Not even conventional Japanese pilots, nor the Imperial Navy, who at the time were the most rigorously trained pilots in the world, nor those of the Imperial Army decided to use their parachutes to escape in case their aircraft was hit.
This was due to the Japanese doctrine and mentality that surrendering to the enemy was a disgrace for the Japanese soldier and a betrayal of the Emperor, and he was expected to die in combat or sacrifice himself before being captured or surrendering.
Japanese pilots belonging to the Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, better known as Kamikazes, before leaving for their last mission: the inevitable destination of death.
The doctrine used in Kamikaze attacks, officially designated Tokubetsu Kōgekitai (special attack unit) of sacrificing themselves for their Empire, meant that they naturally did not receive parachutes, as they were not expected to use them. Pilots taking off from Japanese airfields had no orders to return, and they knew it very well; the trip was one way only, with no possible return (in addition to the fact that, to save fuel, a resource of which Japan was extremely limited, especially in the last stages of the war, only enough was used in the aircraft for the journey of one way) there was no other alternative but to fulfill its tragic mission: to crash in an American ship and take as many lives as possible with it.
Another important point why it would have been impossible for a Japanese pilot to escape from his plane just before crashing it into a ship was that, literally, the Japanese aircraft were being showered with fire from all the American ships, plus the planes that were in charge. to intercept them, so being able to jump in those circumstances was the same as staying in the aircraft: under incessant fire from anti-aircraft weapons it was a death sentence, impossible to survive.
Fire rain from the anti-aircraft defenses of US ships.
In conclusion, the desperate goal of the Kamikaze attacks was to sacrifice Japanese pilots in the hope that, for every individual Japanese death, hundreds of American deaths would be caused, slowing the inevitable advance towards the Japanese islands and even making the US public opinion He would become so sensitive to so many casualties that he would end up asking for a way out of the war; something that, realistically, was impossible since the American plan was to end the war with the total annihilation of the Japanese Empire, and hatred and resentment towards the Japanese had been strong among American society since the surprise attack of Pearl Harbor in 1941 .