Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a cikin tsohuwar dangin "samurai" daga Kokura (yanzu wani ɓangare na Birnin Kitakyushu), Fukuoka Prefecture, Sugiyama ya kammala karatu daga aji na 12 na Kwalejin Sojojin Japan a 1901. Ya yi aiki a matsayin ƙaramin jami'i tare da Bataliya ta 3 na Rukunin 14 na Rukunin 12 na IJA a cikin Yaƙin Rasha da Japan, kuma an ji masa rauni a fuska a lokacin Yaƙin Shaho
Ka yi haƙuri. Saboda raunuka daga wannan raunin, bai iya bude idonsa na dama ba.