The name means rising wind. Tachikaze was a Minekaze-class destroyer built at Maizuru Naval Arsenal. She was laid down on 18 August 1920, launched on 31 March 1921 and commissioned on 5 December 1921. She served in Destroyer Division 4 with Hakaze, Akikaze and Hokaze in the First Torpedo Squadron, patrolled the China coast in 1938 and 1939, and took part in the 1940 move into French Indochina.
At Pearl Harbor she was in Destroyer Division 34 of the 11th Air Fleet at Takao, giving air-sea rescue support to the Philippines invasion and escorting convoys to Davao and Balikpapan. From 27 February 1942 she was at Staring-baai, escorting shipping between Sulawesi and Singapore, and in April she helped in the Andamans invasion. From June to the end of 1942 she escorted transports from Jaluit and Rabaul.
An air raid at Rabaul on 27 December 1942 heavily damaged her and killed her commander, Lieutenant Commander Yasumi Hirasata. After repairs at Maizuru she was back at Rabaul in March 1943 and was lightly damaged at Wewak on 15 April. From October 1943 she was based at Truk.
On 4 February 1944 she ran aground at Kuop Atoll near Truk and could not be freed. During Operation Hailstone on 17 and 18 February she was heavily strafed and a torpedo hit her engine room, and she sank by the stern. She was removed from the Navy List on 31 March 1944.
Sources: Wikipedia, Japanese destroyer Tachikaze, rewritten here.