Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Sugiyama n'ezinụlọ ndị bụbu "ndị samurai" na Kokura (nke dị ugbu a n'obodo Kitakyushu), nke dị na Fukuoka Prefecture, ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na klas nke iri na abụọ nke Imperial Japanese Army Academy na 1901. O jere ozi dị ka onye isi ndị isi na 3rd Battalion nke 14th Regiment nke IJA 12th Division na Agha Russo-Japanese, ma merụọ ahụ n'ihu n'oge agha ahụ.
Agha nke Shaho. N'ihi ọnyá o nwetara n'ihe ahụ o merụrụ, o nweghị ike imeghe anya aka nri ya nke ọma.