Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin harin da aka kai a kan Pearl Harbor, "Ikazuchi" an sanya shi zuwa Destroyer Division 6 na Desron 1 na IJN 1st Fleet, kuma an tura shi daga Mako Guard District don samar da kariya ga ayyukan saukowa a cikin mamayewar Hong Kong. Bayan taimaka wa jirgin ruwa a cikin nutsewar jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya HMS "Cicada" da HMS "Robin", ta taimaka wajen tabbatar da tashar jiragen ruwa na Hong Kong. Bayan farkon 1942, "Ikazuchi" ya tashi daga Hong Kong zuwa Davao, yana ba da kariya ga ayyukan saukowa a lokacin yakin Ambon, da yakin Timor
a cikin Netherlands East Indies.