zuikaku_(kancolle)
Kantai Collection's personification of the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku. Character design by Konishi (koconatu), voiced by Nomizu Iori.
She has long dark green hair in twintails, yellow/green eyes, and small breasts/flat chest. Her default outfit is a nontraditional miko set comprising a white kimono top, red hakama short skirt, black thigh boots with rudder_and_propeller parts, brown yugake, and a black muneate with her identifier "Zu" marked on it.
Her rigging consists of her flight deck on her left arm, her real-life hull to her back and used as a quiver, and multiple anti-aircraft gun placements on her waist and thigh boots.
In contrast with her sister ship Shoukaku (kancolle), Zuikaku is depicted as a brash, hot-headed, reckless, and somewhat tomboyish girl, in reference with her turbulent wartime career, in which she was credited for damaging and sinking several ships, but usually at a cost of large numbers of airmen.
She is frequently portrayed as a turkey and her in-game line "don't call me a turkey" is widely used as a joke on 4chan and 2channel. This stems from the IJN's notoriously poor performance in the battle of the Philippine Sea, where well-trained USN aviators referred to fighting inexperienced IJN pilots as a "turkey shoot".
Her abyssal form is assumed to be the Abyssal Crane Princess.
h4. Appearance
* !post #3521063: Base
* !post #3521064: Kai
* !post #2164179: Kai_Ni (base)
* !post #2164192: Kai_Ni (armored)
* !post #3022277: Decisive_Battle (base)
* !post #3022286: Decisive_Battle (armored)
* !post #3340291: Christmas
* !post #4474872: JAL collab
* !post #7042811: New_Year
* !post #5713764: Zuiun_Festival
* !post #8855191: Valentine
h4. Shoukaku-class aircraft carriers
* Shoukaku (Kancolle)
* Zuikaku
h4. See also
* Zuikaku (Azur Lane)
* Zuikaku (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio)
* Zuikaku (Warship Girls R)
* Zuikaku (Blue Oath)
* Zuikaku (Black Surge Night)
h4. External links
* Kancolle Wiki: Zuikaku
* Wikipedia: Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku