1865 - 1926
Mikao Usui (臼井甕男, 15 August 1865 – 9 March 1926, commonly Usui Mikao in Japanese) was the father of a form of 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 411,491 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Mikao Usui is the 788th most popular religious figure (down from 733rd in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Japan (down from 137th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.
Mikao Usui is most famous for being the founder of the Usui Reiki Ryoho.
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Among religious figures, Mikao Usui ranks 788 out of 2,238. Before him are Mary of Bethany, Lucile Randon, Saint Susanna, Bruno of Querfurt, Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia, and Gemma Galgani. After him are Abdullah ibn Saba', Sun Myung Moon, William of Gellone, Hans Egede, Agabus, and Eugen Sandow.
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 782
1904 - 2023
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 783
280 - 295
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 784
970 - 1009
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 785
300 - 306
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 786
1878 - 1903
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 787
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 788
700 - 700
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 789
1920 - 2012
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 790
750 - 812
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 791
1686 - 1758
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 792
100 - 100
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 793
1867 - 1925
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 794
Among people born in 1865, Mikao Usui ranks 29. Before him are Arthur Harden, Amélie of Orléans, Benjamin Guggenheim, Jacques Hadamard, John Mott, and L'Inconnue de la Seine. After him are Wilfrid Voynich, Valentin Serov, Rashid Rida, Gabriel Narutowicz, Gérard Encausse, and Frederick Cook. Among people deceased in 1926, Mikao Usui ranks 26. Before him are John Browning, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Nikola Pašić, Karl Harrer, Viktor Vasnetsov, and Kim Hyong-jik. After him are Victor, Prince Napoléon, William Bateson, Constantin Fehrenbach, Ellen Key, Friedrich von Wieser, and Knut Wicksell.
1865 - 1940
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 23
1865 - 1951
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 24
1865 - 1912
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 25
1865 - 1963
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 26
1865 - 1955
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 27
1865 - 1885
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 28
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 29
1865 - 1930
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 30
1865 - 1911
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 31
1865 - 1935
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 32
1865 - 1922
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 33
1865 - 1916
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 34
1865 - 1940
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 35
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 20
1851 - 1926
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 21
1845 - 1926
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 22
1890 - 1926
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 23
1848 - 1926
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 24
1894 - 1926
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 25
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 26
1862 - 1926
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 27
1861 - 1926
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 28
1852 - 1926
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 29
1849 - 1926
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 30
1851 - 1926
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 31
1851 - 1926
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 32
Among people born in Japan, Mikao Usui ranks 161 out of 6,048. Before him are Arata Isozaki (1931), Emperor Sujin (-147), Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Fujiko Fujio (1934), and Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604). After him are Emperor Ōjin (210), Kitarō (1953), Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), and Emperor Tenji (626).
1931 - 2022
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 155
147 BC - 29 BC
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 156
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 157
1878 - 1967
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 158
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 159
1604 - 1651
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 160
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 161
210 - 310
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 162
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 163
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 164
1548 - 1610
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 165
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 166
626 - 672
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 167
Among religious figures born in Japan, Mikao Usui ranks 8. Before him are Nichiren (1222), Dōgen (1200), Benkei (1155), Abe no Seimei (921), Empress Meishō (1624), and Paulo Miki (1564). After him are Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Ikkyū (1394), Dom Justo Takayama (1552), Eisai (1141), and Saichō (767).
1222 - 1282
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2
1200 - 1253
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 3
1155 - 1189
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 4
921 - 1005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 5
1624 - 1696
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 6
1564 - 1597
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 7
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 8
1659 - 1719
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 9
1522 - 1591
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 10
1394 - 1481
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 11
1552 - 1615
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 12
1141 - 1215
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 13
767 - 822
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 14