Richard Appignanesi interesting and Mr. Appignanesi's descriptive skills are considerable." Almost two decades later Appignanesi published "Yukio Mishima’s Report to the Emperor", a fictional autobiography of the Japanese poet, novelist, playwright, film director, actor and bodybuilder Yukio Mishima (1925 - 1970), one of the most important Japanese literary and artistic figures of the 20th century as well as an extreme-right activist. Appignanesi's novel is set predominantly in post-World War II reconstruction Japan and in Benares, India. Its narrative builds up to Mishima's horrific ritual suicide by seppuku that accompanied his failed right-wing coup against the Japanese government. The novel explores some of
Chisato Mishima in 1995 to train and compete in Europe. She won the British Championships in 1997. Chisato Mishima Chisato Mishima () is a retired professional fitness competitor from Japan. To date she is the only fitness competitor from Japan to qualify and compete in both the Ms. Fitness Olympia and Ms. Fitness IFSB competitions. She currently lives and teaches yoga and coaches fitness in Japan. Chisato Mishima was born on November 17, 1967 in Nagoya, Japan She was a Japan national gymnastics champion during high school. After graduating from University she worked as a fitness coach for several professional baseball teams.