History Characters / HarryAndTheShipgirlsJapan

* SempaiKohai: Amusingly, she has taken to calling Fubuki her sempai, much to the destroyer's bemusement.

* HappilyMarried: Mutsu is his wife.

{{Trol}}: Is heavily implied to be one to Ikazuchi, who nigh-instinctually corrects Akatsuki's malapropisms.
{{Malaproper}}: Almost constantly replaces "elegant" with "elephant." Almost.

* {{Expy}}: Several of the girls are based on characters from the expanded universe of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica]].

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* UncannyValley: Falls squarely in the middle of this. Her facial expressions are patently faked, and she flips from one to another like pulling a fresh card from a deck.

* ShesGotLegs: Being a jorogumo hanyou, Hinata's human disguise can accurately be described as having legs that go on for miles.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: How her outward persona is crafted. She appears on the surface to be a carefree BloodKnight or wandering vagrant, when in fact she trains her mind just as much as she trains her body. [[note]]'The Way is in all things, and all things are in The Way'[[/note]]. An example of this is before the battle for the Orochibunker when Musashi literally manifested chewing on a grass stalk like a peasant simpleton, gave Sugihara Kaya some extremely insightful advice and then ''procceded to unstoppably carve a bloody swathe through all the creatures opposing her''. It's been noted that the more stereotypically 'hick' Musashi acts, the more intent and focused she actually is, which is something that she learned from Miyamoto Musashi, who got a '''lot''' of mileage out of being underestimated in duels.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: How her outward persona is crafted. She appears on the surface to be a carefree BloodKnight or wandering vagrant, when in fact she trains her mind just as much as she trains her body. [[note: 'The Way is in all things, and all things are in The Way']]. An example of this is before the battle for the Orochibunker when Musashi literally manifested chewing on a grass stalk like a peasant simpleton, gave Sugihara Kaya some extremely insightful advice and then ''procceded to unstoppably carve a bloody swathe through all the creatures opposing her''. It's been noted that the more stereotypically 'hick' Musashi acts, the more intent and focused she actually is, which is something that she learned from Miyamoto Musashi, who got a '''lot''' of mileage out of being underestimated in duels.

%%* LargeHam

%%* TeamMom: Acts as such for the Yamato Class [[spoiler: and derivatives]].

%%[[folder: Naka]]
%%A natural-born, Naka was an aspiring IdolSinger hampered by the industry before discovering her shipgirl nature. A frequent livestreamer that often co-hosts with Harry Potter-Nagato, whom she affectionately calls "Chibi".
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%%* GamerChick
%%* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Harder.
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%%[[folder: Naka[[spoiler:-Alpha]]]]
%%This special duplicate of Naka has somehow summoned thanks to the Original Naka and Harder. She is in fact based on the original hull for Naka that was destroyed while under construction by fire during the 1922 Kanto Earthquake. This version was scrapped after the fire and construction on Naka was restarted after laying down a new keel.
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%%[[folder: Sendai]]
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[[folder: Ooi (Birth name: Yuuko)]]

* BestServedCold: Years after being disowned by her parents, Yuuko, along with Rika and Harry, got to publicly humiliate them at a high-class restaurant using nothing but Social Fu.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Deconstructed. While she is still clingy towards Kitakami, there is a tragic reason for it.
* FamilyOfChoice: Happily views Harry Potter as her younger brother. [[BigSisterInstinct And woe betide anyone who tries to harm him while she's around.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents disowned her for being a natural-born. Kitakami is all she has left that counts as family.
%%* ThoseTwoGirls: With Kitakami

[[folder: Kitakami (Birth name: Rika)]]
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: After Yuuko was [[IHaveNoSon disowned by her parents]], Rika was the one who supported her for a while.
%%* ThoseTwoGirls: With Ooi.

[[folder: Fubuki]]

%%* {{Chuunibyou}}
%%* CoolSword: Waterline.

%%* OlderThanTheyLook

%%[[folder: Ikazuchi (Birth Name: Aki Matsuda)]]
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%%* CatchPhrase: "You can rely on me!"
%%* OlderThanTheyLook
%%* RedOniBlueOni: Normally the hotheaded twin, except when a fire is involved, see below.
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%%[[folder: Inazuma (Birth Name: Ami Matsuda)]]
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%%* PyroManiac
%%* OlderThanTheyLook
%%* RedOniBlueOni: Inazuma is normally the calmer twin unless she sees flames.
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%%[[folder: Akatsuki]]
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[[folder: Hibiki (Soviet Name: Verniy)]]
The second destroyer of the Akatsuki-Class.

* BloodMagic: When Harry was prepping some steel infused with his magic in preparation for Hibiki's refit to Verniy, he accidentally cut his finger on one of the empty drinks cans he was using to transfigure into ingots. He thought nothing more of it, but it turns out that little bit of blood went a long way in ensuring the success of the procedure.
* CantHoldHerLiquor: Is a featherweight drunk, which tends to lead to...
* KissingUnderTheInfluence: ...the emergence of the Kissing Fiend. Especially if she's drunk and Harry is around, but she'll settle for just about anyone. Including her sisters.
* SoleSurvivor: Was the only Akatsuki-Class destroyer to survive UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

[[folder: Ume and Sakura]]
Formerly a pair of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitobashira hitobashira]] for an island caldera run by the Kamo Government. [[spoiler: Later summoned as twin installation shipgirls of the caldera.]]

* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to some creative spellwork and planning by Harry, the summoning ritual to summon the Caldera Shipgirls was able to revive Ume and Sakura as the twin Installations of the Caldera.
* BuriedAlive: Part of the process of becoming hitobashira.
* CameBackStrong: Originally, Ume and Sakura [[MuggleBornOfMages barely had any magical power.]] [[spoiler: [[SuperPowerLottery Being revived not only gave them the powers of an installation, but also gave them access to the abilities that their crews had, as well as the abilities they had as earthbound spirits.]]]]
* CoordinatedClothes: Currently wear near-identical clothes.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Part of the reason Harry is so appealing to Ume and Sakura is because their [[AbusiveParents parents]] would never approve of him. They also find it ''hilarious''.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Caused a group of ''Funayuurei'' to be DraggedOffToHell when they would have hurt Harry.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Went through a great deal of hardship to get a second chance at life.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Demonstrated the ability to compete with Fred and George Weasley in that regard.
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Unknowingly stopped a plan that would have allowed the Kamo Government to kick off [[WorldWarIII a third World War]] right as the second was ending. Said information was quickly sealed away by necessity.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Harry Leferts has gone so far to state that at full power, Ume and Sakura would be the Fourth Great Ghost of Japan.
* SilkHidingSteel: [[YamatoNadeshiko They might be proper Japanese maidens,]] but if they ever are pushed into using a portion of their full power, things tend to go...badly...for their enemies.
* SingleMindedTwins: To Ume and Sakura, virtually the only difference between them is which name they have.
* SpannerInTheWorks: A simple desire to prevent things from continuing the way they were going was the reason they lifted the PerceptionFilter around the caldera. They had no way of knowing that the caldera was a massive lynchpin in Operation Tatarigami, a plan to start WorldWarIII between the magical and non-magical worlds.
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: This was the form they took when using their powers as hitobashira.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Both are named after flowers with connotations of fleeting beauty.
* WonderTwinPowers: [[spoiler: Ume and Sakura can only deploy their rigging if they're together.]]
* YamatoNadeshiko: Were raised to be able to act like one.

[[folder: Louisiana]]
The spirit of the paper ship USS Louisiana.

* AndIMustScream: Being a paper ship, when Louisiana was summoned, the nature of the ritual effectively had her trapped in a coffin. And the wizard who summoned her had done so using the last of his life energy. It was only some DreamSpying from Harry, the kitsune on Yokosuka, and other paper shipgirls that allowed Louisiana to be saved.
* ChefOfIron: Louisiana is EXTREMELY skilled at cajun cooking. She is also a [[MoreDakka battleship]].
* GratuitousFrench: Likes to call Harry "mon cherie" and Natsumi "ma cherie".
* RescueRomance: Was rescued from where she was trapped after being created by Harry and Natsumi. Has made it quite clear that she wants to marry both of them.

[[folder: Yahagi (Birth Name: Kawa)]]
A natural-born who greatly looks up to Yamato.

* AscendedFangirl: Before she was awoken, Kawa idolized Yamato, and dreamed of joining the [=JMSDF=] to work alongside her. Now, she gets to fight by Yamato's side as a shipgirl.

[[folder: Yukikaze]]
Spirit of the Japanese destroyer of the same name. One of Shinano's escorts.

* BornLucky: Yukikaze tends to have incredible luck. [[MundaneUtility There's a reason other people ask for her to help them invest money.]]
* TraumaButton: Panicked when Harry accidentally flooed to Knockturn Alley instead of Diagon Alley. [[note]]Yukikaze has bad memories of being separated from ships she was supposed to escort during the war, followed by those ships being sunk.[[/note]]

[[folder: Isokaze]]
One of Yukikaze's sisters, as well as one of Shinano's escorts.

* BigDamnHeroes: Isokaze and Hamakaze self summoned in response to [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve Harry pleading for someone to help Shinano.]]
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Allowed Harry to use one of her hairs to test whether humans could use Polyjuice Potion to transform into shipgirls. The whole time, Isokaze watched to see if Harry [[ManIFeelLikeAWoman would check out his new body]]. [[spoiler:He didn't pay any attention to his new body, severely raising Isokaze's opinion of him.]]

[[folder: Hamakaze]]
Another of Yukikaze's sisters, as well as one of Shinano's escorts.

* BigDamnHeroes: Self summoned along with Isokaze in response to [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve Harry pleading for someone to save Shinano.]]
* GroundShatteringLanding: Leaped onto the Quidditch Pitch while her weight was closer to her ship side than her girl side. Shattered the area where she landed and caused the whole stadium to shake.
* MemeticBadass: InUniverse, became this at the Quidditch World Cup after batting away some Veela fire that came close to where their group was sitting.
-->Unknown to her, it would later become a very popular wizarding poster with both girls and boys loving the sight of her smacking aside the magical attack with a protective look on her face as her hair whipped in the breeze.

%%[[folder: Admiral Richardson]]
%%Admiral John Richardson, USN.
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%%* HappilyMarried
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%%[[folder: Jane Richardson]]
%%Jane Richardson is the daughter of Admiral Richardson. For all intent and purposes, a close cousin of Harry Potter.
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%%* GenkiGirl
%%* HiddenDepths
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[[folder: Mutsu]]
The sister of Nagato, Mutsu has become an aunt to Harry, as well as [[spoiler:wife of Admiral Richardson, currently pregnant with twins, now officially born as Mirai and Mary.]]

* HappilyMarried: Among the first shipgirls officially married.
* UnusualEuphemism: "Laying some keels in her slipway" for her attempts at starting a family.

[[folder:Hiei]]
The second of the Kongou sisters. A close friend of Admiral Richardson, [[spoiler: served as Best Woman/Battleship during Admiral Richardson's wedding to Mutsu.]]

* GenkiGirl: On par for her portrayal, she is very enthusiastic in whatever she does, such as going along with Kongou's ideas.
* LethalChef: Ironically, she is good at cooking American Southern cuisine, particularly comfort foods like fried chicken.

[[folder: Jintsuu]]

* AscendedFangirl: She is a fan of ''Star Wars'', particularly the Original Trilogy.
%%* TheDreaded
%%* DrillSergeantNasty

[[folder: Arizona]]
%%* CovertPervert'
* InVinoVeritas: Normally, Arizona is a prim and proper lady, thank you very much! But if she gets drunk, she tends to reveal just how massive a pervert she actually is. [[spoiler:One Christmas Party had her get extremely drunk on the Canadian beverage known as Moose Milk. Cue Arizona confronting Mutsu and Admiral Richardson to explain in detail how they were having sex the wrong way...where Jane could hear.]]
** WhatDidIDoLastNight: Asked verbatim when she sobers up after spending the previous night drunkenly giving Harry, Jane & The Lewdmarines The Talk and everyone is acting weird around her.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Donuts

[[folder: Shimakaze]]
* FragileSpeedster: She is one of the fastest shipgirls, but as a destroyer, she relies on her agility to survive in battle.

%%* DeadpanSnarker: Toward Juuchi.

%%* VitriolicBestBuddies: With Juuchi Yosamu.

%%* YamatoNadeshiko: In conscious imitation of her older sisters Kotegiri and Honjo.

%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With the amnesiac Kyoshu.

%%* FeudingFamilies: With the Masamunes.
%%* MasterSwordsman: Comes with the territory.

%%* ItAmusedMe: How she operates in her day to day life.
%%* {{Troll}}: Her Modus Operandi.
%%* VitriolicBestBuddies: With Norimune.

%%* CombatPragmatist: Very much so in a serious fight.

%%* {{Expy}}: Of [[Anime/YuYuHakusho Yusuke Urameshi.]]

%%* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Okita Alter.]]

%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: Hoo boy. Norimune has had a very rough time of her life indeed.

%%* BrokenAce: Tend to end up as this.

%%* WeirdnessMagnet: InvokedTrope.

%%[[folder: Jeffrey DuBois]]
%%%%A Select who operates out of New Orleans.
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%%* IDidWhatIHadToDo
%%* MoralityPet: His younger sister.
%%* SinsOfTheFather: Believes that this is in effect for the Select.
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[[folder: Gillian "Gil" [=McKay=]]]
A Select who lives in Scotland.

%%* AbusiveParent: ''and'' abusive grandparent.

%%* GuileHero

%%* SeenItAll
%%* ShellshockedVeteran: Demonstrates shades of this from time to time

%%* KleptomaniacHero: As befitting a Potter.
%%* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Jokingly with Tatsuya.

%%* SeenItAll: Shares this with Tatsuya.

%%* {{Miko}}
%%* NaiveNewcomer: Serves as this to Team Tatsuya.

%%* SerialKillerKiller: Formerly.
%%* SuperReflexes / SuperSenses: Grants these to her wielder.

%%* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Demon Archer.]]

%%* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Sakura Saber]].

%%* StraightMan: To Okita and her chunni tendencies.

%%* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Lancer of Eight Flowers]].
%%* MasterSwordsman Easily on par with Nobu and Okita.

A clan of {{kitsune}} now linked directly with Yokosuka Naval Base and Harry Potter-Nagato.

* KissingUnderTheInfluence: ...the emergence of the Kissing Fiend. Especially if she's drunk and Harry is around, but she'll settle for just about anyone.

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A clan of Kitsunes now linked directly with Yokosuka Naval Base and Harry Potter-Nagato.

The Masamune of Peerless Knowledge. Forged by a student of the Masamune school in the late Kamakura Period, she originally belonged to the Shimazu clan of Kyushu until the death of her master, Shimazu Toyohisa at Sekigahara during the Sengoku Jidai. Gifted to the Sugihara family during the Meiji Restoration, she became Kamo’s Head Researcher during the Pacific War. She was at Nagasaki experimenting on a time rift before the atomic bomb detonated while she was doing a ritual on it, which sent her 50 years into the future, to 1995. Her true self is now on display in the Kyoto National Museum and she did research for the Chrysanthemum Throne, trying to find out as much as possible about the Abyssals before Blood Week and was instrumental in figuring out the Kanmusu Summoning Ritual and the Awakening of Natural-borns. She is also the main story writer for Masked Cover, writing the story for the MuraMasamune Chronicles.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: She went from being in war-torn Japan in 1945 to the modern country that it is in 1995.

* GamerChick: Became a massive fan of video games, specifically Final Fantasy XI during 2006 and was caught by Kaya playing it. She would eventually go on to become the main writer for MuraMasamune Chronicles.

* IllGirl: Sora was not very healthy for the ten long years the group was stranded, due to her hull not being even close to complete.