 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna November, Itō, pamwe chete nerimwe regiment re 38th Division, vakaendeswa kuGuadalcanal. Musi wa11 Mbudzi, panguva yeHondo yeGuadalcanal, Itō akaiswa naLieutenant-General Harukichi Hyakutake kuti arwise Marines pasi pekutungamirirwa kweUnited States General Alexander Archer Vandegrift avo vaibatanidzwa muMatanikau kurwisa nzvimbo dzeJapan. Zvisinei, Vandegrift akarega kurwisa kwake zuva iroro pashure pokugamuchira mishumo yezvitsvakurudzo yezvirongwa zveHyakutake. Itō gare gare akabatsira kutungamira mauto e38th Division panguva yeHondo yeGomo reAusten, iyo Galloping Horse, uye Sea Horse. Iye navakapukunyuka vechi38 paGuadalcanal vakabviswa nehondo yeJapanmuvhiki yokutanga yaFebruary 1943. Itō akava mutungamiri we40th Independent Mixed Brigade, yakamira muNew Ireland musi wa8 Chikunguru 1944. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant-general musi waNovember 26 wegore iroro. 