Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin yakin Guadalcanal, Kurita ya jagoranci rundunarsa a cikin wani mummunan harin da aka yi a filin Henderson a daren 13 ga Oktoba, ya harba 918 da manyan bindigogi masu fashewa a filin jirgin saman Amurka. Wannan shi ne ƙoƙarin da ya fi nasara na Japan don hana Henderson Field ta hanyar bombardment. Daga baya Kurita ya jagoranci manyan sojojin ruwa a lokacin Tsakiyar Tsakiya.
Yaƙin Solomon Islands da kuma lokacin Yaƙin Tekun Philippine. A cikin 1943, Kurita ya maye gurbin Admiral Kondō a matsayin kwamandan IJN 2nd Fleet.