well it tecknicaly is the pre scharnhorst after the graf spee. i cant remember off the top of my head the name but there was a smaller lighter scharnhorst ship class just like this ship. i dont remember if it was a blue print consept or if germany did put one out. but germany did have 3 class sized ships all close to the scharnhorst.

I know what it is supposed to be, but she reminds me more of a Scharnhorst than an Azuma XD