oyashio (kancolle)
親潮 (Father/Parental Current) named after Oyashio Current
Oyashio is the fourth Kagerou-class destroyer in Kantai Collection.
Appearance
She has shoulder-length black hair, held back with a hairclip, and grey eyes. Oyashio wears a black vest over a short-sleeved white dress shirt, white gloves, a black pleated skirt, black kneehighs and brown loafers. She carries depth charges and an anti-aircraft gun on thigh straps. She wears a purple neck ribbon, although this is frequently depicted as blue in fan art.
Upon her second remodel her footwear gets replaced with rudder-heeled boots, her bangs swept changed and her black vest now has only one button.
Personality
Oyashio talks with utmost respect towards her Commander and speaks with a formal tone. She has somewhat of a sister complex towards Kuroshio, the third destroyer of her class. She looks forward to her Commander/Admiral's guidance, as shown in her introductory line. She also has a rather interesting need to report just about everything, even the most trivial things like watching the sunset.
Historical
Oyashio, built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal, was laid down on 29 March 1938, launched on 29 November 1938 and commissioned on 20 August 1940.
She was assigned to Destroyer Division 15 (Desdiv 15) at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbour. She sunk on 8th May 1943 along with the rest of DesDiv15 while on a troop transport run to Kolombangara due to hitting mines leaving her dead in the water then consequently struck by air attacks.
Trivia
1. Her Voice Actress is Hondo Kaede.
2. In her JMSDF incarnation, she becomes a submarine twice (as SS-511 and SS-590), and is currently the training submarine of her own class.