Not a historian but I believe this question has essentially been answered or at least discussed in several other threads here.

/u/AsiaExpert has an excellent reply that I believe is on topic in this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/13uqzh/concerning_kamikaze_attacks_what_fueled_them_and/

/u/redwhiskeredbubul talks about ways that kamikazes were rewarded by the state and how that created conflict after the war https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1k3u97/were_families_of_kamikaze_pilots_rewarded_for_the/

/u/AsiaExpert again. Excellent comment on the beliefs, culture, and motivations behind the kamikaze pilots. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/15ppt5/how_did_the_japanese_start_the_kamikazesuicide/

/u/vivalastone comments in this thread about at least one of the pilots beliefs, and mentality https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/21spmo/what_motivated_the_kamikaze/

[deleted] comments about the pressures that the volunteer pilots faced and recommends some books https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/18u6tz/during_ww2_what_were_was_the/