]], and no bike shorts over her underwear. She also wears a blue [[hairband]] with an attached bow that has an ornament resembling a searchlight in the center.

Her [[machinery|rigging]] is similar to Etorofu's. It involves a pistol-like single-[[cannon]] [[turret]] held in her right hand. A [[mast]] and [[smokestack]] are carried on her back by straps like a backpack, while depth charge launchers are held like a purse from another strap. An anti-air gun is [[thigh_strap|strapped]] to her right thigh, and more depth charges are strapped to her left.

h4. Personality

As a coastal defense ship, her class is even smaller than destroyers, and as such, she is portrayed as an "elementary school student" character, even younger than the generally "middle school" appearances of the destroyers. Matsuwa comes off as having a more demure and timid personality compared to older sister [[Etorofu (kancolle)|]].

h4. History

The historical [i]IJN Matsuwa[/i] was completed on the April 1, 1943 and led a mostly lonely and unremarkable service history. She was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine [i]USS Harder[/i] in Hidai Bay on August 22, 1944.

h4. Trivia

She is named after "Matua":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matua_(island)] ([i]Matsuwa[/i] in Japanese), one of the Kuril Islands spread between [[Hokkaido]] and Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

h4. Etorofu-class Escorts
* [[Etorofu (Kancolle)]] (択捉)
* [b]Matsuwa[/b] (松輪)
* [[Sado (Kancolle)]] (佐渡)
* [[Tsushima (Kancolle)]] (対馬, post-war Lin An (臨安))
* [[Hirato (Kancolle)]] (平戸)
* [[Fukae (Kancolle)]] (福江)

h4. External links

* "Kancolle Wiki: Matsuwa":http://en.kancollewiki.net/Matsuwa
* "Kancolle English Wikia: Matsuwa":https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/Matsuwa
* "Wikipedia: Japanese escort ship Matsuwa":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_escort_ship_Matsuwa
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