Notable individuals who have committed seppuku since the Meiji period include army general Maresuke NOGI who followed Emperor Meiji into death, vice admiral Takijiro ONISHI - known as "the father of kamikaze," army general Korechika ANAMI - Army Minister in Kantaro SUZUKI's cabinet, and the author Yukio MISHIMA (it is said that a blunder as described above was committed by the kaishakunin during this act of seppuku).
明治以降に切腹を行った有名人としては、明治天皇に殉じた乃木希典陸軍大将、特攻の父こと大西瀧治郎海軍中将、鈴木貫太郎内閣の陸軍大臣であった阿南惟幾陸軍大将、作家の三島由紀夫（なおこの三島の切腹の際、上述のような“介錯のしくじり”が起こったと言われる）などがいる。