JDS Asakaze (DDG-169) is the second ship of the Tachikaze-class destroyer built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

No helicopter facilities are provided, and the ASW armament is confined to ASROC missiles and Mk 46 torpedoes.

In order to save on construction costs the class adopted the propulsion plant and machinery of the Haruna-class destroyers.

From June 27 to August 28, 1991, participated in the US dispatch training with the escort vessels Kurama and Setogiri.

On July 1, 2002, based on the Act on Special Measures Against Terrorism, he was dispatched to the Indian Ocean with the escort ship Inazuma and returned to Japan on October 29, 2002.