Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna February 1906, Yoshida akagoverwa somukuru mukuru wengarava yehondo. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mutungamiri muna 1906, uye akapiwa basa semukuru mukuru kune cruiser, yakateverwa muna 1907. Akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni muna January 1911. Kubva muna Ndira 1914 kusvika muna Kukadzi 1915, akashanda semukuru wezvekuongorora muChina, izvo zvaisanganisira nguva yekuita kwemauto eJapan muChina panguva ye
Kukombwa kweTsingtao muHondo Yenyika I. Kubva muna February kusvika muna December 1916, aiva kaputeni wengarava.