Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akazvarwa mumhuri yaimbova ye"samurai" yokuKokura (zvino yava chikamu cheKitakyushu City), Fukuoka Prefecture, Sugiyama akapedza kudzidza mukirasi yechi12 yeImperial Japanese Army Academy muna 1901. Akashanda semukuru mudiki ne3rd Battalion ye14th Regiment yeIJA 12th Division muRusso-Japanese Hondo, uye akakuvadzwa kumeso panguva ye
Hondo yeShaho. Nemhaka yezvironda zvaakawana pakukuvara ikoko, akanga asingakwanisi kuvhura ziso rake rokurudyi zvizere.