 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupera kwaDecember 1944, Hatakaze yakaperekedza konvo kubva kuMoji, Kyūshū kuenda kuTakao. Ari paTakao musi wa15 January, Hatakaze yakanyudzwa mukurwiswa nendegeneTask Force 38 inotakura ndege kubva pazvigadzikiso. Hatakaze yakabviswa muRondedzero yeNavy musi wa10 March 1945. 