 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Niitaka yakagadzwa panguva chaiyo yeRusso-Japanese Hondo uye yakaona kurwa muHondo yeChemulpo Bay musi wa2 Kukadzi 1904 kurwisa cruiser yeRussia. Iye gare gare akabatanidzwa pamhenderekedzo kupfura kwechiRussian nzvimbo panguva yeHondo yePort Arthurmusi waMarch 9, 1904. Kubvira muna April, Niitaka yakapiwa basa rokurinda muKorean Strait neGungwa reJapan, asi yakanga isingagoni kupinda muhondo yeUlsan musi wa14 August 1904. Zvisinei, akabatsira kununura vafambisi vengarava vokuRussia vakanga vari mungarava yakanga ichinyura pashure pehondo. PaHondo yeGungwa reMuchena, Niitaka aiva chikamu che4th Detachment yeJapan 2nd Fleet kurwisa cruiser yeRussia.Akazove imwe yengarava dzakamira paMakung muPescadores Islands kuti vatarise kusvika kweRussia Baltic Fleet. 