Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Muto ya yi yaƙi da ƙarin yaƙe-yaƙe na iska a Tekun Java, a Tsibirin Solomon
, da kuma a New Guinea. Ya yi yaƙi tare da Saburō Sakai har zuwa tsakiyar 1944 a tsibirin Iwo Jima, ya tsira don Sakai ya kira shi "mafi tsananin matukin jirgi a cikin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa".