Yasunari Kawabata had Parkinson's disease), a possible illicit love affair, or the shock caused by the suicide of his friend Yukio Mishima in 1970. Unlike Mishima, Kawabata left no note, and since (again unlike Mishima) he had not discussed significantly in his writings the topic of taking his own life, his motives remain unclear. However, his Japanese biographer, Takeo Okuno, has related how he had nightmares about Mishima for two or three hundred nights in a row, and was incessantly haunted by the specter of Mishima. In a persistently depressed state of mind, he would tell friends during his last years that
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.