 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekumhara kweU.S. Marine Corps neAmerican 1st Marine Division pachitsuwa cheGuadalcanal musi wa7 Nyamavhuvhu 1942, Tanaka ne2nd Destroyer Squadron yakabva kuJapan pakarepo kuti iende kumhepo huru yeJapan Central Pacific base paTruk Atoll. 2nd Destroyer Squadron yakabva kuTruk musi wa16 Nyamavhuvhu, ichiperekedza ngarava yaitakura mauto kuti arwise mauto eAmerican Marines kuGuadalcanal. Musi waAugust 25, panguva yeHondo yeEastern Solomons, ngarava dzaTanaka dzakarwiswa nendege dzehondo dzeMarine Corps kubva kuHenderson Field paGuadalcanal. Ngarava imwe yekutakura uye imwe inoparadza yakanyudzwa nevatyairi veMarine uye Jintsū yakarwiswa uye yakakuvadzwa zvikuru, naTanaka akakuvadzwa. Nemhaka yokukuvadzwa kweJintsū, Tanaka akachinjira mureza wake kune muparadzi. 