Kamikaze (disambiguation)

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The Japanese believed that storms, most likely typhoons, that had destroyed Mongolian fleets attempting invasions in 1274 and 1281 been sent from the gods to protect them from their enemies and called them Kamikaze (‘divine wind’).

The term kamikaze was later used later to exalt military aviators of the Empire of Japan who made suicide attacks, primarily against Allied naval vessels, during World War II.

Kamikaze may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Music

Performers

• Kamikaze (band), an Argentine heavy metal band
• Kamikazee, a Filipino rock band
• Matt Robinson (footballer, born 1993), also an English rapper under the stage name Kamakaze

Albums

• Kamikaze (Eminem album) or the title song (see below), 2018
• Kamikaze (Twista album), 2004
• Kamikazee (album), by Kamikazee, 2002

Songs

• "Kamikaze" (Eminem song), 2018
• "Kamikaze" (Lil Mosey song), 2018
• "Kamikaze" (MØ song), 2015
• "Kamikaze" (Walk the Moon song), 2017
• "Born to Lose"/"Kamikaze", by King Adora, 2003
• "Kamikaze", by Amaral from Gato negro dragón rojo, 2008
• "Kamikaze", by Baboon from Sausage, 1992
• "Kamikaze", by The Boys, 1979
• "Kamikaze", by Carly Rae Jepsen from The Loveliest Time, 2023
• "Kamikaze", by D'espairsRay from Redeemer, 2009
• "Kamikaze", by Five Iron Frenzy from Cheeses...(of Nazareth), 2003
• "Kamikaze", by Flower Travellin' Band from Made in Japan, 1972
• "Kamikaze", by MC Lyte from Act Like You Know, 1991
• "Kamikaze", by Owl City from All Things Bright and Beautiful, 2011
• "Kamikaze", by PJ Harvey from Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, 2000
• "Kamikaze", by Spock's Beard from X, 2010
• "Kamikaze", by The Thompson Twins from Quick Step & Side Kick, 1983

Other uses in music

• Kamikaze (record label), a Thaipop record label
• ESP Kamikaze, a guitar model distributed by ESP

Other arts and entertainment

• Kamikaze (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
• Kamikaze (manga), a 1998 manga series by Shiki Satoshi
• Kamikaze (1986 film), a French science fiction film
• Kamikaze (2014 film), a Spanish comedy-drama film
• The Eternal Zero (film), a 2013 Japanese war film retitled Kamikaze in some regions
• Kamikaze, a 2021 HBO Max original program
• Kamikaze, a 2006 novel by Michael Slade
• Kamikadze – Boski Wiatr, a novel by Bohdan Arct
• Kamikaze (video game) or Astro Invader, a 1979 arcade game
• Kamikaze (ride), a pendulum amusement ride

Military

• Kamikaze-class destroyer, two classes of destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Japanese destroyer Kamikaze, two destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Japanese salvage ship Kamikaze Maru No. 5, a salvage and repair ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Japanese salvage ship Kamikaze Maru No. 7, a salvage and repair ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Kamikaze drone, or loitering munition, a type of weapon system

Sports

• Kamakazi (BMX rider), Australian BMX cyclist Jamie Hildebrandt (born 1981)
• Kamikaze Shoichi, Japanese sumo wrestler Shoichi Akazawa (1921–1990)
• Kamikaze (soccer formation), a 1-6-3 formation in association football
• Mammoth Kamikaze or Kamikaze Downhill, a former American downhill mountain bike race

Other uses

• Kamikaze (1937 aircraft), a Mitsubishi Ki-15 Karigane aircraft, the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly from Japan to Europe
• Kamikaze (cocktail), a vodka cocktail
• Kamikaze (typhoon), two typhoons that defeated Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281
• Kamikaze, a codename for a 2007 OpenWrt release
• Kamikaze knot, a variant of Sheepshank knot, a shortening knot
• Kamikaze, a water slide at Magic Mountain in Moncton, New Brunswick

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Kamikaze
• Kamikaze Curve, a sharp curve on New York State Route 17
• Kamikaze 1NT, a treatment for an opening notrump bid in contract bridge
• Kamikaz (rapper), French rapper
• Comikaze, a 2005 EP by Kate Miller-Heidke
• Comikaze Expo, an annual event in Los Angeles, California
• Shinpūren rebellion, an 1876 ex-samurai uprising in Kumamoto, Japan (Shinpū is an alternate reading of the characters for kamikaze)

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This page was last edited on 23 October 2023, at 09:07