You can think that there was no reason for kamikaze pilots to wear helmets except for protecting themselves... Of course, they needed to stay alive to get the target, but the helmet was not only the part of the protection system. Those helmets had special microphones which were used by pilots to be informed and controlled, so they could reach the target successfully.
It is also thought that the helmet was a part of their full uniform and they just wanted to keep this tradition, but, I believe, the first reason is the most important one.
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