The Kamikaze was created when George Lynch[1] entered an ESP shop in Tokyo while on tour looking for a replacement neck.
He learned that ESP also made custom guitars, so he created the Kamikaze.
The Kamikaze was the first guitar in ESP's Signature Series.
Early examples were available with a Sinclair bridge and without the tremolo unit being back routed.
The Kamikaze II was originally ordered by a guy who worked in a music store in Alexandria, La who wanted a Kamikaze in a different color scheme, but when his guitar arrived at 48th St in New York from Japan, George Lynch happened to be there, saw the guitar and claimed it for himself, so ESP had to make another for the guy in Louisiana.