Kisaragi
Kisaragi is a ship girl from Kantai Collection representing the second ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Mutsuki-class destroyers. As a low-resource destroyer, she is frequently utilized by players for logistics and expedition duties. Despite her youthful vessel classification, she is characterized by her surprisingly sensual demeanor and plays a memorable role across the game and its official animated adaptations.
Overview
Kisaragi is a ship girl from Kantai Collection representing the second ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Mutsuki-class destroyers. As a low-resource destroyer, she is frequently utilized by players for logistics and expedition duties. Despite her youthful vessel classification, she is characterized by her surprisingly sensual demeanor and plays a memorable role across the game and its official animated adaptations.
Appearance
She has long, gently waving brown hair fastened with an ornament made of pink beads and three feathers, paired with serene purple eyes. Within her ship class, she possesses a B-cup bust. Her base outfit consists of a short-sleeved sailor shirt with a green collar, a matching green skirt, and black thigh-high socks featuring a silver vertical stripe down the side, completed by footwear designed after school indoor slippers. When damaged, her pink brassiere becomes exposed. In her Kai Ni form and seasonal variants, she gains details such as long sleeves, a crescent pin, a white apron for Valentine's Day, a devil-horn headband for Setsubun, and a Santa costume for Christmas. Her rigging features a backpack engine unit with a funnel and foremast secured by brown shoulder straps, triple torpedo tubes mounted on both knees, and a hand-held single gun held in her left hand with a neck strap.
Personality
In contrast to her youthful appearance, Kisaragi exhibits a mature, alluring, and deeply affectionate personality towards the Admiral. She frequently speaks in flirtatious and suggestive tones, openly confessing her fond feelings during resupply. Despite her seductive charms, she retains a composed, steady demeanor, acting like a caring older figure who dutifully asks to review reports upon returning from combat missions.
Abilities
Classified as a high-speed, short-range Destroyer, Kisaragi stands out for her exceptionally low fuel and ammunition consumption rate. Her baseline equipment includes a 12cm single gun mount and triple torpedo tubes, later upgrading to high-angle guns, oxygen torpedoes, and enhanced boilers through her Kai and Kai Ni remodels. Visual depictions indicate a left-handed combat posture as she wields her primary gun mount in her left hand.
Background
Her historical namesake was built at Maizuru Naval Dockyard and completed in December 1925, initially designated as Destroyer No. 21 before receiving the name Kisaragi in 1928. She participated in the Shanghai Incident and the Second Sino-Japanese War. During the Pacific War, assigned to the 30th Destroyer Division, she took part in the Battle of Wake Island in December 1941, where she suffered fatal damage from enemy fighter strafing and bombing, becoming the first Mutsuki-class destroyer to be lost. In Kantai Collection, she is available early in the game and plays a pivotal role in the early episodes of the television anime adaptation.
Relationships
She shares an exceptionally close sisterly bond with Mutsuki, the lead ship of her class, with whom she is frequently paired in official media. She also maintains close ties with her fellow 30th Destroyer Division sisters, including Yayoi, Uzuki, and Mochizuki. Towards the Admiral, she displays unwavering affection and romantic devotion.
Trivia
Her name "Kisaragi" refers to the second month of the traditional Japanese lunar calendar. The floral ornament in her Kai Ni artwork, designed by Kusada Souta, is modeled after purple anemones, carrying symbolic flower meanings. Additionally, inspired by historical anecdotes involving her ship's navigation officer, official collaboration artwork depicts her as having a high tolerance for alcohol.
