Kongou comes from Kantai Collection, the Japanese browser game launched in 2013 that reimagines Imperial Japanese Navy warships as young women called ship girls. Kongou, based on the lead Kongou class battleship, became one of the game's most popular characters thanks to her energetic personality and English phrases, and later appeared in the 2015 anime adaptation. Short voice clips like this one spread through fan edits, streams and soundboards, where her distinctive voice stays instantly recognisable to anime and gaming fans even out of context.