 Akamatsu akanzi ndiye akapfura pasi ndege 11 dzemuvengi muChina muHondo yeChipiri yeChina neJapan, kusanganisira ina mukurwa kumwe chete pedyo neNanchang musi wa25 Kukadzi 1938. Mumwedzi yokutanga yeHondo yePacific, akashanda muPhilippinesuye mishandirapamwe yeDutch East Indies. Kubva muna January 1944 kusvikira pakapera hondo, Akamatsu akabhururuka kubva kuAtsugi Air Base, achidzivirira Tokyo pakurwiswa nendege neAllied. 