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Mishima died so young because he committed ritual suicide after a failed coup attempt, he tried to stage a revolt with his private right wing militia Tatenokai to restore Japanese autonomy and the divine status of the emperor.

He was obsessed with suicide his entire adult life. The "coup attempt" was more of a performance than anything. He needed an excuse, and when that never came, he created it.

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in japan there is a long history of suicide being honorable, he wasn't only one to be obsessed with it