Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - yaive yechipiri uye yekupedzisira cruiser yakachengetedzwa yakavakirwa Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) muma1880. Sezvo Japan yakanga isina simba rokuvaka ngarava dzakadaro, ngarava yacho yakagadzirwa uye yakavakwa muUnited Kingdom. Akabatanidzwa muHondo Yokutanga yeChina neJapan ya1894-1895, achitamba basa guru muHondo yeRwizi rweYalu uye mabasa mashoma muHondo dzePort Arthur.
, Weihaiwei, Mushandirapamwe wePescadores uye kupinda muTaiwan. "Takachiho" akaita basa duku muna Russo-Japanese War 1904<unk>1905 apo iye muchirongwa Hondo Chemulpo Bay, kwenguva pfupi akabatsira kuvhara Port Arthur pakutanga hondo, akabatsira kunyudza Russian nezvombo cruiser panguva Hondo kure Ulsan uye muchirongwa okunze kukundwa Imperial Russian Navy muHondo Tsushima.