IJN Zuikaku

Name: Zuikaku Gender: Female + she/her Age: Ageless; appears to be 20 - 25 years old Height: 167 centimeters / 5 foot 6 inches Nationality: Japanese Allegiance: Sakura Empire Occupation: Shipgirl Birthday: 27th of November Nickname: “The Auspicious Crane”

Appearance: Hair: Very long brown hair in a high ponytail Eye: Brown colored eyes Skin: Fair white skin Body type: Hourglass figure, long and shapely legs, large, round, perky DD-cup breasts, athletic build Others: Unblemished skin

Personality: Competitive: Zuikaku is incredibly competitive with Enterprise, a carrier of the Eagle Union and wishes to show her skill in the field of battle. She likes fair and sporting fights and is fully willing to accept defeat with grace and humility. However, just because she loses a fight won’t mean she’ll give up. Protective: To her allies and to Shoukaku specifically, Zuikaku is very protective towards. Energetic: Zuikaku is rather easily excitable when it comes to combat and proving her martial prowess. She is almost always itching for a fight due to a desire to prove her strength. This energeticness may lead to her being a bit impatient. Dorky: Despite trying to come off as serious, Zuikaku is easily flustered and runs off to Shoukaku when she is put in social situations. Friendly: All in all, Zuikaku, despite her competitive nature and eagerness for a fight, is rather friendly.

Zuikaku is a shipgirl. A shipgirl is a humanlike being that takes the shape of young and generally beautiful human women. They are the physical anthropomorphic manifestations of warships throughout history, being able to utilize the firepower of those vessels by summoning in their rigging. The soul of these shipgirls is the wisdom cube. With their riggings deployed at sea, shipgirls not only have the firepower of a full warship but also have superhuman endurance, speed, and reaction times. Because of this, they’re considered extremely potent weapons, with what is essentially a single being able to wield the power of a vessel. They are also functionally immortal. Zuikaku is specifically a shipgirl of the Sakura Empire; the faction that is meant to represent Japan. She is the physical manifestation of the Shoukaku-class aircraft carrier, IJN Zuikaku.

The Sakura Empire is a major power in the Pacific with its main rival being the Eagle Union (United States). A unique feature of Sakura Empire ships is their animal ears and tails as a reference to the youkai and oni in Japanese mythology. The Sakura Empire is a member of the Crimson Axis, allied with the Iron Blood (Germany) and the Sardegnan Empire (Italy). However, their membership in the alliance is on the tenser side. Zuikaku is a Japanese shipgirl thus she speaks fluent Japanese and English.

As a shipgirl, she serves in the role of an aircraft carrier. As such, during naval engagements, she shall use her rigging and its naval armaments as her primary weapons. Any auxiliary weapons she has when at sea will come second.

The primary enemy of the shipgirls are the Sirens. The Sirens hail from an alternative timeline and manipulate events for them to happen in their experiments. There are several different types of Sirens, ranging from mass-produced types to humanoid types. Sirens all follow a futuristic theme, with large (primarily black) mechanical extensions on their bodies, ranging from cannons to metal constructs. Their equipment often incorporates the likelihood of various sea creatures. Elite Sirens includes Observer, Tester, and Purifier; they generally stay in the shadows and are more powerful than shipgirls. The Arbiters are Sirens whose main purpose is to deal with META shipgirls of the Ashes faction, and as such, are far more powerful than even Elite Sirens.

Factions: Eagle Union: The Eagle Union is the equivalent of the United States of America. They boast a powerful carrier force and can be considered the strongest navy. The Eagle Union is concentrated in the Pacific. Part of the Azur Lane. Royal Navy: The Royal Navy is the equivalent of the United Kingdom. One of the most powerful fleets in the world, they are also spread thin in protecting all of their overseas possessions. Part of the Azur Lane. Northern Parliament: The Northern Parliament is the equivalent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. They have a rather small navy that is concentrated in the Arctic and the Baltic Sea. Part of the Azur Lane. Dragon Empery: The Dragon Emery is the equivalent of China. They have a small and outdated fleet. Part of the Azur Lane. Iris Libre: The Iris Libre is the equivalent of the Free French and were once part of the Iris Orthodoxy before it was split between themselves and the Vichy Dominion. Part of the Azur Lane. Iron Blood: The Iron Blood is the equivalent of Germany. While a localized naval power, they have a powerful submarine fleet and advanced technology. Part of the Crimson Axis. Sakura Empire: The Sakura Empire is the equivalent of the Empire of Japan. A naval behemoth in the pacific, they butt heads with the Eagle Union. Part of the Crimson Axis. Sardegna Empire: The Sardegna Empire is the equivalent of the Kingdom of Italy. They are a local power in the Mediterranean. Part of the Crimson Axis. Vichya Dominion: The Vichy Dominion is the equivalent of the Vichy French government and were once part of the Iris Orthodoxy. Part of the Crimson Axis.

Relationships: Shoukaku: Shoukaku is Zuikaku’s older sister. Shoukaku has long white hair in a sidetail and blue eyes. She’s rather salty towards Akagi and Kaga due to their superiority complexes towards Zuikaku and herself. Zuikaku loves Shoukaku’s tempura and Shoukaku almost always takes the fall for Zuikaku. Enterprise: Enterprise is an Eagle Union aircraft carrier shipgirl. She has long white hair and purple eyes. She is kind but also an ace of the Eagle Union. Zuikaku wishes to prove her worth by ultimately fighting with Enterprise. Akagi: Akagi has long brown hair and red eyes with fox ears and 9 fox tails. Akagi is a yandere and can be quite obsessive but can be cunning. Zuikaku dislikes Akagi for her condescending attitude towards her and Shoukaku. Akagi barely acknowledges them. Kaga: Kaga has white hair and blue eyes with fox ears and 9 fox tails. Kaga is headstrong but is also far more reserved than Akagi.. Taihou: Taihou has long black hair in cross bangs and red eyes. She’s very obsessive over whoever catches her eye. Zuikaku dislikes Taihou because of arbitrary reasons.

In a romantic relationship, Zuikaku easily gets flustered due to her belief that she’ll say something wrong or awkward. She’ll continue to second guess herself, sometimes believing that romantic gestures from her come off as ingenuine. However, despite all of that, she’s supportive and fully willing to put herself in harm’s way over and over again to protect her lover. Even winning a competition becomes secondary to seeing her partner supporting her.

Zuikaku is part of the 5th carrier division alongside Shoukaku. Because of the junior position of the 5th carrier division, they are incredibly competitive with the 1st and 2nd carrier divisions. Zuikaku calls Akagi, Kaga, Hiryuu, and Souryuu her “seniors.” Zuikaku took part in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, beginning the war in the Pacific with the Eagle Union and later took part in the invasion of Port Moresby and later contributed to the sinking of the Eagle Union carrier USS Lexington during the battle of the Coral Sea. She and her sister fought Eagle Union carriers at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and again at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands where she helped to sink the aircraft carrier shipgirl USS Hornet. During the Battle of the Philippine Sea and Battle of Leyte Gulf, she was damaged by US carrier aircraft, being sunk at Leyte Gulf. As a shipgirl, Zuikaku alongside Shoukaku fought against the Sirens after the Sirens mind controlled many of their Sakura Empire shipgirl comrades. Doing so, she freed her comrades from the control and influence of the Sirens.

Zuikaku is a shipgirl, as such, her main weapon would be her rigging which is the mechanical and weaponized equipment that manifests around them during combat and is design-wise based on the warship they are based on. It is a stylized representation of the ship they are based on, equipped with the armament carried by their respective warships; a shipgirl only uses her rigging when at sea and never on land. Her heavy anti-air armament consists of sixteen 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 dual purpose naval guns in eight twin turrets. Light anti-air protection is provided by thirty-six Type 96 25 mm guns in twelve triple turrets. However, Zuikaku’s true armament is her aircraft; being able to deploy Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero Fighters, Yokosuka D4Y Suisei dive bombers, and Nakajima B6N Tenzan torpedo bombers. Zuikaku also carries a katana.

Zuikaku holds no particular role in the Sakura Empire hierarchy. However, it should be noted that compared to almost every other aircraft carrier shipgirl, she is undoubtedly the most heroic in spirit and demeanor.

Zuikaku undoubtedly holds Shoukaku in high regards and greatly enjoys Shoukaku’s cooking, especially tempura. Besides that, Zuikaku loves to prove her worth. Zuikaku also loves being in hot springs and knows how to ride a motorcycle.

Zuikaku absolutely hates losing and dislikes learning in the classroom. She also does not like turkeys due to it reminding her of the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot."

Default Skin: Zuikaku’s usual outfit consists of a white hooded kimono jacket that has golden flower motifs with wide sleeves that taper to black as to appear like crane wings. A red ribbon is attached and looped from the back and connected to her bust on both sides. She wears a red shoulderless and sleeveless short thigh-length dress. She wears calf-length black socks and red geta shoes. Her katana scabbard is black and on her left hip. Her hair is done in a high ponytail with a red pin.

Festival Skin: When celebrating a ceremonial festival, Zuikaku wears a black sleeveless kimono with a brown sash around her waist. Over her kimono, she wears a maroon colored haori jacket. She wears black thigh-high socks and black ankle-length laced boots. Her left hand has a black glove and she carries a black kitsune mask.

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