The name means open-sea wind. Nadakaze was a Minekaze-class destroyer built at Maizuru Naval Arsenal. She was laid down on 9 January 1920, launched on 26 June 1920 and completed on 30 September 1921. She served in Destroyer Division 3 of the Second Fleet and patrolled the China coast from 1937 to 1939. The division was disbanded in December 1938 and she went into reserve.
In April 1940, after extensive rebuilding, she returned to service as a patrol boat and was renamed Patrol Boat No. 2. After Pearl Harbor she patrolled and escorted in the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies and the Solomons. Wikipedia's introduction adds that she was rebuilt as a destroyer transport in 1941 and had a minor role at Midway, but its career section gives no detail of either, so neither is shown here. In January 1943 she was reassigned to home waters and escorted convoys among Moji, Takao, Saigon, Manila and Singapore. From December 1943 she was the support ship for Navy land forces at Balikpapan, Borneo.
On 25 July 1945 the British submarine HMS Stubborn torpedoed and sank her near Lombok Strait. She was removed from the Navy List on 30 September 1945.
Sources: Wikipedia, Japanese destroyer Nadakaze, rewritten here.