 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Tanegashima inoratidzika kuva yakavakirwa pamakumbo emarasha akaitwa muMalacca yePortugal, pachitoro chezvombo cheMalacca, nyika yePortugal kubvira muna 1511, inonzi istinggar muchiMalay. Zita rokuti tanegashima rakabva pachitsuwa cheJapan Tanegashima apo ngarava yokuChina yaiva nevafambi vokuPortugal yakavhiringidzwa nedutu muna 1543. Tenzi wechitsuwa cheJapan, Tanegashima Tokitaka 15281579, akatenga mapfuti maviri emucheka kubva kuvaPutukezi ndokuisa mupfuri webakatwa kuti ashande achitevedzera mutopota wemucheka uye nzira yokuridza nayo. Mupfuri, Yaita, akanga asina chinetso chikuru nechikamu chikuru chepfuti asi kuboora dhiramu nenzira yehelical kuitira kuti sikuruu bisen bhaudhi igone kuiswa zvakasimba raiva dambudziko guru sezvo iyi nzira sezviri pachena yakanga isipo muJapan kusvikira panguva ino. VaPutukezi vakagadzira ngarava yavo ndokubva pachitsuwa chacho uye bedzi mugore rakatevera apo mupfuri wechiPutukezi akaunzwazve kuJapan dambudziko rakagadziriswa. Mukati mamakore gumi okuunzwa kwaro, pfuti dzetanegashima dzinopfuura 300 000 dzakaziviswa kuva dzakagadzirwa. 