The Asagiri class is equipped for combat and interception missions, and is primarily armed with anti-ship weapons.

[1] Sawagiri was laid down on 14 January 1987 and launched on 25 September 1988 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki.

[citation needed] On 12 May 2012, the 12th dispatched anti-piracy action formation sailed from Sasebo off the coast of Somalia, joined by the escort ship JS Ikazuchi on the way, and started the mission about three weeks later, on 1 July.

On 5 July 2015, as the 22nd dispatched anti-piracy action surface corps, sailed from Sasebo base to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia with the escort ship JS Akizuki, and completed the mission on 18 December 2015.

[2] From 29 February to 5 March 2020, the destroyer took part in joint training with the US Navy that was conducted with the escort ship JS Suzunami in the sea and airspace from the south of Kantō to the north of Guam.