Yamakaze has a distinctly "crybaby"-type personality, with a crippling lack of self-confidence in herself or her actions (even denying MVP). Several of her in-game lines relate to fear of bullying, or treating the player's clicking as bullying. Due to the circumstances of her sinking, she also especially fears the night and submarines, and has in-game lines asking the Admiral to hold her hand for reassurance. She also looks up to her sister-ships, Umikaze and particularly Kawakaze, as well as treating Nachi and Haguro as respected seniors.
Her seasonal CG for New Year 2017 features her dressed in a dark blue furisode featuring a floral print along with the hem and sleeves fading to white. She is holding a hagoita.
For Hinamatsuri 2017, she is dressed in a miko-like outfit with an additional robe and the Empress doll's ornament. With the laddle with a spout she's carrying, she is supposed to be dressed as one of the sake bearer dolls.
Her rigging consists of a funnel worn like a backpack, with a mast and life preserver strapped behind. She has a single, twin-cannonturret attached to her left wrist, and torpedo launcher turrets strapped on the outside of either thigh.
She later gets her second remodel during the September 28, 2021 update. See the page for more details.
History
The real-life Yamakaze was part of Destroyer Division 24 at the time of Pearl Harbor, alongside sister-ships Umikaze, Kawakaze, and Suzukaze. Yamakaze's first and only major engagement was The Battle of Java Sea, where Nachi and Haguro were the largest ships on the Japanese side.
At 19:45, June 25th, 1942, the submarine USS Nautilus struck Yamakaze with a torpedo attack near the coast of Japan, causing her sinking about two hours later, approximately 110 km southeast of Yokosuka.
