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==Trivia==

==Trivia==

*Named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kirishima Mount Kirishima] in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, an active volcano.

*Named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kirishima Mount Kirishima] in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, an active volcano.

*Sank following the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal Naval Battle of Guadalcanal] on 15 November 1942 by the USS Washington.

*Sank following the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal Naval Battle of Guadalcanal] on 15 November 1942 by the USS Washington, one of the Big 7.

*Her wreck was discovered and photographed in 1992 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ballard Dr. Robert Ballard], the same man who discovered the RMS Titanic, [[Bismarck]], [[Ayanami]] and [[Yuudachi]]. However, there is discussion whether the wreck IS actually either Kirishima or [[Hiei]]...

*Her wreck was discovered and photographed in 1992 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ballard Dr. Robert Ballard], the same man who discovered the RMS Titanic, [[Bismarck]], [[Ayanami]] and [[Yuudachi]]. However, there is discussion whether the wreck IS actually either Kirishima or [[Hiei]]...

*Though a "glasses character", many fanart choose to depict her as a bespectacled brawler, tagged under [http://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AE%E6%99%82%E9%96%93%E3%81%A0%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A1%21 "マイクチェックの時間だオラァ!] " ("It's mic-check time, dammit!") in pixiv. This is a nod towards her performance in the aforementioned Battle of Guadalcanal, where she gave the newly built USS South Dakota "a hard whack", taking out the much younger battleship's fire control systems and communications. Not too shabby, especially if one considers her age by then (she was launched in 1913 as a battlecruiser and was rebuilt in 1927 and 1934 as a battleship). Her exceptional firepower (for a non-Yamato ship) after her second remodel may also be a nod to this brutal side of her. Other fanart also choose the depict her also as a Yakuza leader, tagged under "[http://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E9%9C%A7%E5%B3%B6%E7%B5%84 霧島組]" on pixiv, mainly also because of her brutal side and her character akin to the lines of an "Intellectual Gangster".

*Though a "glasses character", many fanart choose to depict her as a bespectacled brawler, tagged under [http://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AE%E6%99%82%E9%96%93%E3%81%A0%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A1%21 "マイクチェックの時間だオラァ!] " ("It's mic-check time, dammit!") in pixiv. This is a nod towards her performance in the aforementioned Battle of Guadalcanal, where she gave the newly built USS South Dakota "a hard whack", taking out the much younger battleship's fire control systems and communications. Not too shabby, especially if one considers her age by then (she was launched in 1913 as a battlecruiser and was rebuilt in 1927 and 1934 as a battleship). Her exceptional firepower (for a non-Yamato ship) after her second remodel may also be a nod to this brutal side of her. Other fanart also choose the depict her also as a Yakuza leader, tagged under "[http://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E9%9C%A7%E5%B3%B6%E7%B5%84 霧島組]" on pixiv, mainly also because of her brutal side and her character akin to the lines of an "Intellectual Gangster".