[i][[Kantai Collection]][/i]'s personification of the [i]Myoukou[/i]-class heavy cruiser [i]Ashigara[/i]. 
Character design by [[Bob (biyonbiyon)|Bob]], voiced by [[Taneda Risa]].

h4. Appearance
[tn]See post #1921435 for base form.[/tn]

She wears the standard [i]Myoukou[/i]-class purple [[uniform]] with a black tight [[skirt]], white [[pantyhose]] and [[white gloves|white]] [[elbow gloves]]. 

Ashigara herself has [[wavy hair|wavy]] [[long hair|long]] [[brown hair]] with a white [[hairband]] adorned with a miniature aircraft catapult as well as [[brown eyes]]. For more information on her kai ni, see [[Ashigara Kai Ni (Kancolle)|]].

h4. Personality
Ashigara is a shipgirl well-known for her obsession with victory, almost on a level equivalent to Sendai's obsession with night battles. She is nicknamed [i]Hungry Wolf[/i], which was (allegedly) given during the naval review celebrating King George VI's coronation where she was Japan's representative. Because of this nickname, it's not uncommon to draw her with [[wolf ears]] and/or [[fangs]].

A running gag on [[4chan]] and [[Futaba Channel]] is that she is a "Christmas Cake"; a woman above 25 who for whatever reason is unable to find a candidate for marriage, a reference to how she was named the [i]Hungry Wolf[/i] and her namesake mountain's association with the folk hero "Kintaro":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintar%C5%8D] who was raised in Mount Ashigara by a "Yama-uba":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yama-uba , or in other words, a Mountain [b]Hag[/b]. Like the "Nagamon" meme, this fan-created joke was featured in the anime.

h4. History
In real life, [i]Ashigara[/i] was the fourth and last (or third according to some sources) of the [i]Myoukou[/i]-class heavy cruisers, representing Japan in the Coronation Review of King George VI in 1937. Her epithet of [i]Hungry Wolf[/i] allegedly came from this time as remarks by [[Royal Navy]] sailors with regards to her living conditions, described as "Spartan" compared to those of other navies in attendance.

She served mostly on convoy and troop transport duties for the rest of 1942 up to mid-1944, missing out most naval actions. On 7 June 1945, she departed Jakarta with [[Kamikaze (Kancolle)|]] to ferry troops to Singapore when she was sunk by a Royal Navy submarine. [i]Kamikaze[/i] rescued 853 crew and around 400 army troops and brought them to Singapore.

h4. [i]Myoukou[/i]-class heavy cruisers
* [[Myoukou (Kancolle)]]
* [[Nachi (Kancolle)]]
* [b]Ashigara[/b]
* [[Haguro (Kancolle)]]

h4. See Also
* pool #10502 - Ashigara the Christmas Cake - depictions of Ashigara complaining about being single or being ignored by the Admiral
* [[Ashigara (Azur Lane)]]
* [[Ashigara (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio)]]
* [[Ashigara (Black Surge Night)]]

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia: IJN [i]Ashigara[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Ashigara]
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