 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo yeMidway, musi wa5 Chikumi, vatariri vaive muchikepe che Kumano vakaona ngarava yeUSN yepasi pemvura, uye Kumano yakaratidza kutendeuka kwema 45-degree panguva imwe chete kuti vadzivise torpedoes dzinogona kuitika. Kumano neSuzuya zvakapinda nenzira yakarurama, asi ngarava yechitatu mumutsetse, Mikuma, yakaita kutendeuka kwemadhigirii 90 nokukanganisa. Chikanganiso chacho chakaparira kurovera umo Mikuma akarohwa neMogami. Kumano akadzokera kuKure musi wa 23 June. Musi wa17 Chikunguru, Kumano na Suzuya vakagoverwa kupa rutsigiro rwekupinda kweJapan muBurma, uye vakadzivisa torpedo nhanhatu dzakapfurwa neRoyal Dutch Navy submarine kumadokero kweParak, Malaya musi wa29 Chikunguru. Muna August, Kumano naSuzuya vakagoverwa kutsigira kusimbiswa kweGuadalcanal. Mukati meHondo yeEastern Solomons musi wa24 Nyamavhuvhu, Kumano akatiza asina kuona kurwa ndokudzokera zvakachengeteka kuTruk. Zvisinei, akarwiswa musi wa14 Gunyana kuchamhembe kweSolomon Islands nendege gumi dzeUSAAF B-17 Flying Fortress mabhomba, uye akakuvara zvishoma. Mukati meHondo yeSanta Cruzmusi wa 26 Gumiguru, akapa rutsigiro kuna Admiral Nagumos Carrier Strike Force, asi haana kuona chero hondo. Akadzokera kuKure musi wa7 Mbudzi uye mushure mekugadziriswa kudiki, akadzokera kuRabaul musi wa4 Zvita aine mutoro wemauto uye zvekushandisa. Ngarava yacho yakaramba iri munharaunda yacho pakufamba-famba uye pakufambisa nokukurumidza mishoni kusvikira pakati paFebruary 1943. 