Amatsukaze (天津風, Heavenly Breeze) was one of four Isokaze-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the late 1910s.

[3] The Isokaze-class destroyers were designed as part of the first phase of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Hachi-hachi Kantai, or "Eight-Eight Fleet" program.

[4] The Amatsukaze was a slightly larger and updated version of the previous Umikaze class of destroyers.

The rated power of 27,000 shp (20,000 kW) gave the vessels a high speed of 34 knots (63 km/h), and a range of 3,360 nautical miles (6,220 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h); however, the engines could not be run continuously at over 7,000 shp (5,200 kW), which still considerably limited performance.

Armament was increased over the previous classes of destroyers, with four QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I - IV, pedestal-mounted along the centerline of the vessel, two in front of the smokestacks and two to the stern.