He then moved to Osaka, and was employed by the forerunner of Kansai Electric; however, he then enlisted in the Imperial Japanese Army and was accepted into the Hiroshima-based IJA 11th Infantry Regiment.

He was sent to serve on the front lines in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and was promoted to first lieutenant after five years.

Upon is discharge, he returned to work at Kansai Electric; however, during the Pacific War, as the situation worsened for Japan, he was recalled to active duty in June 1944 and was assigned to the garrison at Iwo Jima, where General Tadamichi Kuribayashi made him commander of the northern district of the island.

He was killed in combat during the Battle of Iwo Jima on March 17, 1945, and was posthumously promoted to captain.

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