Musi wa12 Zvita, Mauto Emuchadenga eJapan akakurudzira kuti Guadalcanal ibviswe. Panguva imwecheteyo, mauto mazhinji emauto kuImperial General Headquarters (IGH) akataurawo kuti zvimwe zvinoedza kutora Guadalcanal zvaisazogoneka. Nhume, inotungamirwa naIJA Colonel Joichiro Sanada, mukuru wechikamu cheIGH's operations, yakashanyira Rabaul musi wa19 Zvita ndokutaurirana naImamura nevashandi vake. Pakudzoka kwenhume kuTokyo, Sanada akakurudzira kuti Guadalcanal ibviswe. Vatungamiriri vepamusoro veIGH vakabvumirana nezano raSanada musi wa26 Zvita uye vakaraira vashandi vavo kuti vatange kunyora zvirongwa zvekubva kuGuadalcanal, kumisikidza mutsetse mutsva wekudzivirira pakati peSolomon Islands, uye danho rekuchinjisa zviwanikwa uye zvakakosha kuNew Guinea.
Muna 1943