High School Fleet

Bridge

• Akeno Misaki (岬 明乃) Mike (ミケちゃん)
• Akeno is the main heroine and captain of the Harekaze treats her crew as family. Despite not being particularly bright or talented, she is good at remembering people's names and shows good judgement under pressure. She is also known to have a fear of lightning because of her past that caused her parents to go missing on a cruise during a storm.
• Mashiro Munetani (宗谷 ましろ) Shiro (シロちゃん)
• Shiro is the deputy captain of the Harekaze who wishes to follow her mother and sisters' footsteps as a Blue Mermaid. She constantly develops her bad luck and seems to have ailurophobia, but later overcomes it upon taking ownership of a cat after rescuing it from a stranded ship that had its original owners on it. She also likes stuffed animals and she places them in her cabin.
• Shima Tateishi (立石 志摩) Tama (タマちゃん)
• The artillery officer of the Harekaze. She is usually quiet, speaks in bursts and likes curry, but her gunnery skills are to a extent where her shots that she calculates are mostly accurate and spot on.
• Mei Irizaki (西崎 芽依) Mei (メイちゃん)
• Mei is the torpedo officer of the Harekaze. She enjoys battle where she is eager to fire the weapons onboard at enemy vessels.
• Kōko Nosa (納沙 幸子) Coco (ココちゃん)
• Kōko is the secretary of the Harekaze who tends to speak her mind in a dramatic way, including theories and what others may be thinking. She feels that fiction is more real than non-fiction and often lets her tongue and imagination get out of hand. She always gets information out of the tablet she carries whenever they are in a battle and relays it to the bridge crew.
• Rin Shiretoko (知床 鈴) Rin (リンちゃん)
• Rin is the Chief Navigator of the Harekaze. She is easily scared and always wanting to run away whenever battle draws near, but never does so and uses her abilities to steer the ship to an extent where the crew recognizes her own efforts.

Combat

• Hikari Ogasawara (小笠原 光) Hikari (ヒカリちゃん)
• Hikari is an artillery officer assigned to the firing command post of the ship.
• Michiru Takeda (武田 美千留) Mitchin (みっちん)
• Michiru is an artillery officer assigned to the firing command post of the ship.
• Junko Heki (日置 順子) Jun (じゅんちゃん)
• Junko is an artillery officer assigned to the firing command post of the ship.
• Ritsuko Matsunaga (松永 理都子) Ritchan (りっちゃん)
• Ritsuko is an artillery officer assigned to one of the Harekaze's torpedo tubes.
• Kayoko Himeji (姫路 果代子) Kayo (かよちゃん)
• Kayoko is an artillery officer assigned to one of the Harekaze's torpedo tubes.
• Kaede Marikōji (万里小路 楓) Marikōji (まりこうじさん)
• Sonar Personnel as well as the Bugler of the ship, Marikōji is surprisingly skilled with naginata techniques.

Navigation

• Satoko Katsuta (勝田 聡子) Sato (サトちゃん)
• Satoko is a navigation officer and the interim helmsman of the Harekaze. She is often candid and unafraid to be straightforward, and tends to end her sentences with "zona".
• Hideko Yamashita (山下 秀子) Shū (しゅうちゃん)
• Hideko is a navigation officer assigned to the port-side of the ship. She's always seen with her eyes closed.
• Mayumi Uchida (内田 まゆみ) Mayu (まゆちゃん)
• Mayumi is a navigation officer assigned to the Starboard-side of the ship.
• Tsugumi Yagi (八木 鶫) Tsugu (つぐちゃん)
• Sonar technician of the ship, Tsugumi is quite skilled in communication.
• Megumi Uda (宇田 慧) Meg (めぐちゃん)
• Machiko Noma (野間 マチコ) Matchy (マッチ)
• Machiko is the look-out of the Harekaze with hyperopia, thus wears glasses. She is quite skilled at shooting squirt guns.

Engineering

• Maron Yanagiwara (柳原 麻侖) Maron (マロンちゃん)
• Chief of engineering of the Harekaze, Maron the shortest among her staff.
• Hiromi Kuroki (黒木 洋美) Kuro (クロちゃん)
• Hiromi is the assistant engineer of the Harekaze and Maron's best friend. She is one of the more mature-looking members of the crew. Hiromi is quite skilled in sumo wrestling.
• Reo Wakasa (若狭 麗緒) Reo (レオちゃん)
• Reo is one of the Harekaze's engineer who likes to play cards and gossiping.
• Sakura Ise (伊勢 桜良) Sakura (サクラちゃん)
• Sakura is one of the Harekaze 's engineer who likes to play cards and talk rumors.
• Runa Suruga (駿河 留奈) Luna (ルナちゃん)
• Runa is of the Harekaze's engineer who likes to play cards and gossiping.
• Sora Hirota (広田 空) Sora (ソラちゃん)
• Sora is of the Harekaze's engineer who likes to play cards and spread rumors.
• Hime Wazumi (和住 媛萌) Hime (ひめちゃん)
• Hime is an engineering officer assigned to check for ship damage and supplies.
• Momo Aoki (青木 百々) Momo (モモちゃん)
• Momo is an engineering officer assigned to check for ship damage and supplies.

Logistics

• Mimi Tōmatsu (等松 美海) Mimi (ミミちゃん)
• Mimi is head of Logistics with an affection for the ship's look-out Matchy.
• Mikan Irako (伊良子 美甘) Mikan (ミカンちゃん)
• Mikan is the head cook of the Harekaze.
• Homare Kinesaki (杵崎 ほまれ) Hotchan (ほっちゃん)
• Homare is one of the Harekaze's chefs and Akane's twin sister.
• Akane Kinesaki (杵崎 あかね) Atchan (あっちゃん)
• Akane is one of the Harekaze's chefs and Homare's twin sister.
• Minami Kaburagi (鏑木 美波) Kaburagi (鏑木さん)
• Kaburagi is the medic of the Harekaze. Known as the first genius graduating from the Marine medical university, she is on board to complete her sea training. Her investigation on the virus-carrying creature that infected the Chief artillery officer and causing the other ships to go astray led her to develop an antibody to solve the virus problem. She usually gives Akeno advice and likes to say Chinese proverbs and idioms.

Others

• Moeka China (知名 もえか) Moka (もかちゃん)
• Akeno's childhood friend and captain of the Musashi.
• Wilhelmina Braunschweig Ingenohl Friedeburg[6] (ヴィルヘルミーナ・ブラウンシュヴァイク・インゲノール・フリーデブルク) Mi (ミーちゃん)
• Wilhelmina is a student of Wilhelmshaven Maritime High School and deputy captain of the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee. She is rescued by Akeno after she fled from her ship and joins her on the Harekaze but the real reason was that her captain ordered her to escape in order not to fall victim to the virus infection that spread to the whole ship. An expert on anti-submarine warfare, she later becomes Mashiro's roommate and an assistant to the bridge crew in their journey.
• Kaoru Furushō (古庄 薫)
• Kaoru is captain of the Sarushima who teaches the students of the Harekaze. At the start of sea training, she attacked them but is unable to remember why after coming to her senses. It was later found out that it was due to a virus-infected rodent-like creature.
• Mayuki Munetani (宗谷 真雪)
• The principal of Naval Academy and Mashiro's mother.
• Mashimo Munetani (宗谷 真霜)
• Mashiro's older sister and a member of the Blue Mermaids.
• Isoroku (五十六)
• Isoroku is a cat who lives on the Harekaze's bridge. He is seemingly immune to the effects of the virus, therefore handling infected rodent-like creatures without problems.

Anime

The anime series, produced by Production IMS, was broadcast in Japan from April 9 to June 25, 2016, and was simulcast by Crunchyroll, Daisuki, and Funimation.[7][8][9] The series was directed by Yuu Nobuta and written by Reiko Yoshida, with original character designs by and character designs by Naoto Nakamura. The opening theme is "High Free Spirits" by TrySail while the ending theme is "Ripple Effect" by Luna Haruna.[10] A character song single titled "Watashi-tachi Kinenbi" (わたしたち記念日) performed by Shiina Natsukawa and Sora Amamiya was released on April 6, 2016.[11] The series is licensed in North America by Aniplex of America.[12][13] The anime has been licensed in the UK by Anime Limited.[14] A two-part original video animation project was released between March 31 and May 24, 2017.[15][16] In 2017, scholar Takayoshi Yamamura noted that the series was produced in the collaboration with the JMSDF. Yamamura further explained that the series worked with the Kanagawa Provincial Cooperation Office to make a recruiting poster for JSDF members and noted that the JMSDF used their official Twitter account to emphasize their active collaboration, with criticism of them for being "too outspoken."[17]

Episode list

Video game

A smartphone game for iOS and Android devices titled High School Fleet: Kantai Battle de Pinch! (ハイスクール・フリート 艦隊バトルでピンチ！) has been announced for release in 2018.[30] It was later pushed back to Spring 2019 due to the need for refinement. Pre-registration began at the same time as the initial announcement. The video game was officially released on March 27, 2019. An announcement was made on February 26, 2020, that the game would be ending service on March 25 at 2:00pm JST.

Aniplex partnered with Wargaming to bring the world and characters of High School Fleet to the online video game World of Warships [31]

Film

The official website announced the production of an anime film on April 7, 2018.[32] The film is produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Jun Nakagawa, with Yuu Nobuta serving as chief director. Takaaki Suzuki and Kunihiko Okada are credited as the film's scriptwriters. The rest of the main staff and cast from the anime series are returning to reprise their roles.[33] It was released in Japan on January 18, 2020.[34]