Teruzuki ("Shining Moon" or "Pale Moon") is the second Akizuki-class destroyer in [i]Kantai Collection[/i]. 
Character design by [[Shizuma Yoshinori]], voiced by [[Komatsu Mikako]].

h4. Personality
Teruzuki has a very soft-spoken tone and nervous personality, and looks up to her sister-ship [[akizuki (kancolle)|Akizuki]]. When damaged, her worries about torpedoes and desire to jettison her own munitions stem from how detonation of her depth charges sank her historically.

h4. Appearance
[tn]See post #2093474.[/tn]

She has mostly the same gear as her elder sister, [[akizuki (kancolle)|Akizuki]], including [[Chou-10cm-hou-chan (Teruzuki's)|her own pair of]] [[Chou-10cm-hou-chan]]. The main differences are her bodysuit (it's sleeveless instead of having merely short sleeves), her skirt (black with white stripe instead of the inverse), her boots (they are fully red instead of being light gray and red), the placement of her Fire Detector (on her chest, holding her neckerchief instead of in her hair), the gear on her thighs (drum magazines for her Chou-10cm-hou-chan) and the expressions of her own Chou-10cm-hou-chan (they both have a closed eye, one of them is biting a bullet as if it was a cigar).

She has [[long hair|long]] [[light brown hair]] in [[twin braids]] with [[propeller_hair_ornament|propeller hair ornaments]] on the tips as well as [[grey eyes]]. The combination of black-and-white clothing and light brown hair give her some resemblance to [[Mutsu (kancolle)|Mutsu]].

h4. History
The real-life [i]Teruzuki[/i] sank only 105 days after being sent into active duty, one of the shipgirls in-game with the shortest service careers alongside [[Takanami (kancolle)|]] and [[Suzunami (Kancolle)|]]. Serving in both battles of Guadalcanal, she did assist both [i][[Hiei (kancolle)|Hiei]][/i] and [i][[Kirishima (kancolle)|Kirishima]][/i], and rescued survivors. However, a month later, she was hit by PT boat torpedoes on a transport run in Guadalcanal, and fires spread to her depth charges, starting a chain reaction that ultimately sank her. 

h4. Akizuki-class Destroyers
* [b][u]Original Batch[/u][/b]
** [[Akizuki (Kancolle)]] (秋月)
** [b]Teruzuki (Kancolle)[/b] (照月)
** [[Suzutsuki (Kancolle)]] (涼月)
** [[Hatsuzuki (Kancolle)]] (初月)
* [b][u]Fuyutsuki Subclass[/u][/b]
** [[Fuyutsuki (Kancolle)]]  (冬月)

h4. See also

* pool #10990 - Feeding the Ducks - depictions of Akizuki-class destroyers enjoying lavish meals
* [i][[Azur Lane]][/i] versions of [i]Akizuki[/i]-class and subclasses:
** [b][u]Original Batch[/u][/b]
*** [[Suzutsuki (Azur Lane)]]
*** [[Niizuki (Azur Lane)]] (新月)
*** [[Wakatsuki (Azur Lane)]] (若月)
** [b][u]Fuyutsuki Subclass[/u][/b]
*** [[Harutsuki (Azur Lane)]] (春月)
*** [[Yoizuki (Azur Lane)]] (宵月)
** [b][u]Michitsuki Subclass[/u][/b]
*** [[Hanazuki (Azur Lane)]] (花月)
* "Wikipedia: IJN [i]Teruzuki[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Teruzuki_(1941)]
照月 照月(艦これ) 照月(艦隊これくしょん)