Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I kaha a Akiyama i te Pakanga Tuatahi a Haina-Hapani o te 1894-1895 hei rangatira rangatira mo te IJA 1st Division, me te mahi tahi me nga ope whakatere a Iapani i roto i te Boxer Rebellion i muri mai me te IJA 5th Division. I te Pakanga o Ruhia-Hapani o 1904-1905, i arahi ia i ana hoia i te
Ko te Pakanga o Shaho, te Pakanga o Sandepu, me te Pakanga o Mukden ki nga wehenga hoiho Cossack o te ope Imperial Russian. I te Paenga-whawha 1906, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te Order of the Golden Kite (2nd class).