[i][[Kantai Collection]][/i]'s personification of the Japanese repair ship [i]Akashi[/i]. Character designed by [[Fujikawa]], voiced by [[Taneda Risa]]. 

h4. Appearance
[tn]See post #1864268 for base form.[/tn]

The playable and NPC versions of Akashi have slightly different outfits. Both versions wear a [[serafuku]] (identical to [[Ooyodo (kancolle)|]]'s) on top of a [[long_sleeves|long-sleeved]] zippered shirt, along with a [[blue_skirt|blue]] [[pleated skirt]] with hakama-like [[hip_vent|hip vents]] and [[thighhighs]]. The NPC version has white stripes along the bottom edge of her skirt while the playable version has a wider red stripe along the edge.

The NPC version simply has a [[crane (machine)|]] attached to her with a ribbon. Her shoes are simple heels.

The playable version wears pieces of [[armor]], propeller platform shoes and she has several cranes attached to her ship parts.
Once remodeled, she wears a white [[bandana]] and actual weapons (mostly anti-air guns) are attached to her.

She has [[long_hair|long]] [[pink hair]] with [[blunt tresses|freshly cut strands]] held by [[tress_ribbon|red tress ribbons]], as well as [[green eyes]].

h4. CGs

Her seasonal art usually keeps the same poses, so it's simpler to note the differences between her normal and seasonal art.

* post #1889971 - New Years. For New Year's 2015 and onwards, she wears a peach-colored [[furisode]] with a [[floral print]] and [[tasuki]].
* post #2071240 - Summer 2015. For her remodeled version only, she wears a green bikini under an apron.
* post #2289773 - [[Sukiya]] Promo. She stands in place, eating [[gyuudon]] with a delighted expression. When damaged, she is angrily looking to the side with [[torn clothes]].
* post #2564214 - Christmas 2016. Her NPC portrait shows her in a [[santa costume]] with a [[christmas tree]] replacing her crane. For her combat forms, the christmas tree replaces her main crane. She wears a [[santa hat]] in her unremodeled self while she delegates the hat to her port 25mm AA guns in her remodeled form. One of the ornaments of her Christmas tree is shaped like [[akashi_(repair_ship)|her ship self]].
* post #2608314 - Setsubun 2017. She wears an orange-brown happi and an oni mask. For her remodel, she also eats an [[ehoumaki]].
* post #2786934 - Summer 2017. As part of the Zuiun Festival at Fuji-Q, she wears a green "Zuiun spirit" happi like most of the participants and her crane is replaced by a scale model of the Tekkotsu Banchou swing ride.

h4. Personality

As an NPC, she runs the premium shop and the Large Ship Construction system. 

As a playable character, she is used to slowly repair minor damage to other ships if she is the flagship of a fleet. When set as secretary ship (first fleet flagship), she is able to improve equipment in her armory arsenal.

Naturally, she is usually paired with fellow NPC ship-girl Ooyodo. She is also occasionally paired with [[yuubari (kancolle)|Yuubari]], usually featuring their mutual love of tinkering with and improving equipment.

Prior to becoming playable, she was known only as "the premium item shop girl".

h4. See also

* [[Akashi (Azur Lane)]]

h4. External links

* "Kancolle Wiki: Akashi":https://en.kancollewiki.net/Akashi
* "Kancolle Wikia: Akashi":https://kancolle.fandom.com/wiki/Akashi
* "Wikipedia: Japanese repair ship Akashi":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_repair_ship_Akashi
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