Asashio, meaning "morning tide" in Japanese, may refer to: Japanese naval ships , a of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War , lead ship of the 1936 Asashio class , a class of ten destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II , lead ship of the 1965 Asashio class , a class of four submarines of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1965 , a of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1995 People Asashio Tarō (disambiguation), several Japanese sumo wrestlers Minanogawa Tōzō (1903–1971), Japanese sumo wrestler