Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Guadalcanal Campaign, Kurita duru ndị agha ya n'ọgba aghara dị egwu nke Henderson Field n'abalị nke 13 Ọktọba, na-agbapụ 918 nnukwu mgbawa mgbawa na ọdụ ụgbọ elu ndị America. Nke a bụ mgbalị ndị Japan kasị nwee ihe ịga nke ọma iji kụtuo Henderson Field site na bọmbụ ụgbọ mmiri. Kurita mechara duzie nnukwu ndị agha mmiri n'oge agha Central
Agha Solomon Islands na n'oge Agha Oké Osimiri Philippine. N'afọ 1943, Kurita nọchiri Admiral Kondō dịka onye isi nke IJN 2nd Fleet.