JDS Tokachi (DE-218) was the fourth ship of the Chikugo-class destroyer escorts of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

[1] Tokachi was laid down on 11 December 1970 at Mitsui Engineering & SHipbuilding, Tamano and launched on 25 November 1971.

The vessel was commissioned on 17 May 1972 into the 35th Escort Corps of the Ominato District Force.

On March 27, 1982, the 35th Escort Corps was reorganized into the Ominato District Force.

Dismantled at Yamaji Sangyo in Okayama City in 1999 after being removed from the register on 15 April 1998.