Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - shi ne na biyu kuma na karshe mai kare kariya da aka gina don Navy Navy (IJN) a cikin 1880s. Tunda Japan ba ta da ƙarfin masana'antu don gina irin waɗannan jiragen ruwa, an tsara jirgin kuma an gina shi a Burtaniya. Ta shiga cikin Yaƙin Sino-Japan na Farko na 1894<unk>1895, tana taka muhimmiyar rawa a Yaƙin Kogin Yalu da ƙananan ayyuka a Yaƙe-yaƙe na Port Arthur.
, Weihaiwei, Kamfen na Pescadores da mamayewar Taiwan. "Takachiho" ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin Russo-Japan War na 1904<unk>1905 inda ya halarci yakin Chemulpo Bay, ya taimaka a takaice don toshe Port Arthur a farkon yakin, ya taimaka wajen nutsewa jirgin ruwa na Rasha a lokacin yakin Ulsan kuma ya shiga cikin rikici na rikice-rikice na Navy na Rasha a yakin Tsushima.