 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - yaive inotakura ndege yakavakirwa Imperial Japanese Navy IJN muma1930. Kazhinji yairangarirwa sechikepe bedzi cheboka rayo, yakavakwa kumugadziriro wakashandurwa. Ndege dzayo dzakatsigira kupinda kweJapan muFrench Indochinapakati pa1940. Akatora rutivi mukurwiswa kwePearl Harbor uye Hondo yeWake Island. Mumwedzi mishomanana yokutanga yeHondo yePacific, ngarava yacho yakatsigira kukunda kweDutch East Indies muna January 1942. Mwedzi wakatevera, ndege dzayo dzakarova Darwin, Australia, uye dzakaramba dzichibatsira mukurwisa kweDutch East Indies. Muna April, ndege dzeHiryū dzakabatsira kunyudza ngarava mbiri dzeBritain dzinorema uye ngarava dzinoverengeka dzokutengesa munguva yeIndian Ocean Raid. 