At base form, she wears a floral patterngreen kimono with a greenobi bearing her real-life flight deck camouflage pattern, and carries her banner-rod wrapped on her back. Her rigging consists of two hull pieces painted in green, bearing her real-life bridge and anti-aircraft guns. When she is damaged, she slumps sideways, a reference to how she was sunk in real-life.
She has a high-strung, yet still "mature woman" personality, with a lack of confidence in her abilities and constant worry about air attacks. Her depiction in doujin works tend to run more towards the "Yamato Nadeshiko" end of the spectrum, focusing upon the personality implied by her unusually ornate and formal clothing in her unremodeled state.
