At Kyūshū, because of the more favorable circumstances (such as terrain that would reduce the Allies' radar advantage), they hoped to raise that to one for six by overwhelming the US defenses with large numbers of kamikaze attacks within a period of hours.
På Kyūshū håbede japanerne, at de på grund af de mere gunstige forhold (såsom terræn, der reducerede USA's radarfordel), at ramme plet hver sjette gang ved at overvælde det amerikanske forsvar med et stort antal kamikazeangreb over en periode på få timer.