Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Akiyama ṣiṣẹ ni Ogun Sino-Japanese akọkọ ti 1894-1895 bi olori regimental ẹlẹṣin ni IJA 1st Division, o si ṣiṣẹ pẹlu awọn ọmọ-ogun irin-ajo Japanese ni Igbesoke Boxer ti o tẹle pẹlu IJA 5th Division. Ni Ogun Russia-Japan ti 1904-1905, o mu awọn ọmọ-ogun rẹ ni
Ogun ti Shaho, Ogun ti Sandepu, ati ninu Ogun ti Mukden lodi si awọn ẹka ẹlẹṣin Cossack ti Ọmọ-ogun Imperial Russian. Ní oṣù Kẹrin ọdún 1906, wọ́n fún un ní àmì ẹ̀yẹ Golden Kite (ìpele kejì).