Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa o te whakaekenga ki Pearl Harbor, i tohaina a "Ikazuchi" ki te Wahanga 6 o Desron 1 o te IJN 1st Fleet, a kua tohaina mai i te rohe o Mako Guard ki te whakarato i te taupoki mo nga mahi taunga whenua i te whakaekenga o Hong Kong. Whai muri i tana awhina i te kaipuke kaipuke ki te horo i nga kaipuke pupuhi o Ingarangi HMS "Cicada" me HMS "Robin", i awhina ia ki te tiaki i te Tauranga o Hong Kong. Whai muri i te timatanga o te tau 1942, i tukuna a "Ikazuchi" mai i Hong Kong ki Davao, e whakarato ana i te taupoki mo nga mahi taunga whenua i te Pakanga o Ambon, me te
Te Pakanga o Timor i te Netherlands East Indies.