Asakaze (朝風, lit. "Morning Wind") is the second of nine [[kamikaze (kancolle)|Kamikaze]]-class destroyers as personified in [[Kantai Collection]].

h4. Appearance

Similar to [[kamikaze (kancolle)|Kamikaze]], Asakaze wears a [[Meiji schoolgirl uniform]] with a white [[furisode]] top, including a gradient to blue in the loose sleeves, along with a cobalt blue [[hakama skirt]] tied with a sash bearing an [[anchor]] on the end, and [[knee_boots|knee-high]] [[lace-up boots]]. She has [[blue eyes]] and [[long_hair|long]], [[wavy_hair|wavy]] [[light brown hair]] with [[parted_bangs|her bangs parted in the middle]] providing long [[sidelocks]] and exposing her [[forehead]]. She also wears two large blue [[hair_ribbon|hair ribbons]] on either side of her head.

Her [[machinery|rigging]] includes a [[smokestack|funnel]] attached to her back with an adjoining mast and twin-tube [[torpedo]] launcher. To her sides, at thigh-level, are cutoff-ship-deck-like platforms that bear a single-[[cannon]] [[turret]]. She also carries a single-cannon turret in her left hand like a pistol, which is modeled like a ship's bow bearing the number "5". 

h4. Personality

Asakaze has an energetic personality, proud of her accomplishments but also highly sensitive to criticism. Her in-game lines include several instances of indignation over perceptions of anyone "making fun of her" even when none existed. Possibly because of the meaning her name, she also seems to love mornings, getting up at 4 AM to see the sunrise. Inversely, she becomes notably more nervous at night, likely due to the circumstances of her sinking.

h4. History

Originally commissioned merely as "Destroyer No. 3" as part of the "8-8 Fleet Program,":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-eight_fleet the name [i]Asakaze[/i] was only assigned in 1928, five years after launch. At the time of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, [i]Asakaze[/i] was part of Destroyer Division 5, alongside sister-ships [i][[harukaze (kancolle)|Harukaze]][/i], [i]Matsukaze[/i], and [i]Hatakaze[/i].

Already aging by the start of the war, Asakaze mostly escorted landing craft in campaigns like "the Philippines":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_Campaign_(1941%E2%80%9342)], "Java":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Java], and "Andaman Islands":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_and_occupation_of_the_Andaman_Islands_during_World_War_II]. At the "Battle of Sunda Straight":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sunda_Strait], [i]Asakaze[/i] launched torpedoes that assisted in the sinking of HMAS [i]Perth[/i] and USS [i]Houston[/i].

Throughout most of the rest of the war, she was a convoy escort ship. [i]Asakaze[/i] was torpedoed by the submarine USS [i]Haddo[/i] at 22:35 on August 23rd near Luzon while on escort duty. During the night, efforts to save her proved unsuccessful, and in the pre-dawn hours of August 24th, she capsized and sank. 

h4. Trivia

Although she was the second of the nine Kamikaze-class destroyers, due to IJN numbering at the time she was listed as "Destroyer No. 3" at launch due to sharing a number scheme with the "Wakatake-class destroyers":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakatake-class_destroyer].

Her seiyuu is [[Itou Shizuka]].

h4. [i]Kamikaze[/i]-class Destroyers
* [[Kamikaze (kancolle)|]] - first Kamikaze-class destroyer
* [b]Asakaze[/b]
* [[Harukaze (kancolle)|]] - third Kamikaze-class destroyer
* [[Matsukaze (kancolle)|]] - fourth Kamikaze-class destroyer
* [[Hatakaze (kancolle)|]] - fifth Kamikaze-class destroyer

h4. External links
* "Kancolle Wiki: Asakaze":http://en.kancollewiki.net/Asakaze
* "Kancolle English Wikia: Asakaze":https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/Asakaze
* "Wikipedia: Japanese destroyer Asakaze (1922)":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Asakaze_(1922)]
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