History Characters / AzurLaneSakuraEmpire

[[center: [- ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' [[Characters/AzurLane Main Character Index]] \\
[[Characters/AzurLaneEagleUnion Eagle Union]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneRoyalNavy Royal Navy]] | '''Sakura Empire''' | [[Characters/AzurLaneIronblood Ironblood]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneEasternRadiance Dragon Empery]] \\
[[Characters/AzurLaneNorthUnion North Union]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneIrisLibre Iris Libre]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneVichyaDominion Vichya Dominion]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneSardegnaEmpire Sardegna Empire]] \\
[[Characters/AzurLaneMETA META]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneAshes Ashes]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneOthers Others]] | [[Characters/AzurLaneSirens Sirens]]]]-]

* CuteClumsyGirl: In one of her chibi animations she flips her sword and scabbard up in the air only for them to land on her head. Both her alternate skins also show her as having tripped and fallen not being able to get up.
* DCupDistress: She's fallen over in her 'Hot Springs Relaxation' skin since she couldn't see where she was stepping. Her Special Touch line in this skin has her mention they're pretty heavy as well.

* FanservicePack: Originally, her breast size was not as large as that of Taihou or Bremerton, but her "Hot Spring pleasure time" skin ups her already sizable bust to close to Bremerton or Taihou levels.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SumireUesaka (Japanese), Creator/MacyJohnson (English), Nycolle González (Latin American Spanish)

* AnimalMotifs: A cow, as shown by the [[HornedHumanoid horns on her head]] as well as her rather [[GagBoobs generous proportions]].

* GagBoobs: Like Taihou, By far the most well-endowed shipgirl in the Sakura Empire.

Representing the ''Dai Nippon Teikoku Kaigun'' or Imperial Japanese Navy, the Sakura Empire is a member of the "Crimson Axis" alliance with Ironblood, making their ships [[MagikarpPower more difficult to obtain early game but in return become a lot more powerful late game]]. In particular, a number of them don't live in the gacha ''at all'' - they're only available as rewards in certain story chapters. More than a few are [[RareRandomDrop a bit infamous for this]].

* BuxomIsBetter: She is one of the most well-endowed of the submarine girls, rivaled only by her sister I-25. (''Surcouf'' far exceeds them both, but she is in a class by herself, both literally and figuratively.)

* BuxomIsBetter: She is one of the bustiest sub girls so far in game, with I-19 being her only real competition. They’re playing for second place though, as ''Surcouf'' has them both beat by the proverbial country mile.

* BuxomIsBetter: She is one of the most well-endowed of the submarine girls, rivaled only by her sister I-25. (‘’Surcouf’’ far exceeds them both, but she is in a class by herself, both literally and figuratively.)

* BuxomIsBetter: She is one of the bustiest sub girls so far in game, with I-19 being her only real competition. They’re playing for second place though, as ‘’Surcouf’’ has them both beat by the proverbial country mile.

* BuxomIsBetter: Much like other Kishiyo-drawn cruisers, she is not lacking in curves.
* CharacterTics: Across her base skin, her UsefulNotes/Live2D premium skin, and her oath skin, one constant is that she is always sitting down or kneeling in some way. The reason why is never brought up -- maybe it's because standing up for too long [[BuxomIsBetter hurts her back]]?

* WeaponOfChoice: It was formerly the Triple 310mm (Type 0 Prototype), acquired from research. She was the only ship in the game who can equip it, and her main gun efficiency and barrage skills were (and still are) improved when she uses it. Nowadays, not only can [[Characters/AzurLaneIronblood Ägir]] equip it, but Azuma can gain the same buff from any Large Cruiser gun at maximum Fate Simulation. Considering the obscene grind required to get her to Fate Simulation 5, though, most players will be equipping her with the Triple 310mm for a long time.

* [[Characters/AzurLaneSakuraEmpireLargeCruisersCB Azur Lane - Sakura Empire Large Cruisers/Supercruisers (CB)]]

* {{Shopkeeper}}: Once ran the normal shop, now runs the cash shop. This is very comparable to her ''VideoGame/KanColle'' counterpart.

* FanservicePack: Originally, her breast size was not as large as that of Taihou or Bremerton, but her "Hot Spring pleasure time" skin ups her already sizable bust to close to Brematon or Taihou levels.

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** If she's in the same fleet with Shinano, she activates a hidden "I've brought your cannons!" skill and fires a barrage, since she was built to carry the ''Yamato''-class' massive guns.

* InSeriesNickname: Iroha [[note]]GorawaseNumber for 168.[[/note]]

* [[Characters/AzurLaneSakuraEmpireMunitionShipAE Azur Lane - Sakura Empire Munition Ship (AE)]]

* [[Characters/AzurLaneSakuraEmpireBattlecruisersAndBattleships Azur Lane- Sakura Empire Battlecruisers and Battleships (BB and BC)]]

!Light Aircraft Carrier (CVL)

[[folder: The ''Houshou''-class]]
!!Houshou
!!! Artist: [=Sky-FreeDom=]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/ChiakiTakahashi
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-->Ahh, it’s the Commander……my name is Houshou, I’ll be in your care from now on~ Hoho, please leave the kids in the fleet in my care. Don’t worry, I won’t disappoint you~
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Houshou has a light cruiser gun mount, which no other carrier or light carrier had until Zeppy was introduced (a handful of other light carriers have destroyer or anti-air gun mounts), which seems pretty awesome, as it could give her a useful niche in stopping bomb ships with such a weapon's superior per-shot damage and range compared to destroyer main gun mounts, especially in all-carrier or carrier and battlecruiser (or USN battleship) backlines. However, it is made '' utterly'' impractical by the fact that her firepower stat is literally non-existent.
* BigDamnHeroes: Houshou's fighters save Amagi and Kaga from a drawn-out death at the hands of Siren aircraft during the Crimson Echoes event.
* BuxomIsBetter: Shapely all around, a contrast to her slim ''VideoGame/KanColle'' counterpart in looks alone. In personality, they actually have some common ground.
* CoolBigSis: Tries to act like this to the other carriers, but as you progress in the affection she admits she's more a mother figure.
* HighClassCallGirl: One of her lines refers to her as an Oiran (a high-class courtesan), and even acts like one for the Commander.
* SupportPartyMember: Besides the carrier experience boosting skill, she also has that boots other carriers' aviation when she launches an airstrike.
* TeamMom: To the other carriers.

[[folder: The ''Zuihou''-class]]
!!Shouhou
!!! Artist: Mzt
!!!Voiced by: Hiromi Kouno
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shouhou_7.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Shouhou (Retrofit)]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shouhoukai.png [[/labelnote]]]]
-->Commander, Shouhou's the name. I don't have lotta firepower or planes like those regular carriers, but there's plenty o' stuff I can do that they can't! A real pleasure to meet ya!

* CombatMedic: Her Support Carrier skill lets her heal the vanguard by up to 8% of their maximum health whenever she uses an airstrike, so offense and defense go hand-in-hand.
* CovertPervert: Her reaction to being groped in her base skin is to object, but only because she feels such things should be saved for nighttime. Post-retrofit, her reaction is to ask if the Commander feels she's grown up.
* CrutchCharacter: Tying into her DiscOneNuke status, she's strongest early before the need for Unicorn herself shows up as competition. Even post-retrofit with upgrades where she's distinct enough from Unicorn to not stand in her shadow, she's less universally useful: Unicorn remains sturdier with her valuable Reload Command skill for the entire vanguard, while Shouhou has higher Aviation (relative to a CVL, but worse than any CV besides the low-rarity Wasp) and gets the situational Air Support skill to buff other CV/Ls (but it can be impractical to do so in places and Nagato does buffing carriers better). Her lack of fighters (while Unicorn focues in them) will be a liability late game.
* DiscOneNuke: She's often regarded as a discount Unicorn pre-retrofit. Like Unicorn, she has the amazing Support Carrier skill to heal the vanguard and nullify inevitable scratch damage. Shouhou is weaker all-around, a rarity lower, and an oil cheaper, but can be farmed much earlier and easily (Shouhou will often be picked up on a casual clear of World 2, since she's in the latter three maps, while Unicorn shows up earliest in 4-4 and 5-4). For longer-term play, she's also relatively cheap to upgrade to Elite rarity via a retrofit. Post refit makes her a good choice for many earlier worlds.
* GenkiGirl: She's as chipper as her namesake[[note]]It can be transliterated as "Auspicious Phoenix" or "Happy Phoenix"[[/note]] even when talking about the Battle of the Coral Sea where she was sunk.
* GlassCannon: her plane loadout means she can do damage (especially post refit), but will have trouble against enemy planes.
* JackOfAllTrades: Post-retrofit, she's this compared to Unicorn -- she has a more offensive loadout (trading a fighter for a torpedo bomber while retaining a dive bomber + AA gun) with higher individual aircraft proficiency and Aviation stat. Of course, trying to juggle healing duty and damage [[MasterOfNone isn't always a good thing]], especially since torpedo bombers generally have longer cooldowns: Since her healing is tied to airstrikes, she is often optimized for airstrike speed to the detriment of her damage.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: The English localization renders her dialogue with lots of "'bout"s and other cut-off gerunds (i.e. "thinkin'"), generally making her sound vaguely Southern (with "y'all").
* ShesGotLegs: Upon retrofit. She even gives Souryuu a run for her money, not in length, but certainly in proportions.
* SupportPartyMember: Both of her skills are in the Support category: Support Carrier, which heals the vanguard every time she launches her planes, and Air Support to buff other CV/Ls.

!!Chitose
!!! Artist: yuui
!!!Voiced by: Hitomi Sekine
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-->I am Chitose, light carrier of the Sakura Empire. Commander, I look forward to receiving your guidance. By the way, is it true that Chiyoda is also here? ...Don't worry, I was merely inquiring.
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!!Chiyoda
!!! Artist: yuui
!!!Voiced by: Hitomi Sekine
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chiyoda.png]]
-->Hehe, looks like I've kept you waiting! I am the renowned seaplane carrier– err, I mean, aircraft carrier, Chiyoda! In any case, I'll be staying here! Right, right, is my sister Chitose here as well?
----

[[folder: The ''Ryuuhou''-class]]
!!Ryuuhou
!!!Artist: Tony Taka
!!!Voiced by: Creator/JuriNagatsuma
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ryuuhou_3.png]]
--> Remodeled Taigei-class Submarine Tender, Zuihou-class Light Carrier Ryuuhou, reporting for duty. I will strive to bring you victory, Commander! Yes, this time, I won't be held back by failures on my path to victory!

* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** Weirdly, she self-identifies as a ''Zuihou''-class vessel (as seen above). However, the converted Ryuuhou (which she ''also'' explicitly identies herself as and behaves like, with reference to her old sub tender history) had less in common with both the ''Zuihou'' ships than would be obvious, despite their outward similarities (all of them being being tender-to-CVL conversions) and she is typically considered her own distinct class of one ship in most fleet lists.
** Also, to be frank, her Super Rare designation and overall power level is not entirely in keeping with her actual war record; while ''Azur Lane'' can go back and forth a bit on matching a kansen's rarity and "power level" to their historical performance, Ryuuhou does feel particularly egregious[[labelnote:*]][[JustForFun/{{Egregious}} egregious?!]][[/labelnote]] even compared to a few other arguable cases like Nagato. To lay out the real world ship's history...[[note]]To start, her mere conversion into a CV was a two-year welding ordeal rather than the planned three-month cakewalk, meaning she missed the entire first year of the war against the U.S. rather than be available from the off as planned; her very first time out of port, she was torpedoed by a sub and had to turn around for more repair work; she spent the next year and change in routine plane-ferrying missions; she finally fought as a carrier for the first time in the First Battle of the Phillipine Sea (alongside, admittedly, ''Nagato'', ''Mogami'', ''Hiyou'', and ''Junyou'', and against no less than the ''Enterprise'' herself) in which she scored no hits and lost virtually her entire air wing, and narrowly avoided getting torpedoed back by Enty's crews; she then made a couple trips to Taiwan, shooting down a single plane on the last one (this being the last time any of her crew would use weaponry in anger); and then, when back in Kure (having ignomiously become the last IJN carrier of the war to venture outside of Japanese home waters), she got shot to bits by ''[[Characters/AzurLaneEagleUnion Bunker Hill's]]'' air wing, becoming the main ship loss in what was otherwise considered a ''failed raid''. With a record like this, one might expect her to be a grey or maybe blue-quality ship with unremarkable skills (which is, more or less, the route ''Azur Lane''[='s=] [[Characters/KanColleFour distinguished competition]] chose to take); she is instead one of the game's best healers, has unique interactions with submarines, and in certain conditions or use cases absolutely ''clobbers'' just about every other healer in the game for effectiveness. She's easily one of the best ships to come out of "Swirling Cherry Blossoms" and her heal even shares the name of the event![[/note]]
** There are hints that her manifestation was strengthened by the Watasumi relic, something hat would be done with Shinano.
* CombatMedic: Both of her skill functions as this. Her Swirling Cherry Blossoms skill can only heal 3 times per battle and will heal only a single target at a time, but like [[Characters/AzurLaneOthers Fumiruiru]] she can target any ship, not just vanguard. (And, being a non-collab ship, she'll be rerun and put into the general pool some day unlike poor Fumi ''and'' she's the only character on the English server who works this way, since EN seems unlikely to get the ''Uta'' collab.) Her second skill, Dancing Waves, is a heal skill for submarines, referencing to pre-conversion role as submarine tender ''Taigei''.
* CrutchCharacter: A funny example -- in general, healers in ''AL'' only fit into certain kinds of content at high level (mostly challenge mode and certain kinds of high-end main chapter farming), and are left out of other kinds of content due to not being very useful. Well, that's true for Ryuuhou as well... ''unless'' you are trying to level a low level vanguard character in high level content. In that case, she becomes a titanium crutch because her heal scales off of '''her''' health pool; she's capable of rocketing low level characters back to nearly full HP with just a single airstrike. This makes her incredibly useful for leveling content in general, and can help solve the frustrations that come with trying to level new vanguarders.
* ADayInTheLimelight: She is more or less the closest thing "Swirling Cherry Blossoms" has to a main character alongside Suruga; the event is still more of an ensemble piece, but she features prominently throughout the storyline. It's telling that her healing skill shares a name with the event itself.
* TheGlomp: She's a victim of one if sortied with a submarine.
* GoingCommando: One look at her artwork and it gets clear that she's not wearing any sort of underwear beneath that dangerously short and slit jacket of hers.
* ShesGotLegs: Given that she's designed by Tony Taka, [[SarcasmMode this is an aspect no one saw coming]]. In her [=L2D=] New Year skin, the animations put a significant emphasis on her legs.
* SituationalSword:
** Her heal. Because it's based on her ''own'' HP pool, not the recipient's (like every other heal in the game), its effectiveness can vary wildly depending on who it gets used on. Used on battleships, it likely won't be very hot; used on a Destroyer, it's likely to heal them for a huge chunk of their health pool, because a destroyer's relative health is so much lower than Ryuuhou's.
** Also, her entire submarine tender gimmick. If you aren't using subs at all, that aspect is worthless. If you are able to make use of subs, she increases their endurance significantly and the subs make her stronger.
* SupportPartyMember: As noted in CombatMedic, both of her skills are healing skills. Dancing Waves also helps reduce damage done by enemy submarines to your vanguard fleet.

[[folder: The ''Hiyou''-class]]

* RareRandomDrop: Both sisters only drop in select world 12 and 13 stages

!!Hiyou
!!!Artist: [=MusyneXSK=]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/SeikoYoshida
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hiyou.png]]
-->Light aircraft carrier Hiyou reporting in—— Commander, don't underestimate us sisters just because we're light aircraft carriers.
* BareYourMidriff: Her default outfit.
* EyepatchOfPower: Covers her left eye.

!!Junyou
!!!Artist: [=MusyneXSK=]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/SeikoYoshida
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/junyou.png]]
-->Uhoh, Commander~ Why so late? Junyou can't wait any longer~ Now, let's also go home together today.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She treats her relationship with the commander like this. She attempts to help the commander recover their promise with increasing higher affection level. [[note]]Some fans theorized that the reason why Junyou turned out like this is because of her history: After the Battle of Philippines Sea (in which Hiyou - her sister - was sunk), she managed to reach the port and remained hulking there, without aircraft. Lack of material prevented her from being repaired until the end of war, after that, she was deemed totally constructive loss and got broken up. Her last captain killed himself during an air raid and thus never came back to commandeer her (this needs to be confirmed, however).[[/note]]
* IRejectYourReality: Insists that she's not crazy and everyone else is being tricked into forgetting her being the Commander's childhood friend and girlfriend, and outright denies that she lost if the fleet she's in is defeated.
* {{Yandere}}: Continuously insists that she's the Commander's childhood friend (which isn't possible), threatens to kill anyone who comes between her and the Commander, and her Love line has her insist that she's not sick, and that everyone else is sick and being tricked by the world, which she claims is why nobody remembers the commander's relationship with her. This makes her quite dangerous even compared to the likes of Akagi, Taihou, etc. And her sister remarks on it in her lines.

[[folder: The ''Ryuujou''-class]]
!!Ryuujou
!!!Artist: tsliuyixin
!!!Voiced by: Creator/AyaSuzaki
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ryuujou.png]]
-->Commander, I am Ryuujou, a warrior from the land of the Rising Sun! I swear my loyalty to you from this forth, would that I have seven lives to give to you!

* ArtEvolution: She got an art upgrade upon being able to be acquired, improving on the original art quite a bit.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She's been present in the game for a while (she's on the torpedo training banner), but not as a playable ship.
* HistoricalInJoke: She referenced an "incident at Iwate" that stunted her growth, which refers to the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Fleet_(Imperial_Japanese_Navy)#The_Fourth_Fleet_Incident Fourth Fleet Incident]] where she was caught in a typhoon and suffered damage to her flight deck and superstructure as well as having her hangar section flooded.
* LittleBitBeastly: She has dragon horns and a dragon tail.
* MonsterGirl: Of the Dragon-type.
* ShoutOut: Answers the question "What would happen if we showed a carrier as many ''Franchise/KamenRider'' Series as possible?" Many of her lines reference different rider quotes, most of her poses in the game and in ''Slow Ahead'' mimic the Riders, even her introduction in her sidequest is complete explosions and special effects as if she just debuted on her own show.
* SupportPartyMember: Her first skill on top of having a chance to buff her own aviation damage, also buffs all carrier's reload and reduces their damage taken. Her second adds a bombing run to her allies' airstrikes (twice per battle)
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Is a big fan of wagashi.

!Aircraft Carrier (CV)

[[folder: The ''Akagi''-class]]
!!Akagi
!!!Artist: Hao
!!!Voiced by: Creator/MaiNakahara (Japanese), Creator/AmberLeeConnors (English), Creator/MarianaOrtiz (Latin American Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/akagi_10.png]]
-->We meet at last, Commander. But… there seems to be quite the number of "eyesores" here… Firstly, some cleaning is in order, then we can take our time to deepen our friendship. (Giggles)

* AdaptationalHeroism: In Crosswave, instead of the cackling villain, we have a rather strait-laced acting leader of the Sakura Empire and a good if strict mentor to Nagato. It stems from her [[spoiler: hearing Amagi's dying wish for peace and the far lower amounts of Siren manipulation in the time.]] She also appears to be rather civil with Enterprise.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Because of the lack of commander in the anime adaptation to speak of, her {{Yandere}} tendencies are instead directed towards Kaga, strongly suggesting that she is a lesbian in the adaptation.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: She and Kaga are very proud of their status as carriers from the 1st Division.
* AsianFoxSpirit: Much like Kaga, she is much more obviously patterned off of a classic Japanese fox spirit than many other Sakura shipgirls. She's got proper fox ears, nine large tails, and has flaming will-o-wisps which orbit around her (another common kitsune visual motif). Furthermore, her personality and relationship to the Commander seem inspired by traditional depictions of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamamo-no-Mae Tamamo-no-mae]].
* TheAtoner: "Red Spider Lily's Love" shows that the player version of Akagi is very much fighting to atone for the possibility of the suffering she may have caused in a different timeline.
* AxCrazy: It's rare to find her ''not'' threatening the "eyesores" around her, whether they be other girls in the Commander's fleet or her actual enemies in the story. At least her playable version downplays this trope, especially within her character quest; in the end, she does have the sense to recognize allies versus enemies, even with her unhealthy mental state. But then again, one of her lines outright indicates that she's only holding herself back from killing everyone for the sake of the Commander. So, atleast she ''can'' be professional but only when the Commander is present.
--> '''Akagi:''' Ah, welcome back... Commander, if you had taken any more of your sweet time, I would have turned this place into a sea of fire~.
* BerserkButton: The story version of Akagi ''hates'' Enterprise. While the playable version obviously tolerates her enough to fight alongside her, the one has seen in "Visitors Dyed in Red" decides to try and finish off Zuikaku for daring to even talk about the "Grey Ghost".
* BlasphemousBoast: In her MVP line, Akagi boasts that she would even kill a god for her commander.
* CleavageWindow: Part of her outfit, which is featured prominently in art and more pronounced compared to Kaga's.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She constantly demands the commander's attention and is quickly jealous if he so much as looks at another girl during her character quest -- she outright clings to him when they go shopping together!
* ColorMotif: Red, taken from her name, which translates to "Red Castle".
%% CoolBigSis: To Kaga.
* CrypticConversation: [[spoiler: In Akagi's questline, Playable Akagi spills the beans to Graff Zeppelin that she hasn't told the Commander about Sanctuary, their soul, the nature of Kansens and the "Original" from which all derive from.]]
* CunningLikeAFox: Though it's overshadowed by her more obsessive and impulsive tendencies, Akagi is intelligent and observant, and she can compose some fairly devious stratagems when she puts her mind to it. Unfortunately for her, her impulsive, obsessive, and {{pride}}ful nature frequently comes back to bite her, preventing her from becoming the full-blown [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] that her sister Amagi is. (Of course, Amagi sets a rather high bar to clear...)
* CutenessProximity: ''To herself''. Patting her head in her Lunar New Year Usefulnotes/Live2D skin will have her bury her face into one of her tails and snuggle it.
* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:Amagi's death really affected her, and is likely the reason why she's unhinged. It's even more pronounced in the anime.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: The end of ''Crimson Echoes'' heavily implies [[spoiler: the death of Amagi]] caused her mental state to take a catastrophic nosedive and played a major part in becoming the violent, possessive woman she is in the present day. Kaga even notes her personality is like night and day compared to back then and Amagi's mildly shocked by the development.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: "Crimson Echoes" implies she survived the Battle of Midway, and "Visitors Dyed in Red" confirms it, to Zuikaku's surprise. Although there're some theories this is actually a case of CloningBlues.]]
* DoesNotLikeSpam: A number of things highlight her absolute hatred of coffee. In the original Polaris Juustagram posts, Akagi's seen objecting to anyone liking that "coal water". In Crosswave, an incident is referred to with her spitting out coffee, and in Slow Ahead, she's sees trying to drink a coffee milk, hoping it'll be better.
* TheDragon: In the story of the main levels and events, Akagi appears to be the second in command of "The Master" (highly implied to be related to the Sirens) and doing things on their behalf. He is to Story Akagi what You (The commander) is to Playable Akagi.
* EnemyMine: Playable Akagi absolutely despises the shipgirls from the Union Navy, especially Enterprise, but is willing to fight alongside them for the Commander's sake. [[note]]Justified with Enterprise as Enterprise's SBD Dauntlesses sunk Akagi at Midway.[[/note]]
* {{Foil}}: She and Kaga are this to Atago and Takao, the other pair of Sakura Empire sisters with dog adjacent animal ears. Both involve RedOniBlueOni dynamic, with the Red Oni (Akagi and Atago) being obsessed with the Commander while Kaga and Takao (the Blue Onis) are more professional towards him and exasperated at their sister's obsession with him. Akagi however is a {{Yandere}} that smothers the Commander with warnings as much as affection while Atago is prone to using a more mellow method of flirting. Both are still TheTease and ShamelessFanserviceGirl with the Commander, and frequently make passes at him. Not to mention, Atago is a heavy cruiser vanguard fleet ship while Akagi is a aircraft carrier. Finally, while marrying the commander, Atago and Akagi wear somewhat revealing dresses while their sisters Kaga and Takao wear conservative traditional robes.
* FriendToAllChildren: Interestingly enough, she is shown to have a rather caring attitude towards the destroyers of the Sakura Empire, both implied in her own questline, and she is explicitly shown to comfort Uzuki after accidentally she bumps into Kaga in the anime, giving the entire Mutsuki class a bag of candy to share after accepting their apology.
* GigglingVillain: Not a villain (well, the playable version isn't), but being a {{Yandere}}, she giggles... ''a lot''. Even when threatening to kill other girls who are coming near the Commander (You). The storyline version is most definitely a villain, working for the Sirens, and [[spoiler: turning her fellow ships into hollow shells that exist solely to serve "The Master", with the implication that the process might actually remove their souls as a sacrifice]].
* HeadbuttingHeroes: Out of all Sakura ship girls, she is one that displays the most hostility towards the Eagle ship girls, especially Enterprise and even threatening to frag them while on the same fleet.
* TheHeavy: If an event involves the Sakura Empire it's usually a safe bet that Akagi's Crimson Axis self will be in some way responsible for the conflict, will find a way to benefit her own agenda, or manage to do both.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: In the event-driven story. Even without knowing the exact details it's increasingly clear to the Reborn Combined Fleet that Akagi has some secret personal agenda no matter how much she insists that everything she does is for the good of the Sakura Empire. Once Shinano awakens Akagi becomes one of her primary concerns, knowing that she must be stopped before she dooms the entire Sakura Empire with her secrets.
* InconsistentColoring: Her eye color seems to fluctuate between red and orange depending on the skin. Her base skin and oath skin have obviously red eyes, while her bikini skin from early in the game's life tends more towards orange. Then her later New Year's and Party Dress skins went back to pure red, and most recently her Lunar New Year skin is very obviously orange instead of red, leading some players to wonder if her red eyes were [[RedEyesTakeWarning linked to her yandere tendencies]], making her LNY skin an example of CharacterDevelopment wherein she overcame those tendencies [[spoiler:like she does in her Secretary quest]]. The release of the skin showed that her yandere traits are downplayed, but still present.
* InterserviceRivalry: There is bad blood between the 1st and the 5th Carrier Division. And in Akagi's character quest, she is seen venting some frustrations by running them ragged.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: In her oath and new-year skin.
* {{Irony}}: She's basically the Azur Lane equivalent of UsefulNotes/HidekiTojo… who was in the Imperial Japanese ''Army'', which had an InterserviceRivalry with the Imperial Japanese Navy so intense that the main political factions in Imperial Japan eventually became "Army" and "Navy". Extra ironic considering that the real life IJN Akagi was under the direct command of UsefulNotes/YamamotoIsoroku at one point, who was actually opposed to the real life tripartite pact and a vocal opponent of Tojo, and always held the Akagi as one of his most cherished command posts in his service career. That said, TheSocialDarwinist aspect of Tojo and the rest of World War II Japan is given to her sister Kaga instead, and neither appear to be racial supremacists like the rest of the watered down Axis.
* {{Jerkass}}: The playable Akagi acts this way towards other ships in your fleet, especially Enterprise. She just ''loves'' to threaten them, seeing them as mere obstacles between her and her love. In her character quest where she serves as the commander's secretary, she does manage to reign in her insults for the sake of professionalism and is almost polite to Enterprise, but as soon as they go shopping she's back to insults and clinginess. Double so in one of her lines where she ''really'' doesn't care for the other girls in your fleet and will not bat an eyelash if they die in battle. [[ClingyJealousGirl That would be convenient for her]].
--> '''Akagi:''' I was hoping that they wouldn’t have come back at all... Commander, I’ve already confirmed the completion of the commission. No more than a glance should be needed from you.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
*** Even with the above in mind, the playable Akagi does occasionally show signs of softness, for instance, for all her vocal threats, she never actually delivers on them, and can actually be pretty jovial and helpful on occasion. For a specific example, she does show genuine care for the less experienced ships of her fleet in her own sidequest [[InVinoVeritas while getting drunk]] with Graf Zeppelin, and seems to be the one side of Akagi that is shown without even the slightest hint of maliciousness or contempt.
--> '''Akagi:''' I came on a whim. Besides, someone has to look after the kids. That's why you're here, no?
*** As a testament to how much she cares for her sister, Kaga is the only one that Akagi is welling to share the Commander with, as she'll otherwise threaten every other ship girl that looks at him funny.
* IfICantHaveYou: Her threats of being the only one for the Commander are just as much directed to him as the other ship girls. Kaga is the only exception, but of course she will be expected to share the Commander with her.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Akagi is ultimately an extremely selfish and controlling woman who only wants the Commander to be hers (whether you like or not). Everyone else be damned, ''especially'' Enterprise.
* KillEmAll: She threatens to do a "clean-up" when you acquire her, meaning she wants to destroy any other girls you have in the surrounding area. [[{{Yandere}} Good God]].
* LaughingMad: Her mind is not really in the right place, and she loves to laugh like this. ''a lot''.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: The questline "Red Spider Lily's Love" implies the Commander is this to her.
-->''I wanted to save the Sakura Empire. For the sake of everyone, I failed to protect, as well as overcoming my own memories. For that purpose, even if I had to rely on the power of the gods...However, that too is past... for I've found my soulmate.''
* TheManBehindTheMan: Story Akagi manipulated Nagato into declaring war on the Azur Lane faction. She also works closely with the Sirens.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: She has obsessive feelings for the Commander, to the point of warning him/her that she would kill anybody who got in the way.
* NoblewomansLaugh: Almost to the point of being her VerbalTic. Though it frequently evolves into something more psychotic and less refined midway.
* NonUniformUniform: Her Oath skin does not include the traditional ''tsunokakushi'' headwear, which would be worn to signify a bride's resolve to be gentle and obedient. [[{{Yandere}} You do the math]].
* OddFriendship: She seems to get along very well with Graf Zeppelin, as shown in her own questline, referring to her as "another Akagi". Might be a reference to the fact Graf Zepplin's design had taken reference from Akagi. That said, the two in certain adptations ''will'' butt heads over control of the Commander.
* OutGambitted: Friedrich der Große plays her like a ''fiddle'' in the ''Rondo at Rainbow's End'' event. [[spoiler:By having Akagi and her faction present at Scapa Flow for when the Ironblood, now again under Bismarck's leadership and re-allied with Azur Lane, launch their assault to destroy Compiler, Friedrich strongarms her into assisting with the operation. With the Sirens now seeing her as an enemy and Mikasa & Nagato's anti-Siren faction gaining power in the Sakura Empire, Akagi's power has all but vanished]].
* PaperMaster: Her planes are paper figures, which she infuses with crimson flames when launching.
* PetTheDog: Or rather pet the fox, but it is nice for her to care about her sister Kaga to the point where she's willing to share the Commander with her. Considering that she's a yandere that will threaten any ship girl or even the Commander himself if she's not getting his attention, it must take a lot of love for her to consider this thought.
* PlayingWithFire: She launches her planes magically, and her magic is based on fire.
* PsychoticSmirk: Two of her other official skins have her with these. In particular, her "Swimsuit" version which has her sporting a very open-mouthed grin in a psychotic manner that would probably make a [[EvilWeapon Yukianesa-influenced]] [[Franchise/BlazBlue Jin Kisaragi]] proud.
* RareRandomDrop: As noted in more detail on the game's main page, she's one of the game's biggest examples - you get her from one fight in one stage (3-4) and that's ''it''. No gacha construction, no item trade. You grind for her and her sister or do without.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Most of her outfits have this colour scheme, and her story version is the one who pushed the Sakura Empire into war, while the playable one is openly psychotic in her obsession with the Commander.
* RedOniBlueOni:
** Akagi is the passionate and extroverted Red Oni to Kaga's stoic and traditional Blue Oni. She also has red eyes and mostly red and black outfits except for her wedding dress which is white. The anime, however, [[ZigZaggingTrope does throw a few curveballs to this dynamic]] by showing that Akagi becomes the more levelheaded one once Kaga's BloodKnight nature is activated.
** Also has this with Amagi. Amagi is the calm, cool-headed tactician whereas, as Kaga points out, Akagi could not be any more different than her older sister.
* {{Sadist}}: On a bit of a lesser level than Ajax, but it's there. There's even one instance where she threatens the Commander into cutting him up into little pieces so that he will always stay by her side in her upset line.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Befitting of her nature as a yandere in order to make the Commander want her as much as possible, though notably less so than Atago who is full on TheTease. A noteworthy example of this trope is when the Commander marries Akagi, whose wedding dress she wears loose on purpose or seems to have modified in order to give him a good view of her cleavage.
* SiblingYinYang: TWICE. Both with Amagi and Kaga. See RedOniBlueOni.
* TheStarscream: The story Akagi. [[spoiler: Despite working with the Sirens, she's also seeking the power to destroy them as well.]]
* ThirdPersonPerson: In her character quest, Akagi picks up the habit of referring to herself in the third person (and she has to stop herself from doing it in the very first part of her quest in favor of "I").
* ThreesomeSubtext: In Akagi's character quest, she's quick to call other girls pests or insects, but is perfectly fine with sharing the commander's attention with Kaga.
--> '''Akagi:''' Now, now, don't worry about [being a third wheel]. I'm fine sharing the Commander with you.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: With Amagi.
* UnwittingPawn: In the present day of the game it's pretty clear that she's being manipulated extremely easily by the Sirens through her desire to revive [[spoiler:Amagi]].
* VisualInnuendo: Much like Zara before her, she has a quite suggestive animation in her UsefulNotes/Live2D skin, wherein she strokes a paintbrush vigorously between her toes.
* VisualPun: Like many other Sakura shipgirls, she wears a metal band around her waist - a literal armored belt.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She tries to present her using the Siren technology as having the Sakura Empire's best interests at heart but after Visitors Dyed in Red, Ink-Stained Steel Sakura, and Swirling Cherry Blossoms there's a sizable number of her countrymen who know she's full of it even if they're not sure what her endgame is and are unable to act against her yet. Shinano, however, understands that Akagi's love for the Sakura Empire is in fact genuine. That said, Shinano also understands that this passion is also extremely dangerous, that Akagi will go to any lengths if she believes it will save the Sakura Empire, and that even if her love is genuine that she ''will'' have to somehow stop Akagi from unwittingly using it to pave the road leading to calamity.
* {{Yandere}}:
** Akagi is violently possessive of the Commander and will threaten both the Commander and the rest of the fleet over smelling someone else on her Commander. If given an Oath Ring, Akagi will literally chain her Commander in the bedroom so they can't run away. Still, most of the time her attitude borders that of a [[ParodiedTrope parody]], with other ships not wanting to bother anymore and just letting Akagi be Akagi.
** Eventually {{Subverted|Trope}} at the end of the questline "Red Spider Lily's Love", in which it is highly implied that she has managed to grow past her violently possessive nature towards the Commander.
--->''If Commander were to say he would not only look at Akagi, that's fine... If he were to say he would not only belong to Akagi... That's also fine. Akagi only wishes that Akagi's love for Commander be engraved upon Commander's heart...''

!!Akagi-chan
!!!Artist: Alisa
!!!Voiced by: Creator/MaiNakahara
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/akagi_chan.png]]
-->So you're the best this fleet has to offer? Well then, to please Amagi I'm going to have to start by dominating you. Hehehe... How blessed you are. From this day forward, you're Akagi's number one slave.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: She thinks very highly of herself and Amagi.
* BullyHunter: She makes it pretty clear that she fights the Sirens to stop them from "bullying" the Commander.
* BigSisterWorship: She clearly has a lot of affection towards Amagi, even more blatantly so than her normal version, which is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] because Amagi wasn't introduced until long after the normal version of Akagi.
* BrattyHalfPint: For starters, her introduction to the fleet includes naming the Commander as her number one slave.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: If she's the flagship she will keep insisting that she's the only one allowed to bully the commander, and vows to take anyone daring to bully him down themselves.
* MythologyGag: Battleship!Kaga refers to younger Akagi as annoying in ''Crimson Echoes''. When she's properly introduced, she's revealed to be an arrogant little brat.
* {{Ojou}}: Seems fond of acting like one towards the Commander, calling him her underling. Though it is implied that she may just be teasing him.
* RememberedICouldFly: Starts by introducing herself as a Battlecruiser before realizing her mistake and correcting herself.
* SleepModeSize: Considering she's a younger version of Akagi, this definitely applies just as much as the rest of the child form ships. However, she's manifested as a carrier and not a battlecruiser like a normal young Akagi would be.
* SmugSmiler: Her default face has her with a very smug-looking grin on her face, and most of her other faces also apply to various degrees aside from her disappointed face.
* {{Yandere}}: Downplayed, she does not blatantly threaten other ships as normal Akagi does, but she definitely shows some signs of jealousy in her affection lines. And her pledge line implies she's awakening to this aspect of herself.

!!Akagi (Muse)
!!!Artist:
!!!Voiced by: Creator/MaiNakahara
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/akagi_3.png]]
The version of Akagi augmented by Muse Weapon technology. She's Polaris' bassist.
----
* SupportPartyMember: Inverted; she gets buffs from other Muse ships.
* {{Yandere}}: A bit downplayed from her normal self: she's still the same Akagi, but the difference is that she's willing to get along with her bandmates, as long as the Commander looks at her and only her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The ''Kaga''-class]]
!!Kaga
!!!Artist: Hao
!!!Voiced by: Creator/AiKayano (Japanese, -2022), Creator/YukaIguchi (Japanese, 2022-), Creator/DawnMBennett (English), María José Guerrero (Latin American Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaga_0.png]]
-->Will I be able to find a worthy foe here? Very well. I'm yours. Perhaps this, too, is destiny.

* AesopAmnesia: [[spoiler: Amagi tried to get her to stop or tone down her [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] ways when she was younger, but apparently didn't take until later. Downplayed in that she's not ''quite'' as bad as her younger self.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Crimson Echoes'' focuses around her younger days, and how she ultimately became an Aircraft Carrier. See also Kaga under Tosa-class Battleships.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: She and Akagi are very proud of their status as carriers from the 1st Division.
* AsianFoxSpirit: Along with Akagi, her design is inspired by the ''kitsune''; she has fox ears and nine fox tails, along with a spiritual aura. She also wears a fox mask to further enforce this.
* BigSisterWorship: To Akagi, whom she's generally willing to follow.
* BloodKnight: ZigZaggingTrope. Kaga's acquisition line indicates that she joins your fleet in hopes of finding a WorthyOpponent to crush, but her self-introduction screen has her say it's out of duty, not fun.
** In the anime adaptation, this aspect of her gets shown in way more detail than in the game, not wanting to back down from a fight against Enterprise when it starts to get challenging while Akagi tries to persuade her to retreat.
** In ''Slow Ahead'', she's seen making a challenge of who can stay in the sauna the most and after the first round, she's still eager for another round.
* BoobsOfSteel: In particular compared to Akagi once the FanservicePack is applied, her high torpedo bomber efficiency tends to give her an edge in damage output over the other despite the two ships having otherwise near-identical base stats and skills.
* CleavageWindow: As part of her outfit, which is featured prominently in art. It still shows less than Akagi's take on the outfit.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:''Crimson Echoes'' implies she survived the Battle of Midway, while ''Visitors Dyed in Red'' confirms it, stating that it was due to the Sirens. Although there're some theories this is actually a case of CloningBlues.]]
* TheDragon: Story Kaga is this to Akagi, constantly going along with Akagi in her schemes.
* DubPersonalityChange: Playable Kaga is much more visibly annoyed with Akagi's fawning over the commander in the English translation. In both Zuikaku's and Akagi's character questlines, she stops just short of calling Akagi a bootlicker. One interpretation of this is that she holds some antagonism towards Akagi from her battleship days that she does not show in the original script, jealousy or simply to show she's different from Story Kaga, who despite appearing to have reservations still goes along with Story Akagi's plans.
* FaceHeelTurn: She went from wanting to go down fighting Sirens in ''Crimson Echoes'', to willingly and openly serving them in the story. [[spoiler: However, some of Story Kaga's lines imply that she does have reservations about Akagi's plans]].
* {{Familiar}}: In the anime adaptation, her ship transforms into a giant [[AsianFoxSpirit nine-tailed fox]] during the Sakura Empire's attack on Azur Lane's home port. It defeats and nearly eats Unicorn before it was repelled by Enterprise.
* FanservicePack: Kaga's breasts became noticeably larger starting with her party dress skin to the point that she now surpasses Akagi in that department. Her 2022 Lunar New Year's skin continues the trend.
* GoingCommando: With how much of her waist is visible and the slight upskirt of the angle Kaga is blatantly not wearing panties in her party dress.
* HistoricalInJoke: Her ability to easily endure the Sauna in ''Slow Ahead'' is a nod to how hot the actual ship ran in some places so she's used to such heat. In contrast, Akagi's practically fainted.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler: At the end of "Ink-Stained Steel Sakura", when LeaningOnTheFourthWall, Story Kaga ponders what others would do, and does so in a way that implies that she's going along with Akagi in her quest for power, for the sake of the Sakura Empire.]]
* InterserviceRivalry: There is bad blood between the 1st and the 5th Carrier Division, though unlike Akagi, she doesn't seem to antagonize the other pair in their shared appareances.
* {{Irony}}: Her BigSisterWorship. [[spoiler: Back when she was a battleship, she hated Akagi. As well, Amagi asked her to look after ''Akagi'' in her place, but after becoming an aircraft carrier, she ended up being the one who looks up to Akagi as a big sister, rather than vice versa]]. And similar to Akagi above, she seems to be partially based off Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, as Yamamoto tended to be against Hideki Tojo's policies and decisions during the war, but decided to go with them out of duty to his country.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[spoiler: She unexpectedly does this at the end of "Ink-Stained Steel Sakura", when after her dialogue with Akagi ends and the screen fades to black, we suddenly get Kaga again, pondering what others would do in her situation. Whether she's asking the player [[BreakingTheFourthWall directly]], or just wondering how Amagi would handle this situation in her place is left ambiguous.]]
* MightMakesRight: She pairs this with TheSocialDarwinist in that justice is only for the strong.
* NavelDeepNeckline: After the Sauna in ''Slow Ahead'', she's seen wearing just a skirt and top draped over her chest showing quite some cleavage and midriff.
* PetTheDog: While she coldly states that the Commander would be too weak to persevere should they fall in battle, she also points out that she would still avenge you should it happen, assuming her affection towards you is at least friendly.
* PaperMaster: Her planes are paper figures, which she infuses with blue flames when launching.
* PlayingWithFire: Like Akagi, she uses fire magic to launch her planes, though her flames are blue.
* RareRandomDrop: Just like Akagi. From the exact same fight and ''drop table slot'' as Akagi, too, which can make getting them both for maximum synergy a bit of a nightmare.
* RedOniBlueOni: Kaga is the stoic and traditional Blue Oni to Akagi's passionate and extroverted Red Oni. Likewise, she has IcyBlueEyes and all of her outfits have a blue and white color scheme. Her wedding dress in particular also does ''not'' show off any cleavage as she has a more traditional wedding with the Commander, while Akagi wears a dress that gives him a good view of her figure while she is barely being able to restrain her emotions and desire to ensare him. She's overall serious with the Commander and especially in the English version, is exasperated by Akagi's constant attempts to control him and his affections.
** She's also this to her younger battleship self, having some of her bloodthirsty aspects toned down.
* SiblingYinYang: See RedOniBlueOni.
* TheSocialDarwinist: While she believes in the superiority of the strong still, her matter of the weak dying is more passive than in the past.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In the anime, she is shown on several occasions that she doesn't trust Prinz Eugen and the Ironbloods, only barely containing her contempt for Akagi's sake.
* UndyingLoyalty: See BigSisterWorship and TheDragon above. In the anime adaptation, she threatens Souryuu and Nagato for their abandonment of the missing Akagi and the subsequent order to postpone Project Orochi, which itself holds deep meaning to Akagi. When she reaches the conclusion that she never even had a place at Akagi's side, Kaga still swears to carry out her wishes at any cost, [[spoiler: even taking it upon herself to launch the Siren warship, the ''Orochi''.]]
* VisualPun: Like many other Sakura shipgirls, she wears a metal band around her waist - a literal armored belt, though as a carrier, her belt is definitely thinner than it was as a battleship.
* WeaponOfChoice: Unlike Akagi who uses all of her planes equally well at 125% efficiency, Kaga is much more focused on her torpedo bombers at the expense of her fighters and dive bombers with the former having an impressive 150% efficiency but only 110% efficiency on the others. In practice this tends to be a net gain for her due to the sheer power of available torpedo bombers such as the boss-killing Ryuusei or the generally overpowered Wyvern.
[[/folder]]


[[folder: The ''Souryuu''-class]]
!!Souryuu
!!!Voiced by: Karin Mitarai (Japanese), Samantha Herek (English), Carla Cerda (Latin American Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/souryuu_0.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Souryuu (Retrofit)]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/souryuukai.png [[/labelnote]]]]
-->My name is Souryuu. Commander, from now on, please request my permission before doing anything weird.

* DeathDealer: Her attacks are cards.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: She would really like to never hear about Midway again.
* LittleBitBeastly: Bunny girl.
* OnlySaneWoman: She's a frequent face in events as the event coordinator or just the simple voice of reason. In the "Lunar New Year Celebration" event, for example, she's one of the voices trying to rein in Akagi.
* RedOniBlueOni: The calm analytical blue to Hiryuu's Hot blooded red. This extends to their school outfits with hers being a hall monitor or student council president type outfit.
* ShesGotLegs: Very leggy, almost to a "gag legs" level.
* SmokingIsGlamorous: Upon retrofit, she's seen using a kiseru.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The ''Hiryuu''-class]]
!!Hiryuu
!!!Voiced by: Creator/ShizukaIshigami (Japanese), Creator/AlexisTipton (English), Alma Juárez (Latin American Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hiryuu_7.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Hiryuu (Retrofit)]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hiryuukai.png [[/labelnote]]]]
-->Aircraft carrier, Hiryuu, awaiting orders! Leave the missions to me. I'll fight until my dying breath.

* ACupAngst: Has a line remarking on not being as developed as others, though it's part of her feeling that she lacks femininity.
* BigSisterWorship: Seems quite reverent of Souryuu and seems particularly fond of her ankles. And her post-refit lines has her trying to act like her, which actually worries Souryuu in one of her own post-refit lines.
* BloodKnight: She's combative and eager to fight, even from her introduction.
* DeathDealer: Her attacks are cards.
* JapaneseDelinquents: In her school uniform, she dresses up as a delinquent, though she says she's only playing the part so that her sister, Souryuu has something to do in her role as class rep.
* LittleBitBeastly: Bunny girl.
* MutualKill: In the story mode, she and Yorktown kill each other with their final airstrikes. This is actually a minor divergence from history, as while Yorktown's dive bombers did kill Hiryuu, Hiryuu's torpedo bombers didn't quite kill Yorktown, who barely survived and wouldn't die until the submarine I-168 finished her off the next day.
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Her "Final Counter" skill keeps her alive for fifteen seconds after she hits zero hitpoints, immediately launching a skill-based airstrike and likely giving her time to launch one last normal airstrike.
* PlayingWithFire: Upon retrofit, her hanafuda cards, and the tips of her coat, are smoldering.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Hot-blooded red to Souryuu's calm analytical blue. Her school outfit is a delinquent toting a plane-bat.
* TakingYouWithMe: One of her skills allows her to survive lethal damage long enough to launch an extra airstrike. A nod to her fate during Battle of Midway (even in story) where she launches a final attack that successfully takes down Yorktown.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She's an obvious tomboy who's always thinking about combat, but she's also immediately concerned with being seen as not feminine and wants to improve, even at "Stranger" affinity.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The ''Shoukaku''-class]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: The sisters are pretty much the proper "protagonists" of the Sakura Empire branch of the extended event storyline (and their branch runs Visitors Dyed in Red -> Return of the War God -> Ink-Stained Steel Sakura -> Swirling Cherry Blossoms). They get the most focus in [=VDiR=] (especially Zui) and are then still a major part of the ensemble in ensuring events.
* AnimalMotifs: Cranes [[note]] ''Shoukaku'' translates to "Soaring Crane" and ''Zuikaku'' to "Auspicious Crane"[[/note]], mainly in their oufits. The sleeves of their robes are deliberately large and coloured white with black tips, mimicking a crane's wings.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: A case of HistoricalInJoke[[note]]The 5th [=CarDiv=] was always seen as a bit of a redhead stepchild within the Kido Butai, specially by the 1st [=CarDiv=] crews which had the most senior and seasoned airmen in the fleet vis-a-vis the 5th's.[[/note]], but the contempt between 1st [=CarDiv=] and 5th [=CarDiv=] is pretty palpable, and mutual.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Before the crane girls were made playable in the first iteration of "Visitors Dyed in Red" about four months after the game's Chinese launch, they had completely different art (drawn by Windforcelean, the artist for [[Characters/AzurLaneRoyalNavy HMS ''York'' and ''Exeter'']]) as placeholders[[note]]the two were "in" the game at launch and even now can show up as random final shipgirls in non-boss aviation fleets as early as Chapter 2, and make major appearances in Chapters 4 thru 6[[/note]], leading to a serious case of YouDontLookLikeYou once [=VDiR=] rolled around. The original art is [[https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Shoukaku#Original%20Art available on]] [[https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Zuikaku#Original%20Art the wiki]], for the curious.
* EnemyMine: Their joining of Azur Lane is purely to oppose the Sirens and the 1st Carrier Division. You still encounter their historical counterparts as opponents pretty deep into the main story/history chapters (which can lead to a hilarious amount of StopHittingYourself, depending on when you recruit them).
* InterserviceRivalry: There is bad blood between the 1st and the 5th Carrier Division. [[spoiler:And it gets ten times worse when Zui discovers the "Sanctuary" following Midway, finds that Akagi and Kaga cheated death somehow, and they've brainwashed Shoukaku into serving them.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Each girl carries a katana with them as part of their outfit. Shoukaku rarely ever uses hers, however.
* LaResistance: The sisters are the other major component of Mikasa's Reborn Combined Fleet movement. "Visitors Dyed in Red" is essentially the story of how they started down that path, and "Return of the War God" is the tale of how they met Mikasa following [[spoiler:Zuikaku's rescue of Shoukaku and their blind, semi-desperate flight from the Sanctuary]].
* LittleBitBeastly: {{Averted|Trope}}. Their theme (cranes) are in their clothing design rather than making them kemonomimi, unlike most of the other Sakura Empire girls.
* RedOniBlueOni: The sisters' mechanical differences. Without dipping into their actual personalities, Shoukaku is self-sacrificing while Zuikaku is selfish. Shoukaku has a buff-for-debuff tradeoff skill in Fifth Carrier Division, increasing her Aviation but increasing the damage she takes, while Zuikaku gets an Aviation buff and a ''reduction'' in damage taken when the sisters are together. Shoukaku has Crane's Protection, buffing the entire fleet's damage and reducing their damage taken when launching airstrikes, while Zuikaku has Crane's Endeavor, a stacking damage buff for her own airstrikes and gaining strength from Sakura allies.

!!Shoukaku
!!!Artist: Enka
!!!Voiced by: Creator/RisaTaneda (Japanese), Creator/KatelynBarr (English), Karina Altamirano (Latin American Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shoukaku_8.png]]
-->I'm Shoukaku, the 5th Carrier Division's flagship. …A word about my predecessors from the 1st Carrier Division? …How about "I'll work hard to try be as good as them!"? (Giggles)♪ I did that on purpose.

* BalanceBuff: A small but helpful one in that her "Crane's protection" skill effects will now apply to the airstrike that triggered it.
* BigSisterInstinct: She will always try to protect Zuikaku, no matter what, even if it means getting hurt all the time.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In "Visitors Dyed in Red," [[spoiler:Shoukaku appears as an enemy before [[BigSisterInstinct snapping out of it]] to save her sister]].
* BuxomIsBetter: According to her sister; Zuikaku's special touch line is to point out that Shoukaku's are larger and softer.
* TheCassandra: On several instances in the anime, she openly questions the 1st Carrier Division's ability to summon Siren warships as well as their ulterior motives behind Project Orochi. Of course, Zuikaku and the other Sakura shipgirls waved off these suspicions as more of Shoukaku's contempt towards Akagi and Kaga.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Threatens her sister with serving her tempura for dinner if she doesn't stop challenging the Eagle Union ships to duels. Given her passive aggressive attitude towards Eagle Union ships, this may not be a punishment.
* CovertPervert: Notable in that she doesn't get upset or surprised if the Commander touches her chest. Instead, she welcomes him.
--> "Commander, come and indulge yourself in Shoukaku's tenderness."
* TheJinx:
** Whenever paired with Zuikaku, she takes more damage, due to her BigSisterInstinct. While both sisters were ultimately sunk, and most sunk ships have lower {{Luck Stat}}s as a result, only Shoukaku's is lower at 49 while Zuikaku is at a pristine average value of 73. This is a nod to real life when Shoukaku would always take more damage where both carriers would be out on sorties.
** [[spoiler: She ends up being this to the Sirens and the 1st Carrier Division, as her managing to break free of her mind control through sheer willpower causes the Observer to realize that they're NotSoOmniscientAfterAll]].
* MadnessMantra: Downplayed, she's "only" a bit stressed when Akagi's character quest leads to Akagi pushing the Sakura carriers into a particularly strict exercise.
--> '''Shoukaku:''' Bad seniors, bad seniors, bad seniors, bad seniors, badseniorsbadseniorsbadseniors...
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: About half her dialogue is made up of passive-aggressive barbs directed at the First Carrier Division. This is rooted in them getting the fame while she and Zuikaku were reduced to training ships until they went down at Midway, leaving the difficult task of winning up to them. Not even American ships are safe from this as she makes a number of such remarks towards them, implying her tempura remark may be a sly encouragement on the matter.
* SupportPartyMember: Her "Crane's protection" skill upon an air launch boosts the fleet's damage inflicted by 10% and decreases the damage taken by 10%.
* TakeThat: Her acquisition line could be seen as one towards her ''VideoGame/KanColle'' counterpart as she says something similar to her, but then then reveals she wasn't serious with the remark. The line in question being working nicely with her seniors (something that this Shoukaku can't/won't stomach).
* {{Troll}}: Downplayed, but expect her to talk like she frequents ''4chan'' every time she posts or comments something that mocks Akagi on Juustagram.
--> [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/etd9yp/juustagram_and_the_biggest_troll_award_goes_to/ ''Shoukaku posted a photo of Akagi getting hit by Cleveland's home run ball'']] #Senpaimakeshistory #Ayylmao
* VaporWear: Her formal dress [=Live2D=] skin leaves very little to the imagination, being extremely translucent with no visible undergarments, a generous bit of chest jiggling, and the inner skirt riding quite high up on her butt.
* WhenSheSmiles: She's generally not a very happy person, but we do see her smile in a couple of pieces of loading screen art. When she does, she's positively ''adorable''.

!!Zuikaku
!!!Artist: Enka
!!!Voiced by: Creator/RisaTaneda (Japanese), Creator/MichelleRojas (English), Lourdes Arruti (Latin American Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zuikaku_1.png]]
-->From the Sakura Empire's carrier division, their last elite fleet carrier in the Great War, Zuikaku! Well, I can only utilize my full power when my sister, Shoukaku, is around. That said, it's a pleasure to meet you!

* BadassLongcoat: What's ostensibly her kimono comes across a lot more like this.
* BalanceBuff: Her "Crane's Endeavor" skill on the Dec 22nd update has an effect added; 20% damage boost if there's three or more Sakura ships in the fleet.
* BigSisterWorship: Adores Shoukaku. She gushes about how cute she is when embarrassed, and her love line is her saying that she feels like she's around Shoukaku when she's with you...[[ThatCameOutWrong before verbally backspacing and insisting that she doesn't think of you as her sister.]]
* BloodKnight: She's always itching for a fight, though like her ''VideoGame/KanColle'' counterpart, this is primarily due to her desire to prove the strength of the 5th Carrier Division to her seniors. In the anime, she makes a beeline straight to [[TheRival Enterprise]] despite putting herself at great risk.
* BuxomIsBetter: Compared to her ''VideoGame/KanColle'' counterpart.
* CoolSword: Yup. With a side of KatanasAreJustBetter, naturally.
* ADayInTheLimelight: She's the main character of the "Visitors Dyed in Red" event, which pits her against her fellow IJN ships in order to rescue her sister and try to free the Sakura Empire from the force pulling their strings... or at least comprehend what that force ''is''. She's also one of the main characters in the "Looking Glass of Fact and Fiction" Hololive Collab event alongside Kawakaze and the Starter Ships. And then there's her roles as part of the Reborn Combined Fleet.
* DiscOneNuke: Even moreso than other event reward ships. Not only is it much easier to get her as "disc one" - the original event had the core maps go from level 32 to 50, making them very much in striking distance of players in their first week, and the JP and EN reruns retained this level bracketing - but her solo-focused skill functions in such a way (being a straight damage increase, rather than a stat increase) that it scales to increase her performance regardless of how well-leveled she is, meaning it helps her contribute earlier. She's famous in fan circles for becoming by far the most powerful unit in a new player's fleet for players who start during a run of [=VDiR=] (and these days in general as the event is archived)
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Loudly proclaims her hatred of turkey, to the point that she doesn't like Taihou, simply because the chinese for turkey is "fire chicken", as in you know, a Phoenix.[[note]]During the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the IJN lost Shoukaku and nearly all of its carrier-based aircraft in a one-sided aerial battle known as "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot."[[/note]]
* GatheringSteam: Her primary solo skill gives her stacking damage upon her air strikes up to three times. Her air attack score is fairly middle-of-the-road for her rarity, and so her initial damage is a bit unimpressive... but if you get to her fourth strike, she'll ''obliterate'' you. With the new effect from the Dec 22nd update, it can lessen the need, but also increases the potential damage boost she can enjoy.
* GoodLuckCharm: Shoukaku is this to her, taking less damage also present in your fleet. A nod to real life, to the point where Zuikaku was finally sunk only after Shoukaku was sunk on a prior sortie.
* IdealHero: Especially compared to just about ''every'' other Sakura carrier, with the possible exception of her sister. Zui is basically an idealized shounen manga hero as a shipgirl - she uses a CoolSword, she likes fair and sporting fights, she accepts her original defeat at Enterprise's hands with even-keeled grace and humility (and becomes E's [[TheRival shounen-styled rival]] as an AL member) and she grows increasingly adorable at higher affinity levels. This is in contrast to nearly all the other Sakura fleet carriers (even, to some extent, her own sister), who range from "quietly bitter" to "mildly sociopathic" to "violently, flagrantly psychotic".
* TheRival: Always looking for another duel with Enterprise...
** UnknownRival: However, Enterprise never acknowledges her, though it's implied it's more Enterprise sees EVERY Sakura carrier as one, thus Zuikaku doesn't stand out.
** Inverted with the playable Akagi. Player-Kaga notes that Akagi has come to view her as such a complete non-factor in her plans that Zuikaku is possibly the only girl in the fleet that Akagi doesn't mind seeing walk with the player.
* SupportPartyMember: Inverted, if there's 3 or more Sakura ships in the fleet she gets a 20% damage boost.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Shoukaku's Tempura.
* UseYourHead: She delivers a vicious headbutt to Kaga in the anime, breaking her out of her VillainousBsod.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The ''Taihou''-class]]
!!Taihou
!!!Artist: Yunsang
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AoiYuuki
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/taihou_6.png]]
-->My body is burning and my heart is throbbing… at last, I get to meet you, Commander! I may not be much, but I hope I'll be of service to you♡

The personification of the heavily-armored aircraft carrier ''Taihou''.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Taihou really can't stand Albacore's mere presence and sees her as a rival to the Commander's affection and even shows some fear towards her, whereas Albacore herself just wants to befriend Taihou and doesn't even care that much about the Commander. This in itself is a HistoricalInJoke considering that Albacore was the ship that sunk Taihou in real life, albeit unwittingly (it was fuel ignitions sparked by the otherwise non-fatal torpedo strike that did Taihou in).
* AxCrazy: Her "Starting Mission" line has her declare that she will kill anyone who stands between her and the Commander (You). And yes, that includes other shipgirls in your dock.
* AnimalMotifs: Her standard outfit resembles a phoenix, as in her name.
* BalanceBuff: Her "Predestined Launch" skill was reworked so one effect would always proc, but lowering the chances of the other two from 30 percent to 25, increasing her consistency if at the expense of the chances of getting the triple effect payout.
* BoobsAndButtPose: A variation. Her ''[[https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4799139 Temptation on the Sea Breeze]]'' Oath CG has her reclining on her side above a seaside rock, the trope being complied with the near top-down perspective of the CG.
* GagBoobs: She is the most well-endowed shipgirl in the Sakura Empire.
* BoobsOfSteel: She has the firepower and defense to go with her sizable chest, and her "Armored Carrier" passive skill reduces high-explosive and airstrike damage against her.
* BuxomIsBetter: Quite possibly the well endowed ship in the game, even compared to the likes of Zara and Sirius.
* CharacterDevelopment: She has basically an arc that extends through various events, showing her opening up more and more to other kansen, including Albacore.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Taihou is clingy to an uncomfortable extreme. During her secretary's quest, Albacore points out just how big a turn off that kind of behavior can be and that in doing so she risks alienating herself from the Commander. Shortly after, unaware that this conversation occurred, the Commander suggests that Taihou take a vacation from secretarial duties at which point Taihou believes Albacore's warning has come to pass, locks herself in her room, and has a total emotional breakdown. Both her character story and the Yamashiro dress mini-event show that she can otherwise socialize with other girls without issue, assuming they are not [[TheRival Akagi]].
* CuteAndPsycho: She is one of the game's go-to fanservice girls, and also AxCrazy.
* EnemyMine: In her Questline, she and Shoukaku team up to form an impromptu "Anti-Akagi Alliance", much to the Commander's concern. Also some HistoricalInJoke given that Taihou and Shoukaku sailed together following Akagi's sinking and the reorganization of the 1st Carrier Division, as well as both being related in terms of construction (The actual ''Taihou'' was based on a modified ''Shoukaku'' design with armored flight deck).
* EveryoneHasStandards: According to "Universe in Unison" cutscenes, as quick as she is to think about doing violence to the competition, even she thinks Roon takes it too far.
* GirlishPigtails: Has very long ones in her normal skin.
* HiddenDepths: On the surface, Taihou is nothing more than a lustful {{Yandere}}, but her character story has some hints of the latter partially being a mask to cover up her lack of sociability and confidence in herself (due to her record as a ship) and wants to be seen as useful by the Commander. This being said, she ''is'' overzealous in everything she does.
** If her Chinese New Year dress and wedding dress skins are anything to go by, Taihou is a masterful tailor, as she crafted those outfits herself.
* KillEmAll: If her "Disappointed" line is anything to go by, she will have no qualms in killing every other shipgirls in the Azur Lane if they steal ''her'' Commander away from her.
* LaughingMad: Not as much as Akagi, but she does have her moments of these. In some of her lines, however, she does a lower, more seductive giggle more befitting of the LaughOfLove.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The quote with her Chinese new year skin has her mention intentionally skipping some holidays as to have her outfit have more impact.
* LoveMartyr: How devoted Taihou is towards the Commander? For one, her "Disappointed" line - unlike the other shipgirls who has them having a very low opinion of the Commander if they reached this state - she instead threatens to do something about the "little insects" around him (obviously, she's referring to the other shipgirls). This, alone, points out that even if the Commander is being an asshole towards her, she simply interprets it as the other shipgirls stealing your attention away from her. She's so in love with the Commander that she ''expects'' him to be devoted to her alone, as well.
* MsFanservice: Taihou has an impressive body that she's absolutely shameless about showing off.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: She's perfectly willing to harm or threaten anyone, friend or foe, whom she perceives is getting too close to the Commander.
* MythologyGag: Before she was properly introduced, she was mentioned by an off-hand comment in Akagi's Questline, referring to her as an annoying stalker.
-->'''Akagi''': ''Taih- That wench is right behind us! One day Akagi will end her, Akagi swears it...!
* OddFriendship: Taihou is seen with Albacore quite a bit in event dialogue, which is funny considering Albacore ''sunk'' Taihou and loves to screw with her even now that they're part of Azur Lane. When she's not out to scare Taihou into unconsciousness Albacore is also quite adept at pushing her buttons and getting Taihou to hang out with her.
* RandomEffectSpell: Her attack skill has one of three random but beneficial effects, two add more planes of a certain type to her airstrike, directly increasing her damage while the last buffs all the carriers. Unlike most examples, each effect has its own proc chance so if you get lucky, you'll get all three effects at once and a very large number of planes. The Dec 22nd update makes this skill more consistent but lowers the chance of all three happening slightly.
* TheRival: To Akagi for the commander's affections and the feeling's mutual.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Taihou is pretty much "Commander-sexual".
-->''I know everything, everything there is to know about you~ Because to me, you are the only person in the world, Commander~''
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Almost every line of hers is oozing and dripping with sex. She doesn't tease Commander, oh no! She's dead serious about sleeping with him if he allows it. She's also shameless about wearing her clothes really loose on purpose to arouse the Commander and give him a good view of her breasts, which carries into her New Year's getup with the added bonus of competing with Atago for showing off the most skin in her Race Queen outfit, which is pretty much another bikini.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: It is possibly a spelling error in the EN version, but her title card in cut-scenes refers to her as Taiho, but all the dialogue refers to her as Taihou.
* VocalDissonance: Although her body is extremely well-developed, Aoi Yuuki uses a high-pitched register for her voice similar to her roles as [[Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins Diane]] and [[Webcomic/OnePunchMan Tatsumaki]].
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Taihou is quite afraid of Albacore, the sub who sunk her, to the point of passing out if she sneaks up on her. Which is quite frequent.
* {{Yandere}}: A different sort than Akagi. Since she's already obsessively in love with the Commander, her affection lines imply that it's the Commander who's becoming warming up to her rather than the other way around as is the case for most other shipgirls. It's implied that it's driven by insecurity.

!!Taihou (Muse)
!!!Artist: Byulzzi
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AoiYuuki
* GlassCannon: Compared to her normal self as she lacks her original's defensive passive and her offensive skill boosts her airstrike's damage at [[CastFromHP the cost of Hit Points]] (500 or so). While she has a special barrage that triggers at lower hp that heals based on damage inflicted, it's best to end things before getting to that point.
* IdolSinger: In the "Universe in Unison" event, as part of the duet act ''Verheerender'' with Roon.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRLOoHM-NnM Kanjou LOYALTY]][[labelnote:*]]LOYALTY on Board[[/labelnote]], shared with Roon as part of the ''Verheerender'' duet act.
* OnlySaneMan: Between her and Roon in ''Verheerender'', she' the saner one and noted to be tasked to keep the other girl in check.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: This hasn't changed from normal Taihou, with her special touch line saying that she doesn't care about "causing a scandal on stage".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The ''Unryuu''-class]]
!!Katsuragi
!!!Artist: 山×2 
!!!Voiced by: Megumi Toda
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1280px_katsuragi.png]]

-->"Hello there, Commander! I'm the Unryuu-class aircraft carrier, Katsuragi. I'm not just a carrier, I'm a full-fledged aircraft carrier, meaning that I can do everything that an aircraft carrier is supposed to do! I'm not telling ya what I don't like, but as for hobbies, I've got a whole buncha those~ For example... (1 minute later) ...So yeah! Hey, Commander, are you still listening?"

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* GenkiGirl: Very enthusiastic about almost everything, and is almost constantly on full energy.
* MotorMouth: Katsuragi talks faster than any shipgirl so far, to the point comparisons between her and {{Music/Eminem}} have been made by the fanbase.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The ''Yamato''-class]]
!!Shinano
!!!Artist: sorayuna
!!!Voiced by: Creator/MamikoNoto
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinano1.png]]
-->This sensation... is that of reality... Was it you who awoke this one from her long slumber? Such is the inevitability of fate... Please allow Shinano, third ship of the Yamato-class, to guide you forward upon the right path.

Introduced in dialogue during the ''Swirling Cherry Blossoms'' event, Shinano is a kansen shipgirl, and the incarnation of the infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shinano converted aircraft carrier]] who began life as one of the ''Yamato''-class battleships. She is initially aligned with the main Sakura Navy under Akagi; though, given that she's described as being in near-constant slumber, one might wonder how willingly this is.

While an offscreen presence during "SCB", she made her proper (and wakeful) playable debut during the ''Dreamwaker's Butterfly'' event on Sept 17th, 2020, to commemorate the game's 3rd Anniversary in Japan.

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* AnimalMotifs: Butterflies, which are commonly associated with spirits and change, representing not only Shinano's power to see the future through her dreams, but also her growth from a passive observer resigned to fate to an active fighter trying to change it.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** Another "what-if" ship in the same vein of Amagi, Tosa, and BB Kaga. The real-life ''Shinano'' was eventually planned to be converted from a ''Yamato''-class battleship to a carrier after the disastrous losses suffered at the Battle of Midway. However, unlike Akagi and Kaga (who had the benefit of a decade in which to be experimented on and refined in non-wartime conditions) her hull was too far along to immediately outfit her as a proper fleet carrier (and the equivalent resources and time that had gone into Akagi and Kaga simply didn't exist), and while she could and did sail, she was sunk on a supply mission long before anything like a proper outfitting could be completed. The in-game Shinano portrays her as a fully-converted, fully-completed aircraft carrier with capabilities at least on par with a US/Eagle Union ''Midway''-class. (and,if not hindered by the miniscule amount of her airwing relative to her size, she would be considered the ''first supercarrier'' similar to the USN ''Forrestal''-class).
** The game also classes her as a "Yamato-class carrier", which is not how most fleet lists classify her; since her layout ended up being radically different from a ''Yamato'' battleship (natch, being a carrier conversion) she is usually considered a unique class of her own in both Allied and IJN fleet lists.
* AsianFoxSpirit: Like her sister carriers Akagi and Kaga, she sports nine tails and fox ears. The former two may be references to Tamamo-no-Mae as mentioned above, but Shinano is a reference to Japanese depictions of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inari_Okami Inari herself.]]
* BuxomIsBetter: Overlapping with BoobsOfSteel, she's quite buxom in both her default and her ''Light of the Hazy Moon'' CG. And as befits her Ultra-Rare rank, she packs quite a punch for a carrier.
* CutscenePowerToTheMax: A variation. In the final level of her event, Shinano will support both fleets with a skill unique to the level, ''Blessing of the Butterfly''. After a short period, she will begin to continulously launch screen-filling barrages of butterfly shells. While many ships use unique abilities as a boss, this is a rare instance in the game where it's in the player's favor (assuming your device can handle the performance instability when her skills are activated). The same perk will be active on other levels in clearing mode.
* DramaticEllipsis: Her dialogue lines is littered with this, even when speaking to her fellow Sakura Empire ships.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: A bit of a variant -- Shinano is, evidently, aware of all things happening in the ''present'' while dreaming, regardless of distance or subject. [[spoiler:And that vision extends to other timelines.]]
* DreamWeaver: While it's unclear precisely how well she can control the dreams of others, this is the primary way in which she is, evidently, a WaifProphet, and does seem capable of interacting with the waking world in ''some'' way (otherwise the rumors would never start).
-->'''Yamashiro''': From what I've hard, she's far from useless! They say that she can see everything that is happening, and can even conduct a ritual from within her slumber! Although, they're just rumors...
* FriendToAllChildren: She is kind and motherly towards destroyers, allowing them to rest on her bosom and/or play with her tails. This trait is in reference to how the destroyers Isokaze, Yukikaze, and Hamakaze escorted Shinano on her first and last voyage to Kure Naval Base. Additionally, her third skill, "Protector of the New Moon", buffs the FP, EVA, and ASW stats of all destroyers in the same fleet as her.
* GameChanger: The first ship to have the 'Ultra Rare' designation that isn't either a Research vessel (Azuma, Drake, Friedrich) or a retrofit of an existing ship (Warspite and San Diego).[[note]]This was, ironically, originally the plan for ''Bismarck'', and a number of the UR assets are adapted from the early "Legendary" rarity assets that were buried in the launch-era ''Azur Lane'' client.[[/note]] She's also this on a story level as her visions reveal a considerable amount of insight on the game's overall plot.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: A trait she shares with her sister Musashi.
* JackOfAllTrades: Befitting her Ultra Rare classification, her kit is absolutely ''packed''. A passive destroyer buff, a passive carrier buff (this includes herself), passive damage reduction, a ''second'' damage buff for herself for her first two battles, a timer-based barrage that also supports the off-fleet, and a stackable debuff to an enemy's offensive and defensive abilities. Furthermore, her first equipment slot can accept any type of aircraft, giving her a greater deal of versatility and can be respecced to fit the enemy type you'll be facing (This is a bit of a HistoricalInJoke as at one time, one of the proposals for the converted real life ''Shinano'' was to be repurposed as a ''supply carrier'' (that is, a carrier who supplies the planes for other carriers) rather than the regular fleet carrier.
* MadeOfIron: A combination of high HP, Heavy Armour and a 20% damage reduction through her skills makes her nearly as tanky as Friedrich Der Große
* MightyGlacier: Claims the crown for tankiest carrier in the game, beating out previous title holder Graf Zeppelin by ''over 1200 HP'' on top of sporting Heavy Armor and the second-highest Aviation stat in the game that's only beaten by Retrofit Saratoga.
* MyGreatestFailure: Her lines has her lamenting the fact that she was unable to change the tides of fate. This references how in real life that, despite her having been commisioned and expected to relieve the losses that she and her sisters were supposed to do, Shinano was sunk without having done any significant impact in turning the tides of the war.
* OddFriendship: Oddly enough, she develops one of these with [[Characters/AzurLaneEagleUnionSubmarinesSS Archerfish]], the submarine who [[DefeatMeansFriendship sank her]].
* {{Sleepyhead}}: Befitting of someone who has been awoken from her long slumber, she speaks in a very quiet and drowsy manner much like resident sleepyhead Laffey (who appears in her event and chapter in ''Show Ahead''), and is just as prone to dozing off at the drop of a hat.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Shinano's ability to walk through different timelines with her dreams is not unlike how the Sirens operate. As a result Shinano is the first real variable that the Sirens have no genuine response to. The autonomous Tester during ''Daedalian Hymn'' mentions that she's problematic.
* UnseenNoMore: She is discussed in a fair amount of detail during "Swirling Cherry Blossoms", but she does not appear on-camera. [[spoiler:Granted, she apparently ''wakes up'' right at the end of the epilogue, but then, naturally, cut to standard gameplay, [[{{Cliffhanger}} that's all for now folks]]!]]. She finally appeared and became obtainable in the "Dreamwaker's Butterfly" event, in addition to being the event's main character.
* WaifProphet: She's described in this way, invoking primarily a trope common to far eastern fiction of "the sleeping priestess who [[DreamingOfThingsToCome interacts with the world through dreams]]".
* WonderChild: ''Possibly'', and one of the things that necessitates putting some qualifiers on just who she "is" ahead of a more in-depth reveal; she was evidently brought into being via the use of a capital-C "Catalyst" in addition to the Watatsumi, although Akagi does not elaborate on what this is (and Akagi herself is rather disdainful of the result), with some implication that "standard" kansen creation wouldn't have cut the mustard for Shinano. Given that the actual ''Shinano'' was commissioned and did serve (albeit briefly and disastrously), it feels a bit strange that a ''Shinano'' kansen would require special intervention to come into being, leading to shades of skepticism that the girl in question is "just" the incarnated ''Shinano''.
** To be fair, for all intents and purposes during the war, the real life ''Shinano'' was only technically half-complete (which makes Akagi's initial disdain, assumedly due to her initial impression, towards her a bit justified). Plus, in-story, the Watatsumi is able to construct ships that never completed or even laid down (with the exception of the Priority research ships) in their as-planned, completed form, as seen with the ''Kiis''.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Shinano is a kind-hearted woman, if not a bit too lethargic, and also a very powerful aircraft carrier.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The ''Hakuryuu''-class]]
!!Hakuryuu
!!!Voiced By: Creator/SatomiSato
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hakuryuu_4.png]]
-->So, this brat is supposed to be the commander? My name is Hakuryuu. Listen well – try to control me, and you will make a laughingstock of yourself. Remember this!

Personification of the IJN ''Project G-15'' "Taihou Kai" Hakuryuu (though ''G-15.5'' would be more appropriate. See below). She is part of the fourth Research ship collaboration with ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarships''.

* ArtisticLicenseShips: The ''Hakuryuu'' that is featured in ''World of Warships'' is very different compared to the original ''G-15'' plans, featuring the game's classic mish-mash design. Lesta/Wargaming originally featured ''Shinano'' as the premier Tier X IJN carrier tech tree that even goes all the way to beta phase, but she was eventually scrapped (part of reason is because she will be too heavily armoured for a carrier to be at least balanced in terms of gameplay). Since this pretty much leaves the Tier X empty, they needed another carrier to compensate, and looked to find something that is at least equal to Shinano in terms of size and air power but still represents an evolution of IJN carrier development. So they chose the G-15, (which is essentially a retrofit plans for Taihou should she ever need it, weirdly enough), but enlarged and stretched to make it similar in size to the more obscure G-14 "Super Taihou" (which is essentially just an enlarged Taihou with up to ''50,000 tons'' displacement and improvements to her weakness rather than a major redesign).
* {{BFS}}: Her katana (it's actually a nodachi, but she mostly refers it as such), which is almost as long as she is tall.
* BigFancyHouse: In the game's world, the Dragon Palace that appears in the ''Upon the Shimmering Blue'' event appears to be her own place of living.
* BoobsOfSteel: Rather well-endowed (although not as much as, say, Azuma), and an extremely powerful carrier.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Both her hair and eyes are white.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: She wields a massive katana as her WeaponOfChoice.
* TheRival: A one-sided one with Shinano.
* SecurityBlanket: Her Katana; with it she's brash and confident, without it she's quite meek and skittish.
* StanceSystem: Two of her skills act like this:
** Her ''The Great One's Shadow'' skill: if she has at least one Sakura aircraft, it increases her aviation and accuracy stats. Otherwise, it increases her AA and accuracy stats.
** Her ''Flame-Anointed Conquest'' skill: if she has a fighter equipped, she fires a barrage every 12 seconds. If she does not, it instead becomes a slashing barrage that triggers if she launches an airstrike.
* {{Tsundere}}: She doesn't show this normally, but starting from her "Like" lines afterwards, she becomes a bonafide one thanks to the Commander knowing and getting hold of her [[SecurityBlanket secret]], and her post-oath lines are littered with remarks you may expect from a tsundere.
--> '''Hakuryuu''': (Post-oath special touch) F-fine it's not like I can beat you anyway... Hyaah?!
[[/folder]]
!Submarines (SS)

[[folder: ''Type A''-class]]
!''I-13''-subclass
!!I-13
!!!Artist: Amoeba
!!!Voiced by: Kanako Yanagihara
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_13_5.png]]
-->Hi, Commander. I'm the aviation submarine I-13. My hobbies include aircraft and gazing up at the sky! Also, this is my friend, my Seiran. I'm glad to meet you.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: ''Type B''-class]]
!''I-15''-subclass
!!I-19
!!!Artist:
!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuiOgura
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_19.png]]
-->I'm I-19! Commaaandeeer! I-19's been waiting so, so long for you~!
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* CovertPervert: Her "Special Touch" line has her say she doesn't mind the Commander's groping.
* NiceGirl: Described by I-56 as one who "gets along with everyone so well to the point of being uncanny". She also won't ever get upset with you.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: She really likes getting praised. On low affinity she will think that did didn't do enough for you.
-->'''I-19''' (Disappointed): It's all because I'm not trying hard enough, isn't it...
!!I-25
!!!Artist: oyu (senji)
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KaoriIshihara
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_25.png]]
-->Phew... I finally found you! Commander, I'm I-25. I hope that I can be a big help to you. Anyway, it's nice meeting you~

!!I-26
!!!Artist: oyu (senji)
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KaoriIshihara
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_26.png]]
-->Submarine I-26 has arrived to be your roommate from now on! Hehehe~ Let me guess: you've really been looking forward to meeting me, right?

!''I-54''-subclass
!!I-56
!!!Artist:
!!!Voiced by: Naomi Mukaiyama
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_56.png]]
-->I've been found... I... I'm I-56... Um, if there are any missions I can do by myself, could I get those?

!!I-58
!!!Artist: Aixioo
!!!Voiced by: Creator/TomoriKusunoki
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_58.png]]
-->I-58, reporting in. I usually like hanging out in the water by the docks, so you know where to look if you need me~

* TheAtoner: There's a number of signs that she's not too happy about sinking Indianapolis, and her attempts to befriend her are seen progressing through her affection lines. This may be a nod to how her captain post-war assisted in clearing the other ship's captain.
* StarterMon: She's automatically acquired after beating 3-4 to introduce players to the submarine mechanics. Unlike the true starter ships, she's nothing special, but still generally considered a pretty-good submarine.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: As the submarine that sunk Indianapolis, she muses that she'll have to learn how to work with her now that they're on the same team, but she'd rather not work with Indy's sister Portland. This likely is more the case with the latter than former considering the above trope. She finds herself doing just that in Portland's character quest.
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[[folder: ''Kaidai-type''-class]]
!''I-168''-subclass
!!I-168
!!!Artist: Saru
!!!Voiced by: Creator/SakuraTange
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* TheDreaded: Originally feared by Yorktown for her role in her sinking, but they're on friendly terms now that they're in the same team.
* FriendlyRivalry: With Hammann, eventually. When she first arrives, Hammann holds a grudge against her for sinking both her and Yorktown, made worse by 168 being quite proud of it.
* HypocriticalHumor: Her pledge line has her comment that the Commander has finally opened up to her, and how they're not honest with their feelings. This is coming from the girl who the Commander notes is less honest with her feelings than ''[[{{Tsundere}} Hammann]]''.
* InSeriesNickname: Iroha [[note]]GorawaseNumber for 168.[[/note]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Downplayed compared to others, but definitely there. The Commander even compares her to Hammann, who is a major tsundere, in her higher affection lines.

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!Repair Ship (AR)

[[folder: The ''Akashi''-class]]
!!Akashi
!!!Artist: Saru
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SumireUesaka (Japanese), Creator/MacyJohnson (English), Nycolle González (Latin American Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/akashi_8.png]]
-->I'm Akashi, the Combined Fleet's sole repair ship. I want you to let me take care of you if you get hurt. But still, don't take your own life lightly…

* CatGirl: VERY cat like, from her "nya" verbal tic to her mannerisms, to her fondness of pets (which ups her affection thus her giving you gifts, though not as well as actually buying stuff). One of her lines even references a common mindset of cats, "He's nice to me, I must be a god!"
* GuideDangIt: Unlike other ships, Akashi can only be obtained by completing her questline - while the missions aren't too difficult to complete[[note]]the questline itself is a rather long one - at a minimum, it'll take 21 days due to some of them either requiring more than one day to complete or only being available on certain days[[/note]], but it doesn't tell you how to start said quest[[note]]tap her 30 times[[/note]], and the second to last mission (collect 11 pawprints) doesn't tell you where to find said pawprints[[note]]Ship Dock, Equipment Menu, Academy Classroom, Academy Shop, Task Menu, Formation Screen, Backyard, Collection Screen, Commission Screen, [=PvP=] Screen, and Craft Screen[[/note]]. Fortunately, completing her questline also adds her to the Light and Aviation construction pools.
* IntrepidMerchant: Will occasionally appear in Operation Siren maps to sell you various items. She can even appear in [[EldritchLocation Mirror Seas]] and leave with no apparent harm, all by herself. ''[[UnderestimatingBadassery As a repair ship]]''.
* MadScientist: When not running the cash shop, she does experiments with cubes. One such experiment was how Belchan was made. To be fair, she's more safety conscious than Yuubari.
* MsExposition: She often appears in events in this capacity when she's more serious than a scheming cat girl merchant -- she explains what a Wisdom Cube or a shipgirl is during the Priority Research cutscene and explains how the Bel-chan series of little shipgirls came about.
* NotTheIntendedUse: As a Repair Ship, Akashi can equip cranes which periodically restore HP, has a skill which lets her heal her fleet and provides the fleet with emergency repair stratagems. However, in practice, Repair Ships are actually inferior in the role to traditional healers like Unicorn and Shouhou. What they ''are'' good for is providing a staggering amount of Anti-Air power to your fleet because they have two slots for AA guns and 3 slots for auxiliary equipment, which includes the gold AA radar, an item that can increase the AA stat of a ship by up to '''100 points''' ''apiece''. AR ships are considered valuable when used as AA gun platforms for later worlds where enemy planes are aplenty, rather than actual maintenance ships.
* ObliviousToLove: Her pledge line has her mistaking you giving her the ring as asking for her to take care of that instead of you proposing to her.
* PungeonMaster: A purrveyor of cat-related puns. Even at the end of the Priority Research cutscene:
--> '''Akashi:''' ...Until then, Akashi expects your continued support and patronyage at her shop. It'll be a pleasure doing business with you, nya~"
* {{Shopkeeper}}: Once ran the normal shop, now runs the cash shop. This is very comparable to her ''VideoGame/KanColle'' counterpart.
* VerbalTic: "Nya."
* YoureDrinkingBreastMilk: One of her secretary lines has Akashi offering you a beverage freshly squeezed from the other shipgirls...
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!Unclassified/Misc. Characters

[[folder: "The Decisives"]]
An apparent group of kansen who even Akagi seemingly must answer to, at least on a formal level. While they did not appear on-screen during "Swirling Cherry Blossoms" or "Dreamwaker's Butterfly", the dialogue and other context ''strongly'' suggested these are none other than the incarnations of the ''Yamato''-class battleships ''Yamato'' and ''Musashi'', which was eventually confirmed in the lead-up to the fifth Japanese anniversary, with the "Tranquil Seas, Distant Thunder" event.

For more information on the ''Yamato''s, see the [[Characters/AzurLaneSakuraEmpireBattlecruisersAndBattleships Sakura Empire Battleships page]].
[[/folder]]

An apparent group of kansen who even Akagi seemingly must answer to, at least on a formal level. While they do not appear on-screen during "Swirling Cherry Blossoms" or "Dreamwaker's Butterfly", the dialogue and other context ''strongly'' suggested these are none other than the incarnations of the ''Yamato''-class battleships ''Yamato'' and ''Musashi'', which was eventually confirmed in the lead-up to the fifth Japanese anniversary, with the "Tranquil Seas, Distant Thunder event.

An apparent group of kansen who even Akagi seemingly must answer to, at least on a formal level. While they do not appear on-screen during "Swirling Cherry Blossoms" or "Dreamwaker's Butterfly", the dialogue and other context ''strongly'' suggests these are none other than the incarnations of the ''Yamato''-class battleships ''Yamato'' and ''Musashi''.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Needless to say, the group name suggests this is a group of Decisive-rarity ships, or their equivalent of Ultra Rare - the rarity reserved for Azuma, [[Characters/AzurLaneIronblood H39 Friedrich der Grosse]], [[Characters/AzurLaneRoyalNavy retrofit Warspite]], [[Characters/AzurLaneEagleUnion retrofit San Diego, New Jersey]], and Shinano.
** Alternatively it could be because The ''Yamato'' class was designed to fulfill the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantai_Kessen Decisive Battle Doctrine.]]
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Before and during "Swirling Cherry Blossoms", they come across this way; they can't be bothered to show up for a fairly important ritual, and otherwise have left things to Akagi and Kaga so far. They've also taken no apparent action against Mikasa's Reborn Combined Fleet (though even Akagi, in SCB, seems a bit hesitant to move quickly against Mikasa thanks to the overwhelming reputation she enjoys and must tolerate the Reborn Fleet's presence at the Diadem of Light peacefully). The only other person who's even mentioned Yamato-the-kansen before SCB is Nagato, albeit only briefly (in her "Like" line, where Nagato remarks to have appointed Yamato as the next flagship), Musashi is remarked by Kumano in ''Dreamwaker's Butterfly'' to have a similar imposing presence as her sister Shinano, and in ''Operation Siren'' mode storyline, Queen Elizabeth admits that she hoped to see Yamato rather than the usual Nagato-Akagi IJN delegates.
* PuppetKing: The general impression during "Swirling Cherry Blossoms" is that they are this (or at least Akagi and others ''think'' they are); Akagi seemingly has to functionally answer to them when acting, but even other girls acknowledge she's the real de facto leader of the Sakura military forces. How much the Decisives are truly beholden to Akagi & Kaga versus how much they're simply letting the two act and have more control than is apparent is, as of SCB, unclear. However, the final cutscene of Upon the Shimmering Blue has Prinz confronted by a small task force (led by, of all people, '''[[Characters/AzurLaneSakuraEmpireBattlecruisersAndBattleships Tosa]]''') that state they are working for someone above Akagi on the chain of command, wanting to discuss the relationship between the two factions; the implication being that this group answers to the "Decisives"/Yamatos directly.
* TheUnseen: They are, as of "Swirling Cherry Blossoms" and "Dreamwaker's Butterfly", only a background presence.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/AiKayano (Japanese), Creator/DawnMBennett (English), María José Guerrero (Latin American Spanish)