RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mikao Usui

1865 - 1926

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Mikao Usui (臼井甕男, 15 August 1865 – 9 March 1926, commonly Usui Mikao in Japanese) was the father of a form of energy medicine and spiritual practice known as Reiki,: 108–10  used as an alternative therapy for the treatment of physical, emotional, and mental diseases. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikao Usui has received more than 448,520 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Mikao Usui is the 868th most popular religious figure (down from 780th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Japan (down from 161st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

Mikao Usui is most famous for being the founder of the Usui Reiki Ryoho.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mikao Usui ranks 868 out of 3,187. Before him are Basil Fool for Christ, Julia Pastrana, Al-Bayhaqi, Peter of Verona, Mata Amritanandamayi, and Lawrence of Brindisi. After him are Sai Baba of Shirdi, Tarasios of Constantinople, Hélder Câmara, Dayananda Saraswati, Columba, and Philipp Spener.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Mikao Usui ranks 32. Before him are Jacques Hadamard, Gérard Encausse, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Valentin Serov, Gabriel Narutowicz, and Rashid Rida. After him are John Mott, L'Inconnue de la Seine, Charles G. Dawes, Duan Qirui, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, and Ernst Troeltsch. Among people deceased in 1926, Mikao Usui ranks 28. Before him are John Browning, Kim Hyong-jik, Karl Harrer, Constantin Fehrenbach, Viktor Vasnetsov, and Victor, Prince Napoléon. After him are William Bateson, Ellen Key, Friedrich von Wieser, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Knut Wicksell, and Alphonse Borrelly.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mikao Usui ranks 228 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Sutoku (1119), Emperor Kenzō (450), Osamu Shimomura (1928), Kyu Sakamoto (1941), Emperor Ankō (401), and Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887). After him are Fujiko Fujio (1934), Kenichi Fukui (1918), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), Yosano Akiko (1878), and Hōjō Tokimune (1251).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Mikao Usui ranks 10. Before him are Benkei (1155), Paulo Miki (1564), Empress Meishō (1624), Abe no Seimei (921), Sen no Rikyū (1522), and Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659). After him are Dom Justo Takayama (1552), Ikkyū (1394), Eisai (1141), Saichō (767), Shinran (1173), and Senhime (1597).

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