 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Hazvizivikanwi kuti Okinoerabujima yakatanga kugarwa riini. Yakanga ichitongwa nevakuru veAji vakavaka masvingo akawanda e gusuku kubva muzana ramakore rechi 8 zvichienda mberi. Kubva muna 1266 yaiva chikamu cheHokuzan, uye kubva muna 1422 Umambo hweRyukyu. Chitsuwa chacho chakapindirwa nevaSamurai vokuSatsuma Domain panguva yeInvasion of Ryukyu ya1609uye kubatanidzwa kwaro muzvinhu zvepamutemo zveSatsuma kwakazivikanwa neTokugawa shogunate muna 1624. Utongi hwaSatsuma hwaiva hwakaoma, vagari vechitsuwa chacho vachidzvinyirirwa uye vachimanikidzwa kurima nzimbe kuti vawane mitero yakakwirira, iyo yaiwanzoguma nenzara. Chitsuwa chacho chaiva pasi peTokunoshima kubva muna 1616 kusvika muna 1690, apo daikansho yakazvimirira yakatangwa. Munguva yose yaSatsuma, chitsuwa chacho chakashandiswa senzvimbo yevasungwa, zvikurukuru vatadzi vezvematongerwe enyika, kubatanidza nhengo dzakawanda dzemhuri youmambo yeRyukyuan. Saigō Takamori akaendeswa kuOkinoerabujima kubva muna 1862 kusvika muna 1864. 