is Japanese for "Snow Wind", or, idiomatically, snowstorm or blizzard. Yukikaze may also refer to: Japanese destroyer Yukikaze, a Japanese destroyer that served during World War II Yukikaze, an Isokaze-class assault destroyer in the Japanese anime television series Space Battleship Yamato Yukikaze (anime) (Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze), a Japanese science fiction anime OVA series based on a novel by Chōhei Kanbayashi The best friend and first assistant to Ayanami, one of the major antagonists in the Japanese manga and anime 07-Ghost