Akiyama akashanda muHondo yekutanga yeChina neJapan ya1894-1895 semutungamiriri wehondo yevatasvi vemabhiza muIJA 1st Division, uye akashanda nemauto eJapan expeditionary muKupandukira kweBoxer kwakatevera neIJA 5th Division. MuHondo yeRussia neJapan ya1904-1905, akatungamira mauto ake muHondo yeShaho
, Hondo yeSandepu, uye muhondo yeMukden vachipesana neCossack cavalry zvikamu zveImperial Russian Army. Muna April 1906, akapiwa Order yeGolden Kite (2nd class).