 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwaOctober 1942, Shōkaku akatumirwa zvakare kuSolomon Islands kutsigira Imperial Japanese Army kurwisa pasi paHenderson Field paGuadalcanal. Mukati meHondo yeSanta Cruz Islands, Furuta akanga ari zvakare mutyairi weLt. Arima, uyo aiva chikamu chechikamu chechipiri cheLt. Commander Seki chakanga chine 27 D3A dive bombers uye 5 A6M Zero fighters. Boka raArima rakarwisazve Enterprise. Furuta akasvika mutakuri wacho achibva kumashure ndokurega bhomba riri pakakwirira mamita ari pakati pe450 ne500 ndokuwana chibhakera. Bhomba re 250-kg semi-AP rakapinda pakati penzvimbo yokurenda, anenge mamita matanhatu kubva kumucheto wokumberi, ndokuputika mukati momutakuri achikonzera moto. Havana kusangana neCAP munzira yokubuda uye Arima akarayira Furuta kuti akwire kumamita 6000, kwaaigona kufungidzira kukuvara kwavakanga vaita pa Enterprise. Sezvo kurwisa kweUSN panguva imwe chete kwakakuvadza nzvimbo yekubhururuka ye Shōkaku, Furuta akamanikidzwa kumhara pa Zuikaku paakadzokera kuIJN fleet. 