Kinu (Kantai Collection)

"Yeah yeah yeah! Finally, Kinu has arrived!"

Kinu (鬼怒 ?) was a Nagara-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after the Kinu River in Tochigi prefecture Japan. She was active in World War II in various campaigns in Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and New Guinea before being sunk by United States Navy carrier-based aircraft in the Philippines in 1944.

Appaearance
She has short red hair and orange eyes. She wears a plain school uniform identical to Abukuma's and Yura's.

Trivia

 * Sunk 26 October 1944 bombed by USN aircraft SW of Masbate, Sibuyan Sea 11°45′N 123°11′E.
 * Though the origin of her name is a proper noun of river, 鬼怒 literally means "angry goblin", and this accounts for her unique pose and character.