 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Somurwi, Ogasawara akashanda muhondo munguva yeHondo Yokutanga yeChina neJapan paTakachiho muhondo yeRwizi rweYalu. Akazoshandira paAmagi asati aendeswa kuDhipatimendi reMarine General Staff Records, uye akapiwa basa rekunyora zvinyorwa zvepamutemo zvemauto ehondo munguva yehondo iyo yakabudiswa muna 1903. Ogasawara akaramba achishanda paGeneral Staff semukuru wemauto ehungwaru kuburikidza neRusso-Japanese Hondo uye Hondo Yenyika I, achikwira kusvika pachinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemukuru muna 1918, kunze kwekushanya kwegore rimwe chete kwebasa regungwa semukuru mukuru we Chiyoda muna 1903, uye semutungamiriri we cruiser Tokiwa uye ngarava yehondo Katori muna 1912. Akanga ari nyanzvi pamakodhi nechiffres, asi panguva yaakanga asvika pachinzvimbo cheflag, akanga ava kuzivikanwa zvikuru senyanzvi yezvokurukurirano navanhu nokuda kwechikepe, nemanyoro ake ane mavara pamusoro penhau yechikepe achimuwanira zita remadunhurirwa rokuti mukuru mukuru wezvinyorwa. 