Yukio Mishima Yukio Mishima Mishima was active as a nationalist and founded his own right-wing militia, the Tatenokai. In 1970, he and four other members of his militia attempted a "coup d'état" when they seized control of a Japanese military base and took the commander hostage, then tried and failed to inspire a coup to restore the Emperor's pre-war powers, in accordance with Mishima's conceptualization of the Kokutai. Mishima then committed ritual suicide by "seppuku". The coup attempt became known as the "Mishima Incident". The Mishima Prize was established in 1988 to honor his life and works. Mishima was born in the
Yukio Futatsugi Yukio Futatsugi Yukio Futatsugi is a Japanese video game developer. His work includes leading the teams which created Sega Saturn games "Panzer Dragoon", "Panzer Dragoon II Zwei", and "Panzer Dragoon Saga", and Xbox title "Phantom Dust". He is the co-founder of video game development company Grounding Inc who developed "Crimson Dragon". Yukio Futatsugi grew up in Kobe, Japan, where he attended high school. While spending a year in San Francisco at primary school age he fell in love with games such as "Pong" and "Space Invaders", and later decided to pursue a career in video games over his other hobby,