[i][[Kantai Collection]][/i]'s personification of the Japanese escort carrier [i]Taiyou[/i], designed by [[Shibafu (glock23)|]]. Her name means "goshawk", which was a prized bird of prey among the Edo-era Samurai class. 

h4. Appearance
[tn]See post #2711070 for Taiyou base form.[/tn]

As Taiyou (but not Taiyou Kai), she is visually nearly identical to her unremodeled form, and has [[long_hair|long]] dark [[brown hair]] in a [[folded ponytail]] held in place with a [[blue_ribbon|blue]] [[hair ribbon]], and [[swept bangs]].  She has [[brown_eyes|brown]] [[tareme]]-style eyes.  Similar to [[shibafu_(glock23)|Shibafu's]] [[akagi (kancolle)|fleet]] [[kaga (kancolle)|carriers]], Kasuga Maru wears a white [[dougi]] top with a red [[hakama short skirt]], and [[black [socks]].  On her left hand, she wears a thick falconry [[gloves|glove]].  Following further remodeling, she wears an olive dougi with a green hakama skirt, and in Kai-Ni, she wears a grey [[scarf]].

Her [[machinery|rigging]] involves a [[flight deck]] strapped to her right arm, falconry-related steel cases strapped to her torso, and steel [[platform boots]].  In [[Taiyou Kai Ni (kancolle)|her Kai-Ni form]], she also wears [[headphones]] with a radio tower on the right side, and her flight deck has a [[camouflage]] pattern.

For a brief rundown of her history, see [[Kasuga Maru (kancolle)|]].

h4. [i]Taiyou[/i]-class escort carriers
* [[Kasuga Maru (kancolle)|]]/[b]Taiyou[/b]
* [[Un'you (kancolle)|]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyou":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Taiy%C5%8D]
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