 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ayao Shirane akanyoresa muImperial Japanese Naval Academy muna April 1933, uye akapedza somumwe weboka rechi 64 muna March 1937. Akapedza purogiramu yokudzidzisa vatyairi vengarava uye akava mutyairi wendege yokurwisa muna March 1939. Akagoverwa ku12th Air Group muCentral China munaGunyana wegore iroro, uye musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu 1940 akapinda muBombing yeChongqing. Iri basa rakaratidzira kutanga kwekurwa kweiyo nyowani Mitsubishi A6M Zero murwi, kunyangwe pasina kupikiswa kwemhepo kwakasangana. Musi wa13 Gunyana, Shirane akatungamira vatanhatu veLt. Saburō Shindos 13 Zeros pabasa rekuperekedza bhomba kuHankow. Iri basa rakaratidzira rubhabhatidzo rwechokwadi rweZero rwemoto, nevatyairi veJapan vachiti 27 kubva pamakumi matatu evarwi veChinese kusanganisira imwe yeShirane pasina kutambura kurasikirwa kupi zvako mukudzoka. Akakwidziridzwa kuva Lieutenant akazara muna May 1941. 