WRITER

Masaru Emoto

1943 - 2014

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Masaru Emoto (江本 勝, Emoto Masaru, July 22, 1943 – October 17, 2014) was a Japanese businessman, author and pseudoscientist who claimed that human consciousness could affect the molecular structure of water. His 2004 book The Hidden Messages in Water was a New York Times best seller. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masaru Emoto has received more than 2,158,338 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Masaru Emoto is the 769th most popular writer (down from 666th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Japan (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Writer.

Masaru Emoto is most famous for his experiments on water crystals. He would take water from a river, a bottle of water, and a glass of water and put them in a dark room. He would then use different words to describe each glass of water and take pictures of the crystals that form. He found that when he used words like "love" or "thank you" the crystals would form into beautiful shapes, but when he used words like "you fool" or "you idiot" the crystals would be distorted and ugly.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Masaru Emoto ranks 769 out of 7,302. Before him are Natalia Ginzburg, Thomas Harris, Gregory Skovoroda, Katherine Mansfield, Neal Cassady, and Aelia Eudocia. After him are Gregory of Narek, Antoine Galland, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Arrigo Boito, William McMaster Murdoch, and Valerius Maximus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Masaru Emoto ranks 62. Before him are Mohammed Badie, Betty Williams, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Jean-Claude Killy, Ralph M. Steinman, and Antonio Tabucchi. After him are Klaus Maria Brandauer, Esma Redžepova, Neale Donald Walsch, Arthur B. McDonald, Mario Botta, and Eduard Limonov. Among people deceased in 2014, Masaru Emoto ranks 34. Before him are Richard Kiel, Gary Becker, Martin Lewis Perl, Adolfo Suárez, Lorin Maazel, and Jack Brabham. After him are Maya Angelou, Daniel Keyes, Dobrica Ćosić, Mickey Rooney, Karlheinz Böhm, and Luise Rainer.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masaru Emoto ranks 130 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), Eisaku Satō (1901), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), and Yamato Takeru (72). After him are Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Emperor Go-Sai (1638), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797), and Shunroku Hata (1879).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Masaru Emoto ranks 16. Before him are Natsume Sōseki (1867), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Kōbō Abe (1924), Sugawara no Michizane (845), Sei Shōnagon (966), and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886). After him are Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Shoko Asahara (1955), Mori Ōgai (1862), Shūsaku Endō (1923), and D. T. Suzuki (1870).

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