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*Ayanami is one of the three IJN ships in Ironbottom Sound, along with [[Kirishima]] and [[Yuudachi]].

*Ayanami is one of the three IJN ships in Ironbottom Sound, along with [[Kirishima]] and [[Yuudachi]].

*Her second remodel represents her performance during her final mission, a night battle where she formed a single 'prong' of a three-pronged attack alone (other prongs each contained a light cruiser and multiple destroyers), sank (or helped sink) three destroyers, heavily damaged a fourth, and assist Kirishima in trading fire with a battleship, the ''USS South Dakota''.

*Her second remodel represents her performance during her final mission, a night battle where she formed a single 'prong' of a three-pronged attack alone (other prongs each contained a light cruiser and multiple destroyers), sank (or helped sink) three destroyers, heavily damaged a fourth, and assist Kirishima in trading fire with a battleship, the ''USS South Dakota''.

* Received her Kai Ni on 20/06/2013

* Received her Kai Ni on 20/06/2014

*The Evangelion character Rei Ayanami takes her family name from this ship. In fact, almost all Evangelion characters has names connected to IJN ships in some way; [[Maya]] Ibuki (in this case a double reference because ''Ibuki'' is also the name of an IJN cruiser), Shigeru [[Aoba]], Ritsuko [[Akagi]], to name a few.

*The Evangelion character Rei Ayanami takes her family name from this ship. In fact, almost all Evangelion characters has names connected to IJN ships in some way; [[Maya]] Ibuki (in this case a double reference because ''Ibuki'' is also the name of an IJN cruiser), Shigeru [[Aoba]], Ritsuko [[Akagi]], to name a few.

**Asuka Langley [[Souryuu]] and her End of Evangelion counterpart, Asuka Langley [[Shikinami]], are also named after IJN ships like the above names.

**Asuka Langley [[Souryuu]] and her End of Evangelion counterpart, Asuka Langley [[Shikinami]], are also named after IJN ships like the above names.