Teruzuki was laid down on 2 June 2010 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works as the 5,000-ton type escort ship No.

[citation needed] From 20 September to 14 December 2014, she participated in the TGEX KOA KAI EAST[clarification needed] multilateral joint training, conducted in the waters around San Diego, USA.

[1] On 11 March 2017, the 27th Dispatched Anti-piracy Action Water Squadron departed from Yokosuka base for the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia and participated in the Royal Malaysian Navy-sponsored International Fleet Review Ceremony and the Royal Malaysian Navy-sponsored multilateral maritime exercise from 21-26 March and in joint training with the Royal Thai Navy on 18 March, returning to Japan on 1 October.

[3] From 14 March to 28 April 2020, she participated in the first year of the Reiwa Practice Voyage (flight).

On 2 April, Japan-US joint training was conducted with the USS Gabrielle Giffords in the Andaman Sea.