Four Japanese destroyers have been named : * , a of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Russo-Japanese War * , a of the IJN during World War II * JDS ''Ariake'' (DD-183), a destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), formerly USS ''Heywood L. Edwards'' (DD-663) * , a of the JMSDF launched in 2000

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